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United States assay office and the land office for the Helena district are located 

 here, as are also the headquarters of the engineer in charge of the government 

 reclamation work in Montana. 



Helena has all of the advantages and conveniences that are to be found in a 

 modern and progressive city with public, business and residence buildings that com- 

 pare favorably with those of any city whatever its size, and has some advantages 

 peculiar to itself, such as the largest enclosed natural hot water natatorium in the 

 world and one of the greatest developments of water power on the continent. Two 

 immense dams and generating plants have been completed and a third is under con- 

 struction. The three dams develop a total of 220 feet and will make available 100,000 

 horse power. This abundant and cheap power is available for use on the farm and 

 in the mines; is transmitted in large quantities to Butte and is an advantage for 

 manufacturing plants that few cities possess. This almost unequalled power, the loca- 

 tion of the city near districts that produce large quantities of grain, and the ex- 

 cellence of the railroad facilities are expected to unite in making Helena a flour 

 milling center as well as to be reasons for other manufacturing establishments to be 

 started. Helena is an important jobbing center and goods are shipped to all parts 

 of the state. The manufactures are crackers, candies, soap, spices, extracts and 

 baking powders, brick and clay products. There are two breweries, an iron foundry 

 and planing mills. There are two daily newspapers and five large printing establish- 

 ments. 



Helena is a railroad center, being on the main line of the Northern Pacific and 

 the place from which the Rimini, Elkhorn and Marysville branches start. The 

 Great Northern, through the Montana Central division, gives communication with the 

 main line at Havre, the Burlington at Great Falls and Oregon Short Line at Butte. 



Lewis and Clark county abounds with opportunities in farming, fruit growing, 

 mining and manufacturing, and is on the eve of great growth in all these lines. 



The population is estimated at 26,960 and the assessed valuation is $24,151,849. 



LAND AREA — Lewis and Clark county, which is in the Helena land district, 

 embraces an area of 3,476 square miles, including 551,517 acres of unreserved and 

 unappropriated public land available for entry under the homestead law, 112,089 acres 

 of state land, and 863.147 acres of national forests. Of the total area of the county, 

 668,929 acres are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION — The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: Wheat, 300,000 bushels; oats, 750,000 bushels; barley, 50,000 bushels; flax, 

 10,000 bushels; potatoes, 350,000 bushels; hay, 56,000 tons. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed the following livestock: Horses, 6,116 head; 

 milch cows, 1,161 head; other cattle, 20,518 head; sheep, 137,000 head; swine, 1,476 

 head. 



LINCOLN COUNTY. 



Occupying the northwest corner of the state and comprising a large area, rich 

 in natural resources and but slightly developed, is Lincoln county, which was 

 organized in 1909 from a part of Flathead county. The greater part of the county 

 is mountainous and heavily timbered. Streams and lakes are numerous and the 

 rainfall is heavier than in any other county in the state. The great river of this 

 part of Montana is the Kootenai, which is said to have a larger flow of water than 

 either the Missouri or the Yellowstone. Tol)acco, Fisher and Yakt rivers are im- 

 portant tributaries draining large regions. 



The industries are lumbering, mining, farming and fruit growing. Lumbering 

 is the leading industry and large lumber mills are operated at Libby, Eureka and 

 Warland. It has been estimated that there are twenty billion feet of merchantable 



