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tisements in the farm journals and other publications of the middle 

 west as soon as such information has been worked out. In view of 

 the sharp competition from other states and the mass of detailed facts 

 and figures that they have available, a systematic campaign to find 

 settlers for Montana will not be very successful until this state can 

 match the information now offered by its competitors. 



The contrast between the interest in the state's agricultural re- 

 sources for which existing information is inadequate and the state's 

 recreational resources for which information is available, is striking. 

 During the period from April 1, 1921 to November 15, 1922, only 91 

 inquiries were received from persons who wanted to purchase land, 

 besides 291 inquiries concerning free homesteads, while there were 

 1,070 direct inquiries concerning the state's tourist attractions and 

 automobiling. Through the various highway and trail associations and 

 automobile clubs, contact was established with thousands of other 

 prospective tourists. That the information furnished concerning Mon- 

 tana's recreational resources is adequate is indicated by letters con- 

 cerning "Montana 1921, Tourist Edition." 



It is probable that quicker and more direct returns in cash can 

 be obtained for citizens of Montana upon the state's recreational re- 

 sources, through an advertising and publicity campaign conducted 

 upon slightly broader lines than pursued in the past, than upon any 

 other single resource. A tourist edition of 10,000 copies instead of 

 5,000 if the money be available, is desirable. In 1921 a total of 58,211 

 tourist cars, whose expenditures averaged $5.68 per car for each stop, 

 were reported from the tourist camps of 20 commercial organizations. 

 This office has just sent out a questionnaire to obtain the tourist data 

 for the 1922 season. 



Two editions, totaling 15,000 of an envelope insert descriptive of 

 Montana's resources and its agricultural winnings at recent fairs, were 

 published. A directory of federal, state and county officers in Montana 

 and a Montana newspaper directory were issued. Co-operating with the 

 State Board of Health a poster was prepared, designed to improve the 

 quality of eggs marketed in the state. Co-operating with the Montana 

 Association of Commercial Club Secretaries, a poster was distributed 

 and a campaign waged through the press urging consumers to lay in 

 a season's supply of potatoes early and thus create a market for the 

 potato growers of the state. 



At the request of the Montana Seed Growers' Association this 

 Division undertook last year and again this year to raise the funds 

 by private subscription for a Montana exhibit to the International Hay 

 and Grain Show at Chicago and to hold the State Pure Seed Show at 

 Bozeman. In 1921 Montana swept the boards at Chicago and took 

 many world prizes including sweepstakes on wheat. The show this 

 year will be held in December, 2-9 inclusive. 



This division is called upon for much miscellaneous information. 

 The requests from out of the state come chiefly from investment houses 

 and large business concerns that desire to keep abreast of the state's 

 progress in various lines, and of its resources. The requests from 

 within the state are largely for information relating to the various 

 laws pertaining to agriculture and stock raising. 



THE LABOR WORK OF THE DIYISIOIV 



Until the legislature makes more definite the laws relating to 

 labor that the Division of Labor and Publicity is to enforce, it will not 

 be possible to obtain more than a lax enforcement. The principal 

 activities of the division have been an attempt to secure compliance 

 ■with the law requiring cities of the first and second classes to estab- 

 lish free public employment offices, and efforts to secure settlement of 

 wage claims. An agreement was entered into by this division with the 

 U. S. Employment Service, under the terms of which the chief of this 



