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MONTANA: INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



and chief distrilnitint; and supply point. It has all modern nuinicipal improve- 

 ments. Diitton, Collins and Power, in the eastern district, Fairfield and Asawam. 

 on the Milwaukee, and Boyle, Bynum and Pendroy, on the Great Northern, in 

 the central district, are shipping points. 



The western part of the comity is noted for its scenery, fishing and big 

 game hunting. The best hunting regions are accessible only by pack outfits. 



TETON COUNTY — Rank.s thirty-second in population (5,870); thirty-first in area 

 (1,430,400 acres): tiiiriy-t'iflh in combined 1922 crop and livestock value; thirty-ninth 

 in bank deposits, 1922; twenty-thiid in assessed valuation, 1922. Acres public land, 

 37,882; acres state land, 81,135; acres national forests, 249,896. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Kstimated 1922 crop value, $1,275,000; estimated live- 

 stock value, Jaiuiaiy, i;r':i. $1,382,500; 1921 lumber cut, 134 M feet; total bank deposits, 

 SeptemtuT 15, 1922. $771,473. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation, $22,297,947; total taxable value, 

 $6,897,454. Total outstanding county bond indebtedness, $698,334; total outstanding 

 countv warrant indebtedness, $25,175; tntal outstanding school bond indebtedness, 

 $257.6"54; other school debts, $13,194. Total general and special county taxes, $230,673; 

 total general and district school taxes, $150,359; total municipal taxes, $18,316; total 

 state taxes. •'?32.749: total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $73.61. 



EDUCATIONAL — Numbei- graded schools, 71; enrollment, 1,264. Number high 

 schools, ?r. cnrollnu-nt, 218. 



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

 and sidetracks, 116.26. Nunilier of manufactures, 9; average number wage earners, 

 147; value of products, .'i:283.S26. Number of banks, 9. Number general stores, 19; 

 confectionery, etc., 2; groceries and meats, 6: lumber yards, 7; total number merchants, 

 132. Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $529,961. Number grain elevators, 26; 

 total capacity, 774,000 bushels. Number creameries, l. Number flour mills, 1. Number 

 saw mills, 2. Number of lawyers. 8. Number of physicians, 7. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms. 1,135; farm acreage, 613,506; im- 

 proved farm acreage. 234,833; irrigated acreage, 55,433; average value all propertv, per 

 farm, $17,846. Livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 16,331; number sheep, 25,834; 

 number horses. 9,038; number swine (census), 2,002. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — AT Choteau. Elevation, 3,815 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, Mav 25; average date first killing frost in fall, September 14. 



An- 

 Jan. Peb. ^lar. April Mav June July Aug. 

 Ave. Prec. .77 .55 .47 .76 2. 3.2 1.85 .96 



Ave. Temp. 23.1 22.8 34.0 41.1 48.9 57.8 64.9 62.1 



County Seat, Choteau. Population County Seat, 1,043. 



County Agricultural Agent — Yes. 



PONDERA COUNTY 



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clay loam to a sandy loiini, 

 sandstone or gravel. The 

 elevation. 



NE of the more recently settled districts of 

 Montana, Pondera county, in the north 

 central part of the state, is beginning to 

 find the methods and crop systems best 

 adapted to agriciUture, which is its most 

 important industry, and the one capable 

 of the greatest expansion. The western 

 third of the county is mountainous and 

 broken and adapted to livestock production, 

 the middle portion is the irrigated district 

 and the eastern third is c'evoted chiefly to 

 non-irrigated farming. 



The continental divide of the Rocky 



Motnitains marks the western boundary and 



the county stretches eastward about 75 



miles. The ^larias River defines part of 



its northern boundary from which it ex- 



^^^ tends south 25 miles. Soil types are fairly 



uniform, ranging from a chocolate-brown 



from five to eight feet in depth and imderlain with 



agricultural areas range from 3,800 to 4,500 feet 



