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Montana, the Treasure State, Welcomes Settlers
Governor Norris 1V, ef the Grrst
MIXIKG. G2AZLG AND FARMIKQ
Prprlnna Mtils, suit
hfrb. (iroini nml "rilt I'ro
ilarril In Ihniiiljnrf by the
r- ri'WAnp n- ;uis. hovfrnor
or MONTANA.
In (t pnih;- tn.i' ili'rf linr.i n'.ii"T'
hlif In tli n'll storks iihntit trs .;rst
Amerlrsn Drsrt. ) h t barren rn-intry of
srsst rjttrnt which marksil nn olil
mpa rni liuludi'd sini. 'if hs Is now
tri mopi prvliftlvp pnrts of Kansas snl
Nebraska'.' oi l pi eiiidlm rtl slowly: It
tninv mi linfir tin sst ik' to
the vsIiip of His territory (mhrnrwl In
lhf Louisiana purHiass. and for a long
tlm Ihr wrstern limit nf fjrm la-uls H
ruppoppl tn lio nr;iT' ths pRstrtn border of
Knn Sticnilflr men and mHMry ex
plorers who hardly irnvtrsn) Hie sst un
settled ullrleriiess ni'i'p responsible for this
belief that ;( on widespread.
But In ionise nf lime the explnr'T of
another kind ram" slnnc and shattered the
old belief. Mr f tbe h'ltneseekrr. who
plowed and planted nd cultivated the
land, and whose bountiful rrnpi proved
that a vast region of snppovrd ilrsert Wits
destined to beronte ihe aat of millions of
produrthe f;irms. S't i lenient K were
puahed west nf Hi" A1Moiul rl'M- ami
north alonE 1 1 tributaries. In the moun
tain region the pr" -ions metals were
found, flotn iphlnir mining ramp spran up
and mlninu became Ihr chief Industry. The
live atock Industry fo lov ed ua Itinrts were
opened tip. Market were remote, land
plentiful, farm few n n I ii' ar local mar
Vets; atock raisin and minliiK enKHPfed Hie
attention of the pioneer
I. tire of lil Hrlnita lllfn.
Montana was Isolated In the earlv daya
bv the presence on Its eastern borders of
large trlbea of hoatile Indians. Iti mineral
wealth waa discovered b" prospectors who
entered from the west, and early immi
grants came Into the mining camps from
the old OreRon trail. Lster othera made
the alow and perilous voyage on steam
boats up the Missouri river to an old fur
trading post, and thence by stae to the
scenea of mining excltment. Large partial
were conducted through constant dangers
from the Platte to the Yellowstone and
thence to the mines. All sought the flit
tering gold.
The placer mines were wonderfully pro
ductive, and rich quartz mines of gold and
silver were soon discovered and worked.
The wonderful depoalta of copper at Butt
were afterwarda found and developed to
the extent of making It the greatest min
ing ramp on earth, causing a great city
to grow up around the mines, helping to
build two other large cities through the
location In them of the smelters to treat
l lie copper orea. giving employment to an
army of men taking out timbers for the
mines, and furnishing a local market, only
In part supplied by home grown products,
for products of garden, and orchard, and
farm. Hour by hour, day by day, month
by month, year by year. In an unending
stream, the mines of Butte yield up their
riches, and the supply of ore fails not and,
In the opinion of experts, will last for gen
erations. Prices of metals and quotations
on shares of mining stock vary, but the
pay-roll la always working.
Plarers are still turning out their treas
ures and there are mines of gold and silver
and lewd, besides those of copper In other
ramps than Butte, and mines of sapphires
and rubles and garnets. Orea of Iron and
manganese In large and rich deposits await
development. The coal fields of Montana,
cover an area so extensive that a number
of atatea could be lost In It.
The- mining Industry of Montana, so
great, so long producing and so profitable,
promises to wax greater as future years
shall witness Increased prospecting, dis
covery and development.
Ideal for Stock Raisin.
The pure air and water and the nutritious
grasses everywhere abundant made Mon
tana an Ideal stock growing country and
the Industry prospered exceedingly. Live
stock bought In less favored regions are
fattened on native irrasaes and Montana
range stock bring top prices at the stock
yards. The Industry Is In a flourishing
condition and will so continue owing to the
causes which built It up pure air and
water, a climate unfriendly to dlHecses,
the quality of the native grasses and the
vast areas of lands that will ever be de
voted to grazing but there will probably
be a change from ownership of great herds
and flocks by one man or company to
ownership by great numbers of farmers of
small herds and flocks, resulting In their
being better cared for and In an Increaaa
In the number and an Improvement of the
quality nf the live stock of Montana.
Montana gained great wealth and fame
from Its mines and cattle and sheep; It
waa not regarded as an agricultural coun
try; waa remote from the frontiers of the
western extension of settlements', and
hnmeseekeis parsed through thla wonder
land of mines and live stock not knowing
that It waa also a wonderland of fertile
farm lands and filled up vacant lands to
the west, some even leaving their native
land and pushing far north Into Canadian
provinces. Hy the delay in the develop
ment of Its agricultural resources Montana
has paid for its reputation as premier min
Ing state and premier atock country, for
who could be expected to believe that nature
has made her also the premier farming
region of the I'nited Slates? Tet to these
inree gins, lavishly bestowed, are others
scarcely Inferior. In wealth of , timber
Montana is Mirpaxsed by few states and in
water piner for generating electricity
probably by none.
Pitsslhtllt) of ta-rtroJture.
Here are all the natural resources for the
building up of a ru h and mighty common
wealth, and a climate bracing, healthy and
energy-lnpirmK. Montana has M.OOU.OiO
acres of land. ;'A0 (s) of which are arable,
and the whole slate has a populutlon of
only 37S one-third of whom live In cities
and town. Less than ICsXuns) acres of land
are In cultivation, leaving 21 OoO.GUu acres of
farm land waiting for the plow and prom
ising the most abundant yields to those
w ho will cultivate them.
The Ignorance of the farming possibilities
of the western country Which has been
referred to has disapiieared and It la dis
appearing with regard to Montana, though,
for the particular reasons stated, it haa
lingered Imn'-r than It would have done
had the mining and stock Industries not
been so famous. It haa been dispelled not
by word of explorer or scUntUt or booster,
but b the cold, baid facts of crops pro
duced, reports of which are collected for
erry slate hy the !epartment of Agricul
ture and published In the Year Hook and
the .'rop Keener. These statistics are
impartial and conclusive. Let us see what
they show:
Montana farms will be devoted mainly
to raising grains. Vor the ten-year period,
lKi to IW, in the principal wheat pro
curing states, the average farm value per
acre of wheat was: In Minnesota, .74; In
Kansas, tp . tn North Dakota, J771; ,q
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EDWIN L.NORRIS
GOVERNOR OF MONTANA
Nebisal r v in Illinois. $10 82; In Mon
tana, tl . . i barley, oats, rye, corn,
potatoes U'.i! hay, Montana likewise led.
A atatlitl' .in has shown that the average
of Montana exceeds the average
for Minnesota. Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and
Nebraska In value of crop at farm per
acre as follows: Eight dollars and three
cents per acre In wheat, or 83 per cent;
11008 per acre In barley, or 106 per cent;
$8.80 per acre In oats, or 108 per cent;
132.78 per acre In potatoes, or 91 per cent.
Other crops show Ilk percentages.
In 1909 there were returns from many
farms which had been cultivated for the
first time. The following table shows what
they produced and how their yield com
pared with those from other states:
ble lands in Montana. They will be occu
pied and tilled by homeeeekers and help
to supply the world with food. The sta
tlHtlcs cited prove the fertility of the soli,
and the quality of the product Is shown by
the prises won wherever Montanaa agri
cultural exhibits are placed 'in competition
with the products of other slates and
countries. An Inspection of the grains,
grasses, vegetables and fruits annually
shown at the Montana .State fair would de
light and surprise the farmer who has vis
ited the most notable agricultural displays.
Prof. Thomas Shaw, the noted agricultural
expert of Minnesota, was a visitor at the
Montana State fair of 1309 and said: "I
am of the opinion there Is only one place
Mont., or ask him any question that occurs
to nw.
M VfS e I tiers. I
Monlsna Is r'Cchlng meat nu'iibeis of
new settlers, hot hs r-oin for thousands .
more. It Invites hnmeeekers to anll
thrtrsrlvrs of the uneiual'ed export unities
it offers to tlioe who will turn th v Iraln !
soli Into farms build homes In plai es now
vacant and be, omr found' is of new i ooi
nuinitles where school snd clvirches and I
the i omfoi :s of Iv IHzstion v I'l fol'ow up ni
settlement. That tlifv will reai the ben ,
fit ilt.it vv ill come from the adv snce In land !
values that results from the ttlemrnt
and development of a new cnuntrv Is n-vt a
matter which concerns the state, but Is one
w liii h no prudinl wn an afford to over
look, i
It Invites desirable settlers, extending no
Invitation In the drone, the Ini apable. or!
the speculator In lands; it wants home !
bulldt rs. men of Industry, Intelligence and ;
determination, men with capital enough to,
equip a farm snd maintain themselves;
until after the first crop. After the sale j
of the flr't crop the settler should be es- .
tshllshed s. an Independent farmer. The !
opportunity that Is present In Montana for
the enterprising man to acquire a home is
not equalled elsewhere and will not be
long open. The older public land stales
are. settled and Montana contains the only
great area of fertile public land which is
waited to he peopled. You could not. If ;
you would, stop the rush of landseekers
to Montana after they have learned the
facts above the cheapness and productive
ness of the soil. Human beings who must
be supported by the products of the soli are
born every minute w hlle no more land la j
being created to supply their needs. When j
Montana Is settled the era of cheap lands
In the 1'nlted States will have passed for- i
ever. j
Welcome to Ml.
The people are hospitable and enterpris
ing. Montana's vast undeveloped resources
astonish all visitors aa they did Governor
Ilanly of Indiana, but he also puhllciy
said that he was most favorably Impressed
with the character of the people. "They
are an enterprising lot. be said. and
their efforts will soon be crowned with a
nicasure of auccexs beyond their hopes or
aspirations." After visiting many sections
of the state. Senator La Follette, said:
"Clod has been good to this portion of the
earth. He has given you mountains with
their forests, mineral wealth and vast
plains of rich soil and mighty rivers of In-
eniuiiH.uie value, ma conditions must mane i
It, If not the empire state of our union, at
least among the front rank In our galaxy
of states."
Montana Is rightly called "The Treasure
State." EDWARD L. NORRIH.
Governor.
Comparative yields for 1M9. compiled from tlve Government Crop Reporter, pub-
ii. nee, oy me secretary or agriculture, December, 1W9:
STATE.
Montana
Illinois ,
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota w r
Wisconsin .- i.7
Michigan it I
Indiana is s
Ohio 15.9
North Dakota 13 7
South Dakota 14 l
United States 15 g
Wheat.
... 90S
... 17.4
... 18.1
,...14.7
.... 13 0
16.7
Bushels Per Acre.
Oata. . Barley. Kve.
61. J 38 0 29.0
M ?K .O 17 8
27.0 22.0 17.8
27. 0 "u.O ' ' 15.0
2S 2 18 .0 14 .2
v0 12.0 11. f
, M O 78 6 19 0
S5 0 2S .0 16 .8
30 1 24.7 ir..
90.5 53.5 16.5
S2.S 2o.S 17.2
K 21.0 1H.S
30 0 IS. R 17.5
30.8 24.8 . 16.1
Farm value per acre of leading crops, December 1 1309
CROP. iiin xr ' r
Wheat tin ! sis ?a
Oats 11 ,?. ia'aa
parley n.oii 9 03
r 111 seea km
Potatoes , 40 2
14.60
48.50
Flax.
12.0
8
.l
7.0
8.6
10.0
14.5
9.8
9.4
5.4
S. D.
$14 10
10.20
8.77
14.19
50.00
Tons B11 per
per Acre Acre.
Hay. Po'toea
Farm value of 160 acres of crops In the states named for the year 1!JH:
1.7
1 45
1.64
1.35
1.45
1.50
1.7:.
1.5.1
1 SO
1.40
1 43
1 T7
1.50
1.42
T7. S.
$ir..87
12.27
13 41
14 4
58.19
91
SO
86
79
' 78
. 115
102
105
!
93
110
so
V4
Mont.
$.62
1.54
23 94
19 20
91.80
A Guarantee of businesa Prosperity
The Bee Advertising Column.
Soldier Killed by Policeman.
KL FASO. Tex., Jan. 80. Frank Richard,
member of the Twenty-third Infantry band,
with the rank of corporal, waa shot and
killed last night tn a local restaurant by
Henry O. Bermauer, a member of the
El Paso police force. Mrs. Bermauer was
dining with Richard at the time. It Is said.
Richard enlisted at Columbus, O.
Oats. Barley. Flax Seed. Potatoes
11.K4H.00 $1. .74.40 $2.4110. 00 $i.4l0.H)
1.6X9.G0 1.444.80 2 336.00 7.9.IH)
1.632.00 1.103.20 2 270.40 8.IW4.CO
1.963.20 2.145.60 2.2'M 40 9.310 40
3,446.40 3.8JO.40 3,072.00 14.6SS8.00
e TATE. Wh.t
Minnesota $:!,57.JO
iNortn lasota 2.192 no
South Dakota 2.2.r6.00
1'nited States 2.5f9.20
Montana 4,i5J.2 1
Increase In Acreaae. 1
A large Increase In the agreage In crops
la shown for 1910 over 1909, which promises
to be doubled next year or the year fol
lowing as settlers have been pouring Into
the state by thousands In the past two
years. In the fiscal year ending June 30.
1910, all records for the disposition of agri
cultural lands to homesteaders were beaten
by the Montana land offices.
The acreage In wheat Increased from
350,000 to eW.OOO; ,ln oats, from JOO.OOO to
000; all other crops showed Increased acre
age, but the greatest was In flax, which
leaped from 10,000 to 00,000.
The year 1910 was one of unusual drouth
In Alberta. Manitoba and the great grain
growing states of this country. Montana
did not entirely escape, the condition of the
wheat crop on July 1 being six below nor.
ma) as against forty-sight below normal
In North Dakota, but under the adverse
circumstances of a dry year and a large
area planted for the first time, established
Its right to be classed aa an agricultural
region of remarkable productiveness.
The following table explains Itself:
Comparative yields for 1910. compiled from the Government Crop Reporter, pub
lished by the secretary of agriculture, December, 1910:
nusnels Per Acre, . Tons Ac.
of the American continent that could raise
cropa anywhere approaching In quality
those exhibits I have seen today. That Is
the province of Ontario." On the game
day James J. Hill said to President Taft,
who was vlaiting the fair. "Mr. President.
I want to show you the best agricultural
exhibit I ever saw." The exhibits merited
all that was said of tliem.
They showed what the soil produces
when cultivated, but Montana needs culti
vators of the soil, a great many of them,
before the yields of crops will aggregate
large quantities. If, for instance, the 28,
000,000 acres of arable land now untitled
should be planted to wheat and should
yield the average Montana crop for 1910 the
product would be not much below the total
wheat crop of the United Slates. The
agricultural possibilities of Montana can
scarcely be realized. And the land Is here
waiting for the plow dry land, irrigated
land, fruit lands, raw lands, improved
lards, free homestead lands, deeded lands
that msy be bought at low prices mil
lions of acres. If you want to know fur-
$100,000,000
Will Be Spent
In Five Years
epswrlnc tt by railroads an lm
tntuM ar ef rich agricultural,
fruit, Umber, coal and mineral
land In the Fort Georf district
ef Bi-iUih Columbia,
Teu oan kep Informed of up-to-4at
oondlttcmg and fortnna
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Security Co., Ltd.,
raid up Capital 1110,000
Jehat Owners and Bole Agents
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858 Vtw Omaha JTational Bank Building1,
Omaha, steb.
See the
Northern
Pacific
Exhibit
at the
Western Land-Products Show
Omaha Auditoreum, Jan. 18-28
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Kansas 14 1
Minnesota
Missouri 13. R
Nebraska M l
North I'akola.
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Montana 22 Q
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Th production, year after year. In every
section of ths alate, over a period of manv
yt'ars of profuse croiis of all staple prod
ucts, has dstermlnad ths future of the ara-
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ther about thorn writs "Toll me about
Montana" on a post card, with your name
and address, and srnd It to J. II. Hail,
state commissioner of agriculture, Helena,
"Juct Day"
HORLICK'S
It Hem
Original and Gsnulni
MALTED MILK
Thi Food-drink for All Agis.
More healthful than Tea or Coffee.
Agrees with the weakest digestion.
Delicious, invigorating and nutritious.
Rich milk, malted, grain, powder form.
A quick lunch prepared in a minute.
Take no nbctitnte. Ask for HORLICK'S.
Other are imitations.
"Western Canada Lands"
Farmers
attending the I AND SHOW. You are cordially invited to call at
our office, rooms Bee Building, and see the fine display of
Grains and Grasses from WESTEHN CANADA. We want to meet
you ami give you information about both HAW and IMIMJOVKD wheat lands which we have
for sale from 1G0 acres to blocks of 40,MJO acres.
Don't make any land contracts until
you see us and get our prices.
Rooms
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BldK J.VJ. VVlllUUgllUy, Omaha, Neb.
t -- TIT.,
Best Corn
exhibit ever
shown will be
at the .
Omaha
Land
At the Auditorium
Jan. 18 to 28, 1911
This exhibit shows the development of corn from the
original Indian maize, where each kernel had its separate
husk, to the highest type of carefully bred, full big cars.
This exhibit of the evolution of corn is an exact dupli
cate of the collection which was sold to the Russian gov
ernment after the 1909 corn show.
This is one of the 100 different exhibits, each of which
aloue is worth a trip to the Show. The evolution of com
exhibit is on the north side of the second floor. Bo sure to
to see the exhibits on the second floor.
25 cents admission takes you
to every exhibit, show and lecture
at the exposition.
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