THE COUNTIES 2 A3 



Blaine County 



Location — Northern. 



Area— G, 203 square miles. 



Elevation a' Cliinook— 2,404 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 6,925. 



Assessed valuation— $5,880,830.00. 



Principal industries — Farming. 



Principal Crops — Wheat, oats, barley, flax, hay and potatoes. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 249,667 acres. 



Amount of State land — 187,887 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 1,845,355 acres in Havre 



land district. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 29,240 acres. 

 Railroad — Great Northern. 

 County Seat — Chinook: Estimated population, 1913, 1,800; assessed valuation, $610,- 



000; bank deposits, $700,000; municipal improvements, 1913, $100,000; number 



and grade of schools, 1 graded and 1 high school; number of newspapers, 2 



weeklies. 

 Other Towns: 



Harlem — Population, 700. Center of big farming area and important trading point. 



Dodson — Trading point for fertile farming section. 



Zortman — Center of extensive gold producing section. 



General Remarks: A large amount of land in Blaine County will be irrigated 

 under the Milk River irrigation project, now in course of construction. The county 

 has much mineral wealth. At Chinook are developed coal mines, and at many other 

 places coal banks supply local demands. In the Little Rockies is one of the most 

 important gold mine camps in the state. 



For information regarding opportunities in Blaine County write the Secretary of 

 the Commercial Club at Chinook, or the Secretary of the Harlem Industrial Associa- 

 tion at Harlem. 



Broadwater County 



Location — West central. 



A.rea — 1,194 square miles. 



Elevation at Townsend— -3,833 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 4,485. 



Assessed Valuation— $3,755, 722, .00. 



Principal industries — Agriculture, dairying, mining and stock raising. 



Principal crops — Wheat, oats and forage. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 273,548 acres. 



Amount of State land — 20,601 acres. 



Amount of imappropriated and unreserved public land — 291,091 acres in Bozeman land 



district; 155,285 acres in Helena land district; total, 184,970 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 221,653 acres. 

 Railroads — Northern Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. 

 County Seat — Townsend: Estimated population, 1913, 1,100; assessed valuation, $438,- 



104.00; bank deposits, $413,350.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $50,000.00; 



schools, public and county high school; number of newspapers, 2 weeklies. 

 Other Towns: 



Radersburg — Population, 300. Mining, farming and stock raising. One of the 

 most important gold producing camps in the State. 



Toston — Population, 250. Farming, stock raising and shipping point. 



Winston — Population, 300. Mining and farming. 



Lombard — Population, 100. Junction point of Northern Pacific and Chicago- Mil- 

 waukee & St. Paul Railroads. 



Hassel — Population, 150. Mining. 



General Remarks: Much attention is paid in this county to the breeding of high- 

 grade live stock, and the county claims the best horses and hogs in the State. Fine 

 herds of dairy and beef cattle are numerous. A new county high school and court 

 house will be constructed in 1914. It is probable that Radersburg will secure rail- 

 road connections with Three Forks by the building of the Three Forks, Helena & 

 Missouri Valley Railroad in 1914. 



For information regarding opportunities in Broadwater County write the Secre- 

 taries of the Commercial Clubs at Townsend and Toston, Montana. 



— The laborer tvithoat some ready money should not come to Montana. 



