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SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1912.
PASSING EVENTS
Two themes engaged the attention
of the public last week-politics and I
weather. The weather forced itself I
upon our consideration, and we had to I
take polities whether we would or not. 1
There was a good deal of each, in its l
way, but no more than precedent hasI
taught us to expect at this season of
he year, ,There was not much In
erest Ize weather, for it was not
he in g kind, but there was, on
he oth . d. a lively and altogether
beorbing interest in the political situ
tion. Conditions at present are un
anal, and this year's politics affords
as novelty in campaigning. For the
tlrst time, this country is having ex
perience with the primary election in
connection with the presidential nomi
nations. The week brought the re
turns from the first presidential-pref
erence primary ever held in this coun
try, and the result was variously re
ceived. To those who stand for the
primary and who insist that the people
should have a voice in the selection of
their officers, the figures which wpre
flashed Thursday night over the tele
graph wires from Kansas City were
encouraging; they told that the people
had been allowed to speak: that they
had voiced their opposition to the rule
of the ring and that they stood for the
right. It was a noteworthy event. It
gave the week a distinctiveness that
will make it memorable. It marked the
beginning of the end of the domination
of the Interests.
IN MONTANA--Montana has no
primaries. There is a so-called pri
mary law upon our statute books,
placed there last winter by the people
who do not want a primary, but it
gives the people no chance: It leaves
the control where it has always been
In Montana unless the people throttle
the power which has entwined them
so long and asseort their right to ex
press their own opinion. This state
has been made a burlesque for a long
time and In many ways by the manip.
ulations of this eohtrol; it stands in
the estimation of the country as one
of the corporation-controlled common
wealths of the Union. The history of
the struggle of the people of Montana
for a pgI .Ja-rw is "famliar; often
-ve the voters placed their trust in
q ggsl l fanly. aiytoave that
t.he p)li~es 4, their
n lated. he last ses
sgop of th t eglature brought the most
fitrant disregard of the expressed
nashes of the people that was ever
faunted in the faces of the electorate.
Thiere had beep party pledge and per.
qIfal promise l that the state should
have a prinyary law, but none was
m°len. The men who had been sent
to: Helena to enaat nsoh a law and
wHio bad gone thee, persouoallt pledged
.. prepare such a status, deliberately
the wope .* ch had been
in the li 4eft the state ex
to the of the Interests
. ý° a Of tthe i~l
wafbM4 LS`.ta)d C~1 ~¶t
tp v;i~i e;* ~b i $.
titil ' s 11 ,liary W
ti, PSSle have the opportunOt i
SItVAW' WORDS-Last week the
geatest demoorat of the country, g.a.
.ir through Montana, paused in Butt*
ongt enOutgh to' address the people of
the great mlning camp. Mr. Bryan we
inttoduced to his, large audience by
Governor Norris and was received with
the enthuslasm which Butte always ac
corded him. He talked to *he Butte
people an hour, and he told them
much that will do them good it they
Pember it. One of the chapters of
is address was devoted to the discus
sion of the primary. He lauded the dl
rect-election plan; he spoke eloquently
for the primary-nomination idea. He
knew-somebody told him, perhaps, at
Garrison-enough of the details of the
situation in Montana to enable him to
flay the forces which have defeated the
will of the Montana people; he at
tacked the influence which has con
trolled the leglslative affairs of the
state to the end that Montana has no
primary law; he also made some very
pointed comment upon the men who,
during the regular session and later,
had prevented the voters from getting
that to which they were entitled and
which had bden promised to them.
And Governor Norris, who had Intro
duced the. distinguished speaker, sat
upon the platform and heard these
things. Mr. Bryan used the capital "1"
with accustomed frequency, but he did
not mince matters. He told some plain
truths about Montana politics-truths
that Butte people should remember.
ROOEVELT-Mr. Bryan also paid
high tribute to Colonel Roosevelt,
though he sought to disguise it. He
told how Vg. Roosevelt had big-sticked
the incomT-tax law Into the federal
statutes: he told how Mr. Roosevelt
had become an earnest advocate of the
initiative and referendum; he told how
Mr. Roosevelt is a supporter of the
direct election of senators and of the
preference-primary law. Mr. Bryan
said that all of these measures were
Bryan measures and that Mr. Roose
velt had no right to take them up; but
he admitted that it was Roosevelt who
had made them possible. He attacked
Mr. Roosevelt for wanting to run a
second time for the presidency, al
though he admitted that he, himself,
had made the run three times. The
tribute to Roosevelt was contained in a
long-continued criticism of him and his
performance, but it was based upon the
tact that Roosevelt has given the coun
try larws which Bryan tried in vain to
give. When Bryan advocated these
laws, they were good laws, yet he says
Mr. Roosevelt is a bad man, a usurper
and what not, just because he, by his
energy and his persistence, has brought
about the enactment of these very
measures into laws. It was really a
compliment to Colonel Roosevelt. Per
haps Mr. Bryan meant it to be so. We
hope he did. If he did, he is with the
people, for the people are expressing
themselves in no uncertain tones as
favoring the man, Roosevelt, whose
record is one of performance as agalest
a long record of talk on the part of
those who criticized him for this very
performance.
VOX POPU LI--he first presidential
preference primary, to which reference
has been made, was held Thursday In
the Fifth district of Missouri. This
district is Kansas City, and the pri
mary's results were overwhelmingly for
Roosevelt, who received 4,924 votes as
against 827 for Taft. These returns are
interesting as being the result of the
first presidential-preference primary to
be held in this country. They are more
interesting, perhaps, on account of the
direct confirmation which they give
to the sentiment expressed in.the straw
votes which had been taken upon the
same issue in the same district, just
before. This confirmation adds em
phasis to the other straw votes, in
formal ballots and other expressions of
preference which we have had lately
and which all point one way; they all
indicate that the people of the country
want Roosevelt for president. The ro
sult of the Kansas Clly primary pro
duced, in its announcement, a profound
sensation in political circles the coun
try over. Washington is agol over the
news. It is accepted as foreshadowing
the results in other states which have
primary laws, and it shows what popus
lar sentiment really is. Here in Mon.
tana, there can be no doubt as to the
nature of public- opinion, even though
Iwe have no primary law. Montana is
for Roosevelt.
IN MISSOULA-In her local affairs,
Missoula is more fortunate than the
reat of the state; she has a primary
and her people select their own offiers,.
We are in the midst of a municlpal
canpaign, but it Is so differept from
what the campaigns used to be under
the old system, when the tickets were
framed by a handful of amen in a con
I ventlon, that it seems refrishlsg. lver.
voter feels that he has a voice in the
affairs of the city and he is eager to
participate. The registration for' the
city primaries. reaihes almbst three
thousand this year. Tlhis s large for
the eltyl it is the largest city registr.
I t.P we have ever had. It esidenoes aa
litarest in local affairs which is enr
soraegl, Theip people will selo the
4s1·p .15
It 4a as ects to be eleotae to0
. hle meet as4 O t-P*
P J1 i'B polt. It will do him
no. god i Bao an moffie in one of
the bit bloe skid ask the ward boss
for his supp.rt or for his permission.
The ward beIa has no support to give,
aside feomhis one vote, and his 'per.
missiulon, outs no figure at all. It is the
peiople who deaidq, and it sl up to the
people wh~l there Is any permislion to
be giren. And, as it is In Mlasoula,
so Iwill it be in 411 Montana one of
thele daysl end it will not be long. The
state will bYve a primary soon.
ATTRAOTIVY NISSjlt . is hoped
that the flnanoial condition of Missoula
Will soon Whrrant more extensive park
improvemett. Meanwhile we must go
ahead as ikpidly as we can under the
district plan which has brought so
much marked betterment here. At
tractiveness is a great asset for a city.
Pleasant parks, pretty drives, shaded
streets and beautiful yards conslttute a
resource which no city can afford to
neglect. Thete is much along these
lines which can be done by private ef
fort and with no regard as to the
finances of the city. Individual en
deavor will do a great deal. The first
step toward the c.it beautiful Is clean
liness; every street and every yard in
the city should be clean and neat. At
tractive homes can be made nowhere
more easily than here in Missoula; it
is possible for every householder to
have a flower garden and a pleasant
yard. The improvement districts have
furnshed an Illustration of what can be
done in the way of systematic bet
termqnt of streets. There are some
model thoroughtares In Missoula now,
and there will be more soon. It will
not be long before a park commission
can be given funds sufficient to carry
out definite plans for the beautifica
lion of corners which are now neglected
and of the splendid park sites which
are already the city's. But, right
now, the thing to be doneies to .have
every citizen have a clean place and a
flower garden. That requires no city
appropriation and no park commis
sior.
FOR PUBLICITY-Right away, now,
the chamber of commerce will start
ita campaign for funds for the year's
work. The definite plan for this cam
'algn In to be announced this week.
One thing is certain-Missoula should
be generous in her support of the
chamber of commerce this year. We
do not believe there is another city in
the pountry which has re.elved suah,
splendid results from 'the expenditure
of the same amount of money as Mis-'
roils has obtained from the work of
the chamber of commerce this year.
To put it the other way, Missoula's
publicity work has cost her less than
that of any other city of her size in the
country, and the results have been all
out of proportion; they have been
wonderfully good. As the center of the
new western-Montana movement, Mis
soula has new and greater responsibili
ties this year than ever before. There
will be no change In policy; there can be
none, for the chamber has been work
ing along lines which have been ap
proved; there must be, however, a
broadening of the scope of the work
and an extension of its influence. The
work cannot be done without money;
the necessary funds should be forth
coming without any hesitancy. The
amount required is not large. The
work which it will accomplish is great.
Here Is where we must pull together.
MIARCH WEATEIR - The local
complaint about the quality of the
weather of the first ten days of March
would be much less if Missoula and all
western-Montana people would mead
The Houn' Song
IMPI
Every' tits K 0030 town0..fth@
boys koop s-kiok1 my dog crofit
'Wakes Ro d9,fi.one It h .is s bouae
8otoSs tlit kiokin ay dog 4 r., sW
It. Joseph, Mo., March 9.-NMt ilinc
the oldier boys carrie 'TTThere uW' be'
6 Hot Time in, tle Old Town Tonught"'
as their warOF) ipnto Cubs,' has a sons
swept the country as 'The R o4rg" oi
w hich originated in Missourt a nd no w 1*
the u toeio , ..,Iyh :
·Pr44rtinie 140Wrsiiittaul r a. am
ýlar>' k~ii >ý 'ýp ice , -,,.. y:
ham e.jQ*.AW
the oi olwe- whlch 1tti
had t as tl Rw ae
twegtp~ ' a arop lV the
lr-t ' ' bpart of the statl,
tell . j , ile dapproath evetn
to the n ,i.s 'soti.th as MiS.
soult u 1ienavy snowfall
sail y tl atures have
p.rve d;ld t , !we* , Montana we
don't knaw b ."'we U we are until
we tleatlit' se. offt other
folks a. "It 4z, bOt d wek-tor
March--heib'a.I i' + pal ,of the state.
'the week'~lIt a wnas delighttdl. We
are nearing" th' oSlh calelndar mark
of sprigo, sad s y I pect warmer
weather. ,lght' a chere will be
some fltful' tHft aot course-it would
not be MwShO 4oatut therm-but we
are steadily lt6o the most
beautiful. eatn. the world knows,
apple-bloLom. tins in western Mon
tana.
As the maste di t 'ceremonies said at
the wake: *"'ll mention no names, but
there Is a Pat - IeOtlne and. Dennis
Flaherty, as is not wanted here." Whlich
is much the way of the anti-Roosevelt
fellows who. deelgre they will avoid
personalities.
You can't expect to got what you want
unless you make your want known.
The best way to express it is in a bit
of space on the classified page of The
Missoullan.
Mr. McKinley appears determined to
rely upon, the steam roller. He should
remember that there is no machine so
perfect that It doesn't bieak down some
time.
The anwilUngness of Mr. McKinley
to accept a square deal and an honest
cut of the q rds warrants the sus
plcion that the deck Is, stacked.
The municipal field is large, and
there is a tolerably great number of
reapers, the question Is as to the qual
ity of the harvest.
But even .Mr. ?tl a mlts that there
are times when. Judtes should be
ousted: he differs merely as to the
method of recall.
Mr. Taft's long experience on the
bench naturally gives him the highly
colored view of the judiciary which he
holds.
The horrors of war cannot be exag
gerated in their presenta.ton, but there
are other ho'"rs which are even
greater.
With all the land there is An Blaine l
county, it would seem that there is I
small need to quarrel over a line fence. I
Missoula's city 'oampaign doesn't get
so much space in the pers, but
It is none the lem a' r .'ow",
When you observe the candidate and
consider his ways, you ilzlse that the
office costs all it Is worth.
Eh of them declares he will avoid
persgnalities and then each of them
takes a whack at Teddy.
The Missoullan class sd will find the
man you want when you can't locate
him In any other 'way.
The senate, in other words, adopted
the recall in the case of the confirma
tion of Judge Pitney.
Aftpr all, it settles down to the
question whether or not the people are
to be trusted.
The St. Ignatius meeting, last night,
strengthens the force of the pull-to
gether.
Mr. Taft talked about the Columbus
speech, but we don't think he an
swered it.
The people are to be trusted, and the
sooner, the better.
The spring-fever germ is getting in
Its work.
If It's a game, play it on the square.
Registered? Then Vote.
yý,
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t ~ it~ g BL~bLP~ L IIB~r ·:*IR~ l~Y, ~ r~f~~r: c2 m s 8u: r
btl le s *IS th4"ie 1
t at now i at
aed : from
town siten~ .at l
a Ed bac. a als ot
StIme wAS *s "en t
ws& as ter mi a t ifelip
p. the Ibgrade, laden with supp1ies
ththir s aof people whoie
homer wa In the pidtlusue town
whbostw' llU n th ouad resting p its
between the Igret bouldek of tt b
Sese ulon shldves which were
out f tite histufn tn ldd Ipopi
11ing d o ided ,nuipon the' grat diver
SCo mountain,. the ot w
deut produuoes of ,the "t t Iº
ver known. Passenger V sreanoes
moved more rapildgy ip ar down the
wondefful old mountain, ',pved ove0
what was probably the finest mountain
road in th* whole wet-- veritable
boulevard for smoothness and cdn
atructed upon' a grade "whlob wl a
easy to posslble when the alttlude of
Ita terminals are conasidered. "
• It was an experience never to be
forgottin, to 'trveo, the old Granitd
SMountain rIdd in those days It was
thoroughly busy, every foot of It, and
it was busy for nearly every one of the
34 hours which made up. the day;
sometimes the folks wished for mor4
hours; it seemed impossible to crowd
into the allotted number the amount of
business which had to be done, Along
the trail ran the table line, whoge sus
pended cars transported the slver ore
from the wonderfut mines on the
mountain to the mille at the base of
the gIreat, old hill. easeluss was mro
movement of the endless line of care
and down below the great stamps beat
nocessantly upon the stream of ore
which poured beneath them, hanmmer
ing out the wealth which the roolf con
tained. It was the greatest silver
camp on earth.
Maybe there brve been livelier towns
somewhere, than 'were these two
Philipsburg and Granite-at the ends'
of the Granite mountain trail in the
days when silver was a. monetary
metal. Maybe there have, but if thier
have been, their names and loeatons
are not a matter of record. It Would
be a difficult matter to convince San'.
body who saw these camps' ln those
days that there could be any town live
liaer. There was no night in -either
town. The day was 24 hours long.
Every hour was busy sad the lil~lt
made the midnight baaopq qo bright
as midday. But there was little dis
order; the folks were all too busy.
Of necessity, a trail which connected
two such towns as these would, Itself,
be busy. And the ropd up the moun
tain fulfilled the law of probabiilty to
a nicety. It was a mighty industrious
thoroughfare. The demonetisation of
silver sapped the life blood of the
great industry which made these towns
what they were. Almost within toe'
span of ¢ single day, these camps
were transmormed from hives Oef Il.up
try Into deserted villages. it r.odie
of the Interesting experlences of' my
life that I was present during the exo
due of the miners from Granite moun
tain; it was a memorable event. There
were not vehicles enough to transport
those who wished to ride down the
mountain and many of them walked;
trunks were piled high upon great hay
racks and shipped down to the rail
way station: there were tears in a good
many eyes, for Granite's people loved
their town. But it Is not my purpose
to describe further or to diseou at all
the dropping of the curtain upon the
activities of Granite mountain. Thip
is to be a story of the man who made
Granite mountain famous, and who,
Incidentally, made a whole bunch of
millionaires.
When the history of Montaps is
written, there should be a long chap
ter gIven to the story of Oharles D.
McLure. He took many millions out
of Montana ground. A large portion
of this wealth went to make the f..
mnou: St. Louis group of millionaires.
Mr. McLure retained some of it. A
vast slice of it went back into the de
velopment of the state's mining in
dustry and there are many mills
among the Montana Rookies which are
monuments to the courage of this re
markable man, many hoists which are
testimonials to his daring. When he
was confident that there was ore to
be found, he never btesitated a minute
to risk his all to find it. In the faces
of discouragement. he became the
bolder and the more determined. The
harder he had to fight, the better he
fought. And it stands today as his
record that he was almost invariably
right.
He was right because he did giot
form bis opinion offhand. When .he
made inquiry it was searching. He in
vestigated thoroughly; he appro~cihed
his problem from all angles. When he
had completed his study, he knew what
he twas about and he either rejectpd
the proposition or adopted it. When
he had adopted and approved a prop
erty, he knew no rest until' he had
demonstrated by developnuent the or
rbctness of his theory regardnig it.
Obstacles which wouli hairv dismayed
an ordinary man, he brushed Uaside 0
if they were nothing: He had his .a.l
set and he worked straight toward it.
He did not drive blindly at it,,lhpt hr
worked intelligently and effeotively;
he planned his hanmpaig and. he fol
lowed his plan through thick and thin.
Charles D, MboLare was not born to
the mining business, but he was born
to the frontier, and of a race of ftroi
tienmen. It was in Carrolton, .(0.,
that he first saw the light. The year
of his birth was 1144. For two goner
atlons his forebears hed bel. in
vanguard of the westward .w4a4se
their names are prominent in -tn
records of more than one astttte an
ways they figure with distinoon. T.
were pioneers of pLou)r_ munt. lt
hardship, trained .to 'adance, brll
never t o 440 t. Born of flight
lug' blood in .. anra of pýit
rnt:y.it is R# to be wondered at tbt
thee "g 1140 found a 1SVearboid boa
gnat with a freighting ' tttfi
3rebrvtisa too ,ep than
the isat tIhat `bop
,adventurous, b gbg~rir
thi ea nten. and tl. late Vwsl
Whides tn Unoln
~haintbls to.hed hi conluonA ho -ro*
e withor Ph o th, e " eraq -
auiplt ie d tat oe In w hin
turned his atteoltio to quarts minin.
He eded ted himelf With ht$o e ndleeo
found the patners estabisheo in the
Unlonville dlestinced". tov lReleon,
iwhere ous J elocated one went ouak to
souab ad studn iedxtenstudiedon othe
Whltlacb, Union.
Bti 'it Was haphazard work and un
eatisfretory to Mhlre. he was blen
onvd with such ed that uoes in quhearts miblen
ing depended upon a thoroh knto takl
edlge of the ology and mentealury and,mill in
having reached this conclusion, he pro
ceutteded with harcteristc energy to
equip himself for the pursuit which
was to become hs17 li wor., end In
which he we destinmed to achieve con
si tcuaous success. e went erack to
Missour and e udieed, tuded th all born
the energy of whloh he was capable
and with such effecddn-t thath he was able,
when he returned to uontcana to take
chae old the thid Centsnnial millof pepIn
Butte.
The yer 1on fitteound him, all ure on
Pbollpbr to, already a tawhen town ofemer
fame, whrose he assumbled directin o
the famous old otpe mil e he re in
thi witnderful old propwinnerty, ort
foet unddden eontld forenel whesh e wthis, born
hereut was the pfo thisch he was pde
destdiend to occupy; o here wa the
wealth-yet hiddqn-ehlch he was
ore-,ordind tohe muncover and gionve th
the cworld. For this, his years of ptep
aration had fitted him, all uncon
scously to himself, but when. the emer
gency rare he was able to mseet it and
when the opportunity cme he grasped
it with the grip of a winner. For this
very situation he had learned how to
meet sudden contingencies; for this, he
had learned to handle men; for thin,
he had gained experience in spnoklng
out hidden foes; for this he had
studied tae flow of slt'raie, the na
tuire of, 'oks, theR hqlli6* of ores
and the details of the eburhotion of
metals. Life on the plaini, on the
trail, in the mountains and among the
mines had fitted him admirably: he
was prepared In the beat school of all,
the school of exoebleno.
This is not a minlng treatise or I
might tpll-it I could--o the ohuanges
he mnadb in the Hope mill, which In
oreased its efficiency and marked Mo
Lure as a remarkable metallurgis
The Hope mill is the oldest reduction
plant in Montana. Its story is a tale
in Itself. Por years and years its
stamps have pounded, pounded. pound
ed-when all else wae-silent at the foot
f Granite mountain: for years it has
produced its wealth of metal when all
other sources in the distriot failed;
always the Hope has made good its
name and has kept alive the confi
dence of the Philipsburg people, whom
I regard as the pluckiest lot of folks
in Montana. It is a remarkable mine.
the Hope, and its mill Is a wonderful
institution. It bas produced a vast
amount of wealth In the lopgyears of
its almost uninterrupted opirtion and
t has graduated some emarkahble
men-but none greater, none entit"d
to higher place in the estedm of Mon
tana, than Charles DI MoLure.
He took up the improvement of the
Hope mill Suet as he took up every
thing else-with a determination to
win, It was while he was winning, with
the Hope that, his attention was di
reoted to the Granite mine, .then a
mire prospect in the forbidding gran
ite region overlookingr the Flint creek
valley. MoLure had been looking over
the country, but with ,oharacteritIc
conservatism, had said notling. He
had learned a lot. All of the mining
in the diltrict had been Ip the seo
ondary formation; after. a year of
study, MbLure 'rpopised .away from
tlls into the older 'msok, That pros.
peoting made 'the Granite Mountain
mine.
Dr. Josiah M. Mertll .was the a.
ayer at the HoPe. 'He son acquired
a espect for the p-noeti upetntendent;
it was he who first direotd the at.
tention of MoLure :to. the prospect on
the hill. Merrill 'ws one of the own.
ers of the Granite Mountain lopatt.fb
It was not a ,promnsing.:pros t. The
outcrop was lare, but tiser was
nothing to indicate anythitg mode than
low-grade mineral The dountry, it
se,,. was forbidding. Rl'gged-preeeoip
itous, crowded with huge bbuners,
supporting no vegetation ibut Its cloth.
Ing'of l'odpole pine-there was little
to tempt the min ..e or to . nvitAe.t
prospector, There. had S~Sr a. shot
tunnel ahd a tive-foot wiale driven;
tiis represented all th, w"oit that d
eel done. on lleaWpdeytyg :ia of
theo rs had liue onafiden.. lb fthe
Illustratve d the stl*iation in
whfcl..'.t wa. hold, I was ld the,
other `da . si i -
stenoe cbnpdted .tttlthee Iyhb.
tory of Qraite 'ltu l i The
H-foot winee ý had b eem p
uank by ootrtl the r or w
to' relc ve qarter l the
property' fs his wri. ei.h
fltishe Hlld, one of th s,
measured b ae r' it on
This ane
meat of the; gr-atGanit4 k
an w~i~nra not. eU bo
iwas beid his onino s un
zmt 'was a wa t when thn wok
shere hi ered that sold t ass
there euas rJf orGt He was .deter
mote and finacd e ble. t iner
.illed o nf uarts-d on.i t.
r soLwere hot adi limits s p0rsu-a
tblo ol j prospeet Moare ooInna4
ap andl o ut d tat he hadn 1u etouhrt
to y e b mehi for tht ack tt pa
gr4not medai tltc hm that oth i wor
aidet dItwindle. ttluing; steadily the
wola tae dbanded, but iatre wloo pked
iti,' anrid' his oontllsnc.' was un
shakep, though the hoped-for rbslits_.
seemedi as fr away as when the work
was started. But he knew that, some
wdark ahead in that solid an tht thess
there was rich ore. Hei was deter
milnd to find t. And thb e toners
drilled on ano etd on but no di
But en the nfqu etiosn of ottl tdne
of eoLure had'its limits as a prsua
Itve an tluent, shiftedbt there came a day
when there wad b no hanre mon the oal
able .or in 'prospect. Me.ure counted
up and fand t . a he tjust enotug
to ay the men for that hiitts This
did not m6ean` with him that the work
would he abmndoned, but it looked
dark, mped i med certain th at thewa
eveloDnte od bth e mine postponed.
There was.disoouragsment, but no die
mave the. ore waoh there; he knhew It
it VsO Just a question of getting tnude
to reach it.
Where had been no value9 discov
ered in the work that had been done.
it wasof the lant hit, buthe the miners
worked doggedt last shon. Througt wh the day
thre had ben no change upon the con
ditions .underground. The. last shot
was tamped h nme, the ounts was
lighted and Cthe miners prepared t
leave the work which they had pushed
so persistently under the determined
drivme in o the ment onthe heofd the
work. Tht last shot was fired. t
threw onm that ore upon the muntil nowk'
planks. The Granite Mountain was
dilcovyred and Charits wlth 6 thue wht
came in that moment one of the worl.a
et mining ml o hres o t he k
From that evening in 1830 until now
the great Grrnite Mountain fissure has
steadily yielged its wealth Of the white
metal into the markets of the worl.
It has madg millionaires of the hack
ers of the plucky, persistent man who
grimly and gamely fought agranst odds
to Undover the bonansa which made
Granite Mountain a household word.
The mine developed under soleptiflo
management into a model of under
ground development; a haft . more
than 1,800 feet deep is entered at the
1.000-foot level by a tunnel three miles
long. The great ore body has shown
no sign of exhaustion; In iti.mlUes of
levels the reat. mine yet-holds vast
bodles of workable ore. The low price
of silver caued. the oeesation of oper
ations at the mule; water flits Its
depths to the height of the dralnqge
tunnel. Some day, the market may
warrant the 'resumption of work here.
But always the.. GraMte Mountain
and the mirvel/ons wealth it produced
wr emain as a monument to the man
wp found it.,and who developed it In
the, face of difficulties. He-through
his keen .inllght,. contributed to the
wealth at Montana. more .than $38,
OOQ,Qo0. His whole reofo4.1i oonAtruct
lye; he has risked ore thtt any
other minin man In Montata, but it
has b,.sd pd haphasar4 rlakg.it has
beensthe venture of the far-seeing man,
of the man' who knows. Montana owes
much to Charles D. Moture, who first
saw her soll as a fret.ter and who
became one of her greatet men.
A.ul L , 8.
MIlaUla, March 9, lilt.
DIEINITIONS.
(FIom Judge.)
Weather-A convenient htndie with
whleh to take hold of a conversation.
Collar button-- he pivot around
whboR a man's tollt revolves.
-ausa e-The linl between man and
beast.
Corsets-the straight and narrow
I~agtime music-the universal slal.
,uags of mankind.
A Winan's hotel-A hencoop.
Thourghts - Thinglp or which we
would be arreste*d they were'klnon.
1i11 wedding--lssampiles o the et.
tffilnoy of ile year.
.Y4udeville-The hash of the dra.
matlbill o' fhre'e.
.h.ods-o.Groundiitt" .With erapl 6 e
springe-The mussle se. on for youlg
lAgs-The sedl ent ,4li hIg the
9lpea of the iouintin of outh.]
f 4e Nab `f'pi#.: