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TA,.rr vxrolmh' O T AINA.
GREAT FALLS is located at the Falls of the Missouri which furnish the greatest available water power on the Con
tinent. Is within 7 miles of the most extensive Coal and Iron district in the West, immediately beyond which are
rich Silver and Copper districts. It lays tributary to the best agricultural and grazing part of the Territory, and the
pineries of the Upper Missouri and tributaries. It has made more progress in the past 8 months in proportion to its size
than any other place in Montana, and is especially adapted by its natural resources and geographical position to become
the leading manufacturing center between Minneapolis and the Pacific.
The trip to Great Falls will amply repay tourists by the beauty of the scenery on the way, and they will find here
the most magnificent series of waterfalls in the world, while the surrounding country is rich in picturesque scenery.
To those wishing to improve property, lots will be sold at very reasonable prices. Fcr particulars address, II. O. CHOWEN, AGENT.
GREAT .FALLS TRIBUNE.
Published Every Saturday at GreatFalls, M. T.
WILL HANKS. PumLIsumR.
NOTICE.
MR. GEORGE BUDINGTON is the 2u
thorized agent of the TRIBUNE to so
licit subscription, job work and ad
vertising. All contracts made by
him will be faithfully carried out by
this office.
NEARLY all the great western rail
road companies are extending their
lines to the northwest. The Chicago
& Northwestern, the Rock Island, the,
Manitoba, the Milwaukee & St. Paul,
and the Burlington & Quincy are all
being built in this direction. The in
viting field has been Dakota with its
vast wheat-producing area. The trans
formation of a large part of Dakota
from a wild, unsettled country to a
cultivated and prosperous territory,
illustrates the wonderful civilizing
power of railroads. Dakota is tray
ersed in almost every direction by
lines of railway built or in process of
construction. It matters not whether
these roads all pay dividends at pres
ent, or not; they show that the gen
eral drift or direction of the most
prominent lines is toward the north
west. The roads to which we have
referred, will not all be stopped at the
western limit of Dakota. Some of
them, and we think all, will before
many years be extended into Montana
westward at least as far as the main
range of the Rocky Mountains. The
creation of a great commercial center
at St. Paul and Minneapolis, and one
which at present naturally controls I
the trade of Montana, will compel 1
Chicago to seek more direct railroad
communication with this country.
This she can do by extending herlines
from southern Dakota into Montana
ator near Miles City and so on through
the Judith Basin to the valleys of the 1
Sun and Teton rivers. Chicago is too 1
wide-awake and too aggressive to t
reach this country by any circular
route, or to permit its trade to fall in- t
to the hands of St. Paul merchants 1
without a desperate struggle. The 1
opening up of the great Milk river t
country to settlement, as we hope, at b
the next session of Congress, will soon n
afford another inviting field for at c
least one of the trunk lines referred
to. The country between the line of a
the Northern Pacific and our north- I
ern boundary is generally very fertile
and productive and is capable of sup
porting a large population. The re
sources of Montana are much more n
varied than those of Dakota, and when
properly developed, will yield much I
more railroad traffic. In our opinion sý
Montana has greater natural resources a
than Minnesota, and will yield much a
more freight when its population be- s'
comes as great as that of Minnesota tj
at the present time. Let us compare
the two: Minnesota has an immense
lumber interest, the country around
the i eadwaters of the 1Mississippi and
St. Louis rivers being well timbered.
She also is a great wheat-producing
St.,te. Upon: these two staples she
relies mostly for her prosperity. Her
railroads, which traverse the State in
every di-ection, get their chief sup
port from lumber and wheat. Minne
sota has no coal and no iron, and is
not a stock-growing country, except as
stock is fed six months in the year.
The resources of Montana consist
mainly in lands adapted to the pro
duction of the cereals; in gold, silver
and copper ores and immense depos
its of coal and iron; also in extraor
dinary pastoral conditions which
make it the greatest stock and wool
producing sections of the Union.
The great resources of Montana will
before long be apparent to the world,
and railroads, which for the past twen
ty-five years have been the all-power
ful factor in the growth of every west
ern State, will insure for it a rapid
growth in population and wealth.
The history of all the States west of
the Lakes, affords us an unmistakable
guide to the development of Montana
during the next ten years. Five or
six years ago, this was an unknown
land. To-day Montana heads the list
in the mining world. Onthe wool ex
change of Boston it stands first; and
in the great beef market of the world
it is without an equal. A Territory
like this will soon attract railroads
and capital, and e, ill insure for
Montana r i t and the
fall devel great re
sources.
TaE most inconsistent effusion the
Husbandman has advocated for some
time appeared in its last issue, when
it says: "We sometimes think we
make a great mistake in getting so
much in a hurry to get our country's
resources developed," and then goes
on to state that the people desire to
rest, and that'it would be better for
all industries if immignation was dis
couraged and foreign capital kept
outside our boundaries for the next
ten years; that there is no hurry
al)out developing our mines, that
when they are developed they should
be owned by Montanians and not by
outside capitalists; that the influx of
immigration and capital into the Ter
ritory will not do the present popu
lation or any of its industries any
good, etc., etc. The article is the most
absurd and rediculous imaginable.
How. for pity's sake does the Hus
bandman editor ever expect to have
the resources of Montana devel
oped, other than by immigration and
foreign capital? By waiting for the
natural increase of the present popu
lation of Montana to develop it, as the
HIusbandman seems to advocate, it
would still be a semi-wilderness on
I~esurection morn. What Montana
wants is immigration and capital.
She has millions of acres of arable
lands awaiting settlement, which at I
present yield no revenue except that
of beef. The cattle industry of Mon
tana, carried on as it is at present, 1
will never make her wealthy. The I
cattlemen contribute less proportion
ately, to the general wealth and pros
perity of the Territory than any other ]
industry. Let the arable lands of the
Territory be divided up into ranches,
and see the invigorating effect it will I
have generally. It would infuse new t
life and enery into evergy industry.
Capital would pour into Montana, un- 1
invited, and work our mines, erect
manufactories, construct railroads I
and develop all our varied resources, I
many of which now lie dormant for c
lack of enterprise and capital. Montana e
has no surplus capital to invest in c
these enterprises, what surulus wealth
she has is already invested, much of I
which is today suffering for want of f
better transportation facilities. By v
discouraging immigration and capi- 1
tal as counseled by the Husbandman t
how long will it be before we are a
nation of paupers? How long l
can we manage to import our flour, a
bacon, butter and cheese without par- I
alyzing every industry, and hopeless- 1;
ly bankrupting every man, woman g
child in Montana?
Is the next issue of the TRIBUNE
will be published an article entitled,
"Forest Fires and Their Disastrous
Effects," from the pen of Prof. Mort
son. The article is one of importance,
and is ably handled by the Professor,
who has given the subject thorough
study and is able to speak authori
I tively upon it.
VILAs is seemingly grinding out
postmasters to the entire satisfaction
of his party, and the evident dissatis
faction of the other party. It is won
derful how tenaciously a 6-cent man
will hang on to a 2x4 postoffice pay
ing the princely salary of 14 cents a
year.
INDIAN AGENT STOTTSHEIMER Of the
Southern Ute agency at Ignacio,
Colo., has sent in his resignation.
Gen. Miles will recommend that an
army officer be appointed to take
charge of affairs at the agency.
IN an article published in the
TRIBUNE some weeks ago, entitled,
"Pond Life in Montana," the word
"branchire" was construed into "bron
chial," spoiling the sense of the arti
cle. We regret the mistake.
THE smallpox epidemic in Montreal
has terrorized the people so that they
throng the offices of the public vac
cinators in such confusion that that
policemen have been detailed to pre
serve order.
TrHE annual meeting of the Ameri
can Forestry congress will take place
in Boston, September 22, 23,24. The
increased interest in this important
subject insures an interesting session.
Two health inspectors have been
stationed by the government at De
troit to prevent cases of smallpox,
cholera, etc., from coming into that
city, and thus into the country.
THE Southern Apaches areagainon
I the waipath.
Ie WASHINGTON LETTER.
n [From our Regular Correspondent.]
e WASH:INGTON, August 21, 1885.
;o Notwithstanding the fact that the
's President is hid in the depths of the
s woods and the Cabinet is scattered
,o about generally the work in all the
)r offices at the' National headquarters
goes on just as smoothly as if Mr.
At Cleveland and all the Cabinet were in
it the way. The secret of this is that
y the Departments are full of thorough
it ly trained and reliable clerks long ac
d customed to attend to their many du
y tics, one of which is to instruct the
)f Cabinet Officers and Bureau Chiefs
in a delicate way, what to do. When
1- I was a boy I used to wonder how
y the President of the United States
t got through his onerous and multi
plied duties. I did no then know
any thing about Bureaucracy and the
e $1800 Chief Clerks. These experi
enced and accomplished $1800 clerks
1 make the duties of Administration
e smooth and easy routine for unskill
ed Presidents and Cabinets.
e The dispersion of the heads of the
t Government has not had the effect to
a lessen the ranks of those who are
a anxious to draw pay in the humbler
walks of office. These are still here
C in great numbers and are urging
t their claims with great vehemence.
t It is said that a mob of them actually
invaded the bed chamber of Mr. La
mar, the Secretary of the Interior,
3 last week, and although Mr. Lamar is
- an early riser, they found him with
only the drapery of his couch about
him. Stormy times are predicted
3 next winter, when Congress meets,
and when the office seeker will be
I backed by his Congressional Delega
r tion.
There is talk that when Congress
meets and the appropriations for the
maintenance of the civil service are
being considered by the House, it will
be proposed to cut down the salaries
of clerks and other classes of employ
ees. It is urged that Government
employees are overpaid in comparison
with the same classes in the employ
ment of private firms. One reason
for thinking that the civil "service
would afford plenty of good clerks at
lower salaries is the fact that few of
those who now pass the examination
are unwilling to be appointed tem
porarily as copyists until vacancies
occur among the grades of clerks.
Every vacancy for a copyist is taken
by those who have passed the higher
grade examination.
Whenever changes are made in the
law, it is not believed that they will
be of a kind to please the spoilsmen.
They hope to have the law amended
so that when a person passes the civil
service examination he may receive a
certificate to that effect, and with that
in his pocket he can seek out his Con
gressman, who will, after the old plan,
when the spoils doctrine prevailed, go
to the head of a department and say
that he wants his man appointed,
provided as he is with a certificate
that he has passed the civil service
examination.
Even if the Democratic majority in
the coming Congress shall develop
enough members to amend the Presi
dent will sanction it, and no repeal
of the.law could be passed over his
veto. It is expected that instead,
President Cleveland will direct that
the rules be amended so as to include
within their provisions officers of a
higher grade than those who are now
affected by it.
It is said that the Navy is at last to
be overhauled to weed out.shirks and
sinecures. The Naval Officers who
who have frisked so gaily in the sa
lons of Washington, occupied the
front seat at the Opera, and been so
much admired In the fashionable
promenades of the city will be sent
out upon the rough sea. Poor fel
lows, it will make some of them very
sick. Our Navy is top heavy with of
ficers, and all sorts of places have to
be devised in order to give them
something to do. The serviceable
vessels only 39 in number while there
are over 1400 Naval Officers of all
ranks from ensigns to Admirals. If
the United States Navy had four
times its present number of war ships
it would not lack for full-quotos offi
cers to command them.
The state auditor of Illinois reports
that the late long legislative session
cost $66,000 more than the last.
The government spent $1,000 drap
ing the postofice and custom house
in NOw York in memory of Glirnt
LATEST GENERAL NEWS.
Only one-fourth of the 100 consul
ates in Great Britain have been filled.
Minister Denby has been ordered
to give the consular service in China
a close overhauling.
The fruit business in New York
has been injured by the presence of
cholera in Europe.
There are six or eight consulships
in China to be filled, with pay salar
ies of $3,500 and $5,000.
Dorsheimer's new paper in New
York, founded on the old Star, will
be called the Telegraph.
Californians will celebrate the an
niversary of the admission of the
state into the Union of States on Sep
tember 8 and 9.
General Superintendent Egan, of
the Canadian Pacific railroad, denies
that the frost has injured the wheat
in Manitoba a particle.
Belva A. Lockwood has a letter in
the Pall Mall Gazette of London, ex
trolling the "Maiden Tribute" arti
cles in that journal.
New York cigarmakers are sending
money to Key West to aid the strike
of the 1,600 cigarmakers there, who
have been out for over two weeks.
The crooked Mike Mullen has been
reinstated as lieutenant on the Cin
cinnati police force, on the ground
that the government has pardoned
him.
The introduction of natural gas in
Pittsburg and Allegheny has decreas
ed the annual consumption of coal
there to the extent of 60,000,000
bushels.
Some of the Pall Hall Gazette's
contemporaries in London charge
that the Pall Mall's special revelations
were drawn from old police court rec
ords.
At the present rate of., subscription
to the Grant monumental fund in
New York it will take 2.000 days to
raise the $1,000,000. That is nearly
six years.
The next general conference of the
IMethodist Episcopal church will be
oeld in New York city in 1886, accor
cling to the recent determination of
the authorities.
Thousands of English tourists have
taken courage from Earl Carnavon's
peaceful progress in Ireland and are
pouring into the island to behold its
beauties.
Joseph Perkins died at Saratoga,
N. Y., a few days ago. He was one of
the foremost citizens of Cleveland,
and was president of the largest or
phan asylum in Ohio.
The financial career of King Louis
of Bavaria will soon be closed by the
declaration of his bankruptcy by the
the landtag, and the assignment of a
guardian for the spendthrift.
Washington Territory papers detail
the earnest efforts of the authorities
and citizens to have the Territory
well represented at the New Orleans
exposition next autumn and winter.
CANADIAN NARROW GAUGE COM
PLETED.
A Winnipeg special, dated August
25th, says: The Galt railway, which
runs from Dunmore on the Canadian
Pacific, to Belly river, making an ac
cessible route to the coal regions, was
completed to-day. The line is a nar
row gauge and is eighty miles long.
This company, it is said, intends ex
tending its line into Mkontana. Three
parties of surveyors will be in the
field September 1-one starting from
Lethbridge, or Chin coulee, another
from Bull's Head lake, and the third
from Seven Persons creek-to look
out a route for the extension of the
line to Fort Benton, and will arrive
here about Sept. 15, compare notes
and make reports. This news is au
thentic, coming from Donald Grant,
the chief contractor, and W. H. Bart
ley, chief engineer, of the Gait rail
way. It is said that the company will
probably extend their line to Butte.
The extension to Butte is no doubt
agitated with a view of supplying
that camp with coke and fuel. The
coal mines of Lethbridge are the
most extensive of any in the North
west, and a market can be found for
the output.
MONTANA PIONEERS.
The regular annual meeting of the Pio
neers Association of Montana convened
at the court house in Helena last week,
and was called to order by the President,
Mr. James Fergus. There were present
Vice Presidents Joseph A. Brown, of
Beaverhead, and W. Y. DeLacy, of Lewis
and Clark; Recording Secretary, Geo. H.
Irvine, IT, and a large number of mem
bers.
The following resolution offered by J.
H. Shober, Esq, was accepted:
Resolved, That the following named:
persons, constitute a committee to prepare
and make suitable arrangements for a
Pioneer banquet atitle nnnarmai meet-.
ing of this lot . . o .witr. T.
Hauser, Nick Ie A . Fl eree,
4, M iolter an4
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IThe following offices were chosenfor
l the ensuing vear:
President-: ' D. eadt
Vice Presidents
Beaverhead-Joseph A. Brown.
Chotean--Jesse F. Taylor.
Custer-Thomas H. Irvine.
Deer Lodge--Dr. Musigbrodt.
Jefferson-N. Merriman.
Meagher--Granville Stewart.
Madison-J. II. Williams.
Missoula--Frank Woodv.
Lewis and Clarke--Chas. Rumley.
Silver Bow--W. Y. Pemberton.
Yellowstone-P. W. McAdow.
Dawson-J. X. Beidler.
Fergus--James Ferguis.
Corresponding Secy--C. Hedges.
Recording Secv--J. Russell Wilson.
Treasurer-S. T. IHauser.
NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.
LAND OFFICE AT HELENA, MONT..
August 29, 185.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before E. E. By
water, Notary Public, in and for (hotean
county, Montana. at Sand Coulee, on Oct. 10,
1885, viz:
William L Allen, who made Pre-em tion D.S.
No. 6031 fortthe W', S Ehi, N EI w SW 5,-SE
N W'.1, Section 32 Tp 20, N of B 5 E.
He name the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivtion of
said Land, viz: Samuel D)ean. Itarris J ('lark.
James G( Anthony, Gran -McKean, all of Great
Falls, Montana.
F. ADKINSON, Register.
NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.
LAND OFFICE AT HELENA, M T, t
August 29. 1885. S
Notice is hereby given that the following-nam
ed settler has filed norice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that s.id proof will he made before the Register
and Receiver of the U S Land Office at Helena,
Montana. on Oetol~h r 13, 1885, viz:
John B Traxler, who mrb~ Homestead Appli
cation No 145:2 for the N.A', SWt , S'2 SwV',
section 35, tp 21, N of R 1 W, and Lot 4, section
2, t 2), Nof R 1 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land, viz: Samuel T Arnold. of Fort Shaw.
Montana; Elwin F Wation. John J Ellis and L E
Hull, of Sun Hiver, Mentana.
F. ADKINSON, Register.
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at Helena, Montana, i
August 13 1885.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver of the U. S. Land office at Helena,
Montana, H T. on September 18,1885, viz:
George L. Harvey, who made preemptRmn D. S,
No 5733 for the S1" SE'4 sec 17 and the W'- NE3,
sec 20, tp 25 N R6 W
One names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cnLtivationiof,
said land, viz: Henry B. Wade and George W.
Kinney of Choteau, Montanta and Jolhn WVWade
and John W Eddy of Holena, Montana
F. ADKINSON, Register.
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cans. RoTAL BAnmx PowDuI Co.. 107 sVall at.,
New York.
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AND REPAIRING.
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DEVINE'S HOTEL,
SUN RIVER, - MONTANA
Best meals and Most comfortable rooms of any
Hotel between Benton and Heaena. Piano in Par
lor for use of guests.
RATES--Room and Board per Day, $1.50
Parties Travelling Will Please Not Hesitate to Wake me at any
Hour of the Night.
JOHN DEVINE, " - - PROPRIETOR
Great Falls Blacksmith Shop,
WM. J. PRATT, PROP.
BLACKS1Tll1NG AND REPAIRING OF All KINDS.
I am prepared to do any class of work in my line, and in a most thorough &
workmanlike manner. All work done on short notice.
All DISEASES OF THE FEET TREATED SICCESSFtLLY.
Livery, Druft and IMule Shoeing.
Cor. 1st & 3d Sts. - - Great Fall.
JOHN W. WADE,
Civil Engineer
U. S. Dep. Mineral Surveyor.
Special attention given to land surveying and
irrigating canals.
HELENA, MONT.
H P ROLFE W.F PARKE
ROLFE & PARKER,
Attorneys & Counselors
Special attention given to Land and Mining
Claims and Collections.
H P. ROLFE,
U . S. Dep. Mineral Surveyor.
GREAT BALLS
CHARLES GGBIFFITH EDxUND INoGEsoLL
County Surveyor
G RIFFITH & INGERSOLL,
Civil Eljineers & DeD. U. S.
Mineral & Land Surveyors,
Irrigating ditches and ranch surveys a specialty.
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DENTIST,
Broadway, . - - Helena, Mont.
(ABov HERALD OFICR)
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GREATPFALL W F.
Mules br Sale! I
The undersigned offers for sale, or
will trade for cattle
One Span of Good Mules
For further information apply't&--
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Great Farts.
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25 cents a drink.
XX Hennesy, 4 years old, 121 ets.
Extra Fine 4X French Brandy,
25 cents a drink.
Fine Domestic Wine 12~ cents. U
Imported and Domestic Cigars at
12) and 25 cents each.
HENRY A. FRY, Prop.
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Great Falls, Mont.
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