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• , You WILL KNOW THE NEWS AND PROGRESS OF THE FLATHEAD PE! GION IF YOU READ THE COLUMBIAN REGULAR- LY. SUBSCRIBE NOW. FIRST YEAR. COLUMBIA FALLS, MONTANA, 'THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891. RED. LANGERMAN, —WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER fN - Liquors, Cigars, Bar Glassware, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles. Agent for Pabst Brewing Co's Keg and Bottled Beer. FIRST DoOR WEST OF CUFF HOUSE. DEMERSVILLE, MONTANA. G. IL . ADAMS, DEALER IN Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Clothing. Fresh Groceries ood PPOViSiORS. A Large and Well Selected Stock from which to Choose. You can Save 25 Per Cent by Buying Here. A FEATURE IS OUR ATTRACTIVE 5ct., 10ct. and 25ct. COUNTERS. Terms Cash.. G-. lEE. A:DA_M_S, ASHLEY AND DEMERSVILLE. J. K. 'Miler, LA I' AND REAL ESTATE. *OFFICE: NUCLEUS AVENUE, Columbia Falls, : Montana. Blodgett & Lewis, ATTORNEYS Fire and Life Insurance Written. RANCHES BOUGHT AND SOLD. COLUMBIA FALLS, MONT. DR. 'JOS. PIEDALUE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite Postofilee. Columbia Palls, Mont. R. L. CLINTON, Attorney at Law. LAND AND MINING PRACTICE A SPECIALTY. ONE DOOR EAST POSTOFFICE. Demersville, : Montana.. E. C. Oliver, ROUSE PAINTER SIGN. Columbia Falls, Montana- WWATCH THIS SPACE FOR AN AN- NOUNCEMENT. GALEN H.WHEELER, U. S. DEPUTY Land and Mineral Survevor, CNITY ,1N1) FArrit. Citizens Take Occasion to Publicly Thaak Mr. Lautrford and Ilia Basitiess Assoeiates. Faillt in Colombia Fang end Unity In Pro- gr..ss Show., by lie. CM- Zel_ MC1•11111:. The citizens of Columbia Falls took °evasion On Saturday evening last to publicly express their faith in the future of this city and confidence in the men who selected the site, and made the town what it is to -day. The public action is not alone one of ap- proval of work so far accomplished, but is a substantial illustration of the unity of. citizens who are working with one object in view the build- ing up of Columbia Falls. Pursuant to an arrangement not perfected until late in the evening, two hundred citizeus assembled at the City Hall. The meeting was called to order by J. E. Lewis. Jesse K. Miller who was selected as Omit - man, stated that the object of the meet lug was to i mbliely express to Manager Frank Langford and his as- sociates in the Northern International Improvement company, their thanks for past efforts and confidence in their plans for future action. The chairman appointed 0. .1. Blodgett, Lyman Loring and Jno. W. Pace a committee to escort Mr. Lang- ford and party to the hall. The gen- tlemen were escorted to the meeting and were received with hearty ap- plause. When the applause had ended 0. J. Blodgett read the following ad- dress to Mr. Langford: To Mr. Frank lAngford, and Asplo- elate Mciabers of (lie Totrosite Company of Columbia 41/on- luau: GENTLEMEN—The citizens of Col- umbia Falls beg leave to notify you at this time of their appreciation of your efforts and. interest taken in building our beautiful little city. Due regard is had for the ingenuity shown in selecting the townsite, and the zeal and energy manifested in es- tablishing a healthy sentiment. and full confidence in the future prosperity of the coining metropolis of the beau- tiful Flathead valley. We hereby tender you our united. and earnest support in all laudable undertakings which have for their object the wel- fare of the city, such as the building of school houses, churches, and the establishing of a good and pure gov- ernment. The address was unanimously voted to be the sentiment of the meeting. Mr. Langford responded by thank- ing the citizens for their expression of confidence and esteem. Mr. Leyson, as one of Mr. Lang - ford's business associates responded, and paid a glowing tribute to Colum- bia Falls, and to the Flathead valley. \One is not compelled to draw on imagination to predict a future for Columbia Palls; it had a solid re- source on every side; its growth would not end until, every resource of the valley had !wen developed, and its prosperity was not to be measured by usual methods. The genius and fore- sight of the man who selected this sight for a city have been made ap- parent. He certainly was possessed of rare ability, and could feel grati- fied that every promise for Columbia Falls' future was being fullfilled be- yond the most sanguine hope.\ W. R. Ramsdell responded to calls, and briefly told of the growth and de- velopment of this region. He had watched the progress since the time that less than half a dozen families liv- ed in the valley. He had seen the pre- dictions of progressive observers veri- fied, and was astonished as he looked around. In advantages and resources he thought Columbia Falls was the gem of the Flathead. This little city had one side rich agricultural terri- tory and on the other mineral in lim- itless quantities, and ha spite of asper- sions and opposition of cliques the 'city had grown until its future was now assured. The faith and unity of her citizens would make a city, even were the resources less en- cotiraging. Mr. Tibby said he was not a speechmaker, but he possessed suffi- cient. oratorical power to invite the citizens to partake of refreshments. The secretary was ordered to have awfully drunk, says the Portland Orcgmtian. He came from the east a few days ago and registered at an up -town hotel. Immediately he went on a \tear.\ The clerk, who knew him in the east, relieved him of an $800 gold watch and about $1,000 in currency and locked them in the coin box for safe keeping. This hap- pened while the fellow was about half sober. Then he went off and imbibed some more, and when be strolled into the hotel office a few hours latter he was able to see the clerk, but that was about all. \I want to send a telegram to my wife,\ he began. \Have you the money to pay for it?\ asked the clerk. \No; you have my money in the safe, and you pay for it.\ \Indeed I will not,\ returned the clerk. Then followed a noisy A -tangle be- tween the clerk and the fellow, which the latter broke off abruptly, and put- ting his thumbs in the armholes of his vest, walked about the corrider and told the occupants of the chairs what a shame it was - that a man could not telegraph to is wife; that she was a peculiar woman and would not come west with him; that he was a weak man and could not keep sober unless she was with him. This, of course, amused the listeners. This went on for twenty minutes. Then the man returned to the desk in a more pacific mood and the clerk ac- commodated him. After a great deal of talking the telegram was finally written, and here it is: PORTLAND, Ore., April 16.—Mrs. , Chicago, 111. --Arrived safely to -day, but am as full as an Irish- man s goat. JACK. The answer came yesterday and was short and sweet. it follows: CHICAGO April 17. --Mr. ikrrtimedy , 17 ^4. saJL. W111, start for Portland to -day. Mame lands extending along Whitefish creek and around Whitefish lake, and iii time Stillwater valley, largo enough for a hundred good farmers. Columbia Falls is thus the center of the largest - amid best agricultural area in the Northwest and is the natural market point for over sixty square miles of good farming land. THE WATER WAYS. It can be said without fear of con- tradiction that no section of Montana --or of any other state for that matter —contains a larger volume of access- ible water for industrial purposes than does the region of which Columbia Falls is the center. The junction of three large rivers at this point makes the Flathead river proper a stream of reliable volume, and furnishes an in- exhaustible supply. But emptying into each of these three rivers are a half -dozen mountain streams, which rise in peaks of everlasting snow. Feeding the North Fork are Big. Ceal, Pass, Boundary, Bowman, Gla- cier, Banking and Canyon creeks; the Middle Fork receives the waters of Harrison, Mud, Divide, Strawberry and Quartz creeks, and the South Fork is fed by the crystal waters of Hungry, Horse, Spotted Bear, Goat and Turn creeks, all of which rise in the main range of the Rocky mount- ains. These streams furnish an end- less supply of water for all purposes, making, all in all, a water system large enough to supply the city of New York. THE LUMBERING INDUSTRY. Missoula county, noted for its inex- haustible forests, has no timber sec- toMeolialfatateleftitettruteoffite-Flate- the address to Mr. Langford copied and presented to that geutleman. The meeting then adjourned. It was the first public meeting held in Columbia Falls, and u as most sat- isfactory. The citizens had long wanted an . opportunity to express to Mr. Langford their thanks and show their unity in support of all enter - pries ho might undertake for the progrese of the city, and the senti- ment of the meeting expressed the feeling of every citizen toward Mr. Langford and his associates. General Newg sotps. Camp Sheridan, ht the Yellowstone National park, win hereafter be known as Fort Yellowstone. The water of the Rio Grande river is subsiding. No further damage from the flood is feared. The report. from Ronm that the difficulties growing out of the New Orleans affair are to be arbitrated, is denied at Washington. A tract of forest land in Pennsyl- vania, near Punxsutawney, sixty miles long, is being swept by fire. The vhole forest is in a blaze. A workman in Havana, Cuba., rode a horse into the bay to give him a bath. A shark siezed the man, pulled him from the horse's back and devoured him. Mr. McCarthy, leader of the Equal Rights party in Canada, has intro- duced in parliament a bill for the abolition of separate schools for Cath- olics and for doing away with the French language in the schools. Postmaster Smith at El Paso, Texas, siezed the entire edition of the El Paso Tintes, a democratic paper, for publishing a synopsis of the de- cision of the Louisana supreme court in the lottery case. The republican paper printed the same decision, but no protest against it was made by the postmaster. The report. of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows an increa•40 since April of last year of more than 100 per cent in the price of corn and oats, 30 per cent, and more in wheat in primitive. markets, 32 per cent. in Chicago for choice beeves and 34 for Texans, and advanced values in all cereals and meats. AS FULL AS A 60AT. Slery of a Man Who Knew Row to Manage ills He was a tall, good looking man, with regular features, and was dressed COLUMBIA FALLS. Its Location and General Feature -s Dc - flit They Apdear to tha Newcomer. The Many Soirees of WC:11th and Fields of 111, 1ustry that Sat -remit! the (iris lily litieity Noted. *Columbia Fall's geographical po- sition can best be described in the statement that it is midway between the line of the Flathead reservation and the Canadian line, north and south, and midway between the Ma- rias pass and the Kootenai river, east and west. To be more accurate, it is thirty miles from the head of the Flathead lake, at the point where the river is divided. into the North, Middle and South Forks. It is two miles from Bad Rock canyon. The natural surroundings of Columbia Falls give it the appearance of a city built ill a boautiful,park, and a prettier spot is not to be found in Montana. Nature has been lavish, indeed, and has stud- ded this region with gems not only beautiful to the eye, but which will form a portion of the material devel- opment of the city and adjacent coun- try. ALMOST INNUMERABLE RESOURCES. On three sides of Columbia Falls are as fine agricultural lands as can be found in the west—finer, for the reason tag irrigation is not necessary here, and the returns to the farmer are greater than anywhere in Mon- tana. The Foil is a rich, black loam, as a rule, and is as productive as any in the world. Even on places where there is from ten to twenty per cent. of gravel the crops are better, larger and more satisfactory than in any of the irrigated portions of the state. On the south and east of Columbia Falls is . the Flathead Valley proper, of which much has been written, but never was picture penned that could do juetice to that region. What is known as the East Side, which is the portion lying southeast of Columbia 'Falls, between this city and the Big Fork is the first settled portion of the valley, and is filled with a class of as prosperous farmers as can be found between the two oceans. To the north ia the fertile valley of the North Fork, equal in area to the Flathead valley proper, and known as the Up- per Flathead country. The agricul- in the height of fashion, but he was. tural lands are about twenty by thir- ty miles in extent and the soil is of the same productive kind as that found around the Flathead lake and head. Alternating the fertile valleys, which extend in all directions from Columbia Falls, are stretches of the finest trees that man could ask, tama- rack, fir, cedar, white and yellow pine, birch and spruce, in limitless quanti- ties lino the banks of every stream in this vicinity. Lumbering will be one of the leading industries of the region amid from this ground lumber enough can be taken to supply the entire peo- ple of Montana for one hundred years. Ii is useless to attempt a de- scription of the Flathead forests—. they must be seen to be appreciated. COAL AND NINIBIALS. On the North Fork of the Flathead sonic of the finest coal fields in le; United Statas have been &WON - . and this coal region is about twiel e e miles from Columbia Falls. Not alone are the coal deposits apparently without limit, but the most stringent tests have shown that no coal in the west can equal it for coking purposes. This adds a value to it. The Monta- na smelters and manufactories have long wanted coke, and the ahsence of good coking chat has retarded the de- velopment of mining propertiu in va- rious parts of the state. The coke and coal industry alone will be a feature of this region as an industrial center. In addition to the coal deposits, gold, silver, copper andiron ores have been found along the streams taibut a- ry to the Flathead, and while the country has :lever been pro: iya•ted, the finding of a Lumber of veins has given the as . -inearto that diesels work and profit for the miner, and conse- quent business for reduction works on a scale commensurate with the ore produced. PETROLEUM REGION. On the North Fork many gallons of oil have been gathered from the sur- face of water bodies, and samples sent east have been pronounced the very best quality. The oil industry is an element of the future growth of this region, and it le known to exist in large quantities. With transpor- tation faculties the oil business will become a great factor. There have been found numerous idicatious of natural gas in the North Fork valley, but little prospecting has yet been done. Experts say there is not the slightest. doubt of its existence. THE GRAND TOTAL. It is a pleasant and easy matter to sum up the elements of prosperity at the Flathead region, which, are in fact, the resources of Columbia Falls: An iuexhaustible Water Supply. Limitless Forests of the Best Tim- ber. along both sides of the river. To the A Mammoth west of Columbia Falls are fartuing The Finest Extant. Luinbering industry. Agricultural Region Immense Deposits of Finest Coal. A Mineral Country of Unknown Ex- tent. Oil Fields of Known Value. The development of each and every one of these industries meaes the progress of Columbia Falls, to which all must pay tribute. The business man welds to go where thousands of dollars are paid for labor each mouth; the laboring man wants a market for his toil. Compare the resources of Columbia Falls with those of any other town in the west. The Pride of Castle. Castle boasts of having the young- est mining expert in the country in the person of Master Lennie Lewis, the son of Manager Lewis, of the Cumberland. Lennie is but 9 years of age, but he has a wonderful knowl- edge of the underground workings of the Cumberland; and is also quite an expert. He is familiar with all the crosscuts, chutes, levels, etc., under- ground, and can serve as an excellent guide for visitors to this wonderful mine. Leee le is the pride of his par- ents, and a , his years advance he will prove a vaiuehle assistant to this property.-- e ft .Min lag Reporter. Prices at lie y Market. Beef by the side, 7 I c!, Fore quarters, 6e. Loin and Porterhouse steak, lase. Round steak, 121c. Shoulder steak, 10c. All roasts of beef, 10e. Boiling beef, 6e. All kinds of sausage, 121e. at the City Market, next door to the Great Northern, Demersville. E. A. SAILOR, Prop. , A nice line of Ladies RA Misses trimmed hats just received at the Missoula Mercantile Co, -. ',,s DUS:NEss MEN WILL (( FIND THE coLume:Am's ( JOE PRINTING OFFICE } EQUIPPED Fon Goon Worm. ring STYLES OF TYPE. £1 t. 5. SPLEBD TRIP. lee:sins lier aoluneys It Colum- bia Falls. lle! , ;rs. .1. F.. Gay!erd oust stNiiamin Tan; ef head's It rear Coal Mi-Jsures. LastTriday afternoon the citizens of Columbia Falls, welcomed the steamer Ceeseent, end cheered that - prince of navigators Captain Harry D;spey, end hi..4 owners of the initial 'Sill tIe+;-- 4 en ath - Inp': 11:y1 the Flat- Althoegh . .... ..! of W:13 BOt known, it w:vi wiporionee of the hand at the ae; e Cast vessel put - led a (senses sel • e lily to the healing, here. The •! -, e. 's had predicted feilere were completely put to rest by the succes:=1111 trip, and it was established tirlt (!lo river is easily navigated to this point as along the much trave!A awl customary • Tilt CRESCENT. The Crescent is 130 feet long, 26 feet beam; depth of hold 4.6; of the stern wheel type. She was launched April 23, and began regular trips May 7. There are fourteen cabins on the first deck. She is complete in every detail and is the finest vessel now plying inland waters of the western slope. Captain Depuy commands the boat, which is a sufficient recommen- dation for its management . Under a new schedule soon to be inaugurated the Crescent will make daily trips to Cohnnbia Fella leaving the foot Of the lake at 4 a. iii., arriving at this city at 12 noon; leaving Cob timbal Falls at 1 p. in. it will arrive at the foot of the lake at 7 p. in. This will permit passengers to make the journey from Columbia Falls to Helena or Butte in twenty-four hours, or to Missoula in eighteen hours. The Flathead Foal Fields. -- J. E. Gaylord and B. Tibby, of the Parrot Smelter, returned. Tuesday evening from a trip to the coal mines on the North Fork. In conversation yesterday, Mr. Gaylord said: \We found just rhat we expeeted. I consider the coal field of the Flat- head which we visited the finest in Montana, or on the Pacific coast, so far as my observation goes.\ Mr. B. Tibby said: \There is not a doubt about the value of the coal measures of the North Fork. There are eleven distinct veins, six of which arc of the sort upon which develop- ment work can easily be done. I have estimated that upon four veins 4,600,000 tons can be mined with 300 feet of shaft work. \The quality of the coal is the chief consideration. It is superior to any coal in Montana, aLd cqual to any coal that reaches this state. It is within one per cent. as good as Rock Springs on tests SO far made, and of course, it. improves with depth. I think it will be found the best smelt- ing coal in the country. Its value ht the furnaces has been shown in a moderate way, but the Parrot people are having fifteen tons taken out and a thorough test is to be made. \A railroad to the mines can be easily built, as there are no obstacles. The distance around the mountain is short, and the grades will be very easy. In my opinion there is not an obstacle to the development of the largest and best coal field on the Pa- The visitors reported the rip very satisfactory in every Way, and the hardship less than was generally sup - PRIVATE SURVEYS MADE. OFTICF & RFSIDENCE, COLUMBIA FALLS. • Wanted. LUMBER. DEAN & CowEeL,Contractons, Columbia Falls. °This article 1 , 311:produced from the files of the C'oLunr.lAs for the reason that the 11100 copies of the first issue fall far short of supply- ing the demand for Information concemibg thiti regittn, Subscribe for Tut Corx3mAx.
