on ft roPVi.ATitix.The uimiuiit:»iuilt;nl made ult; our news columns t.bnl (inal Fall. Ims passed the 4,000 in*rk will In* gratifying to oor people dlttmui'li u wui fully expetted, Since 1884, when 'he plana lor the lowo were put In shape, our growth has been upward. In 18S5, the few leuto occupied by Mr. Puri* (iil»ou tind bla 8«fr. were • eucueeded by aulue siUMiuittu) building!),! the drat being the ttoir now nrriipled by Frank Ervin. In 188fl. the grade work nn the Montana t-entral gave a strong Impulse to our growth. To the fall of 1867, the Ore at Northern railway wsb completed from St, I’aul to In*.,. In the name year we secured separat* county government. Hinoe 1888, ih«r«* has been steady pragma.*, culminating In the Im-pnrhiHt works now in pmgrear No town in Montana tan show such remarkable i progress as tbi6 in population, riUrod! facilities and general advancement.Butte, Helena nod Auuonodn are the ' only Montana (Alien tbm now exceed tut [ In population. Miuaoula bna had the' start of ut, hut we must, now have ns \ many people ui she has, especially if we count anburhan home* that were not included In the rw ent census, but are embodied by most towns in their returns Net us rejoice that the i-ensiia loropiled with so much diHlrnlly gives us OVI4K •1,100.