Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-02-09
Big Boost For Montana
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THAT c0ulQ raise crops anywhere ap-
preaching III quality those exhibits |
have seen today. That is the pro
vince of Ontario On the same
day James j. Hill said to President
Taft, who was visiting the fair,
Mr.. President, | want to show you
the best agricultural exhibit ever
saw" The exhibits merited all that
was said Of them.
They showed what the soil produ-
ces when cultivated, but Montana
needs cultivators Of the soil, a great
many of them, before the yields of
crops will aggregate large quaint
ties. If, for instance, the 28,000,-
900 acres of arabic land now untitled
should be planted to wheat and
should yield the average Montana
crop for 1910 the product would be
not much below the total wheat
crop of the United States. The ag-
ricuitural possibilities Of Montana
can scarcely be realized. And the
land is here waiting for the plow-
dry land, irrigated land, fruit lands,
raw lands, improved lands, free
homestead lands, decided lands that
may be bought at low prices mil
lions Of acres. If you want to know
further about them write Tell me
about Montana" on a post card.
with your name and address, and
send it to J. H. Hall, state com
missioner of agriculture, Helena,
Mont, or ask him any question that
occurs to you.
Montana is receiving great num-
bers Of new settlers, but has room
thousands more. 1t invites home
seekers to avail themselves Of the
unequalled opportunities it offers
to those who will turn the virgin
soil into farms, build homes in pla-
ces now vacant, and become foun-
ders of new communities where
schools and churches and the com
forts Of civilization will follow upon
settlement. That they will reap the
benefit that will come from the ad-
vance in land values that results
from the settlement and develop
ment Of new country is not a mat
ter which concerns the state, but is
one which no prudent man can af-
ford to overlook.
II invites desirable settlers, ex-
tending no invitation to the drone,
the Incapable, or the Spectator in
lands; it wants home builders, men
of industry, intelligence and deter
mination, men with capital enough
to equip farm and maintain them
selves until after the first crop. At
ter the sale of the first crop the set
tier should be established as an in
dependent farmer. The opportunity |
that is present in Montana for the
enterprising man to acquire home
is not equalled elsewhere and will |
not be long open. The older public
land states are settled and Montana
contains the only great area of fer
tile public land which is waiting to
be peopled. You could not, if you
would, stop the rush Of landseekers
to Montana after they have learned |
the facts above-the cheapness ind
productiveness of the soil. Human
beings who must be supported by |
the products of the soil are born |
every minute while no more land is
being created to supply their needs.
When Montana is settled the era of
cheap lands in the United States
will have passed forever.
The people are hospitable and en-
terprising. Montana's vast unde-
veloped resources astonish all visi-
tors as they did Governor Haniy Of
Indiana, but he also publicly said
that he was most favorably impress
ed with the character of the people.
They are an enterprising lot, he
said, land their efforts will soon be
crowned with measure Of success
beyond their hopes or aspirations.
After visiting many sections of the
state, Senator LaFollette said: God
has been good to this portion of the
earth. He has given you mountains
with their forests, minera! wealth
and vast plains Of rich soil and
mighty rivers of inestimable value.
The conditions must make it, If not
the empire state ef our union, at