P a g e 7 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r the scattered towns and straggling encampments will have realized the expectations of their earliest settlers. We can see that the day is dawning when our splendid product of raw material will not be shipped thousands of miles away to be returned in manufactured form, but, instead, be a self-supporting commonwealth, standing at the head of counties for wealth and popularity. Somewhere in this commonwealth there is to be a new Denver, just where it is impossible to state, only that where it will be there must be found unselfish spirit that is necessary to rend asunder the cobwebs that have collected for many decades. Today Livingston stands as the metropolis of Park county, and by her abundant waterpower and direct situation on a great transcontinental railroad and close proximity to great coal fields is the natural location for a smelter. By the increasing product of our flockmasters a woolen mill must somewhere throughout this region prove a substantial and lucrative investment. By the local operation of the above enterprises an iron foundry can find all the material and consequently all the patronage necessary to consume its output. Higher educational institutions of learning would today prevent many of our ambitious youths from leaving the county for the completion of their educations, while there is an increasing demand for graduates from commercial schools. Again we say to those who have the confidence, the foresight and the grit to act upon this verity they will reap the harvest that the doubters, kickers and deserters have sown, and thereby entertain the consoling belief that the former trials of many had the effect of weeding out the weak and leaving the strong. William Hruza. Residence of William Hruza. William Hruza, owner and proprietor of the Cold Storage, is a native of Vienna, Austria, born June, 1859. After learning his trade thoroughly in his native country, at the age of sixteen years he set sail for the United States. Since then he has spent his time in different meat establishments, i. e., first at North Bend, Nebraska; three years at Denver, Colorado ; several years in the packing works of Harrison & Fisher at Omaha, Nebraska; and nine years with S. L. Holliday and Harvey & Co., Livingston, Montana. At the close of this service he started in business for himself on East Main street, which by his growing custom soon necessitated moving into his present quarters on West Main street. He was married to Miss Mary Kunes of Sanders county, Nebraska, in
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