The Daily Missoulian., 1914-07-05
MINERAL COUNTY WILL POSSESS VARIED RESOURCES

tunnel with very encouraging pros
poets.
The Boston Colby, within stones
throw Of the town, is a fine copper
prospect and the indications Justify
| the management in it's effort to in
stall machinery
Before closing with the mining indi-
cations. and they are all good. the
prospects on the Idaho side should not
| lee overlooked, being tributary to this
town. They have good showings, chief
among which is the Big Elk, that has
already shipped high grade copper ore
The Tom tisan. Kelley and Coehrane
properties and others ON Kelley creek
iall look promising.
The timber supply Immediately
about Saltese, which at one time was
one of the great products. is rapidly
hocom ng thing of the past, but its
llaee is being taken by agricultural
pursuits.
The Towns Location.
The town of Saltese is fortunately
located. 1t has II first -cIass electric
light system Good water works, with
good, wholesome mountain water. with
good pressure that furnishes the best
of fire protection. a first class school
which is well patronized, two general
stores with large stocks, from which
he miner. lrospector, lnmberiacks and
all others can be readily supplied on
short notice. A modern hotel two res
taurtnts, Il drug store, aundries, a
doctor, two attorneys and at least seven
places where liquid refreshments are
| ,l ft
have one justice of the peace and one
Ieonstahe Tho town is SO peaceable
that the Justice has ben obliged to go
to work and the constable is thinking
seriously ot joining the Coxey army.
fine bali park and the champion bail
| team on the branch. and last but not
| least, q graveyard or cemetery on the
uorth bank of the st. Regis, which has
he Wierd distinction that all persons
| buried thore died with their boots on,
leithcr accidentally or by suicide
| 1--WE railroads, the Northern Pacific
| and Milwaukee. run through the town
aud it is the first town on The state
| ta state auto road which is rapidly
nearing completion.
| The citizens generally are good ma
| tur"d, and whole souled but very op-
| ttmiStc as tn the sure outcome OF SAL
| trse. They say that it Is simply a
| question of time when il viii he the
| metropolis of western Montana. For
the camper and sportsman no more
| favored section can be found. The
| streams Arc fHt Of trout aud the hills
abound in Snlal| ms we'll as large game
and for good climate there is no more
| favored section than S.altese.
The New Taft.
TEft rs the extreme West-end town
at the HeW county, The raft of carly
milwaukee, construction DAYS, the liy-
4 est and toughest town that ever
dt5araeea tn" west fuur times de-
AtroS"d by fire, with 10 saloons and as
lHany gambling deus that ram wide
! onon day and nisht, whore there We're
mt r" than 200 women ot the under
world and where Law and order were
mover known to have a place that
TAFT Is "A thinG of The past gone but
not forgotten. The Taft of today has
been lllded during this season and
IL lopt quiet and respectable conn
try village, II has a good water sNs-
tetn and half Il dozen substantial bust
less establishments, This is the
center Of another hns4 numbering See
tion, the Pole4s I.umber company of
Ml88outa securing It's supply II logs
here. The new state highway
branches oft nj Randolph creek n