THE COUNTIES 255 



Fallon County 



Location — South Eastern. 



Area — 5,4C7 square miles. 



Elevation at Bkalaka — About 2,500 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — About 8,000. 



Principal industries^Farming and stock raising. 



Principal crops — Grains of all kinds. 



Railroad — Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. 



County Seat — Ekalaka: Estimated population, 1913, 500; number of newspapers, 



1 weekly; assessed valuation, $05,000.00; bank deposits, $90,000.00; schools, 



1 graded. 

 Other Towns: 



Baker — Prosperous and rapidly growing city and shipping point for extensive 

 farming region. 



General Remarks: Fallon County was created by a vote of the people November 

 25, 1913, and embraces what was formerly the eastern part of Custer County. This 

 region aptly illustrates the transformation of Eastern Montana, having but a few 

 years ago been sparsely peopled and devoted almost exclusively to stock raising, 

 which is now giving way to farming. The rapid growth of the county is indicated 

 by the fact that while but 1,904 voters were registered iu the territory embraced in 

 Fallon County in 1912, the registration for the special county election held one 

 year later was 2,413. 



For information regarding opportunities in Fallon County, write to the Secretaries 

 of the Commercial Clubs at Ekalaka and Baker. 



Note: — The population, assessed valuation, amount of land in private ownership. 

 State land, unappropriated and unreserved public land and the land in national 

 forests given for Custer County also includes Fallon County, which was created out 

 of Custer County November 25, 1913. 



Fergus County 



Location — Central. 



Area — 7,303 square miles. 



Elevation at Lewistown — 3,893 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 25,462. 



Assessed valuation— $17,062,898.00. 



Principal industries — Fanning and mining. 



Principal crops — Wheat, oats and flax. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 1,484,502 acres. 



Amount of State land — 209,529 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 1,416,214 acres in Lewistown 

 land district; 9,508 acres in Great Falls land district; total, 1,425,782 acres. 



Amount of land in national forests— 204,499 acres. 



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



county Seat — Lewistown: Estimated population, 1913, 5,000; assessed valuation, 

 $2,761,572.00; bank deposits, $3,500,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $100,- 

 000.00; number and grade of schools, 3 graded and 1 county high school; number 

 of newspapers, 3. Lewistown has 4 branches of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 

 Paul Railroad and one of the Great Northern, and work is now in progress con- 

 necting both lines with Great Falls and extending both lines east. 



Other Towns: 



Hobson — Population, 500. Fine farming country, supporting three elevators. 

 Moore — Population, 600. Market place for large, well developed farming area. 

 Stanford — Population, 550. Farming. 



Grass Range — Rapidly growing farming town just opened with railroad com- 

 munication to outside points. 

 Denton, Hilger, Roy, Winnifred and Benchland — Farming. 

 Kendall — Mining. 

 General Remarks: Fergus County forms a striking illustration of the rapid 



growth of Montana. Until recently devoted exclusively to stock raising, it is now 



the most important agricultural county in the State and has been the center of 



extensive railroad activities for the past year, until a veritable network of railroads 



now spreads out from Lewistown. 



For further information regarding opportunities in Fergus County write to the 



Secretaries of the Commercial Clubs at Lewistown, Hobson, Moore and Stanford, 



Montana. 



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