Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-29

largely of newspaper men of
Ythe city, who greeted the arrivals with
a CHEEKY welcome as they stepped from
the train. They were provided with
copies of The Tribune giving them the
worlds news of the day, and were then
escorted to Hotel Rainbow and into the
beautiful Palm room where tables had
been spread extending the entire
fast was served at the instance of the
fast wa sserved at the instance of the
publishers of the city
Armour Tells of Resources
AT each of the places was beauti-
, full souvenir booklet prepared for the
! occasion, containing a program Of the
days events, together with some de-
scriptive matter of the city and num-
Der of excellent photographs of various
OF the city's buildings and institutions.
AT the conclusion of the breakfast
Judge l.. l.. Galloway. president of the
Commercial club, addressed the gather
ing. extended a brief welcome and. ex-
pressing the belief that the newspaper
tourists had already experienced a
surfeit of oratory, he briefly sought
to impress upon them the fact that
Montana claimed Yellowstone park as
one of her possessions. He then in
troduced Mayor r. M. Armour who
elaborated upon the spirit of welcome
which the people of the city maintain
ed for the visitors.
Mayor Armour took occasion to cali
attention to some of the many re-
sources of the city and of the state.
He said he did not care to boast of
Great Falls other than as it contrib
uted to the commonwealth of Mon
tana. He told of its first having been
visited by Lewis and Clark the ex-
plorers Of the northwest. and of it's
formation and incorporation as a city
only "a years ago.
In dwelling upon these subjects he
spoke as follows:
For recreation, we have unlimited
fishing and hunting. on a par with
any to be found today in any part Of
the United States In the territory
Immediately adjacent to Great Falls
are miles Of grain fields. mines Weld
ing precious metal, and mines suf
ficient TO supply the state with coal.
Great Falls itself has 100 miles
of streets, % miles of street rail
ways, and. in sharp contrast to most
of the cities of the United States we
still have five cent carfare. Our
boulevard system is worthy of your
attention. The boulevards are main
tanned by the city. and on them arc
planted 100000 trees, all cared for bv
the city
There are II parks in Great Falls |
72O acres of land In the
way OF civic improvements, Great Falls
heads the list of Montana cities
In the territory near the CITY there |
are approximately 10000 acres rndar |
irrigation. Great Falls has 30 whole. !
sale houses. - lumber companies 10 |
grain companies, and many flour mills /
It's newspapers are the best in tho
state
Moline Editor Responds
Judge Galloway. after advising his
visitors that he was one who beiieved
in the power of the press. that II was
a power which could not be overestiS
mated and that the editors of the conn
try were still, in his mind. the wielders
Of influence and the moulders Of
public opinion, called upon one of
their number, John Sundine. of Moline
ILL.,, president Of the Inland Daily AS.
5ociatIon of Illinois, who answered
briefly the addresses of welcome
MIR. Sundine said that much depended
ipon co-operatlon under the present
in the world and that the
newspaper men who had made this trin.
through Montana would show their an
)recIatl0n OF the entertainment and
hospitality which had been accorded
hem on every hand by means of the
written word. He told the hosts who
we're present that the papers which
hey represented would contain stories
N Montana running for several months
,ut he said the editors would have to
,e careful how far they went in or
PRESSING their admiration for Montana
Is they could not afford to lose their
ubscribrs by having them all remove
O Montana.
Following the breakfast the visitors
we're escorted to automobiles provided
" many of the people of the city and
we're taken on q drive of nearly 40
niles through the north side residential
ection and out on the Belt highway
through the wheat growing section sur
OundiDg Fife. where they were en-
bled to view immense fields of ripeped
7heat some already cut, some in nro-
ess of being harvested and some stil]
tanding.
See Natural Wonders
The return was made by Rainbow
alls and Giant springs. where brief
tops were made to enable the visitors
0 view the beauties there displayed.
he trip was concluded at the Park
otel, where the party was entertained ]
I a luncheon as the gusts of the Great !
'alls Commercial club.
Shortly before the party was seated {
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