Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-05

1--WE had q fine time" was the com.
ment on the visit of the National Ed
torial associations visit to Great Falls
as written in the Tarrytown On. "
Daily News by Wallace Odell. editor
of that sheet. 1T was wonderful to.
see the water bubbling at the Giant
Springs, over the bank and into the
Missouri river"
In part, Editor Odell's article is:
Great Falls vas the last stop for
in charge of the tour showed good
Judgment in saving the best for the
last. Great Falls is a splendid city
of over 10000 with well paved streets,
fine trolley system, beautiful hotels
and moving picture theaters. 1t is
modern in every way.
"We reached the city at Z a. m.
After breakfast, which was ar en-
joyable affair, we went outside and
found cars waiting for us. We didn't
wish to see the farm country which
the delgates were scheduled to visit
that morning so we drove out to the
wonderful spring which comes up out
of the ground near the banks OF the
Missouri. 1t delivers something over
3O0, 900 gallons of water a minute. 1t
was wonderful to stand on the banks
of the Missouri and see this great
spring bubbling over and its water
flowing into the river. The water is
as clear as a crystal and we thought
that the city would use it for drinking
purposes but was informed that it is
| cheaper to take the water from the
river and purify it because of the
amount of money which would be ex-
| pended in taking the lime out of the
spring water.
after seeing this wonder, we drove
around the city. 1t has many beauti-
full homes and all its residential streets
are paved and well kept. 1t also has
a splendid park system and a zoo.
Praises Tribune Plant
1--WE returned to the city and visited
The Tribune building. This is the most
valuable newspaper property in Mon
tana. The beautiful new building was
but recently built and we went through
it from top to bottom. After that
we went up to the radio room, The
Tribune being the first paper in Mon
tana to install a wireless set. 1t was
so arranged that President Brimble-
som was to send a message to the
people of Montana at 1880, and after
we had listened to this message. we
went to Hotel Rainbow for luncheon.
Mayor r. NJ. Armour, in his address
to us at breakfast, said that Great
Falls boosted of a trolley system that
still made money and installed m
p~rovements on q five cent fare.
"In the afternoon we drove out TO
the big copper rolling mill. 1t was a
wonderful and interesting sight to see
the workmen take a red-hot ingot and
feed il through machines until it fin
ally was reduced to quarter inch cop
per wire. The ingot as it was gradu-
| ally stretched out and led from ma
chine 10 machine looked like a red
snake as it twisted and curled. We
saw them wind wire, make what might
be called rope wire and all the pro-
} cesses were very interesting.
After viewing this part of the plant
we were taken to the refinery. II
was very hot-almost as hot as the
copper looked-so we didn't go in. We
drove back to the city and attended a
moving picture show. 1t was nice and
cool in the theater and we stayed there
until $50. when we drove to the, Great
Falls of the Missouri river.
Tells of Big Falls Dam
at is a great falls. A dam has been
built and 10000 horsepower plant
has been developed. We were told that
there was 100000 horsepower avail
able. Not only Great Falls gets all
its power from the falls, but power is
furnished to towns for hundreds of
miles around. If Great Falls had
looked ahead and developed this power
itself it would have had a mint of
money and it's property would have
been tax free.
at has a splendid water system
and it nets a profit of $4,000 a year
on II. The falls are beautiful. They
were first discovered by the Lewis and
Clark expedition. We went down and
through the power house. The gate
had been opened above the dam and
We had a view of two mighty falls.
ave returned to the club house,
where we had dinner. There was mu-
sic and a radio concert furnished by
The Tribune. 1t was delightfully."- cool
and we were glad to sit and rest.
"At 0:10 o'clock the Montana Power
company arranged to illuminate the
falls and set off a fireworks display.
1t was a beautiful sight. 1t started
with a row Of red colored lights burn
ing around the whole circle at the top
of the dam. | don't know how many
feet wide it was, but it looked like
a thousand. AND then ~skyrocketS were
set off from the dam and on the hill.
The display lasted for half an hour
and then We started back for the city.
at had been q wonderful day and
we left Great Falls with a feeling of
regret. We had had a wonderful time.
"Our train pulled out at II o'clock
and the next day was divided into short
stops. The first was Hnvre. On the
station platform were guards employed
by the railroad. Havre is a railroad
town.
View Crops at Glasgow
"Our next stop was Glasgow. This
was g short stop but we viewed a dis
play of the crops raised in that vicin-
ity and | also attended a farmers auc-
ton sale for a time. | saw a good
looking horse and a cowboy saddle sold
under the hammer for $25. Horses are
a drug on the market, I was told.
Our next stop was Wolf Point.