276 MONTANA 1911 



Powell County 



Location — West Central. 



Area — 2,559 square miles. 



Elevation at Deer Lodge — 4,530 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 7,331. 



Assessed valuation — $(;,7."4,501.00 



Principal industries — Agriculture, stock raising and mining. 



Principal crops — Grain and hay. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 613,731 acres. 



Amount of State land — 73,144 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 278, 3GG acres in Helena land 

 district; 4,480 acres in Missoula land district; total, 282, 84G acres. 



Amount of land in national forests — G21,509 acres. 



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



■county Seat — Deer Lodge: Estimated population, 1913, 4,000; assessed valuation, 

 $1,148,930.00; bank deposits, $1,250,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $10,- 

 000.00; number and grade of schools, 4 graded and 1 high school; number of 

 newspapers, 2 weeklies. Deer Lodge is the seat of the State Penitentiary and 

 a division point on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. 



Other Towns: 



Helmville — Stock raising and farming. 



Ovando — Stock raising and mining. 



Avon — Farming and trading point. 



Elliston — Livestock and trading point. 



Garrison — Railroad point. 



General Remarks: The agricultural production of Powell County is being rapidly 

 increased, many of the large ranches in that section being put under cultivation. 



For information regarding opportunities in Powell County write Secretary Com- 

 mercial Club, Deer Lodge, Montana, or Secretary Commercial Club, Ovando, Montana. 



Ravalli County 



Location — Western. 



Area — 2,447 square miles. 



Elevation at Hamilton — 3,503 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 12,382. 



Assessed valuation — $6,755,002.00. 



Principal industries — Farming, fruit growing and lumbering. 



Principal crops — Potatoes, fruits of all kinds, hay, wheat, oats, alfalfa and vegetables. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 391,091 acres. 



Amount of State land — 31,094 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 11,930 acres in Missoula land 



district. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 1,131,340 acres. 

 Railroad — Northern Pacific. 

 County Seat — Hamilton: Estimated population, 1913, 3,000; assessed valuation, $820,- 



OOO.OO; bank deposits, $750,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $51,195.00; 



number and grade of schools, 2 graded and 1 high; number of newspapers, 1 



semi-weekly and 1 v/eekly. 



Other Towns: 



Victor — Population, 400. Farming and fruit growing center. 



Darby — ^Population, 320. Farming, lumbering and orcharding 



Stevensville — Population, 500. Farming and dairying. 



Corvallis — Prosperous farming and fruit growing community. 



General Remarks: The agricultural and horticultural sections of Ravalli County 

 are embraced in practically all of the famous Bitter Root Valley, noted as one of the 

 most wonderful sections of America on account of the salubrity of the climate, the 

 fertility of the soil and the beauty of the scenery. The lumbering industry of the 

 county also greatly enhances its prosperity, furnishing a large market for farm pro- 

 duce and giving employment to many men. 



For information regarding opportunities In Ravalli County write to the Secretaries 

 of the Chambers of Commerce at Hamilton and Stevensville, the Secretary' of the 

 Business Club at Victor and the Secretaries of the Commercial Clubs at Corvallis 

 and Darby. 



-Montana has a law-abiding people tvho love justice and fairplaij. 



