Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-24
YEARLY REPORT.
INTERESTING REPORT OF COM
MISSIONER CALDERHEAD.
STATISTICS ON PRODUCTION.
Copper, Live Stock, Lumber, Crops, IT.
rigation, Real Estate, Banks.
Epecial to the Inter MOuntain

of the bureau of agriculture labor anG |
industry for the fiscal year 1900 Will /
contain a more complete review of the 4
resources of the different counties of the /
state than that OF last year. Mining, ,
agriculture. cattle raising, sheep raising. !
Numbering. will each be treated of thor I
oughly and the most recent statistics /
available will be given. In many cases
these extend only to the end of the F..
year 1899, though in some instances fig
ures can be given as late June 50,
1900.
Each mining district in the state Will
receive exhaustive treatment, its pro-
Guction OF each mineral for the year
1899 being given. These figures will
prove that Butte can justly claim to be
the greatest copper mining camp i'll the
world. in the year 1899 Montana pro-
6uced % 1-3 per cent OF the copper pro-
duction of the world and I'll per cent Of
that of the United States and all except
a few hundred thousand pounds of this
states production came from Butte.
Particular attention Will be paid to
irrigation. The great area of illigable
land possessed by Montana will be
shown, and from what has been accomp-
lished in the way of fertalizing arid
land will be shown what can yet be
done in that direction. The plan OF hay
ing great storage reservoirs constructed
by the general government will be
strongly endorsed the first step in a
thorough. comprehensive system of ir-
rigation warks, designed to reserve the
surplus water of winter and spring for
use in summer and to prevent the dis
astrous floods by which the lower val
leys of the Mississippi and Missouri are
annually devastated.
nj IA in iS 1h1 a 1iSI,
a synopsis of many of the statistical
tables to be contained in the report,
through the courtesy of j. H. Calder
head the commissioner, and Q. NJ.
Holmes, his chief clerk.
The ia bic of real estate transfers and
mortgages during the calendar year 1899
for the state of Montana. except Broad
water, Custer and Gallatin counties.
from which returns have not been
CeiVed. show:
Warranty, quit claim. bargain and
sale and mining deeds, S911, value $l4-
1416iS4S.
Executors, administrators and guar
dians' deeds recorded. 15S, value Sl46
SS9.S9
Sheriffs' deeds, 164. value $436, 94112.
Tax title deeds, 156: value, $5o33.
Total real estate transfers, 9,395; value,
$l4,e3o719.
United States patents recorded, min
eral, 141; agricultural, 1884.
Real estate mortgages recorded, 1858;
value, $5,125. 1S0.64.
Real estate mortgages satisfied, 2,i35
value, S45l4 ,310.35.
Chattel mortgages recorded, 4,414;
value, S4449 023.1o.
Total mortgages recorded, 1,13l; value,
s9574So434.
Mechanics liens, 367; amount, $l2o,-
71l.12.
During the year ending June so. 1900,
there We're five flour mills in the state,
of which three We're operated, the ag-
gregate capital being 100000. The three
mills in operation employed 81 persons,
and We're running an aggregate of l3i
weeks, doing a business of $4,000 anl
paying for labor s1350o. They GROUND
$4,000 bushels of wheat. of which they
imported into the state 900 bushels
the average price ranging from 45 to g.
cents per bushel. The total quantity o
flour produced by all the five mills wa:
27,14o,600 pounds, and of feed 1889, ,S0
pounds. OF the three mills in operation
one reports a decrease in production OF
account of loss of crops by frost on
an increase of Is per cent, and the thr,
a decrease because the price of whea
was proportionately higher than that o
flour.
During the year ending June 80, 1906
there We're in Montana "a saw mills
Which We're operated in the aggregat
6l5 weeks, employing $50 men and thre
women. The amount of capital invest
ed was $685. 600 and The amount of busl
ness done $496 425.50 out of which ther
was paid for labor S261 ,03S.3s. The Pre-
duction was 43, a52 feet of lumber va
ued al 1888, HAP; 2l50o0 shingles value
at $500; AIS, 600 lath, valued at $iS267c
other products valued at $1,000 dresse
lumber, 13,62S0 600 feet, valued at 1921
excluding the value of the rough lumbe
used; value of sash and doors ana othe
manufactures, $4,000
In comparing business With that of II
preceding year, seven report it about IL
same; four, good; one, So per cent il
crease; one, small increase; one, % p
cent increase; one. 20 per cent increaS
one, II per cent increase; one, per ce
decrease; one, 80 per cent increase: on
Is per cent increase; one, so per cent d
grease
There are fifteen state banks in MOI
tana, of which the condition on Ju,
80. 1900 is shown in the following sun
mary or resources and liabilities:
RESOURCES.
Loans on real estate. 453, .
Loans on collateral security 9TH
er than real estate. 4OS1
Loans and discountS-all other. 1886 !
Overdrafts ........... ......... 495,S
United States bonds ........... 1,t
State, county and municipal
bonds and warrants............ ISL, s
Other stocks, bonds and securi-
ties ............... ............. 39,1
Judgments etc .......... ...... 139,;
Due from other banks and bank
ers ......... ........ ....... 1920
Real estate, furniture, fixtures. 3lS.
Checks and other cash items.... So,
Cash on hand ........... ....... S14,
All other resources ............. /,