The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-03-03

pred and the beef prepared an<
| stressed In this state instead Of ShlpS
ping dressed beef from Chicago and
Omah4? Why should the woolgrowe
Of this state be compelled to ship 2i|
WOOL to Boston to seek q market there
Tort xou can see the products Of ths
wooden mills In Oregon In almost any
store In Montana. Why should .therl
not he in this state cold storage plants
euflicient to preserve all Of the pro
ducts OF the farm until the season q,
market? Too long have we each gone
our own way without feeling Of In
Independence and cooperation that u
necessary to bring about these ends.
Would 1t not be better IL we would
put aside our petty jealousies and soc-'
tlonal animOsities and combine our a3.I
forts to the accomplishment Of these
thingsr To the encouragement Of thlal
program the Anaconda Copper Ninine|
company Is pledged.
The growth and development Of tho|
Anaconda Copper Mining compauyao|
business has not been one Of easy oe.|
complishment. 1t Is the result Of &C.,
tinuous hard labor by some Of tAa|
greatest financial and metallurgical|
2eniuses Of the age. The metallurGi3
cal department Of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company Is probably tlle|
most progressive organization Of lts|
kind In the world. and has been main
talned 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 A. per cent cop
per. The first smelling operations in
Montana were able to operate on -
per cent copper. The total production
OF the Anaconda Copper Mining com.
pany now runs about three per cent
copper. This illustrates the advances
In metallurgy which only makes It pos
sible Tor continued operation. The de-
velopment Of the Anaconda Copper
Mining cofnpany's electrolytic 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
to produce 1OO,OO0,OOO pounds OF cleo
troIytic zinc annually at Great Falls.
lts refinery and wire mill at Great
Falls makes 1t possible to supply the
western market with copper wire. lts
entry into the fabrication business In
the purchase Of American Brass should
stahllize the copper and zinc business
OF this state So that we should never
again experience shutdown Of this
industry. This company has Just re-
Gently developed copper Single and
zinc single which should become
an important factor in the roofing bus.
mess in this country 1t is estimated
that 10 per cent Of the prepared roof
ing business of the United States
would take the entire output OF the
Butte mines in shingles. Montana
needs more Of the type Of men respon-
sihle for these developments in order
mat this efficiency may be applied to
all its natural resources.
Again. We're it not for the mining
industry Of this state affordling a mar
ket for power. the development Of the
business of the Montana Power COM
nany. which has added in excess Of
Sn.WD,tHW to the taxable wealth Of
fhlS state. would not have been posi-.
ne These two companies. the Ana
cohda Copper Mining company and the
, montana Power company. were assess
eh in 1927 on physical property, en-
tir"'y independent Of the special H.
renSe tax. net profits and mines H.
"ensc tax. in excess Of $1OO.O0O.OOO.
THE resources "f Montana have
only thus far been touched.
'If the citizenship of this state will
combine their efforts, their energy and
their ingenuity to stabilize the govern
ment. put it on rock foundation OF
thrift and economy. and encourage
those who seek to make it their home
and develop it's resources. we may look
In the not distant future to the build
ing Of veritable empire within our
borders. According to the federal com
missioner Of corporations. Montana
water power sites afford mini
mum total capacity Of 2,740,OO0
horse power. The Montana Power
company Sites including those not
yet developed. total but 433,OOO
horse power. In other words.
over 81 per cent of the states water
power is open to other takers and stiN
undeveloped. More than 10000, OOO
acres Of timberland in this state af
ford unlimited opportunity for the de-
velopment of industries dependent M.
on this product. The coal deposits In
this state seem unlimited. The pro~
duetion OF oil it Just beginning. The
fertility or her soil and character Of
the crops produced are not excelletl IN
these United States. Here In Billings
you have an evidence If it's possibilj
ties in natural gas. Look hack over
the history of the growth and develop
ment Of the cities Of Ohio and Pennsyl.
varia, and you will have some concep.
ton Of the possibilities here in your
own city. Prior to the increase in
freight rates millions Of tons of min.
eral concentrates were shipped 1900
miles to the gas fields of Oklahoma for
smelling. The development of large
ineta'i'lrgical industries near your city
Is not an impossibility. Bulletin No.
1l5-F Of the United States Geological
Survey. issued in 1920. gives very en-
couraxing information of the iron ore
deposits in central Montana. During
the war. when 1t was impossible to
keep up the imports of manganese ores
from Austria and South America. there
was produced In the United Stotas IN