Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-01
USE YOUR CAREY
RIGHT IN MONTANA

are entitled to file ON 100 acres of land
under the Carey Aet3 Such an opening
now presents itself at Waller, Montana.
In 1909 the Carey Act Board of the
State of Montana threw open for set
Element large tract of irrigated land
in Teton County, Montana, near the
town of Conrad, on the Great North
ern Railway, known as the Waller,
10000 acres Of this project are now
under cultivation, producing bumper
crops
The land is covered with a heavy
growth of blue-joint and buffalo grass,
the surface is level or gently rolling,
and so smooth that it can be traversed
in all directions with automobiles
The soil is uniform in character, run
ming from chocolate to clay loan
There is no sage-brush to clear, and
no stumps to pull, the land is praeti-
cally ready for the pillow. Good drink
ing water is found throughout the pro
ject, wells are easily drilled. The soil
extends down from five to eighty feet
Coal of good quality is mined on the
tract and sells at the mine for $45
per ton. The air is dry and bracing;
there are no sultry days; the nights are
always cool, the midsummer days not
extremely hot, and the winters are
milder than those of Minnesota, Wis
consin, or New York. This section is
| free from tornadoes or destructive
storms, and floods are unknown.
The water for the irrigation of these
lands is secured from the heads waters
of the Marias River, and is impounded
in an immense reservoir 10 miles in cir
conference, inundating 5000 acres, and
holding 10000 acre feet of water. A
mammoth dam, constructed at a cost of
$360,O00, at Birch Creek Canyon in the
mountains west of Waller, 165 feet high,
provides additional storage capacity of
10000 acre feet.
| Montana leads the world in the yield
and quality of wheat, oats, barley and
other small grain. Wheat yields from
35 to SIS bushels per acre; oats from 60
to 1875 bushels; barley from 40 to IS
bushels; alfalfa yields from four to six
tons per acre in three cuttings. Tim.
othy, clover, potatoes, strawberries,
vegetables and roots of all kinds are
| grown on the tract and yields average
very high. Dairying and stock raising
are carried on extensively by the farm
ers on the project, at a good profit.
| Conrad and Waller, both thriving towns
on the tract, consume practically all the
butter, eggs, meats and dairy products
produced, and some produce is shipped
to Great Falls. The Great Northern
traverses the east end, and the Mon.
tana Western Railway runs directly
through the tract.
Waller, the geographical and official
center of the project, is located on the
shores of beautiful Lake Frances. and
has over one thousand population.
Conrad, with about 1900 people, is in
the eastern part of the project, and is
on the main line of the Great Northern
Railway, and is the junction point of
the Montana Western. Other towns on
the project are Manson and Williams;
these towns offer splendid openings in
all lines. Waller and Conrad have cleo
tric lights, water and sewer systems,
concrete walks, telephones, beautiful
school houses, good churches, and mod
ern hotels (Hotel Waller costing $780,
OOO)' There are four banks, eight grain
elevators, three newspapers, lumber
yards and creameries, and an $4,000
armory on the tract. Waller has the
Second Regimental State Band, and a
militia company of n members. There
are scores of modern business houses,
shops, etc. A $4,000 fax tow mill is
now being erected at Conrad, and
through this fax fibre industry the
Waller farmer will be able to realize
$40 per acre from his fax crop. In the
country we have good roads, rural tele.
phone, country schools, and practically
every convenience of an old established
community.
The Waller irrigation works is COM
pleted, and water has been used on the
land for the past three seasons. Free
automobiles are furnished to show the
visitors the land. For further informa-
ton, address w. NJ. Wayman, General
Immigration Agent, Montana Western
Railway, Waller, Montana, or call upon
Mr.. l.. H. Stump, special representative,
at the office of
THE DOWNEN REALTY co.