

THE TREASURE STATE 



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Historic Three Forks, Head of Missouri River. 



tana, and placing their control under a Chancellor, who has his office in the state 

 capitol at Helena. For this responsible management of its greater university of 

 Montana this state not only secured one of the most eminent educators of America but 

 at the same time it arranged an original and effective program for the control of 

 its land grant institutions. 



In addition to the institutions of learning maintained at public expense, there 

 are a number of thriving educational enterprises carried on by private activity. The 

 oldest Institution for higher education in Montana is the College of Montana, sus- 

 tained by the Presbyterian church, at Deer Lodge. The Montana Wesleyan univer- 

 sity has been doing excellent work in Helena for many years under Methodist aus- 

 pices. The educational vi^ork of the Catholic church is most extensive. In several 

 of the larger towns parochial schools are maintained, and in several places are 

 boarding academies which carry on both elementary and secondary work. These in- 

 clude St. Vincent's Academy at Helena, Sacred Heart academy at Missoula, and Mt. 

 Angela Ursuline academy at Great Falls, as well as the Catholic central high school 

 at Butte, and St. Charles college at Helena. 



Practically every church in America is well represented in Montana. There are 

 three residential bishops in Helena — Catholic, Methodist and Episcopal. The former 

 has just completed in Helena a cathedral which is second to none in the Northwest, 

 and also has charge of an extensive system of sectarian education, embracing colle- 

 giate, secondary and parochial schools. Throughout every section of the state is to 

 be found well supported churches of every denomination, and all the larger cities boast 

 of splendid social clubs and fine Y. M. C. A. buildings. 



Politically, Montana is among those desirable states which are classed as "doubt- 

 ful" at election times, a condition which not only protects the state from the abuses 

 of unbridled political power, but also develops a strong sense of responsibility on the 



