Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04

great many products manufactured IN
Montana heretofore made exclusively
In the east.
All this sort Of thing win add to
the markets for our farmers and to
the general prosperity OF the state.
Old Battles Renewed
OF course, whenever people have
been for years engaged IN the attempt
to develop mining properties and there
comes a time when conditions make
it probable that some money can be
made out Of their properties, un-
scrupulous people attempt to join in
by hook or crook with the develop
ment. This has happened In the case
Of Montana Chrome, Inc. Totally in
experienced but INSCRIPTIONS people,
from and fostered within our own
state, have attempted to take possess
sion OF some of the properties Of
Montana Chrome, Inc, in SweetgraSs
county. Not being able to impose on
the credulity of the officials of the
company, they made the effort to get
in on its properties by the old-fash-
toned means Of claim jumping, so
that there win no doubt be some in
teresting litigation TO follow the COM
panyis efforts to dispose of the said
claim jumpers. Years ago, the author
of David Harum made the sage OBJ
servation that fleas were often good
for a dog because 1t kept the dog
too busy to think very much about
his unhappy condition of being just
a plain dog, and presume that prop
erty owners as are the Montana
Chrome, Inc, can regard these claim
jumpers in the light of the fleas men
toned in David Harum.
Loyalty Rewarded
The assistance, loyalty and deter
mination of the proponents of the
Montana Chrome, Inc, has probably
never been exceeded in the history Of
any promotional corporation in the
state. Some of the members Of this
organization have devotedly occupied
their time for as much as IA years in
the effort to bring success to the
corporation, or its anticedents, and
others for slightly shorter periods Of
time. All displayed a great deal Of
unselfishness and grit, the most nota-
BILE examples, If necessary to call
names, being that of DR.. L. w. Allard,
the distinguished physician and sur
geon of Billings, who for the past
eight years has served the corporation
as its president; Mr.. H. B. Blair OF
Livingston, who, for the same period,
has served as its vice president, and
a number of others, all citizens OF
Montana. Perhaps the largest service
was that gratuitously performed by
Mr.. Hodges who so unselfishly worked
and succeeded in getting the final
happy result.
We can now bring TO close this
story of the promotional years devoted
20 the effort to get a chromite in
iustry started in Montana.
ALI such accounts do not and can
lot have such happy ending as has
his one to date
Operations Under way
The federal government Is now OPP
rating in our state in one county
md the largest corporation in the
hrome production business has start
d operations in another county with
he intention of expanding its opera
ions as rapidly as possible, thus Civ
ng hopes for the future.
All of this would not have happened
lad not some of our citizens in the
ears gone by, been dreaming dreams
O persistently as to follow these
Ireams with acts-and so new and
lighly important industry is born
7ithin our midst to nourish and sup (
'ort generations yet unborn.
Respectfully submitted,
E. B. HUBBARD,
Mining Engineer.
livingston, Mont,
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