The Daily Missoulian., 1909-09-08
WALLACE IS HELPING.
M|SSOULA
coEUR D'ALEhE PEOPLE HAVE
A LIKING FOR THE LITTLE
OLD GARDEN CITY.

Missouia has always had warm
friends i'm the Occur fAlene country.
and that she is. making many new
ones there il indicated by the following
good boost, which appeared in the
Wallace Times yesterday n,orning:
| THAT Wallace has asccrtained that
Miss Spokane Is most tickle sweet
heart and that the citizens of this city.
as result of the unrequitted love
on the part of the empire belle, are
determined to cast their affections
hereafter in other channels is made
evident by the fact that of late much
capital from the Occur TAlenes has
been sent to Missoula, Mont. The citi-
zens of that city are said to be abso-
lutely in sympathy with the Occur
dAienes and to be boosting strongly
for the interests of this community.
with the result that much benefit has
been forthcoming from the Montana
city i'm the way of financial backing
for some of its enterprises.
No less than six brick structures.
now under construction at Missoula,
are said to be financed by Wallace
men. In Missoula, the Occur d Asene
district is referred To as being one of
the greatest, If not the greatest, In the
world, and II is not wondered at that
an exchange OF courtesies, coInpli-
ments and general good viii has fol-
lowed.
1T has been pointed out that Spo-
kane has lost It's stronghold on the
nr..lts
through its own selfishness. Not so
very long ago Spokane was the real
thing with Wallace and other Occur
d'Alene district centers. but this situa-
ton is no more. Ii Is shown that Wal
lace has been given the lemonized end
of the stick all the way through by
Spokane. and that when Missoula came
courting 1t had a snap in landing the
prize sweetheart of this neck of the
woods.
THE fact that Spokane, through the
medium of it's morning paper, tried
it's very best to have this section of
the state of idaho and some parts of
Washington made a state by them
selves: that majority of its mining
brokers became members of the aasl.
chorus of the Spokane Blacksmiths
association, when it concerned Occur
d'Alene interests, and that the great
Spokesman Review did not find II
worth while to recognize the wallace
district in a recent special edition. al
though it was from this city that 1t
received it's largest vote in popularity
contest. has caused Wallace to look
upon Miss Spokane as a soubrette out
on fortune hunting bent.
.Missoula and Wallace are working
hand i'm hand, and what benefits one
city helps the other and Missoula is
regarded as the real thing by Wallace
ties now remarked Herman j. Rossi,
in speaking of the situation. The Mis-
soulians are finer fellows; they are
willing to give you more for your
money, and anything with the Nai-
lace brand on it is not Knocked If 1t
cannot be boosted. II an eastern min
ing investor writes to Spokane to find
out about this and that property, tho
chances are that he will be informed
he Is being handed lemon. and that
! If he would invest money in some
other district he would be reeompensed
nicely, without chance of failure.
The Missoulians are different. When
they are asked for advice, they tell
! inuuirers what is what. and If the
proposition does not look good to them,
they win suggest other channels in
the district for investment. There's
the difference