(]["What has Montana to offer to the homeseeker and in- 

 vestor?" is an inquiry which comes to bankers, real estate 

 owners, farmers and men and women in every walk of life 

 who live in the state or who have interests in it. To answer 

 this query as comprehensively and as directly as possible 

 is the reason for the publication of "Montana — 1918". This 

 is the eighth edition of "Montana", and as in previous issues 

 the endeavor has been to tell something of the resources and 

 opportunities and industries' of the state. 



(JfThe facts given in this edition are taken in large part 

 from official reports of the United States government, 

 from reports of men who have been assigned to learn all pos- 

 sible about particular sections or resources. It has not been 

 possible in a publication of this size to go into great detail, 

 but the endeavor has been to set forth in a general way what 

 the opportunities are in Montana for those who desire to 

 engage in agriculture, mining, livestock, dairying, horti- 

 culture, mercantile or other industries; to tell of the hydro- 

 electric development, the resources in gas, coal and oil; to 

 show the investor on what a solid foundation of natural 

 wealth the credit of the state, the counties, the cities and 

 the individual rests. 



(]f Though in area the third largest state in the union, Mon- 

 tana has a population of less than one million people. The 

 story of its contributions in men, money and materials to 

 the war, as set forth in this edition, is proof not only of the 

 patriotism of its people, but also a slight indication of its 

 wealth. 



(JJNot only in Montana, but in schools in other states "Mon- 

 tana" has come to be used as a text book in the study of the 

 state. Previous editions have proved valuable in many ways 

 to thousands of people, as well as to the state as a whole. 

 The hope is that the present edition may be equally so. 



CHAS. D. GREENFIELD, 



Commissioner. 



