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Rosebud County 



Location — Southern. 



Area — G.185 square miles. 



Elevation at Forsyth — 2,535 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 12,880. 



Assessed valuation — $11,351,724.00. 



Principal industries — Farming and stock raising. 



Principal crops — Wheat, oats, potatoes, sugar beets and hay. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 1,581,743 acres. 



Amount of State land — 191,174 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved pul)lic land — 90.089 acres in Billinss land 



district; 4G,8G2 acres in Lewistown land district; 1,037,290 acres in Miles City 



land district; total, 1,174,241 acres. 

 -Amount of land in national forests — 100,607 acres. 

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

 •County Seat — Forsyth: Estimated population, 1913, 1,500; assessed valuation. 



$880,000.00; bank deposits, $800,000.00; number and grade of schools, graded and 



county high school; number of newspapers, 1 weekly. 

 Other Towns: 



Hysham — Rapidly growing farming town. 



Ingomar — Surrounded by good grain country. 



Rosebud and Carterville — Prosperous farming towns. 



General Remarks; Rosebud County is coming rapidly to the front as a grain 

 producer, and some of the yields in this section have been record breaking, unirrigated 

 wheat land yielding as" high as 54 bushels to the acre. Corn Is being extensively grown. 



For information regarding opportunities in Rosebud County write to the Secretary 

 of the Commercial Club at Forsyth. 



Sanders County 



Location — Western. 



Area — 2,859 square miles. 



Elevation at Thompson — 2,462 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 7,316. 



Assessed valuation — $5,487,343.00. 



Principal industries — Farming, fruit growing, stock raising, lumbering and mining. 



Principal crops — Wheat, oats, barley, flax, potatoes and hay. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 409,941 acres. 



Amount of State land — 55,802. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 38,565 acres in Kalispell land 



district; 117,120 acres in Missoula land district; total, 155,685 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 1,005,438 acres. 

 Railroad — Northern Pacific. 

 "County Seat — Thompson: Estimated population, 1913, 1,000; assessed valuation, 



$174,739.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $2,500.00; number and grade of schools, 



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



development is now under way at Thompson, where the Thompson falls of the 



Clarks Fork River are being harnessed. 

 Other Towns: 



Plains — Population, 1,200. Center of rich farming district and outlet for western 

 portion of the Flathead Reservation. 



Paradise — Population, 350. Northern Pacific division point and location of tie 

 treating plant. 



Camas — Population, 300. Panning and health resort. Location of hot springs 

 which have been reserved by the federal government. 



Dixon — Farming and shipping point for Flathead country. A steamer plies the 

 Flathead River between Dixon and Poison. 



Heron — Population, 150. Important lumbering town. 



General Remarks; There are many thousands of acres of stump lands in the 

 Clarks Fork Valley which are gradually being cleared and which, when cleared, are 

 Ideal for fruit and vegetables. Lumbering is a very important industry of this county 

 and mining, though in its infancy, shows signs of development. 



For information regarding opportunities in Sanders County write to the Secretary 

 of the Improvement Association at Heron and the Commercial Clubs at Camas, Dixon, 

 Paradise and Plains. 



— Five transcontinental lines of railway operate in Montana. 



