THE COUNTIES 285 



Sweetgrass County 



Loca'.ion — Southern. 



Area — 2,298 square miles. 



Elevation at Big Timber— 4,094 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 4,120. 



Assessed valuation— .^5, 100,223.00. 



Principal industries — Farming and stock raising. 



Principal crops — Oats, wheat, potatoes and hay. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 579,947 acres. 



Amount of State land — 79,502 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 229,120 acres in Bozeman 



land district; 6,045 acres in Helena land district; 18,240 acres in Lewistown land 



district; total, 253,405 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 413,809 acres. 

 Railroad — Northern Pacific. 

 County Seat — Big Timber: Estimated population, 1913, 1,200; assessed valuation, 



$749,740.00; bank deposits, $850,000.00; number and grade of schools, graded and 



county high school; number of newspapers, 1 weekly. 



Other Towns: 



:Melville — Farming and stock raising. 



McLeod — Trading point. 



General Remarks: Extensive irrigation enterprises have been carried on in the 

 vicinity of Big Timber under the Carey Land Act, and this project is one of the 

 most successful in the State. Development in Sweet Grass County promises to be 

 more rapid in the future. 



For information regarding opportunities in Sweet Grass County write to the 

 Secretarv of the Commercial Club at Big Timber. 



Stillwater County 



Location — Southern. 



Area— 1,740 square miiles. 



Elevation at Columbus — 3,624 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 6,786. 



Assessed valuation— $4,871,009.00. 



Principal industries — Farming and stock raising. 



Principal crops — ^Wheat, oats and vegetables. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 454,453 acres. 



Amount of State land — 79,502 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 9,207 acres in Billings land 

 district; 135,956 acres in Bozeman land district; total, 145,163 acres. 



Amount of land in national forests — 99,200 acres. 



Railroad — Northern Pacific. 



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

 $279,000.00; bank deposits, $300,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, new water 

 system and street lighting system installed in 1913; number and grade of schools, 

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



Other Towns: 



Park City— Population, 300. Growing rapidly. 



Absarokee — Center of rich farming district. 



General Remarks: Stillwater County was created during the year 1913, and has 

 been rapidly forging to the front. At Columbus is found one of the largest deposits 

 of superior building stone in the Northwest, and the quarries have been extensively 

 developed, finding a ready market for their product. 



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

 tary of the Stillwater Club at Columbus, and the Secretary of the Commercial Club 

 at Park City. Montana. 



People are increasing, but the acres are not; get land in Montana now. 



