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in ^Montana and nmrc miles of snr\eys and definite locations have been 

 made for new lines than in any similar area on the continent. 



The Xorthern I'acific. tlie pioneer of our transcontinental roads, is build" 

 ing" branch lines into many of the newer agriculttn"al sections of the State. 

 The Great Northern is rushinq^ work at both ends of what will virtually be 



a new line from the eastern to the western border of the State. 

 Making and the Chicapfo, Milwaukee & St. Paul is building upwards of 



Railroads 500 miles of new road through the richest wheat section of 



for the the Northwest. On top of tliese extensive railway operations, 



People, now being prosecuted, coimes the announcement that the Soo 



line is to build across the entire northern section of Montana, 



A Home on the Sun River Project. 



contract for the first link of which has been let. Yet, with the feverish 

 activity of the railroads, doubly remarkable in Vv'hat is admitted to be a 

 hard' bofroWers' market, they are scarce able to keep pace with the demands 

 being made upon the transportaition facilities of the State. Tt is the uniform 

 history of the new railro'ads in Montana that the first cargo is invariably 

 that of the newl settler and his effects, and what was but yesterday a barren 

 plain becomes as if by magic the home of a prosperous and contented 

 coimmunity. 



— Montana has more than 18,000,000 acres of national forest. 



