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in demand in libraries, colleges, newspaper offices and legislative bodies 

 throughout the v*-orld : and that they have served to not only correct 

 erroneous impressions regarding this state, but to have attracted to ^Montana 

 a tide of desirable immigration which is scarcely equalled in the marvelous 

 development history of the Northwest. 



The year 1913 has been a marvelous year for ^lontana. In its closing 

 months it is gratifying to reflect upon the unparalleled development which 

 the year has witnessed in the varied lines of endeavor. The number of 

 new citizens who have come to make their homes here and the bountiful 

 crops which have been harvested in every section of the State, have set 

 another high record for agricultural ^.lontana. Railroad expansion has 

 been carried on at an unprecedented rate, while the development of the 

 great electrical power of the State has continued unabated. In the mining 

 field more men have found steady and profitable employment than in any 

 other year in the State's history and the output of the mines has been 

 larger than for many years. In brief, the year has been characterized by 

 unremitting activity on the part of a prosperous and progressive people. In 

 this volume an attempt has been made to reflect something of this spirit of 

 prosperity and progress, as well as to show, by carefully collected and 

 verified statistics, thiat such a condition is the rule and not the exception 

 in Montana. 



To those who read these pages, this Department, on behalf of the 

 State of iSIontana, invites the closest examination into the merits of the 

 claim' of Montana that in this State farming pays better than in any other 

 state in the Union, that living conditions here are more nearly ideal than 

 can be found elsewhere, that opportunities exist here which cannot be 

 excelled on the continent. 



Montana invites settlers and investors. It wants high class, energetic 

 and upright men and women who, with reward assured, are not afraid of 

 honest endeavor. It wants to share its manifold resources with those who 

 are willing and able to assist in their development. 



To the newspapers and commercial bodies of this State who have so 

 earnestly cooperated with this Department, and especially to Prof. Thos. 

 Shaw, agricultural Expert for the Great Northern Railway; I\Ir. H. N. 

 Savage, Supervising Engineer of the United States Reclamation .Service; 

 Mr. F. A. Silcox, District Forester of the United States Forest Service; 

 Mr. J. L. D'e Hart, State Game and Fish Warden ; Mr. A. G. Scholes, State 

 Dairy Commissioner; Dr. H. H. Swain. Deputy Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction; Mr. W. J. Swindlehurst. State Commissioner of Labor and 

 Industry; Mr. Will A. Campbell, Editor of the Helena Independent; Mr. 

 J. H. Mcintosh, Mining Editor of the Butte ?Jiner; :\Ir. D. W. Ray- 

 mond, Secretary of the State Board of Stock Commissioners; Mr. M. L. 

 Dean, State Horticulturist; ]\.Ir. A. J. Breitenstein, Secretary of the I^.Iontana 

 State Fair, and ]\Ir. B. J. Boorman, a prominent lumber man of this State, 

 who contributed to this publication, the sincere thanks of the Commis- 

 sioner are extended. J. M. KEXXEDY; 



Commissioner of Agriculture and Publicity. 

 Helena, Montana, Jan. i, 1914. 



