Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-11-02

r....oras locked in what had long
ragarded as barren soil have
Jsn ,onch to strengthen the grasp
carontana upon the title that she
.,o w. nroudly held-"The Treasure
g.ots,,-arid to bring within her
r.r1srs tens Of thousands Of men
m5 women eager to secure posses
sim cf their share Of the wealth
.n. hging distributed. These treas
nr.. far more valuable than the
r,r3 silver, copper and other me-
.,s held in the earth, had been
t5onobt to be barred to Montana
nn+i) the DromuIgation Of the dry
farming" ideas of men who had
made this method of moisture con
servation a life study.
When the first practical tests of
This method.of tilIing the soil were
made the Great Northern railroad
at once grasped the ideas and began
10 spread the gospel Of scientific
farming" along its lines. But even
them in fact until little more than
three years ago, little attention was
oo;d +o +his in Montana. Then l.. w.
Hill, president Of that line, saw the
great opportunities for furnishing
thousands Of men and women with
homes.
You know the Great Northern
was built without land grants" said
L. W. Hill, when on a recent visit to
The state, and along our 500 miles
Of track here, we had few farms.
There were cattle ranches in plenty,
but farm produce was shipped in
and when any one spoke of farm
ing there was a general uplifting Of
hands and the remark, oh, you
can't grow crops in this dry coun-
t1y. But we can, and today statis-
ties show that with scientific meth
DDS Montana takes a rank far to the
front with her crop values when
compared to the older states.
When the full benefits of the
'dry-farming' methods had been ex-
planned to the people of Montana,
they, with their progressiveness that
earned for the state its title. at once
gFasped at them as a means Of
drawing thousands of homeseekers
here. The Great Northern railway
net the people half way, and the re
suit OF this cooperation is seen il
the thousands of new. Well-tilled
farms with which the right Of way
Of our road is now bordered. Not
only does our railroad run through
these farms, but today far back
from our line the homeseeker has
built his house and this new life is
adding much to the wealth Of the
state.
When YOU stop to figure that eV
cry family is worth $4,000 to tht
state in which it lives, Montana
working with the Great Northern
mas brought millions in potentia
wealth here, These new familie
coming in and tilling the soil hav,
given value to acres that a fev
years ago were begging for owners
Land that no one would have then
today is worth from SIS to S1o0 a.
acre, and is rapidly becoming har'
to find at those prices.
Backed by the people Of th
state, the Great Northern began
systematic campaign to bring in SCI
tiers. AT first it was uphill Worl
NE eastern man preferred to starv
at home to starving in Montana
thousands Of miles from friends :
least that is what he said. Then "
brought in a few, and when thes
lew saw what they could do by car
1al tilIing of the soil, they sent bac
Iof their friends, and today the 80
acre homesteads that Uncle Sam
oRerlng men that want a chance
oQlld home for themselves are b
ing gobbled up at a rapid rate.
10 was advertising that brougl