The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-03
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TELLS THE STORY
Of MONTANA
Synopsis of the Labor Commissioners
Seventh Annual Report.

state bureau of agriculture, labor and
industry has received some advance
copies from the publisher, of the sew
enth annual report, which was COM
piled by the retiring commissioner,
j. H. Calderhead.
1t is by far the largest and most
complete report ever issued from that
bureau, containing 612 pages, and was
printed by the Independent publishing
company, of Helena.
Aside from the general and special
articles, and statistics, it is replete
with half-tone and chromotype en-
cravings. The purpose of the vol
ume is primarily to serve as an adver-
Using medium of the state and it's
various resources. In it's Introductory
the report says:
There is no state in the union,
there is no section in the world, that
offers equal opportunity to capital or
labor, or to the agriculturist, hOrticul-
turist or stock raiser that Montana
does, and while there is money seek
ing certain industrial investment,
while there are those seeking oppor
tunity for work, those looking for
farm homes. it is incumbent upon
the state so literally endowed with
the gifts of lavish nature, to inform
them. Montana has made wonderful
strides in development since it began
it's advancement, but as yet the state
has an abundance of almost every
natural resource to offer for the TAX
ing, the only exaction being made that
in possessing the advantages that ma
ture has given, their development into
remunerative industries follow"
The book is prepared with an es-
pecial view of interesting strangers,
some of whom still look upon this
state as being the home of the buffalo
and savage. That which will most
interest a stranger is the general
knowledge of the state and this is CIV
en- in the first and leading articles Of
the volume, entitled Montana" Fol
lowing it, to make the reader more ia
miliar with the state as a mineral
producer there is an article on the
mines and mining industry of the state
showing the production to have been
over $7O,0O0,OOO last year, and over
$475,0O0,OOO in Butte alone during the
last eighteen years.
| The several counties are given at
tention, and in the reading of these
the inquirer will get good idea OF
the particular resources of the differ.
ent portions of the state and O fthe
development that has been accom-
plished. Following these is an arti.
Gle on irrigation and another on M
tional irrigation, the latter given with
a view to bringing the arid regions
of the state to the notice of the PEG
pie of the east, to the end that they
may see the vast possibilities of the
west to provide homes for the people
of the overcrowded eastern cities
The raising of cattle and sheep ani
the growing of wool, two of the mos
important industries of the state
Montana being the largest wool pro
ducer among the sheep growing state!
of the uniOn-are considered at length
The report contains a comprehen
, sive line of local statistics, among
which is the complete official vote o
every precinct on the national, stat
and county tickets, for 1900, and lis
, of the federal, state and county Off
J Gals in each county of the state, will
. their politics and postoffice address
( The celebrated Traphagen "pur
food" bill is given together with tn
T complete tables % the ANALYST; of dit
. ferent articles of food made by Pro-
| Traphagen and his assistants A YER
3 interesting feature of the report
8 the numerous illustrations which sho,
: perhaps better than anything else tn
$ development of the state.
Y Commissioner Ferguson stated tina
the report would be ready for distrib,
ton soon. He will have $500 copie
for the usual distribution Throughout
the state and to the different publ
n libraries and the recent legislator
: made appropriation for the printin
e and distribution of $4,000 copie
e through various portions of the east
It A large number of these will go to tn
n Pan-American exposition at Buffal,
y this summer. some more to the indu.
It trial exposition at Charleston, S. G
# late next fall, and still another po
g ton of the edition will be reserve
d for distribution at the st. Louis exp,
s sition in 1908.
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