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copper and throughout the mountain districts are mineral claims that promise to 



develop into mines. The mineral districts of Sanders county need capital for 



their development and promise splendid returns for investments in mining 

 properties. 



The Camas Hot Springs on the Flathead reservation, which have been reserved 

 by the government on account of their wonderful curative qualities as a resort for in- 

 valids, may become a rival to the Hot Springs of Arkansas. Near Paradise are 

 Quinn's Hot Springs, a favorite place of resort that has good accommodations. 



Large sums have been spent in the last three years in improving highways 

 and in constructing at Plains and Thompson Palls very long and expensive bridges 

 across Clark's Fork river which afford communication to farming and fruit 

 districts near those towns. 



A valuable asset is the great water power of Clark's Pork river and of tributary 

 streams. By constructing a 25 foot dam at Thompson Falls it was possible to 

 generate 60,000 horse power. 



Plains, in the productive Plains valley and the trading point for the western 

 part of the Flathead reservation, is the chief town. It has a water works sys- 

 tem, electric lights, an elevator, a public school building which cost $25,000, four 

 churches, banks, newspaper, numerous business houses, which have spent much 

 money on permanent improvements and many new buildings have been recently 

 erected. 



Thompson Falls, the county seat, a growing town in a rich undeveloped 

 district has two public schools and a high school building, a hospital, a church, 

 a newspaper, a bank, hotels, stores and a fine system of water works. 



Paradise is the railroad point where are a large railroad roundhouse and 

 a tie preserving plant. A large sum is paid to the numerous railroad employes. 



Camas is a new town in the reservation that has grown up around the springs 

 and promises to become an important place. The springs attract visitors to the 

 town which is a trading point for a country that has recently been settled. It has 

 hotels, business houses, a bank and a newspaper. 



Dixon, a growing town situated on the Northern Pacific railroad where the 

 Flathead river empties into Clark's Fork, is the trading point for a good farming 

 country, is connected by auto stages with towns north of it, and is the port of a 

 steamboat that runs on Flathead river. The town has merchantile establishments, 

 a bank, a newspaper, hotels, and expects to be the southern terminus of a railToaa 

 to be constructed through the reservation. 



The estimated population of Sanders county is 7,860 and the assessed valuation 

 is $6,044,324. 



LAND AREA — Sanders county, which is in the Missoula land district, embraces 

 and area of 2,837 square miles, including 115,087 acres of unreserved and unappropriated 

 public land available for entry under the homestead law, 58,897 acres of state land, 

 and 1,005,438 acres of national forests. Of the total area of the county, 447,662 acres 

 are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION— The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: wheat, 200,000 bushels; oats, 525,000 bushels; barley, 17,500 bushels; corn. 

 10,000 bushels; potatoes, 85,000 bushels; hay, 7,500 tons. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed the following livestock: horses, 3,002 

 head; milch cows, 1,500 head; other cattle, 3,896 head; sheep, 2,150 head; swine, 

 654 head. 



