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Hardin, Thriving County Seat of Big Horn County. 



People of Montana. 



No more progressive, patriotic or cordial people can be found than those of 

 Montana. In matters pertaining to education, the state is near the front. Fine 

 church buildings show the interest in the higher things of life. Reform legislation, 

 including women suffrage and state prohibition, has been passed as well as a 

 good deal of progressive legislation. Each town and city has a live commercial 

 club to boost and encourage the business of the community. Good roads and state 

 highways in excellent condition are a feature of which the people of the state are 

 proud. 



Montana has given 35,000 of her sons to the army and navy, has subscribed 

 $53,887,400 in the first three Liberty Loans and has given $1,500,000 to different 

 beneficent organizations to carry on the war. 



Montana's Climate. 



Climatically Montana compares favorably with any of her sister states. Reports 

 of the United States weather bureau show that the annual mean temperature for 

 the past ten years is 42.3 degrees. The mean for January, the coldest month, 

 is 18.7, and the mean for July, the warmest is 64. In the mountains during the 

 winter months there are times when the temperature goes to 30 and 35 below 

 zero, while in the eastern and northern part of the state there are times in 

 the summer, July and August, when it reaches 105. It is in these latter sections 

 that the growing of corn is carried on on a commercial scale. The average annual 

 precipitation in Montana is 15.71 inches, with the average for June, the month when 

 precipitation is needed by the farmers, 2.81 inches. The elevations above sea level 

 run from 1,800 in eastern Montana to 10,000 feet in the mountains. 



Switzerland of America. 



Scenically, Montana may be called the Switzerland of America. One of the 

 greatest and most wonderful of the national parks, Glacier is situated wholly within 

 its borders, while Yellowstone extends over the boundary and is entered from 

 Montana. But the scenic attractions of the state are not confined to the parks. 

 In many sections there is a diversity of mountains and plain, canyon and plateau, 

 rushing rivers and broad and placid lakes, with a system of roads the delight of 

 the traveler by auto or road wagon. 



Whether the opportunity is sought to make a home on the land, to engage in 

 mercantile business, to develop wealth from the hills or one desires to spend a 



