The People 



Citizenship of Montana Is Virely 

 American — Montanans Are Big- 

 Gauged, Honest, Active, Enthus- 

 iastic and Energetic, and Take Live- 

 ly Interest in PubHc Affairs — Here 

 Energy, Industry, Integrity and 

 Intelligence Draw Big Dividends. 



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Montana is no longer of the "wild and v/ooly" West. The picturesque 

 cowboy is seen only in the moving pictures, the bandit has retreated to the 

 covers of the "best sellers" and the bloodthirstv Indian is found onlv at the 



state and county fairs and summer hotels, whither he must be 

 As to the enticed from his farm by liberal fee to give the newcomers 



Men and and tourists a touch of the "local color" they have been led to 



Women of expect. No Avork of this kind would be complete without 

 Montana. reference to the splendid character of the citizens with which 



this State is favored, or without mention of the great progress 

 which has been made toward making Montana a better place in wliich 

 to live. 



The beginnings of 'Montana were miade b}^ the sturdiest race \vhich has 

 yet been known — the American pioneer. Those who first came to conquer 

 what was then a wilderness were the men and women who had the cour- 

 age to brave unknown dangers without fear and the hardihood to suffer 

 imtold privations without despair. The weak and the timid were left behind 

 to enjoy the comforts of an easier life, Avhile the strong and fit went forth 



— Epicureans demand Montana apples. 



