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Portland Cement Factory at Trident. 



Flathead county lying tributary to Flathead lake. Following these sections are found 

 Carbon county, Sanders county from Plains to Trout Creek, and Lincoln county. The 

 orchard acreage of the state is upward of 30,000 acres, the greater part of this, how- 

 ever, being young orchards not yet in bearing. 



Montana presents conditions for the growing of a large list of fruits, the suc- 

 cess of their growing being measured by the care with which the grower selects the 

 variety and the location upon which they are grown. The apple is the principal com- 

 mercial fruit grown in Montana; Mclntoshs, Wealthies and Gravensteins have estab- 

 lished a reputation of their own whenever they have entered the market. Cherries 

 rank next to the apple in importance, and many carloads are annually shipped from 

 Bitter Root, Missoula and Flathead orchards. Pears, plums and prunes are a good 

 source of revenue to growers who give them proper attention, and excellent success 

 has been met in the production of peaches and grapes. The growing of canteloupes. 

 watermelons, cucumbers and garden stuffs, especially peas, is rapidly coming into 

 prominence in various sections of the state. 



Markets for all kinds of agricultural and dairy products are ready-made in the 

 mining districts of the state. Butte, the largest mining camp in the world with a 

 monthly pay roll considerably in excess of a million dollars; Great Falls and Ana- 

 conda, large smelting centers, and numerous smaller camps throughout the state 

 employ thousands of men who yearly add many millions of dollars to the mineral 

 wealth of the nation. Since 1880 Montana has produced one-third as much copper as 

 has the entire United States since 184.5, and this year's production, it is conservatively 

 estimated, will closely approximate 400,000,000 pounds. In no other mining district 

 of the world are the methods used so advanced and so economical as can be found 

 about the copper mines of Butte. Long ago the management of the different com- 

 panies learned that the best results could be obtained by paying the best wages, by 

 employing the most capable men, by adopting the best and safest methods and using 



