The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-05-22

years ago, as a result Of years of agi-
tation by those who thought the state
should wake up and take its place in
the progress of western advancement,
commenced to do some publicity
work and awaken some sentiment at
home favorlng the advance and de-
velopment of the state, and with each
year since. this work has been ill.,
creased, the cumulative benefits have
commenced to be received, and with
the result that during the past three
years attention has been drawn to
NJ ontana, thousands upon thousands
of settlers have come to the agricul-
tural lands and many millions of
acres have been converted from the
public domain to private homestead
ownership, dozens Of young and pros
porous towns have sprung up where
before there was only the hoof inn
print of cattle and sheep, money has
come into the state in greatly ill-
creased sums for the development of
it's latent resources and manutac-
turers in every line are now 1nvestl-
eating the resources end advantages
of Montana with view to locating III
the state that presents such wonder
full and unusual advantages, and last
to be mentioned but not by any
means least in accruing benefits, is
the fact that the publicity and pro-
motion work that has aggregated
very considerable force during the
past several years, has attracted
every northern middle state railway
to studying the possibilities OF this
territory as a tonnage producer and
rich asset and, as a consequence,
within the area north OF the Belt
mountains and east of the main range
within this state there will he all eX-
penditure in railroad construction
alone this year and next of over SIS,
600, 900, the Great Northern building
a liLe almost entirely across the state
from east to west, the Milwaukee do
ING likewise, and the 500 is to build
two lines from the eastern line OF the
state west.
These are the results of some sys-
tematic and some Indifferent boosting
and now while things are coming tC
Montana, while the favorable I'M
preston of it is spread all over the
United States, is the time for more
energetic and more systematic pup
licity aud promotion work, as unde]
these conditions the results are surer
quicker, larger and more substantial
If Montana, with it's delightful Gil
t mate, it's grandeur of scenery, tn
T. liberality and genialty of it's people
9 it's broad and fertile bench lands, it
d unlimited wealth in mineral resource
J. embracing every precious and com
6 mercial mineral and having these Il
: greatest quantity, and it's unequalle
water powers, is to increase It's popt
q lation. secure the quick and substal
"a tial development Of it's millions
r. acres of farm lands, attract the man
n millions of dollars that must be e.
n pended in the development of even
ii fraction OF it's mineral resources
20 grow in manufacturing industrlt
# and commercial Importance as
=. should. it must enthusiasticall g.
together and as one undivided il
to huence, patriotically and energeti
of ally boost; each community must
10 it's utmost in this line, and in so d
a. ing the aggregate result will he tt
~ mendous effort of publicity and pr
~ motion that will secure more sett]
M ment, growth and material deyelo
o1 ment within the next eighteen mont
no than would possibly come to t
"a state in a quarter OF a century wit
out this effort being made.
A North Montana Developme
"a Congress has been set for Friday a
W Saturday, May 23rd and oath,
~ Great Falls and an invitation is
- tended to all of the progressive bu
"a ness and professional men OF northe
49, ~. Montana to attend on those days, a
q it certainly will be profitable to eve
IA community to be we'll represented.