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Jefferson County 



Location — "^ '^esl Ceilral. 



Area — 1,650 square miles. 



Elevation at Boulder — 4,901 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 5,3G0. 



Assessed valuation, $5,986,258.00. 



Principal industries — Mining, stock growing and farming. 



Principal crops — Oats, wheat, potatoes and hay. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 244,156 acres. 



Amount of State land — 30,106 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 113,600 acres in Helena land 



district; 37,947 acres in Bozemand land district; total, 151,547 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 482,267 acres. 

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



County Seat — Boulder: Estimated population, 1913, 1,000; assessed valuation, $275,- 

 000.00; bank deposits, $350,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $2,000.00; 

 number and grade of schools, 1 graded and 1 high school; number of news- 

 papers, 1 weekly. Boulder is the seat of the State School for the Deaf, Blind 

 and Feeble Minded. Boulder Hot Springs, near by, is a modern and well known 

 summer hotel and sanitarium. 



Other Towns: 



Clancy — Mining center and freight division point on the Great Northern. 



Whitehall — Prosperous farming town and important trading point. 



Alhambra — Location of two large hotels and pleasure resorts. 



Basin --Mininf 



Corbin — Center of rich and rapidly developing mining district. 



General Remarks: Jefferson County enjoys the advantages of being close to the 

 cities of Butte and Helena, where farm products may be marketed and to which ores 

 may be shipped for treatment at smelters. 



For information regarding opportunities in Jefferson County write to the Secre- 

 taries of the Commercial Clubs at Boulder and Whitehall. 



Lincoln County 



Lincoln — North Western. 



Area — 3,530 square miles. 



Elevation at Libby — 2,055 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 6,048. 



Assessed valuation — $5,879,184.00. 



Principal industries — Lumbering, Mining, farming and fruit raising. 



Principal crops — Fruits of all kinds, hay, grain and vegetables. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 525,633 acres. 



Amount of State land — 58,296 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land— 6,211 acres in Kalispell land 



district. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 2,005,535 acres. 

 Railroad — Great Northern. 



County Seat — Libby: Estimated population, 1913, 1,500; assessed valuation, $277,959; 

 bank deposits, $375,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $35,000; number and 

 gradfe of schools, 2 graded and 1 high school; number of newspapers, 2 weeklies. 



Other Towns: 



Eureka — Population, 1,052. Farming and lumbering. Growing rapidly. 



General Remarks: Lincoln County is being rapidly developed under the more 

 liberal policy of the forest service, which permits the location of agricultural land 

 within the boundaries of the forest reserve. The lower altitude of the valleys in 

 this section of the State form a distinct advantage, while the many means of 

 employment at all reasons make this section particularly attractive to homesteaders 

 of limited means. 



For information regarding opportunities in Lincoln County write to the Secre- 

 taries of the Commercial Clubs at Libby, Eureka and Troy. 



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