THE COUNTIES 269 



Meagher County 



Location — Central. 



Area — 3,548 square miles. 



Elevation at Harlowton — 4,165 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — G,548. 



Assessed valuation— $9,030,574.00. 



Principal industries — Farming and stock growing. 



Principal crops — All kinds of small grains and vegetables. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 1,024,406 acres. 



Amount of State land — 132,788 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 245,267 acres in Helena land 



district; 57,152 acres in Lewistown land district; total, 302,419 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 728,887 acres. 

 Railroads — Great Northern; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the White Sulphur 



Springs & Yellowstone Park Railroad. 

 County Seat — White Sulphur Springs: Estimated population, 1913. 500; assessed 



valuation, $000,000.00; bank deposits, $650,000.00; number and grade of schools, 



1 graded and 1 high school; number of newspapers, 1 weekly. 

 Other Towns: 



Harlowton — Population, 1,000. Important railroad, shipping and milling point. 

 Has a graded and high school, and is growing rapidly. 



Judith Gap — Population, 400. Shipping point and center of fertile farming region. 



General Remarks: The eastern portion of Meagher County has been going 

 forward rapidly since the completion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- 

 road. It is expected that better railroad facilities will be furnished the central and 

 northern portions in the near future by the building of the Glendive-Helena cut-off 

 of the Northern Pacific through White Sulphur Springs, at which time rapid and. 

 extensive development may be expected. 



For information regarding opportunities in Meagher County write to the Secretary 

 of the Chamber of Commerce at White Sulphur Springs, and the Secretaries of the 

 Commercial Clubs at Harlowton, Judith Gap and Two Dot. 



Missoula County 



Location — Western. 



Area — 4,243 square miles. 



Elevation at Missoula— 3,223 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913)— 33,626. 



Assessed valuation— $18,053,002.00. 



Principal industries — Farming and fruit raising. 



Principal crops — Fruits, grains and vegetables. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 809,933 acres. 



Amount of State land — 100,986 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 153,350 acres in Missoula 



land district. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 1,811,404 acres. 

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

 County Seat — IVIissoula: Estimated population, 1913, 16,000; assessed valuation, 



$6,389,993.00; bank deposits, $3,543,397.00; municipal improvements, 1913, exten- 

 sive street paving; number and grade of schools, 9 graded, 1 high and 1 Catholic 



academy; number of newspapers, 2 dailies and 1 weekly. Missoula is the seat 



of the University of Montana. 

 Other Towns: 



Bonner — Important lumbering and power developing point. 



Alberton — Important lumbering and shipping point. 



Ravalli — Gateway to recently opened Flathead Reservation. 



Ronan — In center of rich farming community formerly embraced in Flathead 

 Reservation. 



St. Ignatius — Farming aand] seat of St. Ignatius Mission. 



Arlee — Farming community. 



General Remarks: Business conditions are excellent throughout the county. 

 Agricultural development is going forward steadily, and the completion of railroad 

 lines through the fertile valley and across the Flathead Reservation will aid materially 

 in opening up the resources of this section. 



For information regarding opportunities in Missoula County write Secretary 

 Missoula Chamber of Commerce, Missoula, Montana, or Secretaries Commercial 

 Clubs at Ronan and St. Ignatius, Montana. 



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