Show THE MONTANA POWER COMPANY Arran arrangement gemen being made for electrification of sunset district in idaho the following interesting account of the intention of the montana power company to enter the coeur dalene region is published in the miner of wallace naturally the I 1 montana Alon tana power company which is now stringing its lines from the summit to several of the big mines and mills of the district is not making any public announcements of its ultimate plans for supplying electric energy in the coeur calenes dA lenes in view of the opposition it is now encountering and will continue to encounter from the washington water power company which is now in possession of the field but it is apparent to any one who has watched its progress that its plans contemplate supplying electric power in all parts of the district and it is stated by those who profess to know that the big montana company will not confine its operations to supplying power but will also enter the lighting field and that it will give the people of wallace the benefit of the competition if the utilities commissioners see fit to give it a certificate of convenience t and necessity covering municipal service but whether it will engage in the municipal lighting branch or not there is no longer any reason to doubt that the montana power company will extend its lines as rapidly as possible to every part of the district that promises business and since the mining interests of the district must depend upon a foreign corporation to furnish its power its coming will be welcomed because it means competition and a reduction of rates will supply a new territory it was learned this week from a source believed to be reliable that by the first of april the transmission wires of the montana company will be on beaver creek in the sunset district along with this information comes the report that the ray jef ferson mining company is planning to erect a mill at the forks of beaver and carbon creeks where the company owns a large mill site covering the old carbon townsite in view of the fact that ed donlan of missoula is one of the heavy stockholders of the ray jefferson and is also closely affiliated with the thompson falls plant of the montana power company it is assumed that the extension of the power line to deaver beaver creek at this time is for the purpose of supplying power to that company as soon as it is needed may solve transportation problem the matter of handling the vast ore tonnage that is eventually to come from the north side of sunset has long been a problem the solution of which has been looked if it is much interest forward to with true that the ray jefferson has decided to build a mill the coming season and there the company will have seems no doubt that the ore for it to run on then it is plain that the company has some definite assurance of rail transportation to the north r fork ork branch of the 0 W R N at the mouth of beaver creek a distance of something less than ten miles the building of such a line would be no great undertaking for the several strong mining companies that would be chiefly concerned namely the ray jefferson the sunset and possibly the interstate callahan it would not be an expensive road to build as it would follow the course of beaver creek the entire distance while the tonnage it would handle would be qu quite ite large and ever increasing outside business of the companies named wallace money may build it the entrance of the montana power company into that field has caused consideration to be given to constructing an electric road since there would be an abundance of power for its operation and in this connection it is stated that wallace capitalists have informed the mining companies interested that when the road becomes a necessity the money is here and ready for its construction while this information did not come to the miner direct it nevertheless came from a source that can be relied upon and shows conclusively that big plans are being worked out for the development and operations of the mines on the north side of sunset it is most gratifying news and comes at a time when news of increased mining activity is most welcome sunset is a storehouse of mineral wealth and after years of watchful waiting it now seems that the present year is going to see it begin to yield up its treasures and increase the prosperity of the coeur calenes dA lenes power for sunset mine the sunset mine which is owned and is being developed by senator clark of montana has never utilized electric power the power for the compressor hoist a and nd pump being furnished by gasoline it is stated that the senator is quite a heavy stockholder in the montana power company and knowing that his company would have electric power available he declined to tie up with the washington water power company for a term of years as a condition to secure power the extension of the montana companas comp anys line to beaver creek would bring it very close to the sunset mine and it would no doubt be quickly utilized to supplant gasoline |