THE COUNTIES 261 



Granite County 



Location — Western. 



Area — 1,637 square miles. 



Elevation at Phillipsburg — 5,195 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 3,181. 



Assessed valuation — $3,524,226.00. 



Principal industries — Mining and stock raising. 



Principal crops — Hay and grain. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 235,690 acres. 



Amount of State land — 16,660 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 137,209 acres in Helena land 



district; 108,020 acres in Missoula land district; total, 245,229 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 718,094 acres. 

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

 County Seat — Phillipsburg: Estimated population, 1913, 1,250; assessed valuation, 



$360,000.00; bank deposits, $300,000.00; number and grade of schools, graded and 



high school; number of newspapers, 1 weekly. 



Other Towns: 



Drummond — Railroad junction and important trading point. 



General Remarks: Granite County contains rich mineral resources, and Phillips- 

 burg was for many years one of the greatest silver camps in the West. Much 

 attention is now being paid to the breeding of high-grade horses and cattle. 



For information regarding opportunities in Granite County write Secretary 

 Chamber of Commerce, Phillipsburg, Montana, or Secretary Commercial Club, Drum- 

 mond, Montana. 



Hill County 



Location — Northern. 



Area — 5,058 square miles. 



Elevation at Havre— 2,480 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913)— 17,802. 



Assessed valuation— $7,661,302.00. 



Principal industries — Farming. 



Principal crops — Wheat and flax. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 291,170 acres. 



Amount of State land— 243,222 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 547,550 acres in Havre land 



district; 52,337 acres in Great Falls land district; total, 599,887 acres. 

 Railroad — Great Northern. 



County Seat — Havre: Estimated population, 1913, 6,000; assessed valuation, $1,450,- 

 000.00; bank deposits, $1,200,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $160,000.00; 

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

 3 weeklies. Havre is a Great Northern division point, has Great Northern shops 

 and is surrounded by five coal mines. A State agricultural school will shortly 

 be established on the Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation, recently abandoned 

 by the government, and the remainder of the Military Reservation will be thrown 

 open to settlement. 



Other Towns: 



Chester, Devon, Galata, Gildford, Hingham, Inverness, Kremlin — all thriving farm- 

 ing and grain shipping points. 



General Remarks: Hill County is growing very rapidly and during the past few 

 years has received many new settlers who have filed upon the fertile bench land 

 lying between the Great Northern and the Canadian boundarj*. 



For information regarding opportunities in Hill County write to the Secretaries 

 of the Commercial CluBs at Havre and Chester, Montana. 



— Earthquakes, cyclones, tornadoes and dangerous floods are unknoivn in Montayia. 



