Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-01-19
STEEL FURNACE
sure TO BRING
new INDUSTRY
Dow Says City Logical Place;
Artist Entertains Rotar-
ians With Drawings.

To his statement Of last week in
which he said that the bringing to-,
gether of iron ore from deposits in
the Little Belt mountains and the pro-
duet from adjacent beds of coal,
coupled with a new. electrical process,
would mean much as a basis for new
industry in Great Falls, James C.
Dow of the Montana Power company,
in an address before the Rotary club
Wednesday at Hotel Rainbow, added
the assertion that the electric furnace
now makes the city a logical place for
steel foundry that would consume
scrap.
"A steel foundry with an electric
furnace is an industry that is certain
to come to Great Falls within the next
few years" he stated. 1.-The steel
furnace nearest to Great Falls at the
present time is at Salt Lake City, and
other than this plant the nearest fur
naces are at Minneapolis and Seattle.
BY use Of the electric furnace, scrap
iron and scrap steel can be converted
into high grade metal and Great Falls
is the logical place for such foundry
Comparative Figures
Mr.. Dow stated that Montana uses
more power per capita than any other
state and that the Montana Power
company ranks third among concerns
operating hydro electric enterprises.
The company has developed $4,000
horsepower and has initiated facilities
addition to that figure. the whole rep
resenting 16 per cent of the available
water power in the state. Forty
seven per cent of the company's pro-
duction is in Great Falls.
The companys storage reservoir on
the Madison river is the seventh in
size in the United States, water from
there passing through seven differ
ent power plants. One-half the cleo
tricity generated in Great Falls is con-
sumed in the city, the speaker stated,
the balance being transmitted to other
points in the state.
The clubs program, was in two sec
tons. the first being series of pencil
sketches BY Charles NJ. Russell, the
cowboy artist" Before Mr.. Russell
began welding his crayon, small blocks
of tin and copper were placed in a
miniature electric furnace and when
the artist had concluded he was pre-
sented with bronze Rotary wheel
that was cast while he was at work
at the easel Mr. Russell drew four
figures. entertaining the Rotarians and
their guests with characteristic droll-
cries while he worked.
CaIvert's Portrait
The first figure was entitled "a
Cold Day and portrayed q woman
clad in furs and wearing the familiar
Tapping galoshes. Before the next
drawing was more than outlined the
audience professed to recognize the
features of Charles O'Rrien. and when
it was finished they said it was his
portrait. An Indian wearing bril-
lantly colored blanket was the next
figure, and the artist concluded with a
drawing which, he announced, was
George Calvert at the age of so.
A demonstration of wireless teIe-
phone and telegraph set concluded Mr..
Dow's section of the program. Con
versations between F. L. Graybill and
Byron DeForest, in the palm room
and Principal L. G. Cook. at the high
school, We're carried on.
The program was in charge of A. E.
Barkemeyer, who introduced Mr.. Rus
sell and Mr.. Dow.