Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21

MissouIa, July 20.-Montana,
blessed as she Is with varied and
abundant resources, Is destined
for a development Of which past
progress Is but a start, C. F. kel-
ley, president of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company, said in
an address here Thursday be-
fore the National Editorial asso-
citation convention.
Mr.. Kelley expressed the belief
that the worst period of the in
dustriai hardships OF the past few
years is over. He paid tribute to
the rare courage and exemplary
fortitude" of the Treasure state
people in sustaining themselves
during the lean years.
In his address Mr.. Kelley gave
generous credit for the present
to the pioneers "those hardy for
bears who. courageous. self reliant
and determined, braved tho periis
Of the wilderness and pointed the
way for those who followed"
He said in part:
1T is a matter Of personal gratifi-
cation that I should have been ac-
corded the opportunity to speak to you
today upon the subject Of industrial
Montana, and particularly do l feel it
a privilege because of the presence
here of the distinguished company re-
presented by the National Editorial
association. whose membership m
braces the thousands of quickened in
t%ellects, alert, active and Industrious,
engaged in the responsible mission of
disseminating in ineligible form the
news happenings of the day. and
moulding public opinion with respect
to matters that are of social, industrial
and political concern
This occasion is, | think. too i'm
portant. and the problems which we. in
common with the other commonwealth
OF our nation. and it, as one of the
major nations Of the world, face, are
OF too serious an import to be dis
cussed in cavalier fashion. No effort
is worth while that does o express
the sober judgment of the speaker and
address itself to the reason Of the
merely please the vanity or win the
Predicts Great Future
From this preliminary observation
l would not have you feel that / pro-
pose to deliver a text of dismal i'm
port, or that l entertain any feeling
regarding the future of industrial
Montana other than an abiding ron
viction that much as has been accom-
pished, the future holds such splendid
possibilities for growth and develop
ment. that unless we ourselves hamper
and restrict, instead of encouraging
and assisting, the present industrial
achievement of the state will have
marked but the beginning of its poten-
tial development.
Montana has the natural basic ele-
m ents for the creation Of an empire
within itself. Its magnificent proper
tons, diversified by mountain, valley |
and plain, present ~unequalled oppor-
tunity for the ambition. industry and
of a population many
dealt with her lavishly, by storing
metals in unequaled abundance, cover
ing her mountain slopes with an ever
supply of timber, filling her
and spreading over her plains
a soil of ~unexcelled fertility: gener-
ously undertaking sections of large ex-
tent with a supply of coal vital to the
development of a people. while a thou
sand cascades that tumble down her
form streams that offer a
practically unlimited supply of water
power. awaiting the call of a growing
to drive the wheels Of in
and to be made to add to the
and happiness of living.
so Years of Progress
Nearly 60 years had passed since
first authenticated account of a
mans journey through what is