| Show MONTANA has bas tra transpired aspired during the past year to disprove the belief which this the tribune has always held that in a few years mure moro of all the states skates of af this interior montana Is to be the othe richest find and th tho strongest her mineral wealth la Is abing max marvelous she has haa moto moro agricultural land than clan can be brought under cultivation and more water to supply that land than any other Inter motia tain state her mineral and agricultural progress will go eo hand in hand and with silver er once more restored her mineral wealth will yield probably as much every year as aa that of any other three datil states slates then there Is something massive and majestic about her in every held field she la Is prepared to compete with the rest of 0 tile the world pushed out into the ocean she would bo be an empire complete in herself of course there has been depression there during the year it has haa smitten her mines it lial hag smitten her flocks find and herds the industries to which h she looked through which to bring tho the rewards to her laborers and to build up tho the solid aggregate capital of the have beer been greatly cut down but that does not change cran tile the tact fact that she sha Is I 1 3 still omnipotent in resources still press pres 3 IW on toward wi in independence which put by herself would make maka her an empire and which la jet bound to in a few years make her ter one ot of the foremost states State ot this republic and sho she Is peopled by a race that can subdue tile tho stubborn forces foicey that her people inave have to contend with and that can handlo handle her tre treasures asuras wisely when secured A great state Is Mon montana Lana the mencia the east do not comprehend her at all thy th y do not know ai cither ther tho the capacity ot we the sc sall 11 and the ral manei or the character of the self reliant intelligent people that work those fields and explore those mines her people need not care for that she sh will bo be understood after awhile why if all now england ere placed on her broad back bach there would be space enough around the edges to locate cate naw york new jorsey jersey maryland abild and delaware and then give room lor for a watering place as big biff 1 as L lake ake ontario those ea eastern stern states are pigmies pygmies compared with montana ml on tant and that is not all there Is not an all industry in which those eastern states can cali engage that montana cannot after a little rival them in and in noldi addition tion sho she has rich ilch gold and silver and copper C oil when the inspired dishop cried out Wt westward ward tho the course of empire takes its way it was as not a mere sunburst but st of the imagination but I 1 it was a tremendous fact and montana la Is about the most striking example of that tact fact in all the west wo we send our new years greetings cree tangs to hw her we congratulate tier ter people upon the tha beginning they have made we hol hold d in thought the picture chewill she will make and the impact aion she will give to tho lie world when the full fruition shall come |
