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schools, two hospitals, two newspapers, three banks, hotels, two wholesale and 

 thirty-five retail stores. Many new business houses have been recently erected and 

 much money has been spent in city improvements. Many miles of cement walks 

 have been laid and a sewer system costing $50,000 was installed a few years ago. 

 The city is lighted by electricity, has an elevator, a creamery and does a large trade 

 with the country tributary to it. 



The population of Carbon county is estimated at 23,600, and the assessed valua- 

 tion is $8,123,797. 



LAND AREA — Carbon county, which is in the Billings land district, embraces 

 an area of 2,108 square miles, including 346,847 acres of unreserved and unapprop- 

 riated land available for entry under the homestead law, 44,702 acres of state land, 

 and 359,159 acres of national forests. Of the total area of the county, 416,236 

 acres are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION — The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: Wheat, .500,000 bushels; oats, 875,000 bushels; barley, 150,000 bushels; corn, 

 15,000 bushels; potatoes, 360,000 bushels; hay, 105,000 tons; sugar beets, 75,000 tons; 

 apples, 45,000 bushels; plums and prunes, 1,000 bushels; cherries, 750 bushels; 

 strawberries, 15,000 quarts; currants, 10,000 quarts. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed the following livestock: Horses, 9,345 

 head, milch cows, 3,090 head; other cattle, 13,298 head; sheep, 63,437 head; swine, 

 4,953 head. 



For further information regarding Carbon county, address secretary of com- 

 mercial club, Red Lodge, Montana. 



CASCADE COUNTY. 



Cascade, one of the richest and most populous counties of Montana, is 

 situated in the northern central part of the state, has rich mineral and agricultural 

 resources, an unequalled water power, and is destined to be the seat of numerous 

 manufacturing establishments and of a commerce that will extend for hundreds 

 of miles in every direction. 



The southern part includes a part of the Little and Big Belt ranges and the 

 Highwood mountains extend across the eastern border. The Missouri river crosses 

 the county from the southwest to the northeast and is joined near Great Falls 

 by the Sun river, which rises in Teton county and drains a large section east of the 

 Rocky mountains, and by the Smith and Belt rivers from the south. These 

 streams have extensive valleys. 



Cascade county, like the greater part of Montana, is in the Chinook belt, and 

 warms winds from the Pacific ocean moderate the winter temperature. The 

 occasional cold spells are rarely of long duration and are attended by the dry, calm 

 atmosphere that makes the cold in Montana felt less at zero than at twenty above 

 in humid countries. Stock run on pasture during the whole year, and are fed only 

 a short time during the winter. 



Farming, mining and stock growing are the chief industries. Rough and high 

 grounds afford excellent pasturage for live stock. The soil is fertile, and the land 

 as a rule lies well for farming operations. In the Missouri, Sun and Belt river 

 valleys are extensive irrigated areas. Near Cascade is Chestnut valley, a long 

 settled and thriving farming district. The Sun river valley contains a government 

 reclamation project and many farms that were irrigated before it was begun. 

 The Belt valley is a large and productive section. 



Far from railroads are some tracts open to homesteading, but the best oppor- 

 tunity for the homeseeker is to buy lands which are for sale at prices below their 

 investment value, or to acquire a farm unit in the Sun river project. The bulk 



