The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-01-08
A PROMISING YEAR AHEAD.

ROAD pay roll mere Will be greatly increased Inc Dudmg
of the Billings and Northern railroad which will bring the
Burlington traffic the Great Northern is Of first i'm
porance This however has been further added to by the
purchase of the Colorado Southern by Great Northern
interests The additional traffic from these should
almost much to this town another railroad for
it will certainly bring great increase in traffic.
Added to this however, is another great feeder for
the Great Northern, the Spokane Portland Seattle
road which is just being completed. That this division
will have all the traffic that be handled within short
time seems certain.
Of next Importance in local industries is the lum
berng business and here also the future looks bright I'll
is stated that the mill here will be running full blast dur
ing the coming summer and if this turns out to be the
case prosperity will surely reign During the past two
years there has been but little work done in this ne and
the change from duness to activity in the numbering in
dustry alone would make the coming year prosperous
one here.
And then there is new field of endeavor which has
been opened up this vicinity, and which will give
ployent to quite number of when the snow leaves
in the spring. We refer to mining Late last fall min
eral belt of considerable extent discovered few
miles north of town, but the find made late in the
season that nothing than location work DONE
What the newly discovered prospects will amount to
not be predicted but they will certainly be developed and
during the coming will furnish employment to
Ia considerable number Of miners and Others class
which heretofore has been represented here only very
small way. great many Of our citizens are interested
in these prospects, and practically all of them enthus
astc the outlook and have great faith in the future
of the mining industry here.
Another industry which will be unusually active this
year the making of railroad ties The Great Nor
thern will purchase large numbers of ties this year, and
numerous tie camps will be operated in this vicinity; in
fact Whtesh will be the headquarters for the industry
in this section Of the country and large amount of bust
ness will come here result of the work that will be
done.
With the coming of spring great many new settlers
will come into Flathead valley and the next twelve
months should witness great deal of development the
stump lands in this vicinity Newcomers here will be
quick recognize the possibilities in these cheap lands
and will take advantage of them.
j During the spring and summer it is also probable
that there will be activity in the building line than
been the here for several years. At any rate the
inducements for investment in buildings good There
are also few good openings for lines of business
and before the year over other chances will probably
develop. -
The attractions of Whitefsh lake as resort will be
further developed during the summer and this will
tribute something to the towns prosperity Just what
may be done in this line not known but there oppor
tnites which may be taken advantage Of at any time,
and it would not be surprising to something of consd
cradle Importance done during the summer.
i Taken altogether, the outlook for Whitefsh was
better than at present. and there every
believe that those who have pinned their faith this
town will be we'll repaid for the time and money they have
put in At least all the indications point that way the
present time
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