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to blaze the trail of new empire. On the success which crowned the efforts 

 of these pioneers they laid the foundations of a strong- and vigorous com- 

 monwealth, and the energy and the determination and enthusiasm which 

 they displayed have been reflected in succeeding years in the never lessening- 

 progress of the Treasure State. 



And while Montana has reason to congratulate itself upon the strength 

 and indominitable spirit of its pioneers it has no less reason for pride in the 

 character of the later arrivals within its borders. It was perhaps fortunate 

 for the State thlat the beginning of it? great era of agricultural development 

 now in progress was coincident with the recognition of the fact that brains 

 -and training were as valuable on the farm as in the office or factory. Thus 

 the men and women who come and are coming to miake their homes on 

 Montana farms are not failures. <l.«ke^q:^j;!iQie'er-do- wells. Instead they are 

 not onlv the strong and self-reliant, but they are also the educated and 

 cultured who are making the farm not only a source of livelihood for them- 



A Group of Public Buildings at Bozeman. 



selves and those dependent upon them, but are also making it a place to 



live the life worth while. 



Illustrations of modern farm life are to be found on even.' hand, even 



in the newest of otir new com..munities. The well furnished home, the 



opportunities for social intercourse, the groups of happy and healthy school 

 children, the contented and prosperous settler are everywhere 

 in evidence, giving ample proof of the fact that ''farming in 

 ^Montana is different." 



A significant remark by an observing old-timer in one of 

 the small towns in northern ^Montana is illuminative. A crowd 

 of forty or fifty men dropped off the train last spring- to look 

 over some land available for homesteading. As they had 

 scattered out over the country, the old-timer turned to a 



friend and said : 



Evidences 

 of Thrift 

 and Pros- 

 perity Are 

 on Every 

 Hand. 



-Montana is destined to be the greatest dairying state in the Union. 



