State Lands 



Montana Has Millions of Acres of 

 Choice Agricultural Land Which 

 It Will Sell to Settlers on Pay- 

 ments Extending Over 20 Years — 

 An Opportunity to Secure an Ideal 

 Home at Low Price — Prices and 

 Term.s Upon Which State Land 

 May Be Purchased. 



To many new arrivals in ^lontana the opportunity to purchase State 

 land on exceeding liberal terms is even more attractive than the opportun- 

 ity to file upon a homestead. As a result there is an increasing demand for 

 these State lands, and in the not far distant future it is prob- 

 Attractive able that ^Tontana will have disposed of the major portjon of 

 Oppor- its land holdings. 



tunity. The chief advantage held by the purchaser of State land 



over the homesteader lies in the fact that those who bu}' State 

 land are not required to live upon the same in order to perfect title. Added 

 to this is the liberal provision under which purchasers are given twenty 

 years in which to complete their payments. As a result of this system the 

 land, if placed in cultivation, pays for itself many times over long before 

 the time to make the final payment arrives. 



Under the terms of the act cna1>ling the territory of ^Montana to assume 

 the status of statehood the federal government allotted to this State approxi- 

 mately 5,500,000 acres of land for public purposes. This grant includes 

 Sections 16 and 36 in each township for pulilic school pur])oses ; 140,000 

 acres for the State Agricultural College; i8j,0(-X) acres for tlie State Capi- 



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