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Other towns are Elliston on the Little Blackfoot, a mining center; Garrison, 

 a railroad junction point and the trading place for a considerable territory; 

 Ovando and Helmville. Helmville is the principal town in the northern part of the 

 county and is surrounded by a good farming region which will experience rapid 

 development when the railroad comes. 



The population of Powell county is estimated at 8,100 and the assessed valu- 

 ation is $7,346,760. 



LAND AREA — Powell county, which is in the Helena land district, embraces an 

 area of 2,549 square miles, including 218,684 acres of unreserved and un- 

 appropriated public land, available for entry under the homestead law, 52,564 acres of 

 state land, and 621,509 acres of national forests. Of the total area of the county, 

 573,327 acres are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION — The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: wheat, 50,000 bushels; oats, 425,000 bushels; barley, 25,000 bushels; corn, 2,000 

 bushels; potatoes 95,000 bushels; hay, 76,000 tons. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed the following livestock; horses, 4,832 head; 

 milch cows, 1,353 head; other cattle, 13,631 head; sheep, 97,214 head; swine, 

 1,213 head. 



PRAIRIE COUNTY. 



Prairie, carved in 1915 from parts of Custer and Dawson, is Montana's baby 

 county. It is one of the smallest counties of the state, but is likewise one of 

 the best developed. Practically the entire area of the county is available for farming 

 purposes and as all of the county is within easy access of the best of railroad trans- 

 portation, it will undoubtedly be but a short time until every tillable acre in 

 the county is placed under the plow. 



Prairie county is watered by the Yellowstone river, which flows through the 

 county from west to east, and by a number of smaller streams which flow Into the 

 Yellowstone. Irrigation however, is not practiced in this county, as exceptionally 

 high yields have been secured by non-irrigated farming. This county, like Dawson 

 and Custer, is in the heart of the "corn belt" of Montana, and its long growing 

 season enables corn to attain certain maturity. 



The climate is practically the same as that of Iowa and Illinois. The alti- 

 tude is approximately 2,300 feet, insuring cool nights, there are comparative few- 

 severe storms; the air is dry and one does not feel the cold of winter or the heat 

 of summer as in more humid regions. The normal rainfall is in excess of fifteen 

 inches, more than half of which falls during the growing season and, under proper 

 cultivation, this has proved ample for all crops in this soil. 



Terry, the county seat, is a rapidly growing town with excellent railroad 

 facilities. It is served by the main lines of both the Northern Pacific and the 

 Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul. Terry is a distributing center for a large farm- 

 ing country in the northern part of the county and is rapidly assuming metropolitan 

 airs. The second most important town in the county is Fallon near the extreme 

 eastern border. Like Terry, Fallon enjoys a good trade and is growing rapidlj 



The population of Prairie county is estimated at 6,350 and the assessed valuation 

 of the county, in 1915, was $5,088,483. 



LAND AREA— Prairie county, which is in the Miles City land district, embraces 

 an area of 1,685 square miles, including 109,280 acres of unreserved and unappropri- 

 ated public land available for entry under the homestead law, and 58,698 acres of 

 state land. Of the total area of the county, 634,568 acres are privately owned. 



