25S MONTANA 19U 



Flathead County 



Location — North Western. 



Area — G.OTO square miles. 



Elevation at Kalispell — 2,94G feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913)— 22,008. 



Assessed valuation — $1 2,517,112.00. 



Principal industries — Lumbering, fruit raising and farming. 



Principal crops — Fruits, grains and vegetables of all kinds. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 820,487 acres. 



Amount of State land — 127,772 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public laud — 8G,430 acres in Kalispell land 



district. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 2,202,120 acres. 

 Tlailroads — Great Northern. 

 County Seat — Kalispell: Estimated population, 1913, G.500; assessed valuation, 



$2,500,000.00; bank deposits, $2,000,000.00: municipal improvements, 1913. 



$1 Go, 000. 00; number and grade of schools, 3 graded and 1 county high school; 



number of newspapers, 1 daily, 1 semi-weekly and 1 weekly. 

 Other Towns: 



Poison — Population, 2,000. Important shipping point at the foot of Flathead Lake 



Whitefish — Population, 1,700. Railroad division point and lumber center. 



Columbia Falls — Farming and fruit raising. Seat of State Soldiers' Home. 



Dayton — Population, 150. Lumbering, farming and fruit growing. 



Big Arm — Population, 100. Farming. 



General Remarks: In addition to its great agricultural, horticultural and timber 

 resources, Flathead is one of the scenic counties of the State. Surrounding Flathead 

 and Swan Lakes are numerous summer homes. 



F3T Information regarding opportunities in Flathead County write to the Secre- 

 taries of the Commercial Clubs at Kalispell, Poison, Big Arm and Whitefish, and 

 the Secretary of the Civic Club at Dayton. 



Gallatin County 



Location — South Central. 



Area — 2,513 square miles. 



Elevation at Bozeman — 4,773 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 17.792. 



Assessed valuation— $15,G23,310. 00. 



Principal industries — Farming. 



Principal crops — \\Tieat, seed peas, oats, barley and potatoes. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 736,470 acres. 



Amount of State land — 5G.028 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 23,170 acres in Bozeman 



land district; G,728 acres in Helena land district; total, 29,898 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 840,418 acres. 

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



Railway. 

 County Seat — Bozeman: Estimated population. 1913, 8,000; assessed valuation, $3,017,- 



000.00; bank deposits. $2,000,000.00; municipal improvements. 1913, 25 blocks 



of pavement and 3 miles cement sidewalks: number and grade of schools, 3 



graded and 1 county high school; number of newspapers, 1 daily, 2 weeklies 



and 1 college weekly. The Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic 



Arts and the Agricultural Experiment Station are located at Bozeman. 

 Other Towns: 



Three Forks — Division point on the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul and probable 

 county seat of a new county. Center of rich agricultural district. 



Manhattan — Manufacturing town, surrounded by fertile farming country. 



Belgrade — Important farming and shii)ping point. 



Central Park — Grain shipping point. 



Trident — Location of extensive cement manufacturing plant. 



Logan — Important junction point on the Northern Pacific. 



General Remarks: Gallatin County is the oldest and best developed farming 

 section of the State, and the Gallatin Valley is world farmous. 



For information regarding opportunities in Gallatin County write to the Secretary 

 of the Chamber of Commerce at Bozeman and the Secretaries of the Commercial 

 Clubs at Belgrade and Three Forks. 



— Cheerfulness follows success; one sees more smiles in Montana than elsetchere. 



