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and bodies q suitable school, equipped
with an efficient staff of teachers and
supervisors has long been provided
That this opportunity for the future
proficieucy and happiness of her grow
Ing generation has not been neglected
IS evidenced by the fact that Alberton
has issued bonds to cover the con-
struction and equipment of high
school sssY8ls f
There are ttWos churches for the ex
preston Of religious belief, four resi-
dent lffaternal organizations, each n
rapidly growing body, several ladies,
aid socaeties; two recreation halls Of
excellent character; three halls which
may be used for dancing, theatrical
productions or for public .r fraternal
meetings; three general stores. two
barber shops, one meat market, four
lodging houses, three restaurants or
lunch counters and four saloons.
Alberton is Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway sub division
point or terminal station. 1t is mainly
dependent upon the activities Of the
railroad at present. The valley of the
Mlssoula river is very fertile and much
Of the soil is devoted to agricultural
/. purposes, while the surrounding hills
are being prospected more and more
each year with broad promise of a
future in mines and minerals. The
logging industry is diligently prose-
cuted along the many tributaries of
the valley and Alberton bids fair to be
f1n ir,fN
tributing point of an entirely new and
rndeveloped country, the Clearwater
Routes to this territory have already
been surveyed through Fish creek. The
Nine Mile, too, must deal through AL
berton and bring her products there
1t is freely predicted that upon the
completion of the Great Falls extern
sion of the Milwaukee, Alberton will
also become passenger division
point. ~
Few localities in the state of Mon
tana offer better or more varied hunt
ing and fishing advantages. It's creeks
and hills are fished and hunted each
summer and fall to the unalloyed
pleasure and benefit of many a true
sportsman.
1t is almost impossible to conceive
OF purer water or of fresher air than
that of which the town has an abund-
ance and the health of the community
is indiSputable evidence of the fact
The altitude and moderate climate
should commend this entire region to
the many unfortunate seekers for
health. In spite of the fact that brsi-
ness is at a low ebb throughout the
world tho Mi1uy11llxao nt
employment to upwards of 200 men at
Alberton and of course provision is
made for their medical and surgical
care, but the extreme rarity of con-
tagious or infectious disease speaks
we'll indeed for the sanitary knowledge
and living of it's people.
y Alberton is permanent and her fu-
tcre assured Her steadily increasing
payroll is a conceded fact.
q Between Alberton and Superior and
Iron Mountain--Superior, the old set.
tlement at the mouth of Flat creek and
Iron Mountain directly south across
the river, established as a Northern
Pacific station when the Coeus
d'Alene branch was constructed-is
some of the richest country and pret-
tiest scenery in Mineral county. There
are many farms here and it is the
placer mining section of the county.
OF agricultural land there are many
benches and valleys hidden away
from the railroad. One of these tracts
is known as the Big Flats in Four
teen Mile creek valley north of the
river, opposite Quartz. Here are a
dozen fine ranches with about 1000
acres of improved land. Back of
Quartz on the south side of the river
is Sunrise Flat, a big we'll waterea
bench that is also concealed from the
main line of travel. From Quartz
west for a distance of 20 miles the
valley opens out and averages a mile
in width. This is all settled by
ranchers, except the state and the
stump lands This strip is dotted with
grain fields and here and there is
small orchard. The stump lands will
soon be available and will add largo
area of rich acres.
..@ PIacers Rejuvenated.
The mining industry of this Sec
tion, especially placer mining, is un-
dergoing a great transformation. The
old diggings, some abandoned now,
We're all surface workings. rich while
they lasted, but in reality only
scratched over Modern drill testing
machinery and bedrock dredges are
calling the miners back to these
grounds and the near future is going
to be rich in deep ground placers. On
Trout creek and it's tributaries, Wind
fail and Prospect creek, there are rich
deposits of this deep placer gold.
Some of these claims have been
worked to considerable extent for a
number of years and 100000 is very
conservative estimate of the cleanups
of the last few seasons. Trout creek
is staked with claims from its mouth
to its source. The first bedrock was
struck here two years ago on ground
owned by A. P. Johnston of Superior,
the discovery being made with the
use of a keystone driller On Sun
rise creek and it's tributary, Meadow
gulch were some of the early day
placers just scratched on top. Now
they are being opened to dredges. The
same is true of Quartz creek and
Deep creek, the latter being on the
,,arfh ciT1ea the river