Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-12
"A TALE OF TEN
CITIES"
MOBRIDCE, South Dakota

MOBRIDCE, South Dakota
grew faster in three years than Omaha in ten
years. railroad center on Missouri River where
the new line begins-branch lines from here
feeders to main lines; has car shops storage de-
pots, other railway properties Surrounding ter
ritory rich in agricultural reSourceS-ideal manu-
featuring, distributing point. Missouri River
city.
MCLAUGHLIN, South Dakota
important junction point. Branch road 200 miles
long here joins main line, opening rich new terri
torv to north Center of large cattle business.
Hay may be cut on open P1arss in this fertile h1 re-
stores. lumber yards, substantial houses, and COM
ing summer will most rapid development.
MCINTOSH, South Dakota
County seat. division point. in heart Of recently
opened Sioux Reservation. where I6.OOO American
farmers took up homestead lands last October.
this ol vea National Bank
100000; State Bank with $4,000; churches.
sehoolhouses newspapers, elevators stock yards:
Building lots selling as high as 81 ,OOO each. Our
properties abut on Main Street.
LENNON, South Dakota
Named for G. E. Lennon. One of most remark
able towns in Northwest. At age of two years was
incorporated city. with mayor, aldermen, auditor,
assessor city attorney city engineer chief OF police;
street commissioner fire department. school board
and park. Has three banks. one 100000
sources; municipal water works. electric lighting
plant long distance and local phone service,
papers, theatre. six hotels, four grain elevators.
HETTINCER, North Dakota
County seat; center fertile farming country. set
tied so miles north, 65 miles south all tributary
to Hettinger. Four banks. five grain elevators,
$4,000 public school. three exceptionally good
hotels six lumber yards. good merchandise stores.
opera house. auditorium, three churches active
Commercial Club. State Experimental Station
nearby. Hettingers pride is its substantial brick
and stone business blocks.
FEEDER, North Dakota
Beautiful townsite, with wide trade territory.
Center of rich farming community-wheat. fruits.
live stock are most important pToouct; ,hgnite
yards, churches, schools, newspapers, tour gram
elevators, automobile livery. bottling works Com
ROUNDUP, Montana
on Musselshe River; mining and agricultural
center-unlimited supply of good coal Pay rolls
at mines 00 month s s awa ber
raise small grains fruit. cattle, sheep. Building
stone and timber plentiful Roundup has water
schools, local and long distance phones. banks.
hotels conveniences and improvements OF cities
four times its size.
THREE FORKS, Montana
Lewis Clark expedition camped here in 1905.
Confluence of the Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson
Rivers, forming Missouri Meeting point of four
Valleys, rCneSL agricultural idliuS, Yelling
mountains contain great mineral wealth; natural
trade center. Early French traders here met In
dams. who came with furs in canoes down these
streams. Town established September. 1908; now
a division terminal on the c., M q p. 5. Ry. also
a station on the Northern Pacific. From here
branch of the c., NJ & P. S. Ry. is projected to
Yellowstone National Park; electric line to Boze-
man just put in operation.
DEER LODGE, Montana
County seat. Connection point of the c., M. & P.
S. Ry and Northern Pacific. Location of Mon
tana State College; famous for its beautiful
homes, shady trees and lawns. Here are car shops
of the new c., M & P. S. Ry.. employing several
hundred men; electric lighting plant, two gravity
water supply systems. sewer system. fine schools.
in surrounding copper mines. timber and agricul-
tural wealth. Becoming home of many employees
of copper industries at Butte and Anaconda.
ST. MARES, Idaho
at confluence of beautiful St. Maries and St. Joe
Rivers steamboat navigation to Occur 'Alene
country; 100000 brick business blocks; $4,000
schoohouse; one $17 900 and one $4,000 bank
building: big mills supplied from largest body
of white pine timber in the world south of city,
reached by branch of c., M. & P. S. Ry-electric
lights gravity water-works. water power; copper,
lead and silver deposits being developed in neigh
borhood: rich bottom lands produce enormous
crops. Ideal climate. abundant rainfall-3lOOOO
to white settlers.
: High-Class