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The Wickes Pioneer (Wickes, Mont.), 11 Jan. 1896, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053310/1896-01-11/ed-1/seq-4/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
11 .critin Vameer ii'hei in wickes vas run by a Jew. j ftjs of doing business did •'4.• 11.1.11[LI u.8 t•IS. NtrnX.r..1:1\ Itelttortekrir SltiBSA:RirTjf./Nn.• Per Year. -5200 Six Months, Three Months, 1NVARIAEL IN AnvaNee. 'esseetrY7 , 7T - 40,--stsk I.. O. 0. F. Eagle f,didg - e. No. 22. Meets every Saturday caviling. Members of other Lodges are cordially ievited to meet' with us. FeHit. L. ams,.N. G. J. >1.•KEI.r.oca;, Sec'y. - \\Nti \THAI& NO LIE. That there are some -narrow- ninded persons in Wickes ere cm „be no dolibt they can b found i ever c(monunity -but that there are mein in camp who will stoop to tit night .falsitication, to ..)! evenf hot st coin - petition iscertainly a new ph • e of the question.. The following con innica.\- tion, however, taken from t Basin Times, and which purports o come from the pen 'of a Wicke.• resident, mictnizike it friotear that itch is .the • The business outlook for Wickes is not iit all Clattering, and the miSrepre- sentations used to `indue, c people to collie. here for that •ourpose is by no means Tperb ageplentv of idle buildings. in which at me thee was done a 11ourishi - business. but as tlse. times kept closii in gradually each- year, one vacancy after another occurred. and from the present outlook it is surely not encouraging enough to justify occup•ti - ng any of these VZI.Cala ! , des.'for Corbin. formerly being - sup- plied from Wickes, has now two ,gen- eral stores which have just been opened lately, and naturally cut off considerable trade front Wickes, while the cnmpany store at the Alta mine -makes it Mittel:es...illy - for the lei:tiers of that place to do lunch trading eke - where, and the stock kept at Frey) . er's ranch cuLtiog quite a figure. leaves the stoles in 'Wickes with quite a dividetkliatrunage. The stocks Pere ctmtain- abundance of ,...tt•oods tt'all gradeseto suit the denial& of this en- tire section.- and for others to open would rtrolokotressiime their handling Ito a large degree the same lines that are now kept, thereby dividing the trade and - doing more injury than good. as it i4 very -doubtful if any of the business .firms of Wickes are mak- ing more than just a hying-. It is claimed that in- the most prosperous days of the camp a clothing store CI uld not make expenskes. two kki -three naykng tried it aftd failed. And now with the Cataract trade being cut off ity the tie., • road; the force' at the \tMinall\ tieing gradually rennced. but a- small crew being employed at the \Bine Bird\ and 'the - regular hold bat -k frton the \Alta\ makes the ont- not 'suit a certain element. they one night completely wrecked his estab- lishment and forced him to leave camp. Dishonest methods of doing . business 'awl extra •.g - ant living caused the next reaceriuto go. under. This was followed by a store that did Z111 immense business: but as a clerk \knocked down' . ` all time cash, receipts the pro- prietor was . sotm forced to the wall. The lastOue to try his luck hada long run of prosperity Filially, becoming too colitident. he bought goods on 30 (lays' time and :14)1d on nO days. The % hard times eater:. and his bank account t , wall- to withstand the seig - e. Pet too. had to ba.k to pa.stures new. \And now 'with ate Cataract trade being Cut off by new road.\ Right here we would fain an stop d ask this ProPliet what the Cataract tradt• • • - - lutounti: to? . There is one \boom . ' prospect in Cataract, which sends to Helena and Bette for supplies, and outside of this there is not a property in the whole country -that is employing - men. It is true that there are a few prospectors rtt work •e.., that section, but for the most part they are residents of . I.Viekes and naturally come here for 'supplies. What is meant by \the fie -cc iit tha Minah being gradually reduced\ v,;e are •Q t loss ti ii :iderstaml„ During the •past summer there was a large force of carpenters and other mechan- ics'at work btiiltling' the immense mill and reduction plant which is the pride of the county. After. this was com- pleted the men were idoff, miners and skillet, mill men taking their places. These men were kept steadily NoRTHERN look rather poor. - The Ploxr.r.x has not, and will not at this time. attempt to institute any • 'boom\ tactics in Wickes. ft is not necessary. Figures do ,it lie, and there is not a -merchant in town whose books will dot show that business has increased -from 2= to Fri per Cent. in the past year. In one instanee there is a in marked crease of over 100 per cent. We Irisally been an the eamp six arm arc not :prepared to say at a very small cost. o what was dne in . .t.•ars past. My old The problem of \the regular hold back from the Alta\ will have to be solved by this coCrzspondent. We have approached a dozen or so mer- chants of Wickes on the subject and they are all at sea as to its meaning. The Alta comnanv is one of the most stable concerns ha the country, and are never behind in paying off its'em- ph-yes. They pay its men on or about the lOth of each month with checks, and these will be honored by any man doing business in this vicinity. The -town of Wickes is small, and employed until a few weeks since, when . , owing to the fact that a larger amount of ore was being preduced than the mill &Mild handle, a few miners were laid, off,. NN'e have it on good authority that the mill is a success, tilmmC s- men. who have been here for lre or I year. we are told that at the prese„at ti.ne basilic,. is better and the outlook inure prr • nlisittg than it has been in any year since the smeller closed down. . In the first place. this patriotic cor- responaen states that there are \plent- •idle buildings.\ The \plenty of idle buildings\ consists of •one store room which is unfit for occu- pancy. ..ne , n hos e owner cannot be fouti, and which will be sold in a short and that with the coming . of . spring its capacity will be .greatly increased, thereby giving employment to a large moniker of extra men. That there is only a small force some eight or tear men ehiployed at the Blue Bird nt , ine is admitted: but thiA second George Washington fails to state the reason for this. It -is not from lack of ore. The mine is all right, and the men working it could realize a large suin of money by re- linquistihttg ',kris - lease. •Hinkettrfore the lessees have,beeu handicapped by the lack of ready money wherewith to purchase machinery for tiperating the mine on a large scale. This difficulty has now been overcome. Twenty- seven car loads of ore have been shipped up to the present time. the proceeds of which went to purchase machinery that Is now being placed in position. Several extra men will be put to work next week. and from persons who are in a position to know we learn that with the coming of spring ten times the present force will heat work taking out ore. Thousand. of tons of ore have been uncovered and this can be mined time ;sr impa id taxes and another i were our merchasts to depend entirely whiclris in • lit iLiation. There is rtetOon it for support, many of them would be forted to the wall. Such is not the case. In this immediate vicinity there is a population of close to 2,(.100. All these do their trading in Wic,kes and so long as they canobtain satisfactory P COM cotitintlg to do so. In- the Gregory district there are a large num- ber of prospects being worked with satisfactory results. and by spring - many of them will take rank as pro- ducers. Every cent of this trade cinnes to Wickes. . Altogether, the business outIttok is brighter than it has beet, for a int umber of years. and any man who will prate about a dull and gloomy future has evidently slipped 44.. cog. We want no \boom\ here: but facts are facts. and it is a very poor prophet indeed who will says thrt in the pear future Wickes sail not take rank as the leading town of -Jefferson county. There is not an idle man in the camp. Can any town make the samv boast? an empty dwelling house in Wickes: if there weic(lltey could be rented within 1 -\qt hours. I We understand there is a couple matiimonially inclined who would.giv , a premium for a dwelling.) The next point which \Truthful Rents\ seeks to make is that the two general stores at Corbin. one at the Alta :tint one at Freyler'sranth Makes it unnecessary for the miners to dot much trading'elsewhere. First in order collie -time two stores at Corbin. lately est:thirst-led.- am.tekthere in a magnifi- oient stock; iiv-tisi of Jearly $200 yrortrnof groceries. In the other there are f rune :4;2. 4 t '& 4 41 wort h •of gi and a miscellaneous assortment or shelf -worn goods that no sale conk! be found for in another town. At the Alta store there is displayed a very fair „Zoete ki inisiers• supplies, buts they carry tkat gr wc-ies and every dollar's worth of the lintel Inisiness conies to Wickes. At Fyeylei xancii a way- side ins\- is a line of, winen..liquors and cigars. as also It femovecalls. \Th.' stocks here contain altnirplanct of g N.A. in all grades to suit tne de - !halal .of this entire section,' • 'IN) a certaineytent we agree with the cor respondent on tilis point: but conineti-• tion is the lit,. a any busines monop- oly tending to create a feeling of distrust attoong tlme nurcha ring public. Next we are iii II t ivied that in the most prosperous days of . the camp a store conlel tiot assike re- mit several . haying tried i 4 and failed \ We have taken pain. . tie asrertain the , true facts concernithe atotartion. and if statements made , o) the most proininent,and influential ar the- camp can be relied upon • grolitnl. for it. r -. • •• ICKES - BARER - NOP I I a r . ry IiI nchy, Propr. t'ilie,vc 2. centm nut.- Cast SO ctr-r. We are .now prepared to do the best class of' tOnsor . ial work. Vools-alwavs kept in first class shape. ciiipe. 1'6c:serif-a U. iii. e, Thos. F. Oakes. Nenrq C. Pane, liearg C. Douse, ReGejvers. PACIFIC 11.:;11 t -s t‘.\ A mining. compan can y, nprising northern ;aid western capitalists, has been organized at Richmond, Va., to be known as the Piedmont( old Belt Chartered company, with a ,capital Ill it2,004,000, for the purpose oihdeyelop• log on it very 1...`XtelloiVedi.ellle larg'S gdItt mining properties covering sev- eral thousand acres in Buckingham couety, Va,„ Thesesnorthern and west- ern capitalists, ir.,r is reperted, have made a thorough investigation of the gold- bear o f that territory, :int' have found such remarkably favorable :-- conditionti that it is elaimed they have r - - secured control' of the entire district, It: and that their operations will be very large. Investigations of exoert a nal; - ses of ttre ores. it is claimed.'slt..... that the :• ve ge . a of these ores it d very mi.. t.1 --percentage .0 that: African or the Cripple 410. - 1111. tatt1THYVT1111THDY, - ESI. Paul ii,-- - Eillinneapolis [Duluth E Fargo [Grand Forks [and Winnipeg HeleRa 1111 Butte liPtitit uan Spokane Tacoma Seattle Rumor has it that the Penn Yan is again to be started up. Several years ago, when under l-tase to Messrs. Picot & Varner. this property produced a large antennt of ore. It is an ex'en- sion if' the Blue Bird. and since the latter hats -made knit a good showing it has caused monied men to take . itn• interest inithr Penn Yan. The prop- erty is developed by a 300-foot 5 shaft and several hutub•ed. feet of levels: but in case work is rt.:Aimed a --new shaft will have to be sunk, as the old one, so long in disuse. eas caved in and it would take a small sized fortune to. repair it. It is said that IL R. Allen and F hlurrav are the prinnoters. \Doe.\ Itotee,who killed Robert Me - Daniels. Ir at :he Windsor hotel. 1.14.tuldtc t: .t on.lition t legant 'iturist Sleeping Cars Dining Cars P011131111 Sleeping Car. IlAWILIIII11/1/Algat WI TIME SCHEDULE. ARRIVE AT WICKES. No. 10. Houlder icconsmodation, Daily except Sunday 8.55 a m Leave 5 minutes later. No. lii. Elkhorn acsommodation. Tues- days. Thursdays and Saturdays. 8.55 a at 1.,`Ilt - 4 . 5 minutes later. ARRIVE HELENA NO. I. racilic mail, west hound, .Iai h X. a • No. 2, A,tlaittic mail,east Imund.claily 11.3) i. LEAVE HELI:NA No. 1. Pacific mail, west daily. 8.35 a in NO. 2. Atlantic Mail.east bound.dIztily 11.31 p m For further particulars. maw , , folders, nom.. etc.. cad; on or write C. N. FOLSOM. station agent, Wickes, Mont. A. 0. EDGAR, • GENERAL AGENT, HELENA, IVION'CANA. Chow. S. Fee, 0. P. & T. A. St. Paul, Minn. C.A. . IC A SNOW&C0.1 , Caveats, and Trade -Marks obtained and all Pal cnt bumness conducted for Mo0 CCCCC Fate. OUPt orrice IS OPPOSITE U.S. comer , snd we cense. are patent In less tune than thi.. ; remote from Washington. * Send model, drawing or photo., with dewrii * Io n , We advise, if patentable or not, foe i., ; charge. Our fee not due till patent is secuoid. • Flow to Obtain Patents,\ ss,' • A PAMPOilitT,\ cost ot same in the U. S. and foreign COMitrit,* sent free. Address, L OOP. PATENT Oro( u. .1 1 9MMMMITIMMIITIMMMMITrInItrnnirinlmnpmmtmmtmttmtlymmmmu• -..01 0 ....- -.O. OW- ...OW 0.- ...1, ON , llo - - FIRST CLASS -..0. -oflo O.- • -GROCERIES Together w /tried assortment of ....... (6 , two.- 1 1.••••sso• rockery, Tinware, Dishes, etc. Tobacco, Cigars ,Lnd Fruit Are always carried in stock And all orders can be filled immediately. -.ma& 1, 0 \''. 1 11r For a strictly first-class tlour -..G I LT EDGE. SS _,,A,Has no equal A SHARE OF YOUR TRADE SOLICITED Dailey & Terry CHASE'S PURE BARLEY MALT WHISKY. 1lidol , i041 Its The Mie.t Entitles, nit sieiatis and I in -mists as a Valu- able and Reliable 1{1'11110 for all '111{111 111.1:. 1/1 SPF:PSI M 11.1111 t and FEEBLENESS. l'erfect Ionic and an Almulutely 11 Ill •11M11.1Stt. 0 1, 11 811 LeaUing Liquor Dealers. rri - u=Wickes - Hotel AILONTA.7% We. have recently .e -- (Aired control of thii.; bouse and fitted it up NA - 1 tit new furniture from top to bottom. Clean Rooms, New Bddiiig TABLE Si R 1 3 ASSED. BYNONE The only place betweem I Mena and Iiiittewhere I•weal can be Nall h., 1 \.\`'• $1.50 PER DAY. Special terms•made to those desiring regular. board. \'Corner Saloon 1 JOHN R. '.JONES, Proprietor -.wk.- -\. -0---- WINE AND LIQUOR DEALER -- Fine Wines, Pure Liquors, Choice Cigars WET GOODS FIST -CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. \Wit r Aa r\ Wi e \ e 0.0 % .. g e.AtWitiNo w i..... \ 0 0 0 9 J. H. 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