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SILYER BOW COUNTY. 



Silver Bow county, the smallest and yet the richest county in Montana has an 

 abundant and steady market for all manner of products of the farm. It is an essen- 

 tially mining district and produces about one-fifth of the world's production of 

 copper. The zinc production, chie'ly from the Butte and Superior mine, and which 

 has been stated is one of the largest in the world, comes a close second to the 

 copper production. About twenty-five thousand tons of lead is also produced while 

 the gold product averages $1,000,000 and silver about 12,000,000 ounces. 



A great deal of the farming done is mixed — about 12,000 acres is privately owned, 

 and about 75,000 acres unappropriated public lands and J.30,000 acres in national 

 forests. Government reports show that thousands of acres are devoted to the raising 

 of timothy, clover, al alfa and other forage crops that find a ready sale in Butte. 

 Silver Bow county also has many poultry and stock ranches. 



Butte is practically Silver Bow county and contains a population of about 70,000. 

 It is served by the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 

 Paul, Oregon Short Line and the Burlington railroads, and is the chief distributing 

 point for all parts of Montana. The annual freight charges at Butte averages 

 $10,000,000 a year, or over $100 per hour for every hour in the year. Statistics reveal 

 that Butte has distributed in bananas, beans, butter and eggs, canned goods, fruit 

 an i vegetables, flour and mill supplies, livestock, and other commercial commodities 

 over 3,i00 cars, and no account has been taken in these figures of merchandise sup- 

 plied by farmers in the vicinity, and which are brought in by wagon. 



The mining industry is the principal asset and the production of the red metal 

 is being kept up. About Hi, COO miners are engaged in mining and surface work 

 around the mines, and with the increase in wages, Butte enjoys the distinction of 

 having the largest payroll in the United States compared to its population. The 

 combined payroll at the present time, including the mines, railroads, and all com- 

 mercial enterprises reaches the enormous sum of $3,500,000 per month. 



Climatic conditions in Butte are extremely good, and advantage is taken by 

 citizens and visitors, to visit Columbia Gardens, a beautiful spot at the foot of the 

 Rocky Mountains, where the Hon. W. A. Clark ha3 spent huge sums of money in 

 beautifying the place. Thompson Park in the Nine Mile Canyon is also being beauti- 

 fied and many are taking advantage of using this park for picnic purposes. 



The roads in Silver Bow and adjoining counties are in excellent condition and 

 there are many scenic routes leading cut of the county to various parts of the state. 

 Tourists report that Silver Bow county roads are well marked and better than most 

 roads of other states. 



Butte has thirty-seven public and parochial schools — high school with manual 

 training facilities — also the State School of Mines from whose ranks many of our 

 most prominent mining engineers have graduated. 



Nearly every religious dencmination may be found and the churches are 

 elegant structures with fine choirs; while the pulpits are filled with men of learn- 

 ing. The linest business houses are to be found — both wholesale and retail — 

 and the Federal Building, Court House, Silver Bow Club, are structures that any 

 city might well be proud of. There is in course of construction a new Y. M. C. A. 

 building, costing nearly $300,000, Deaconess hospital, new Knights of Columbus hall, 

 a Masonic Temple and Woman's Club House. The residence district contains some 

 beautiiul homes. Elegantly iurnished apartment houses are situated in the best 

 districts for transients, and the hotel accommodations are unsurpassed. 



The banks, of which there are six, are all housed in their own elegant structures, 

 which are most liberal in their support to the legitimate trade and guided by men 

 who are past masters at the art of banking. 



In connection with Government war activities, Butte has been most liberal, and 

 excels all other cities relative to population. On the First Liberty Loan its allotment 

 was $1,800,000; Butte subscribed $7,900,000. The second, the allotment was 

 $2,400,000; subscribed, $4,329,950. The Third, allotment, $2,100,000; subscribed, 

 $4,39 7,000. For the Red Cross the allotment was $150,000, Butte subscribed $170,000. 

 War Recreation Fund allotment, $4,000, raised, $5,800. Y. M. C. A. building fund 

 allotment raised $213,000. Butte's War Chest will provide $600,000 annually. Y. W. 

 C. A. activities, Butte raised $4,000. Butte also furnishes $5,000 annually for the Boy 

 Scouts, while there was furnished 3,000 first class books for the soldiers. The 

 Women's Patriotic Association have shipped to France over $13,000 in bandages and 

 surgical supplies and the Red Cross have shipped 206 boxes of similar material. 



