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eastern border, or Belton, on the western. Trips through the park may- 

 be made at a cost of from $i to $io a day, depending- upon 

 Great the character of the accommodations desired and che rrmber 



Pleasure of members in the partv making the trip. Good accommoda- 

 at a Small tions can be secured at the hotels and permanent camps at the 

 Price. uniform rate of $3 per day, American plan. The Glacier park 



season is from June 15 to October 15. 



In addition to the two great national parks, there are many other places 

 in Montana which invite one to while away vacation hours. Along the 

 shores of Flathead lake, the largest fresh water lake in the country, numer- 

 ous restful places are to be found. Flathead lake is easily reached from 

 Ralispell on the Great Northern, or from Ravalli, on the Northern Pacific. 

 Swan lake, near by, is popular with the summer colonists. 



The famous Kootenai country, stretching through Lincoln county, in 

 the northwestern corner of the state, attracts many summer visitors, who 

 find restful days in the shadow of the giant pines and along the banks of 

 wonderfully beautiful lakes and rivers. The Blackfoot valley, 

 Along the in northern Powell county, offers numerous attractions, and is 

 Banks of the especially popular with Helena and Great Falls people, while 

 Beautiful the lakes on the ^Missouri river, near Helena, are being rapidly 

 Kootenai. developed into summer resorts. 



These are but a few of the better known places which ap- 

 peal to those on vacation bent. 1 here is scarceh- a section of the state in 

 which mountain streams, so dear to the heart of the angler, are not to be 

 found, and those who want to get away from the beaten path of summer 

 tourists can easily do so by dropping off a train at almost any station in 

 the mountains and beating back a few miles, where they can become im- 

 mersed in solitude. 



While Montana is calling for the home-builder and the settler, it never- 

 theless welcomes the casual visitor. In this country we believe that the 

 people of this nation should "see .America first," and in doing so we are 



confident that they can do no better than to begin with !Mon- 

 Begin With tana. Many weeks ma}^ be spent in sight-seeing and outdoor 

 Montana to enjoyment in }^lontana, and the time thus spent will not be 

 See America, wasted, it will not be taken from the sum total of one's life. 



It will, rather, lengthen your years, and more than that it will, 

 in bettered health and increased capacity for living, give you the real 

 heritage of this mountain land. Ponce de Leon's fabled fountain of youth 

 has not, in truth, been discovered, but its nearest substitute, all are agreed, 

 is to be found amid the mountains and lakes of Montana, the glories of 

 Nature's most inspiring efforts. 



— There's true melody in Montana's brooks. 



