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Sheridan county is in the northeastern corner, as the state is entered on the 

 Great Northern railroad. It is a typical western agricultural domain, practically 

 eighty miles square. While only a few years ago practically every corner of Sheri- 

 dan county was claimed by range stockmen, they have in a remarkably short time 

 given away to actual farmers, with well developed farms, equipped with modern 

 homes and farm buildings, the result of but a few years of endeavor in the west. 



Neither has the stock raising industry been abandoned since grain raising became 

 the principal pursuit, for today all through Sheridan county, farmers are raising 

 some of the best grades of farm horses, high grade beef and dairy cattle and many 

 sheep and hogs. The rapid farm development in Sheridan county has been the 

 means of progressive cities and towns springing un everywhere, and more local 

 markets for the farm products are being created all the time. 



In 1917 the county boasted of having seventy-two elevators, twenty-eight banks 

 and twenty-four newspapers. Last year there were but two flour mills in the county, 

 but in 1918 there are ten in operation. The county lays claim to the largest culti- 

 vated farm in the state — 3,200 acres, all in grain. This big ranch lies south of 

 Flaxville, and is operated by Kanning Brothers. Four big engines are used for 

 plowing, discing and seeding the big tract. 



Only eight years ago the actual grain raising farmers started operations In 

 Sheridan county. At that time the town of Culbertson was the only grain market. 

 It was therefore necessary for many farmers to haul their grain fifty to seventy-five 

 miles, requiring four to six days to make the trip. There are now seventy-two 

 elevators scattered along the railroads all through the county. Many of these eleva- 

 tors are owned by farmers, or by farmers' companies. 



The wheat raised in the county is of good quality. The terminal milling points 

 offer a high price for Sheridan county wheat, because of its excellent milling 

 qualities. 



In every city or town a number of modern improvements and municipal con- 

 veniences have been installed. Every town is equipped with an electric lighting plant, 

 electrioliers for the streets, local and farm line telephone exchanges, cement 

 sidewalks, and waterworks and sewer systems. They have modern school build- 

 ings and religious facilities. Every town can boast of thrifty, enterprising banks, 

 physicians and professional men of all kinds, well stocked mercantile establishments 

 and enterprising shops. Good roads throughout the county are also being improved 

 each year. 



In Sheridan county productive lignite coal mines are being developed throughout 

 every corner of the county, supplying the farmer with a high grade of cheap fuel 

 practically within reach of his own door step. The natural resources of the county 

 are abundant. 



Plentywood, the county seat, is a thriving city with a population of nearly 

 2,000. It has grown from a small hamlet during the last seven years, due to the 

 adjacent agricultural territory. It is located on the branch line of the Great 

 Northern which extends into the northern part of the county. Froid, Homestead. 

 Medicine Lake, Antelope, Flaxville, Redstone and Scobcy are other growing towns on 

 this branch line. Scobey is the western terminal of the line and has had a very 

 rapid growth in the last few years. 



On the main line of the Great Northern, along the southern part of the county 

 are Culbertson, Bainville, Mondak, Brockton, Poplar and Wolf Point. Culbertson 

 is the oldest town in the county, Poplar is the supply point for most of the Fort 

 Peck reservation and Wolf Point, which has just been made the division point on 

 the Great Northern is growing by leaps and bounds. There is every evidence that 

 It will be the largest town in the county very socn. 



The Soo line which parallels the Canadian boundary for fifty or sixty miles has 

 a number of progressive towns in Sheridan county. Westby, near the North Dakota 

 line, is the center of a large farming section and does a large volume of business 

 each year. Other towns on this line are, McElroy, Uooley, Raymond, Comertown, 

 Daleview, Outlook and Whitetail. Whitetail is the western terminal of the line and 

 Outlook is one of the most progressive and up-to-date towns in the county. 



The Fort Peck reservation contains some of the best land in Montana, and 

 since opened for settlement has been rapidly taken up. The price put on the land 

 by the Government has retarded settlement to some extent, but settlers are now 

 beginning to realize that the land is worth the money, because of its excellent 

 qualities. The assessed valuation of the county in 1918 is $17,417,623. 



