The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-02-04
MONTANA FULfILS
HILLS PROPHECY
Value Of Farm Output Bound to
Surpass Ranges and Mines
Combined.
1909 only . Forerunner Of the
States Wonderful Develop
ment and Prosperity.
rom Minneapolis. Journal.

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From Minneapolis: Journal
Helena. Mont, Ian. z5-''Simply an
for the first time. coming..into its own.
These words.:u,,ered bya speaker at
public meeting in this city perhaps bes
indicaies,he's strides made..byr Nj ntana il
1909. As bright As has been its past.
is regarded as only harhinger of what i
to come.
Esceptsfor copper. which i. low in :pr,c,
the mine; al industry of the state was neve
at higher eb: more gold has been produces
than for many years: the silver output will
exceed thai.of last year Gin this. respect
Montana led all. STATES Of ,heD..union ..leae
shows slight increase In addition. i'm
portants .tungste discoveries .have beer
made in several: sections. and as this. meta
hardener.,soin great;demand. ..not'ooniy il
America. but in foreign countries. it is re
garded a. probable:,hat archaeological,
profitable wing:oi the industryIs NTH.
verge OF practical development.
William Walsh statei.mine inspector
estimates. Montana's mineral output RtoI
1909 At 500. 900. 600 or better. as follows
Copper. sl6. 600. gold, 81 600. 600
silver. $500 900 and lead. s. 500. 600.
These figures are regarded as cuus-t vatlv.
LIVESTOCK HAD.GooD YEAR.
The livestock industr. ::nes-, 81 p-r,-nced
a better year. According to returns to the
state beard OF equalization ;th-re..ar- !, SIS
ooo. sheep Montana and from these S
600 900 pounds Of wool we're clipped which
brnughtlits owners an average close to
tsenty cents pound. or..ls7 900. 600 No
record is kept Of the sheep shipments. bur
it is estimated by the livestock board that
these ran about as usual
OF cattle. !. ontans according to the. same
same returns. in Mach. had 5ea4. ass
head OF cattle. Shipments amounted to
between 24o. 600 and 24S 900 head accord
ing to the board OF livestock commissioners,
auditor these.spl-nd'd prices. were, realized
ranging as high as s. To hundred pounds.
Not lew shipments brought 81. So on the
Chicago market.
These shipments Nh average apruxi-
mateiy 900 pounds to the animal. and at
a tritie more than 50 rate. this means a
return Of $40. ooo. 900. Sheep shipments
are roughly estimated to have meant s.
600 600. thus bringing the total for livestock
and wool sales 10 $40. 900. 600. or at the
rate OF 5000. Tor every resident Of the
state minerals included. on basis oil
400. 900 inhabitants.
i've years ago James j. Hill in an address
al Great Falls. predicted that within a
short time. Montana's farms would yield
far more than lis ranges and mines put to,
gether.
| Because of an unusually rainy summer
oats. barley and corn crops were the great
est ON record while the average yield sur
passed all previous high marks The sam.
IS true OF potatoes. sugar beets. alfalfa and
hays. vegetables and melons.
Even to residents OF Montana, talk o
raising corn VAS regarded three years age
as manites, impossibility. bui the sample.
raised IN the Yellowstone valley and ex
hibled at th~ tate fair. removed all donbt
and IN r=s~Ea. 'ections. especially kosebue
and yellow stone counties. corn has devel.
oped into an industry OF no mean proper
tons.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOMESTEAD
Frs
| The state has an area of $4,000. no.
acres. subdivided as follows: woode,
az. 600. coo: forest reserves. 40. 3So. 600
unsarveyed or unavailable. ~. 600. DOC
arabic. So 900 900. OF the latter. les
than one four is occupied. while fores
reserves.are also available for homesteads
That the state is being better advertise,
than ever before is proved by the fac, tina
all Montana land Offices have established
new records IN homestead aud other en-
tries. thai II has oeen necessary to establish
Io7 ns~ possottices within the last eish,ee,