Show anew senator sena tor parla ari gibon gabson who has just juit been bean elected united state senator tor for tho the short hort term lenn of 0 the montana I 1 Is the founder of the town tn of great fula mont and one of the leading lats of the state ho he was bora bm at brownfield me on july 1 1830 his father was waa a farmer and lumberman he graduated from bowdoin college in 1851 and soon thereafter was elected to the maine legislature in 1858 he removed to minneapolis minn where in association with W W eastman he built the cataract tour flour mill the first in the city and 1 X PARIS GIBSON operated the north star woolen mills he H met with reverses during the panic of 1873 and in 1879 removed to fort benton mont where he engaged in sheep heep raising he was among the first in that region to take up the industry and has continued the business with profit profil in 1882 he visited the falls of the missouri river and on examining the resources of the surrounding country was impressed with the advantages of the place tor for a city because of its unlimited water power its d deposits of coal and extent of agricultural and grazing lands with james JP jj hill of st paul he acquired title to the town and named it great rails by the completion of the st paul minneapolis and manitoba railroad to that point in 1887 a great stimulus W waa given to the town which increased to a city of inhabitants to mr gibson Is due its splendid public park system the first in the northwest he was organizer of the great falls water power and town site company and has been active in the support ot of every enterprise in the city he ha haa much of his wealth invested in the gold silver iron and coal industries of the surrounding regions he was a delegate to the montana C constitutional convention in 1889 and was senator from cascade co county anty Q to the first legislature where ho he advocated the consolidation of all state institutions tor for liberal education under the name of the university of montana his library Is the largest in the city his wife Is active in literary and educational circles and is the founder ot the valleria public library of great falls she Is a daughter of jesse jesee powell sweat of brownfield me they have four children |