| Show HI RIVALRY OVER O SMELTER n. n To Ton Towns n us Holding Out Inducements lo to c CIo Croud A correspondent writing from Ann Ann- conda Mont says Basin In that state tate Ls Is having a smelter boom have been current In tho the little Jeff Jef- Jef f t ferson county town recently to ts the t I effect that someone or some company compan Intended to build a smelter there I the result has been an nn increase In the tho price of town lots the old value alue havIng hav Imas' ing been Jeen practically doubled during the Ow last two or three e weeks The Identity of tho the person pr persona peron or corn com company many pany that will viii build built the proposed etl plant ha has not hen been disclosed but the logical conclusion among residents of ot the town Is that lint If Ie such an enterprise Is established it will vilh bo the time work of or the La Ln France Copper company controlled controlled- by Interests Interest It may be possible that the American American Ameri Amen can Consolidated d Copper company in intends In- In intends tends to its plant near Basin It intends to lo erect one somewhere adjacent ad at- jacent to Butte It Is to have a ca capacity ca- ca of between and anel tons of oC ore a day tay for before leaving forthe for tor forthe the East a few days s 's ago ngo Joseph A. A Coram organizer of ot the company said I the plant would bo be Jo built and anel It would have such a capacity Basin I Is about the time closest available a point for COl a smelter ter of the time size It has hac water arid and plenty of or it ft News comes to cr to lh th h effect that tIme the lull hill city has haR n from rom the time race in favor of If Basin Whitehall Divide and anti Garrison It II has imas no river larger than Bull Bun Run HUn Oro Flue Fino or ii the time Moulton Water uter company's company's com corn pany's puny's pipe Ipe lines lIne Jt Jl has hns a zinc plant planta a stamp mill numerous good mines mine of COil copper per silver gold zinc and anel lead leat leada a new mayor and does not care f to i an anything else at present |
