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ings by a few farmers on the non-irrisated treeless prairies have demonstrated 

 that every farm where the owner takes the interest can have a j^rove of trees. The 

 initial photoijraph shows what can be done. Sprinj; wheat, oats and flax are the 

 chief crops. The acreage in corn is increasing. There is some commercial pro- 

 duction of potatoes. 



Coal and natural gas are the principal mineral products, although there has 

 been some commercial utilization of clay beds for brick and of sandstone for 

 building purposes. 



The winter climate of this region is much warmer than the minimum extremes 

 occasionally recorded at Havre would indicate. Records of the V. S. Weather 

 Bureau show that the mean January temperature of 

 The Winter Havre is 13..5 degrees, compared with 10.4 degrees at Duluth, 

 Climate Minnesota, or ll.G degrees at St. Paul, or 0.3 degrees at 



Devil's Lake, North Dakota. It should also be remembered 

 that the Montana climate is exceedingly dry, making extreme minimum tempera- 

 tures much more bearable than higher temperatures in more humid regions. 



The main line of the Great Northern crosses the county east and west, and 

 at Havre the Butte branch runs southwesterly through the county. The Roosevelt 

 Memorial Highway follows the main line of the railroad. 



Havre, the county seat, is the largest town and modern in all respects. It 

 is a railroad division point and shops are maintained there. Rudyard. Hingham, 

 Gildford and Kremlin, on the main line, and Box Elder on the Butte branch, serve 

 important farming areas. 



Attractive scenically, the Bearpaw mountains are of historic interest dating 

 from the days of the trappers to those of Indian warfare. The region is becoming 

 a recreational center for northern Montana. Picturesque l)adlands are a feature 

 of the Milk River, which enters this county from Canada and then turns eastward. 



HILL COUNTY — Ranks eleventh in population (13,958): eig-hteenth in area 

 (1,850,880 acres); thirty-second in combined 1922 crop and livestock value; seventeenth 

 in 1920 mineial production; twenty-second in bank deposits, 1922; tenth in assessed 

 valuation, 1922. Acres public land, 42,760; acres state land, 117,599; acres Indian res- 

 ervation (all unallotted), 39,040. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Estimated 1922 crop value, $1,672,300; estimated live- 

 stock value, .Tanuary, Ut23, $1,336,000; coal production, 1920, $65,000; total bank de- 

 posits, September 1.5. 1922, $1,515,516. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation. $33,313,564; total taxable value, 

 $10,412,861. Total outstanding county bond indebtedness. $1,092,000; total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $5,629; total outstanding school bond indebtedness, $438,313; 

 other school debts, $33,265. Total general and special county taxes, $237,481; total 

 g-eneral and district school taxes, $260,542; total municipal taxes, $59,375; total state 

 taxes, $48,737; total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $43.42. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 84; enrollment, 2,268. Number high 

 schools, 8; enmllment, 400. 



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

 and sidetracks. 81.16. Number uf manufactures, 25; average number wage earners, 414; 

 value of products, $1,060,142. Number of banks, 13. Number general stores, 22; confec- 

 tionery, etc., 7; groceries and meats, 33; lumber yards, 8; total number merchants, 253. 

 Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $847,955. Number grain elevators, 27; 

 total capacity. 906.000 bushels Niunber i reameries, 1. Number flour mills, 3. Number 

 of lawyers. 29. Number of physicians, 13. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms 2,257; farm acreage, 1,107,399; im- 

 proved farm acreage, 491,358: irrigated acreage, 2,528; average value all propertv per 

 farm. $12,005. Livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 12,863; number sheep, 10,552; 

 number horses, 14.032; number swine (census), 1,772. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — uA.t Havre. Elevation, 2,505 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, May 16; average date first killing frost in fall, September 19. 



An- 

 Jan. Feb. Mar. April Mav June Julv Aug. 

 Ave. Prec. .78 .51 .53 .90 1.90 2.74 1.81 1.20 

 Ave. Temp. 12.5 13.8 27.0 43.7 53.1 61.5 68.0 66.0 

 County Seat, Havre. Population county seat, 5,429. 

 County Agricultural Agent — ^No. 



