THE COUNTIES 289 



Yellowstone County 



I-ocation — Southern. 



Area — 2,570 square miles. 



Elevation at Billings — 3,124 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913) — 25,619. 



Assessed valuation — $17,470,985.00. 



Principal industries — Farming and commercial pursuits. 



Principal crops — Grains, sugar beets, fruits and vegetables. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 538,396 acres. 



Amount of State land — 86,804 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 294,573 acres in Billings land 

 district. 



Railroads — Northern Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Great Northern and 

 Billings & Central Montana. 



County Seat — Billings: Estimated population, 1913, 14,000; assessed valuation. $6,558,- 

 000.00; bank deposits, $5,000,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $185,000.00; 

 Number and grade of schools, 8 graded, 1 high and Polytechnic Institute; number 

 of newspapers, 2 dailies, 2 weeklies. Billings is one of the most rapidly growing 

 cities in the State, and during the year 1913 building permits totalling $1,250,000 

 were issued. Here is located the only beet sugar factory in the State, and the 

 city is in the center of a large and prosperous beet growing district. 



Other Towns: 



Laurel — Population, 2,000. Important farming, shipping and railroad point. 

 Huntley — Population, 150. Farming community; has pickling plant. 

 Ballantine — Growing town on Huntley irrigation project. 



Worden — Population, 130. New town, surrounded by a very successful irrigation 

 project; largest beet receiving station in the world. 



General Remarks: Yellowstone County has been growing very rapidly, and 

 despite the fact that three new counties have been partially carved out of this county 

 within the last three years, the assessed valuation of the county is now higher than 

 it was in 1908. The 'beet sugar factory at Billings annually distributes over $2,500,000 

 to the sugar beet growers in that vicinity. 



For information regarding opportunities in Yellowstone County write to the 

 Secretaries of the Chambers of Commerce at Billings, Worden and Park City, and 

 the Secretaries of the Commercial Clubs at Huntley and Laurel. 



-Montana is the place for the man who wants a home. 



