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ENWITH OTHER EYES lowHelena and Her People Im^^press the Correspondent of a^Metropolitan P.v ComparisonsWith Other Places^and People Which Will Do^the Capital No Harm rrM^n*l HmMm af Has Ml^^^ mi^Montana Know- - \ ^U^ H^ Mai*^^hMM ^^^^ I'rmnl or. Mr.E. U. Daaasll, tli.- ^II k^W W^sh-^^jrton eorrt*|*i indent of tl^' New York^Times, wlm bssfcOM in tkta| mi uli iuii d^onr throupli 11^*- west mul n^^rthwt*il. s|^eiit^il in time in lit leim t^^ i:i^ni nil\nutii^'^l, aa^the following letter from inm, published in^^h. Times of the 4ili im-t.. Afteran i astern man Inm l^c^ ii wmidi nuk^Sboiit in tin- ^wl fur a ni' mil. listening to^the colltidel ' tip C ttioM 'if hopeful^^boomer**^ in ('in m Kin. I. .riniif. Suit^Lnkf and Hutti . and OMM St MBftS in^Helena, he ti ' Is it^ it !,, |i ,,l ,1 List i'li,n:_;i'd ftdiss sif expectancy for tb^ anbatsntlsl r^^latioiiH of realisation, liny till yu in^Cheyenne of wlnil will In- d in- vhsji^Wyoming's ri aottro - begin i^ be di relopsd, adthe^ pro\.- 1 ^y it I,a*, air. nlv Iu eciniipliHlii'ilHint modenite pnmperitj will^se followed ;i\ in Increase in tin- somber^^f attractive and nbatsntisl houses mid^^bops Hud by liberal eipenditons for pab-^lie linurovi'ini ills. In I, n una , while Soft^^re shown tin- haginninnanf a pruflubte^manufacture iitid tin In~t -!^ |'s tou.vl 'i^vaitt win mi' of laud reotanftUoa that^will convert thousands nf Keren of snpro-^4nclive ^H^i'linisli |it,iiri^ ml i Utmiu tii-Uls,^^ud you tunny siyus of pn lent activity,^the city ia Ml in I lit' futiir . in Hall baM^the complaint is lu ar.l in cxplmuit am of the^visible fuck of public apirit, lh.it Mormon^domination suHociites public spirit, uud Hint^not until tin Moruioim an r^.l or out^nomltt-red hint tin- (n litili s have full sway^will the Mhal'1'inr-s and shiftl^ sstics* Hint^^nnny nil fttrangenne replaoed with thrift^^ad tHnt^^fuliii'ss. linn, b ntisftsd with^itHeif, it don not aH up to in- a pafdaa^spot. It in proud of it* u^_ lini'ss. uml too^busv niidt riiuiiiiii; itself to cure nlsmt -u^perficiiil Httr.u'tii. a. -^Helena laduferenl (ran all of the oitiea named.W hile it lias no ^boon,,^ and ilmss^Out want to lie boomed, while it looks for^wnid to a Kient future, dependiut.' U|kui the^development of nil of Montana's rich n^-^sourcce: while it is still in a I r.msit ion stale,^with tin eiii.ins ot the Aral wttlen atill dot^^ting the Hides of gaJohaa kmffsgo abandoned^by the plncer miners: altnoaifb it ie atill^without many advant iff a thai it hopes to poHHeiv.,it is altogether the most thriving,^cit\ west ,,f St. Paul ami on the Pacificana^in ^it ii of Denver, It i^ not eeeeaaary to lietold liy Hlivoiie that it is growing. Its growthcan be seen. The foundation dig^^^ei 'lie iiiHHoii, the eriipi iiter an' Helena's^boomers. They arc hi wmk in every^dire'lion that one rhrwmttt to turn^earniK down the pnn.itm I... shucks^of the pioneers to make room for I iinlanaaa^atone and brick bloehl for shops ami uAVea^and earryinu further mul fuitinr into the^couiilry the line of detitched villas in which^will live the proHiM-miiri citi/eim of n town^full of men who have learn.-il to l^. i.\ wparianaa,in Ualana'i proanerity, Nature favoXHit ^rently. Its wealthy men hnve^plenty of pssl t.iHte. Thi n is n coiumoii^feelint: of pride in the tendency to make the^^ity ii business center with 11 K'mhI title to a^ah..i. of rctliiciuellt. I hat is inalilfesleil^in the del. i innation to find tune, even^where h coiiHtantlv i nlari in Ihihiiichh is^exacting i^renter attetttion mul louder hours^from nil clnaaen of workers, to davotaauaaa^attention to decoration and common con veuifiiceand ^ifort, itwill be Many yean yet baton riarton toHelena will oeaw to In- n n mil. .1 i- tin v^enter tin citv that tin y nr.- riding in ^Laat^Chnncc^ trulch. ami that the aervaand ncreh OflHVH htotleti, preaMUiaN the app. arnlice ofn limeadnta road, ovi Hurtled and di inor-^alizid by an earl ipinke, cut throii h hi in^^MVHWMJ dltcln s, pu^d up le re ill n^mound mul spread out tin Ft as if by u mud^repairer, have nil l^ i u turned over and over^again by the pi ii cci miners, mul that the^tract him yield* d uo|d to an amount vari^^ously i stun .1 d at $.1 i.i mi., m i , n..hmiiiii^Yon are land, d in nWeaa at tie north, and^the city slop, s aw n tithe Mouth ami Wi Mt,^followino the i^uleh until it is pinched out^in (he rish-of Alount Helena, which in at^once n tine back ground mid a natural limit^!^ tba extension at the city. A few China-^men atill pick mid wash on r |.round al^^ready many BntN worked, foundation dig-^gent are n.ild lo hav 'st ruck ^pay dirt^ in^exoaviitiuu for the erection of m w build-^iugH uud to hnv^ profited hv norahaeinfl^and w.ishuiu' it for ^dust. ' While Ueli na^ia not exactly built u|mu a yold foundation,^there ia undoubtedly a good deal (Ml the pn -^eious metal under its btuj -ire,-Is. Itia only a few atepa past the t^'rou|^ ot^little log cabiiiH. hoiiii of them hilt Inn nil^in the cfuHty slope of the gttloh, to the bo-^ginning of Mam street's busineBH. The^photojiiapli r ongbl to make a reourd ot^the-He primitive loy houacH, which must soon^diaappear befon t In^ march of improvement.^They are not pretty, hut tiny will In- useful^by and by to illustrate the Motor] ^^t^Helena'a growth, liny are almost in the^a hadow of lrindHoii.e ami inbatantial atone^and brick atrnoturea of four and in. atorii s^in height. Almost at the bonndarj ot the^buaieat acctioii tht re ia nearly eompleted a^fine flve-atory brownsioiie structun,^atyliahly effective with its ijuariv faced^materiul, and reaching pi rhaps [!^i t, , t^alou^' Main sire-1 and the on bounding^it on tbe aide. Kurt In r on in the fitto- bnrgHlock, h|kiciouh ami opl.t.; than thereia another live htm ^ building ol brick^nnd atone for the Horehanta' National^bank, of which Mr. I,. H. Herahtteld, the^president, an old resident, although a^young man. i^ the builder, the t'irel^National bunk, of which . \ d o. Kauiui I I .^Uaueer, one of the deiii.H i t ,c ^Inn lour,^^ia president, ia only three atoi les hhjh, but in^a model ot good t.istc in. . . but it*only fault ia that it is not hirget-nougb forthe buaineee of the iuKtitut which thinksnothing of */iOO,000 in cash i^tiona in a day. Bigfatei u clerka crowd eaob^other in this bunk, and a larger number^ought to be employed. Then an numj^Tuutors who oome to look at a gn it panful^of Helena gold uuvueta, one ol which is as^pure and solid almost us gold bar, and is worth.' Thisia the neighlairh-- do( huuka ud^^big^ men. Across the streel ia tl^office of the Mont ma N ti m il bank. 1 he^president of this inatitut on, who is small^physically* lib*' ex-Oov. tiauser, ,- I - nine^the ^big four^ detn-ioruta. Id sales I.e. innpresident of the Molilalia bank, he is^the president of the Montana (Vutrul rail^way. president of the tireut talis Water^Power uud Town Site company, presidi nt^of l..e Nevada Cle.k I'lacer iliUltlg Com-^panv, t lie proprietor of tiie Uroadwalot Hot^Hpriiigs hotel uud a stockholder in a doien^or more companies for tl. developtneul ot^Montana's resources. Like Mr I ( Power,^ho ia constructing ^ hnndaome private res^deuce. ^ ol lb oadwati i ^ hou^ will be us^oomph te as liberal exis-ndituri c n m ike it.^and will cost about |1I^),0UU. Th^Gobi block, he Atlas block, mid other^groupa of buildings from torn to live stories^high, any of which would be notable^iu the Isaat of w. .tern cities, ale in this^compact busineas quurti r. 1 hi re is no^bote. Ie, 'dm,' ii town of which Helena i.^^rood. It will have one arsiu, a well con^etructed edifice of live Hturn-s, with H^^rooms. By and by il will have a still larger^one, comparable with! he In st o| t h I annuls^western inns. The schmil houses, of which^there lire many, testify to the regard of Un^^people for thecnuinion-NohiMil system. They^are tastefully built, commodious and well^kept and equipped. The most conspicuous^and expensive public building is the count v^oourt bouse. It is a ven' tasteful structure I withthri-e stories and n gable, a tower^chiuuriiiL- from circular lo square form at^the belfrv. and it is built of granite and^sandstone in the Komanesqtie stv le. The^territorial legislature met here, uud the tirst^legislature of the slats will hold its session^here also. Helenaban not yet ri-nrhcd the stage of^prosperity when she is ready to put pnvo-^niciits down on the dirt roads audio ei-^chnnge pliinktHl sidewalks for thisie of stone.^The streets are soinetinies very dusty, and^tbe sidewalks, subjected to a great deal of^travel, get out of repair qnickly. You are^told that all this will Is- changed la-fore the^10,000 population is increased to SO/HQ,^QradaahlTl ban changed so rapidly that^it would have In i n all expensive mistake if^all the streets had been paved I .'^fore this^lime. Following Main street as it winds^around in the gulch, the half mile of solid^brick buildings MM to an end at a di^^vision of the street, a branch running off on^each side. At the right is the Chinese quar^^ter. When the placer miners were nt^work lower down, tbe ('hiin-se flis-ked into^Helena from the Pacific coast, to be the^washermen of the camp, and gained the^foothold that they have kept. You meet^theni everywhere, and are told that there^are M to Mt of item in the city. Sam^Folio I,,,. ,\ Brother, who an- merchant^tailors, oceopj theirowntwo story building,^with the linn MUM m 'he isdilnelit ill^bhs-k btters of gold, ^( bang f|lOHi^drocer,^ ia aaothM sign over the d.sir of ii^slop thai in potion toed by American- as^well as CbJaooa Song bong A Co., Hok^llui^. ( hang a Co.. and otherChiaooaftno ninn s ap|s ar over other shop front-. I In y^^re Ihi'iMshing merchaiits, and brick builii-^hlgM are pointed out, Ihfaa stories in^height that they are BTaCtiag lo MMWn datetbair ktMWoaabaa busiiiess. There WI^ofooano, man) Obineaa iaudJ|WM,mm^a great many Cbineoepeddlew of raganiiMl^and fraita. They tadeapioyMMMlt M gen rd iioiise si rvaiits at hi .'.ii wages. Female^seii.mis are hard to MM at ^Vl a month^mil harder to keep I hey are led away by'^ill Hurts of tempt itions, some of them in^dnlged only to bring them to a quick de^^gradation ami baiter ropeneaaoe, whin fe^^male nmhlN p irticular about stipulat^^ing to do us little work as iiosaibb-, and^most of MMB decline toeiioage to do the^house hold washing, evsn in very small^Inailiaa the OhlMM will do anything^there is to Is. done. Hut a good cook, Wash^er mul inner, and doorman combined get*^ftn a month. Tiny will smoke u little^i much opium is casionally, and stay out^inconveniently without furnishing any^apology or explanation whatever, but they^are generally giMid cooks, m-at, iuuh loss,^amiable, honest about small f ban ;c and^large amounts intrusted to lie in to make^purchases, are rarely imp rtin. nl. and do^what they are told to do with almost hi^variable clus-rfullieais. Novisitor to Helena who has^la-en 111 the city since Aug 1 has^failed to hear of, mid most of them have^-hi the new hotel, the Hroailwat.r.^with the nnuei Hint Col. liroadwatel culls^his ^washlub.^ To reach it it is unccHriury^to lake a hack or n motor road. Hacks are^cheap in Helena, oddly eunuch, just as they^are Hi liutte, where everything else is very^dear. i he fear of the 'bus has kept the^liHckmen down to a half-dollar fare for al^^most any distance. So you can take a hack^lo the llroadwaler for half a dollar, or else^rale in a car drawn by all nichmed looono-^tive, the line running through the public^streets. The mule in generally by the north^and West,sround the base ot Mount Helena.^^Last Chance^ (iulch widens into u heniiti^fill valh v twelve miles wide and lliirly miles^long, with the llelt mountains bounding it^on the east and the It-skies on the west.^Heb na's fashionable sii'tli.n is lo be in the^uortbwesl, just as it is in Washington, and^you discover that fact us you ride. Then-^arc many line houses already built,^and others are going up. attractive^MIMMMMMI of brick and stone, stone,^brisk mid shingles, of Wooden materials^id..lie, and of stone used without contrast^ing brick. There are sonic very nnslest^houses t bat shelter men of large fortunes.^OH with no pi, tense lo WW OT HnpressiTH^slvle. but with ii well kept lawn mul plants,^is the home of Mr. Tommy Crane* Who is^calhsl ^Old Tonnj Cruse^ by some ol the^irreverent. He can staiul Is ing called p. t^names. I en years ago he was living in a^plain log cabin ami woikiag with pick and^hammer ns a pnatpector. He found the^gnat Hriim l.umuioii Mine at Marysville,^sold the controlling int. rest to a syndicate^for $1*800,000, and!^ now taking Ins share^f its *l .:^v111 annual net earnings, run^^ning a bank, fearing (lod, and helping the nnoatanipnrtv. I'hehouses of m (*ov. Hnuru r, Col. C. A.^Hlo id u at el. t he Hon Samuel Word, J. W.^Kussi II. II 1,. Child, and S. 0, Ashby are 1..uited out as ciaiuples of the taste of^lelelia's well-to-do uieli. Well out (o the^northwest, but still far from the thinly- *u-t-^Uad but In -h pi iced sas'lloli thai w iIImniii^ba transfoiin.il from n dusty sagebrush^plum into a villa nei:-hlsirli,nid, is the pret^ty home of ei (iov. It. I'latt ('ur|n liter, for^^merly a state senator in New tiirkanda^candidate (or lieutenant governor on the^ticket with ('barb s .I. Folger. Mt. fan^^b r bel|h il to in ike the collstilutioii which^Montana is about to adopl. lie is p,,,,-th^^ing law lu-re, ami Bade tune to s|n ik lo the^|Niip|e of Molilalia w ith great eiiiiiesim -s^about the di sir ibilitv of clean^loctiuM mid^boliest lllethisls in polities. Ik-hind all^theae buildings, ns one l---i ^ nt them from^the valley . is alu ays tbe soft background of^Mount Helena, with the old Humes used^by the placer minora clinging to its sides as^thev run down from the water sources^above. Itis a rule of ten miles lo the hot springs.^IK building a hotel six miles nearer the^city. Col. Ilrondwati-r has, with piiss,^brought them six miles nearer. At uu in-^p us. of f|im,nun a very handsome hotel has^been i reeled in a ph usaiit valley, its two^low stories s.t off with graceful gabled^nsifs. towers, carriage porch, s, and extra^wide piaSMaa Kverythuig that is modern^in the wav of conveniences mid comfort has^been combined with handsome furniture to^complete tins exceptionally attractive^plato. At each end of the house, on the^main tioor, are tell bathing apartments, lux^unously tilted upwith pored niltu!^*costing^about a.'t.imt, with tups that bring in the^water Ironi the spriu s at a IcuiiM-rulurc of^UOoWnna. Jus( eig.t of the hotel, across^grounds that are Ix-iug gradisl, si-t with^plants and converted by irri-i.iioii into rc^fieshiugly gris-u lawns, there is a building^of Oriental construction uud warmth of^color, with dome capped lowers and spires.^I nder its arched root is a bat lung is ml i.m^fist wide and :M^ bet long. No one in^M.a,tan i disputes the assertiouth it it is the^largest iucl,*s* d bathing pis*l m the world.^It is u great ^go.^ As many as 7mt |s rsous^huve laved in its tepid waters and enjoyed^the hot and cold showers that are puitluod^ill tbe form of tails in one end of tbe p nil^in a single day, and .VII is not an uncommon^register. Helenahas reason to be Oolitul. nl that^here there Is to Is-a gleat ctv . lis growth^hn been very steady Tbcre has hm Uo^pushing of building ahead of the city's Uaada\sa mattel of fad, there has boM^one attempt by liostoii Mpltaliatatogot lips^^b.Nim,^ whiOa w.iH suuuii Tily discouraged bya deliberate ouanl '^nofeneot by nana ofHelena's most c-qiabbi capitalists. W ivn^the Northern Pacific, the Montana Central,^aud Manitoba furnishing the means of ac^^cess to a vast agricultural and mining rc^gioii and with other railroads m oonteui-^platioti that will yet further bring Helena^within the reach of uew buyers aud Si llers,^and with no pfoapeotifolf dangerous rival^in sight, there n* . ui ^ to be g.*od reuaou tor^tin c uitid. n. ^-. la no other Moiilana town^is there so much cull iv, I si society or so much^of the retineiucut tuat comes with wealth^uud culture, J ty uud by, as this become*^in ire and more Hie case, the men wan make^their money in Hie mines, but who tin- of^li*mg in dust heaps on the mountain sides^or ill the gulches, will Uoek to Helena to^live. They will want lots, and their demand willpat tip the pnin at property, hatha cityis ollly about t.iMM fist above the level^of the sc.*, while olhet mining towns arc^higher, it will Is- more desirable than the^higher cities. Its climate in winter is af^^fected by the chiuooks, so that there is not^much sleighing, even when the mountains^are covered with snow. I'he smelters ol^Helena are not, like those of llutt*, planted^right in town, bat ale oil at Fast Helena,^three miles away, so that their fumes an^^nul perceptible.^It is a city which th. into tMgkt lo h gladof having ch'nseti as its capital. With^statehood it is ex|s-cted that ninny improve^^ments will come. There is much public^spirit in the city , but it him not been fully^drawn out. If fleh na should receive n little^more kind outside attention it would cer^^tainly b. encouraged to prove its title to a^pa-tic name and In come famous as a west^^ern center of influence as well ns culture. E.O.U. Theuse of calomel for deraugeiueuta of^the liver has ruined many a flue constitu^^tion. I l.os. who, for ainiilar troubles, have^tried Ayer's Pills testify to their efficiency^in thoroughly remedying the malady, with^^out injury to the system. Racesat Spokane f alls Forthe raoea at Spokane Falls, Oct .',8th^to 12th, inclusive, the Northern Pacific rail-^rosd will make a rate of one nud. one-fifth^fare t ^ - ^ for the round trip, Helena to^Spokane and return. Tickets on sale Oct.^7lh to 11th, inclusive, good to return up to^and including (hi. 14th. A. D* Fisiia,^(ienernl Agent. HeleiiH, Mont. ihsiiilxrlaii s Colic. Ohoton and I'larrhire Bnnif, Tinamedicine can always l*e depended^u not only in the milder forms of sum^^mer complaint, but also for malignant^dysentery and cholera infantum. The^lives of naai MMH mid especially chil-^dreii, are saved by it each year. mil.safe and reliable.^1'arc.heli ^fc Co. Itis pleas-^For sale by II. M. AWoman's lii.iovrry AllotImr wonderful discovery has been^made, and that, too, by a lady in this^county. Disease fastened its clutches uixm^her mid for seven years she withstood its^severest tests, but her vital organs were Mt*^ileriinned and death seemed imminent. For^three months she coughed incessantly mid^could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle^Of Or, King's New Discovery for ('oiisump^Hon mid was so much rein veil on tukiug^the lirst dose that she slept all night and^with one bottle bus boM miraculously^cured. Her iiaine is Mrs. Luther l,utz.^'I bus writes W. ('. Uanrieh *V ^ 'o. of Shelby,^N. C. (iet a free trial bottle at It S. Hale^A Co.'a drug store. y mibine*tlic juice of the Blue Figs o(^.ulifornia, bo laxative and nutritious^/.nh the nrduiiial rirton of pliiiu^taowa to be most beneficial to the^lamaatyxtan,formingtheONLY RR^i ECT REMEDY to act gently ye:^aptly on the KIDNEYS,LIVER AND BOWEL* andto -'ear--System Effectually, \i t ha r ^^.'^^jRE BLOOD, REFRESHINGCLEEP, HEALTHand STRENCTH^v ^rally follow. Every one it using it^. all are dcbgh.ed with it. Ask MM^, .t lor SYRUP OK KK'.S. Maa^^factaml only by the CALIFORNIAFIG SYRUP CO., SanKran^ ivi o, C'ae. laOffVtl ' * l*VV s Vftla, V V BEFOAC TheCelebrated French Cure, ;, , aphroditine ';:,:;:;:; ] f'll.d uu a^POSITIVE^DUARANTEt ini1 u ro a n v^en ia at uervuim^,ii^.'h'.-. ui aio^lUuiaar oi tt^e^nenemtln usui Of Ptthi elwhetuer hi^UlOfl Iriun t ..^^iM-ol silinalanta, lotauxo in ii|ilum, o,-iiinuiKh ii ii* i.^. i.- . aver tu.hiir- ' ae . Nil, ii a^ I.OMOI llrain Power, Wakeful- aeaa,Bnrloadown rainn th^^ Hhi k, Btmlaal^Weakaaa, Hyaerlo,Wtrveaaf nsHiatloa Moctnra-^al L'liiisnhinii, lencorrhiea, IHrrimsja. Weak Mi-tn^e - i -'^hoi pi^^ er and lini^itenc^, which (f na-^rlaeted often Ian to |^n-inaturei^l,l aai-and luian^hi I'nce II UD a N^ 6 boxai fur X5.W Hent bv^mall en reeetwt of nrlca AW R ITT FN Otl ARtNTUr, for every t.S Ot^trOer, lu refmul (he uiuuev if a rrriuaneut^rurs Ii not effected. Tlinu^^nd^ of teiuiiuniiiali^from aid and young, of bntti m-x^, ivt'ruiHiieutly^cureil bv ArH^,'l tTtsa Ctn-ular free A.t.lre^^THE APHRO MEDICINE CO. WBaTIRSHKtNCH. WIfI'OKTi.AND, OB sIt k*l ^. a il^l^ Jt 0.1.. phnnm and tetalt lrss..-^ MX* ^..-.*. ^^*^ n.i^*o Mn'l BUTTECITY,^Montana, t',,'K1 liuvs it idee of bnuatiM iron, tittajiUna stone mul nte t -i.t. tliriM*ijimrtcrs of u mile from railroad. |H,fli) buys 410 ncres of fciu-cil laml, Hinl^all IIWttftaMMM for sbwp growing^business, with right of the eldest anil^best IMtnj il MotitaiiH, twenty five by^Hixtoeti miles in exbMit. Also, if w ant^e^l, S*fiO0 head of s1iih^|) at will go^with tint range. Wissl, water, grass^and shelter plentiful. fl.li|) buys un undivided four-sixths in-^tcrost in Ifcjtl acres of inul land by a^railroad near liutte, i-niitaiiuiig three^dathhwl veins of good coal, resisjct-^ively I feet, I feet and II feet in thick^^ness. Also,fine btnlding |iri^|M^tiitiotiB iu the^business center of liutte.^For mtle by EVANS,NICH0L8 ^ CO.,^Real Estate ^ Mining Brokers.^EAST BROADWAY, BUTTE. M T 0*1**,n I Jr i 1*.fn^ a i Mataa.'^^aorra*ct Shape 1 avn^(o\jRT)^i *-^kja^c* KNFORrvtJTO SHAPE O 'pe*'ection u, nt. *^its, i eoct t-JU 1^!*^^^* ^***. rerna^^ ' oil dl .comfort ^,-u ^^O Bud A Pncsani K ^oe. I' ^ Mteiwliiaj^u tn^ 4 ^^ ^^ 1 ^^ s\a Ojf rut:* ^ -ti **^ tiu-'w In II,* * , IW'iprvl^tw net bj *t irw(t*was9 tfeMi ttuftA Pn-V^r^t She^ -'^'^^ ^^^-' ' Ji.rmw^1 r H0,d PRID ii \KMSK 'ii.. ll.iti.t wi : ^rt- Avvv arb n-c ^^ *'' - ^^^^^ Susr-r^..-*^^^ i., i* i*** ^ * * *rx* (1,B^y.^l.-- - M ^m v SPECIALM ALL THIS WEEK AT THEBEE HIVE! K0HLBERG^ CO. NO. 5 NORTH MAIN STREET. A.M. Holter Hardware Co. Headquarters FOR MECHANICALTOOLS OfEvery Description. BELTING^ PACKING. IronPipe and Fittings. CABINETAND BUILDERS' HARDWARE Dealersin VitroGlycerine, Dynamite and all High Explosives.^113 NORTH MAIN STREET, Mntana Packing ^ Provision Co., Packers,Smokers and Curers of Choice Mildly Cored Meats. AllMeataofour ripei-ml MBSMSaj R mut IN pm ki-d in Muiitiin;i sad liuve our^brand pluinlv hurneil into the Mkin. TheHdenaStean Heatinf and Simlv (n 0ti plumbers, Gas: and : Steam : Fitters. EstimatesUpon all Work in Our Line Cheerfully Given. 203NORTH MAIN STREET, - - - HELENA, MONT. Helena Lumber Co., (Nuccfisorito V. II 4 ^Hiiii1^f).) Roughand Finishing Lumber andLF^actor^r ^Wox3rr.! Onlersbv Muil will rix-eive Prompt attention. CVirre**|*onilenia ailicitad. Tanl^unil Fiu-tory near Nurthern rui-itic De|K^t. MAHMB1IStl, Jas. McMillan a co., rruprtetonuf tli* MINNEAPOLISSHEEPSKIN TANNERY, MJid l^^nl*r^ lu Hides,Sheep Pelts, Wool, Tallow, Ginseng and Seneca Root.^Sheep Pelts and Furs a Specialty. 101,103 ^ 105 Second St. North. Shipment,)Solicited. Minneapolis,Minn.^Write for t'ln-tilara. l.s. PUBLIC SAMPLING COMPA'Y. CityOffice Removed to Second National Bank. Sampleeanil Aseavs tumlo of All Dree, t'- -nsitftiuteiit aolk-itetl. Snuiplee of eai-h^lot aubmitteil to the ihffereut Smeltere, nuil thet)re Solil to the Hi|{heet^UiiKlor. Sainplinif Worka at Northern Pacific urnl Montana^Central liatlroail Junotioti- Take Motor Line.^WRITE FOR TERMS.TELEPHONE NO. 71. HELENA,MONT. P,LARKE,PONRADPURTIN V32 and 34 V Main Street, UHelena, Mont. WwtmUMand Kkiaii. I)BALaus HEAVY, SHELF, AND BUILDERS' Hardware Inm,Ifcti, Home uml Mule Shoe*, Horse Nails, MmINailn, Mill BlpiHss, KlacksmithV O.khIs. Sqm,Bsttiac, Ttansn' Blook, Carpenter's Tools, Forceand Lift Pumps, Oas Pipe and Fiiknts. SoleAgents for the Celebrated'^Snoerior*1 and Famous ^Aeon^^COOKING ^ IIEATING STOVES, andW. G. Fisher's Cincinnati Hotel:and : Family : Wrought: Iron : Ranges. CentennialsWrlsjWSUIS, Ice GbMn, Wastt Cillers, IoeCream Freezers, Wood and Willowure, OIuhk andQueensware, EnjUsk aud American Cutlery, Frenchand American Mirrore, Plumbers' Goods andSupplies, House Furnishing Gooda, Bta^Everybody reejKH-tfully invite^l to inspect the LarKe^t and most Complete Stoat W HARDWAREIN THE NORTHWEST! Ordersfrom the Country Solicited and Promptly Shipped. Respectfully, Clarke,Conrad ^ Curtin. C.B. Smiley, PartAvenue Livery and Boarding Stable. FineHorses and Carriages ol Every Description Always m^Readiness at Reasonable Rates. CAREFULATTENTION TO BOARDING HORSES! 414Park Avenue. Telephone 2 I 9. THEFAMOUS WAUKESHA,WIS. A( ar Load Just Received by^BACH, CORY ^ CO., Sole Agents. HELENA. BOZEMAN. A.j.DAVIDSON ^ CO., Ifillers in BAINWAGONS, SLEIGHS, AND BOB SLEDS. AGeneral Line of AGRICULTURALIMPLEMENTS. Hayand Grain in Car Lots a Specialty. BANDCOULEE COAL DOES NOT SLACK, WhenExposed to the Air,^AS MOST ALL OTHER SOFT COAL DOES. Aliirjfe portion of Una Coal ia ainiilar to Anthracite in rharueter. and dotm not II^the room with Boot. Ask your dealer fur the Snnd Coulee Coal or Bpply to S.F. SHANNON, Agent. Orncs Montana Central I H-pot. tCSTAiii imiki) in I mi.'.. KMii.t r^ i*S7, INT K R N AT IO N A L HOT EL. TheUirveet LMKHnl Hotel.^ Has the verv l*est luixniuiHKlatiuUH in the citr.^KaU'x reilue.il; *^J [^er day mid upwiinle, nccoriliiijf to location of rooms. M.LISSNER, Proprietor. THEMET ^O^OI^IT^JlSr, FormerlySparey's Hotel. Runon Both American and European Plant. Sample Rooms for^Traveling Men. Mrs.T, H, MORSE, Proprietress, ^ PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA. ThePioneer of the Great West I COSMOPOLITANHOTEL. HELENA.MONTANA. SCHWAB^ ZIMMERMAN, Proprietors. Th*0'datt. Most Dn.raUic L^adli( Fint-Clan Hotel In the City. ARTHURP. CURTIN, Furniture.Carpets, House Furnishing Goods. Havitu/leiwe^l the two up(*er floors of the Davidson hlivk and ixinneete^l thsi^with our a I rem h innuense *-;il*'-n^ -iiih. ^e nou occupy four entire Moore, extendlsc^IhlOOgb the whole Mink from .laik*ani t^^ Mam -trwt. *-t^^ked thoroughly witfi^good* of even k'rade and nt prices that defy OMBpctitiOa Kvery purchase mads^strictly for caeh, directly from tirst hands, and shipped in cur loads only. An si-^atuinution of ftoods unil comparison of prices solicited. MusiG.Department^: ~^NtnM^0ii 0lr^an| ^^)d Musl^l^etc/ian^/^v Er\