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i-ounty. Marysville aud Riiuini arc niiniiii; camps. Lincoln, (ni tho western slope 

 of the Rockies, attractively sitnatetl on the Big Blackfoot, is the most favored 

 location in the county for the erection of snminer homes. 



There are many beautiful mountain drives out of Helena. Two miles from 

 the city are the Broadwater Hot Spriniis where the largest covered hot water 

 plunjie in the world has been erected. The Gates of the Mountains, on the Mis- 

 souri River, where the stream has cut a gorge hundreds of feet deep for many 

 miles through limestone rock, were named by Lewis and (^lark. Fishing streams 

 abound and in the western and northern parts of the county there is big game 

 hunting. 



LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY — Ranks sixth in population (18,660); fourteenth in 

 area (l'.l'06.(iS0 acrvs); twcuty-fifth in combined 1922 crop and livestock value; ninth 

 in 1920 mineral production: second in bank deposits, 1922; fifth in assessed valuation, 

 1922. Acres public land, 115.904; acres state land, 105,376; acres national forests, 

 ^1)9,379: acres military reservation, 1,799. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Estimated 1922 crop value, $983,500; estimated livestock 

 \alue, January. 1923. $2,246,700: metal production. 1920, $496,894; 1921 lumber cut 

 :'.40 M feet: total bank deposits, Sept. 15, 1922, $12,895,822. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation, $58,855,369; total taxable value, 

 S17,060,000. Total outstanding- county bond indebtedness, $635,000; total outstanding 

 ounty warrant indebtedness, $12,692; total outstanding- school bond indebtedness, 

 >i;96.400: other school debts, $11,731. Total general and special county taxes, $286,187: 

 total general and district school taxes, $358,485; total municipal taxes, $176,634; total 

 state taxes. $79,725: total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $48.28. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 60: enrollment, 2,467. Number high 

 schools, 3: enrollment, 604. Other institutions, Mt. St. Charles College; Intermountain 

 Union College. Helena; also State Vocational School for Girls, Helena; also Veterans' 

 Vocational School, Helena. 



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

 and sidetracks. 133.98. *Number of manufactures, Helena only, 52; average number 

 wage earners. 539: value of products, $3,016,238. Number of banks, 10. Number general 

 stores, 19: confectionery, etc., 42; groceries and meats, 59; lumber yards, 6; total number 

 merchants, 429. Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $2,495,055. Number grain 

 elevators, 5: total capacity, 94,000 l)ushels. Number creameries, 2. Number flour mills, 1. 

 Number saw mills, 4. Number of lawyers, 73. Number of physicians, 22. Developed 

 hydroi-electric plant capacity, 87,335 horse power. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms, 816; farm acreage, 754,135; im- 

 proved farm acreage. 132.576: irrigated acreage, 33,226: average value all propertv, per farm 

 $20,887. Livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 29,786; number sheep, 58,138; number 

 horses, 5,734: number swine (census), 3,378. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Helena. Elevation, 4,110 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, :May 9; average date first killing frost in fall, September 28. 



Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July 



Ave. Preo. .94 .67 .77 1.06 2.15 2.32 1.14 

 Ave. Temp. 20.3 23.0 32.2 43.8 51.4 59.6 67.0 



County Seat. Helena. Population County Seat, 



County Agricultural Agent — Yes. 



*Statistics on the number of manufactures, average number wage-earners and the 

 value of products are not available for the county, the 1920 census grouping Lewis and 

 Clark. Deer Lodge and Treasure counties together so as not to disclose the operations of 

 individual establishments. The combined figures for the three counties are: Number 

 of establishments, 83; average number wage earners, 3,445; value of products, $44,560,516. 

 By far the larger number of wage earners, and much of the value of the product can 

 be credited to the operations of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company at Anaconda. 



