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GleiKlivc. nuidcni in iill respects, is tho hirsfst tnwn in llic sialc oast of 

 Miles City, and an important tradini; and disirihutint;- jwint. A diiniiitory for 

 housiniz; students from tlie rui'al districts is operated in con- 

 Sonie School nection with tlie Dawson county hijj;h school. A feature of 

 Features the urade school system is the musical training:. Out of an 



(Mirollnient of about 1.000 pupils, 200 are enrolled in the boys' 

 bands and the school orchestras. Rii-hey is the second lari;est town. Stipek. In- 

 take. Bloomfield. I'nion and Lindsay are trading centers. 



DAWSON COUNTY — Ranks twentieth in population (9,239); twenty-seventh in 

 area (1,509,760 acres); twenty-first in combined 1922 crop and livestuck value; fifteentli 

 in 1920 mineral production; fifteenth in bank deposits, 1922; twentieth in assessed 

 valuation. 1922. Acres public land, 36,628; acres state land, 83.789. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Kstinmted 1922 crop value, $1,979,900; estimated live- 

 stock value .January. I!t23, $1,577,400; coal production, 1920, $83,619; total bank deposits, 

 Sept. 15. 1922. $2,262,888. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation. $22,691,658; total taxable value, 

 $7,421,680. Total outstanding county bond indebtedness. $583,000; total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $166,385; total outstanding school bond indebtedness, 

 $i;a,127; ether school debts. $34,345. Total smpral and special c<umtv taxes. $263,710: 

 total general and district school taxes, $195,972; total municipal taxes, $41,993; total 

 state taxes, $35,259; total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $58.11. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 86; enrollment, 1,961. Number higli 

 schools. 2; enrollment. 299. 



BUSINESS STATISTICS — Number of railroads, 2; railway mileage, exclusive spurs 

 and sidetracks. 77.77. Number of manufactures, 11; average number wage earners, 

 205; value of products, $706,126. Number of banks, 7. Number general stores, 21; 

 confectionery, etc., 6; groceries and meats, 15; lumber yards, 7 

 chants, 171. Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $570,001. 

 vators. 13; total capacity. 417.000 bushels. Number creameries, 1. 

 1. Number of lawvers. 12. Number of physicians, 7. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms, 1,195; farm acreage, 747,993; im- 

 proved farm acreage, 298,620; irrigated acreage, 1,674; avei-age value all property per 

 farm, $13,692. Livestock assessed 1922 — -number cattle, 19,656; number sheep, 12,236; 

 number liorses. 15,234; number swine (census), 2,214. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Glendive. Elevation, 2,091. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, May 14; average date first killing frost in fall, September 22. 



total number mer- 



Number grain ele- 



Number flour mills. 



Jan. Feb. Mar. April May 

 Ave. Free. .64 .52 .98 1.12 2.3 

 Ave. Temp. 13.4 14.2 27.2 46.2 55.9 

 County Seat, Glendive. Population 

 County Agricultural Agent — No. 



June .Tulv Aug. Sept. 

 3.18 1.78 1.41 1.33 



65.8 72.2 70.4 58.5 

 County Seat, 3,816. 



PRAIRIE COUNTY 



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OR many years in the old range days having 



the reputation of being the largest livestock 



shipping point in the northwest, Terry, the 



£■ JL county seat of Prairie county, is looking 



forward to the time when it will again 

 be an important shipping point under pres- 

 ent conditions — of hogs and cattle fattened 

 on the c(nn crop of the county which is 

 rapidly expanding in acreage. Livestock 

 continues to be the dominant industr.v. Imt 

 crop production, in value, is not far behind. 

 Prairie county is situated in east cen- 

 tral Montana, with a maximum len,iith from 

 the northwest to the southeast of about To 

 miles, ami an avearge width of 25 miles. 

 Tlu> Yellowstone River flows across the 

 south half from the southwest to the north- 

 east. The I'owder River comes in from 

 "^^^^^^""^ ^^^^^"^"^ the south near the western side and 



O'Fallon Creek is the largest stream on the eastern side. Brackett, Cedar and 

 Cherry Creeks flow into the Yellowstone from the north. The northwestern part 

 of the county is occupied by a low range called Mountain Sheep Bluffs. Upland 



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