Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-02

ping dressed beef from Chicago and
OmahaY Why should the w~oolgrower
or this state be compelled to ship his
WOOL 70 Boston to seek a market there
TORT 1ou can see the products of the
WOODEN mills In Oregon In almost any
store In Montana. Why should there
NOT De In this state cold storage plants
sufIlcient to preserve all of the pro-
ducts OF the farm until the season OF
marketg Too long have we each gone
our OWE way without a feeling of In
Independence and cooperation that Is
necessary 10 bring about these ends.
Would ii not be better IL we would
put aside our petty jealousies and sec
tional animosities and combine our ef-
forts to the accomplishment of these
thlngsI To the encouragement of this
program the Anaconda Copper Mining
company is pledged.
The growth and development Of the
Anaconda Copper Mining company's
business has no been one OF Easy ac-
complishment. Ii is the result of con-
tlnuous hard labor by some of The
greatest financial and me~taliurgiea!
geniuses of the age. The metallurgi-
cal department of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company Is probably the
most progressive organization of its
kind In the world, and has been main
tanned at the expense of millions OF
dollars spent In research and develop
ment work. In 1882 ore was shipped
from the Butte mines to Swansea,
Wales. that averaged As per rent cop
per. The first smelling operations In
Montana were able 10 operate ON IL
per cen copper. The total production
of the Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany nov runs about three per rent
copper. This illustrates the advances
In metailurgy which only makes Ii pos
slble for continued operation. The de-
v%eiopmenf of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company's electroIytic zinc
process has saved the zinc situation.
by this process, developed by the ex-
perts employed by the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company. we are now able
produce 1O0.Oo0,0O0 pounds OF cleo
trolytic zine annually at Great Falls.
It's refinery and wire mill at Great
makes II possible 10 supply the
western market with copper wire. ITS
entry into the fabrication business In
the purchase Of American Brass should
stabilize the copper and zinc business
N this state so That we should never
ngaln experience n shutdown Of this
Industry fhfs CUTnpanV has lust ~
developed a copper shlngle and
zine shingle which should become
m Important factor Ia the roofing bus
mess In This country. II is estimated
that 10 per cent OF the prepared roof
business of the United StntesL
would lake the entire output Of the
mines IN shingles. Montana
reeds more of the type of men respon-
'ible for these developments I'm order
hat this efficiency may be applied 10
~ Its natural resources.
again. were II not for the mining
industry of this state affordlng Il mar
.et for power, the development of the
BUSINESS of the Montana Power COM
'any. which has added In excess OF
4 0,0OO.OoO 10 the taxable wealth of
his state. would not imve been lnssf-
lie. These two companies. the Ana
'ondn Copper Mining company and the
Power company. were assess
d In 1927 on physical property. en-
rely independent of the special H.
ense tax. net profits md mines IL
tax. IN excess of SfO0.OO0. OOo. $3.50
nfFfp resources of Montana have
My thus far been touched.
'Tf the citizenship OF this stRte viii
onlbine their efforts, their energy and
Ingenuity to stabilize the govern
rent. put II on n rock foundation Of
hrIft and economy. and coura
nose who seek 10 mike lt their home
nd develop fits resources. we may look
! the not distant future to the build
TX Of n veritnble empire within our
According to the federal com
l%lssIoner Of corporations. Montana
alter power sites afford n mini
Ium total capacity OF 2,74g.000
Drse power. The Montana Power
,mpany sites Including those not
q developed. total but $4,000
Prise power. In other words.
fer "a per rent of the states water
,wer is open TO other takers and still
1developed. More than 20.OOO.OD
res Of tImberland In this state nf-
'rd unlimited opportunity for the de- y
Of industries dependent up-
J this product. The coal deposits In
Ils state seem unlimited. The pro-
iction az oil It Just beginning. The
of her soil and character of
~ crops produced are not exceiled In
ese United States. Here In Billings
N have an evidence Of It's posslblli
IS In natural gas. Look bnck over
g history Of the growth and develop
emit Of the cities Of Ohio and Pennsyl-
mia, and you VIII have some concep-
IN Of the possibilities here In your
IN city. Prior to the increase In
eight rates millions Of tons of min
al concentrates were shipped I.Txt
the ems fields OF Oklah0ma for
The development of large
atnllurglcal Industries near your city
not an impossibility. Bulletin No.
5-F of the United States Geological
issued In 1920. gives very en-
uraging information Of the iron ore
poslfs In central Montana. During
2 war. when II was impossible To :
ep up the Imports Of manganese ores
I'm Austria and South America. there
= produced In the United States In
2 year 5000 tons Of manganese. of
Itch 5000 tons were produced in
illipsburg and In Butte. Prfor-ta-
/. wiir thia manganese ore was laid
in Plttsburg nj a cost which
Ialed the freight rate from Phillips.
rg Mont. To Pfttsburg; hence the
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