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$127,922; other school debts, $13,045. Total general and special county taxes, $130,297; 

 total general and district school taxes, $113,057; total municipal taxes, $27,587; total 

 state taxes, $26,190; total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $79.78. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 62; enrollment, 780. Xumber high 

 schools, 2; eiiroUnient, 64. 



BUSINESS STATISTICS — Xumber of railroads, 1; railway mileage, excUisive spurs 

 and sidetraiks, H3.40. Xumber of manufactures, 5; average number wage earners, 3; 

 value of products. $25,912. Xumber of banks, 8. Number general stores, 20; confec- 

 tionery, etc., 5: groceries and meats, 6; lumber yards, 6; total number merchants. 111. 

 Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $142,181. Xumber grain elevators, 15; total 

 capacity, 271,000 bushels. Xumber of h\wyers, 7. Number of physicians, 7. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Xumber farms, 933; farm acreage, 570,163; im- 

 proved farm acreage, 153,852; irrigated acreage, 839: average value all property, per 

 farm, $14,117. Livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 5,637; number sheep, 26,987; 

 number liorses, 5,918; luiniber swine (census), 815. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Shelby. Elevation, 3,276 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring. May 27; average date first killing frost in fall, September 14. 



An- 

 Jan. Feb. Mar. April Mav June July 

 Ave. Prec. .38 .36 .30 .71 1.76 2.07 1.28 

 Ave. Temp. 15.1 14.9 26.9 42.1 50.5 60.4 66.6 

 County Seat, Shelby. Population County Seat, 537. 



County Agricultural Agent — X"o. 



GLACIER COUNTY 



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HILE stock raising is now and probably al- 

 ways will continue to be the leading agri- 

 cultural pursuit. Glacier county, in north 

 central ^lontana. through potential indus- 

 j trial resources, may experience development 

 along other lines. It has an immense de- 

 posit of iron ore, bitniuinous coal measures, 

 and several potential oil domes on which ex- 

 ploratory work has been projected. More 

 Than two-thirds the area of the county is 

 within the Blackfeet Indian reservation, 

 jgMjfJlMr Jp - <»M^ „,.^' find a sixth of it is included within the 



(„„,,J^HP|pi^^W(^ ^ Glacier National Park. There are large 



WTw areas of idle irrigated land in the coimty 



.jMn^iMI^^^^HB "" ~ which belong to the Indians but can bo 



leased or purcha.sed at low prices. lu this 

 county, according to the National Park 

 Service, is found "the noblest mountain 

 country m America. 

 Glacier county lies in north central Montana, the Canadian line defining its 

 northern, and the crest of the main range of the Rocky Moimtains its western 

 boundary. Precipitous mountains occupy the western end and give way to 

 plains sloi)ing to the eastward, which are comparatively high in altitude. The 

 region is well watered and the northern part, which is one of the best grass 

 regions in the state, is ideally adapted to stock raising. The southern part of 

 the county contains more level land and some good soil and also has a longer 

 growing sea.son than the northern part. 



This is the only coimty in the United States which has drainage into three 



oceans. The waters from Triple Peak, in the Glacier Park, flow into the Arctic, 



the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, but most of the streams 



Drainase Into are tributaries of the Milk River which, through the Missouri, 



Three Oceans finally empties into the Gulf of Mexico. 



While good forage and grain crops have been raised on the 

 irrigated lands in the southern part of the comity, and there is some non-irrigated 

 farming in the eastern part, most of the lands are devoted to stock raising. A 

 considerable area of the Indian tribal lands are set aside for leasing. While they 



