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are jrratlually beinji' di'voloprd. Tlicro is a ,si<'<»(l farming; rosiou adjacent to 

 Columbia Falls. Bolton is the western lut ranee to Glacier Park. 



♦FLATHEAD COUNTY — Ranks seventh in population (17,747); fourth in area 

 (3,300,122 arifs); i\vent.\-eighth in combined 1922 crop and livestock: value; tenth in 

 l>ank deposits, 1922; eiglith in assessed valuation, 1922. Acres public land. 22,183; acres 

 state land, 171,926; acres national forests, 1,877,385; acres Indian (partially allotted) 

 and other reservations, 651.413. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Estimated 1922 crop value. $1,462,800; estimated live- 

 stock value, January, 1923, $1,649,000; 1921 lumbei- cut, 57,027 M feet; total bank de- 

 posits, September 15, 1922, $4,268,961. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation, §46,406,543; total taxable value, 

 .$14,522,255. Total outstanding county bond indebtedness, $826,375; total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $139,157; total outstanding school Ixind indebtedness, 

 .$271,792; other school debts, $600. Total general and special county taxes, $313,202; 

 total general and district school taxes, $334,523; total municipal taxes, $79,332; total 

 state taxes, $67,800; total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $36.62. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 86; enrollment, 4,001. Number high 

 schools, 6; enrollment, 1,017. Other institutions. State Soldiers' Home at Columbia Falls. 



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

 spurs and sidetracks. 156.58. Number of manufactures, 64; average number wage 

 earners, 1.248; value of products, $4,286,317. Number of banks, 11. Number general 

 stores, 32; confectionery, etc., 13; groceries and meats, 44; lumber yards, 22; total 

 number merchants. 373. Total assessed valuation, 1922, merchandise, $1,916,145. Num- 

 ber grain elevators, 8; total capacity. 560,000 bus. Number creameries, 2. Number flour 

 mills. 4. Number saw mills. 27. Number of lawyers, 32. Number of physicians, 27. 

 Developed hydro-electric plant capacity, 2,820 horse power. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms, 1,923; farm acreage, 470,283; im- 

 proved farm acreage, 179,201; irrigated acreage, 11,244; average value all property per 

 farm, $11,302. Livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 14,053; number sheep, 4,651; 

 number horses. 7,228; number swine (census), 4,386. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Kalispell. Elevation, 2,965. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, May 5; average date first killing frost in fall, October 2. 



Jan. Feb. Ha.r. April IMav June 

 Ave. Prec. 1.34 1.05 1.06 .82 1.71 1.98 

 Ave. Temp. 22.0 24.2 33.1 43.8 51.3 58.1 



County seat, Kalispell. Population county 



County Agricultural Agent — Yes. 



•All the statistical information on Flathead County, except those for population and 

 rank, area and rank, and acres of reservations other than national forests, are based on 

 the boundaries of Flathead County before Lake County was created which took from 

 Flathead County 1.224 square miles and from Missoula "County 362 square miles. 



LAKE COUNTY 



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''""' RRIGATED farms, beautiful scenery, consid- 

 erable timber and not less than 300.000 un- 

 developed hydroelectric horse power are 

 the principal as.sets of Lake county, which 

 came into existence in August. 1923. Most 

 of the area of the county is included within 

 the boundaries of the foi'mer Flathead In- 

 dian reservation. The region was only 

 opened to settlement in recent years and 

 grain has been the chief crop, but rapid 

 progress toward a more diversified system 

 of farming is being made. X'atural con- 

 ditions make the region e.specially adapted 

 to dairying. There is some lumbering but 

 the chief industry is agriculture. 



The comity lies in west central Mon- 

 tana, on the I'acific slope side of the moun- 

 tains. The average elevation of the tillable 

 area is 3.000 feet. The crest of the Mis- 

 sion range defines the western honndary of the south half of the county. The 

 northeastern part of the county, west of Flathead Lake, is rugged and moun- 

 tainous, but most of the land ^^est of Flathead Lake and most of the south 



