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MONTANA: JXDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



Sprini;' wheat is the chief cniii. its acreiiiie heiiiir lariier than that of all other 

 crops (•(uubiiieil. Oats. hay. corn, fhix ami rye foHow in order. 



Coal is produced in coniniercial (piantities and larjie deposits of barite are 

 reported to exist. 



The main line of the Xortliern I'acific crosses the county. The northern 

 district. \vho.><e drainage is into the Yellowsione. finds its nearest rail haul ferryinji 

 across the Yellowstone to the Clendive-Sidney branch of the Northern Pacific. 

 The Colden Valley district is served by a branch line of the Northern I'acific 

 rnnnini: .southeasterly from Beach. North Dakota. A main east and west high- 

 way parallels the main line of the Northern I'acific. 



Wiliaux. the county .seat, is the princii>al town. It has all modern miuiicipal 

 impnneiueuts and commands the trade of the Beaver Creek farming district. 

 Carl.vle is the principal tradin.g point in the county of the (Jolden Valley district. 



WIBAUX COUNTY — Ranks fift.v-fiist in population (3.113); fifty-first in area 

 (565,120 acres); fortieth in combined 1922 crop and livestock value; twenty-fifth in 

 1920 mineral production; forty-third in banli deposit.s. i;t22; fifty-third in assessed val- 

 uation. 1922. Acres piibhc land, 17,555; acres state land, 31,757. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Kstimated 1922 -rop value, $1,398,900; estimated live- 

 stock vahie. .Iaiuiar\-, 1923, .'!;754,000; coal production, 1920, $10,734; total bank deposits, 

 Septcinb.T 15, 1922. $643, 246. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation, $9,381,451; total taxable value, 

 $3,034,783. Total outstanding i-ounty bond indebtedne.<;s. $153,000; total outstanding 

 count.v warrant indebtedness, $7,588; total outstanding school bond indebtedness, 

 $51,232; total general and special count.v taxes, $69,005; total general and district school 

 taxes. $69,701; total municipal taxes. $10,434; total state taxes, $14,527; total tax (in- 

 clusive iiinnii ii)al), per capita, $52.57. 



EDUCATIONAL — Xuniber graded schools, 41; enrollment, 815. Number high 

 schools, 2; cnrollnioiit. l.Tl. 



BUSINESS STATISTICS — Number of railroads, 1; railway mileage, exclusive spurs 

 and sidetracks, 21. (i6. Number of manufactures, 3; average number wage earners, 4; 

 value of products, $21,294. Numlter of Ijanks, 3. Number general stores, 3; groceries 

 and meats, 3; lumber \ards, 4; total number merchants, 48. Total assessed valuation 

 1922 merchandise, $157,080. Number grain elevators, 9; total capacity, 320,000 bushels. 

 Number of lawyers. 5. Numl)er of physicians, 2. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms. 532; farm acreage, 336,167; im- 

 proved farm acreage, 140.299: iirigated acreage, 200 (estimated); average value all 

 property, per farm, $17,653. I.,ivestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 9,116; number 

 sheep, 2.713; number horses. 6,575; number swine (census). 1.899. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Wibaux. Elevation. 2,674 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in .-^iiiin.u. Ma.\- 2S; average date first killing frost in fall, September 10. 



No. Yrs. An- 



Record Jan. Feb.Mar.Apr. Mav June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. nual 



Normal Prec .54 .25 .68 .88 2.28 4.27 1.54 1.38 1.10 .80 .59 .42 14.73 



Mean Temp 14 14.4 16.5 26.6 44.2 54.7 61.0 69.2 66.2 55.7 44.1 29.0 18.0 41.8 



County Seat, Wibaux. Population County Seat, 611. 



Count.v Agricultural Agent — No. 



RICHLAND COUNTY 



A 



GRICULTURAL in character. Richland 

 count.v (dTers jiossiliilities in both irrigated 

 and non-irrigated farming. In the develop- 

 ment of a diversified type of farming that 

 includes a gemn'oiis amount of livestock, it 

 is one of the leading districts of the state. 

 Kichland lies in east central ^lontana, 

 the I)akola-Montana boundary marking 

 its eastern and the Missouri River its north- 

 ern borders. It is approximately 55 miles 

 long east and west and 35 to 45 miles 

 wide north and soiuh. In elevation, it is 

 one of the lowest parts of Montana, ranging 

 from l.!MH) to 2.500 feet. The growing sea- 

 son is hot and fairly long. In the Yellow- 

 stone valley, which cuts diagonally across 

 the .southeastern part, is the only large 

 body of irrigated land in the county. It is 

 included within the Lower Yellowstone 

 project of the United States Reclamation^ Service. Some smaller tracts are irri- 



