The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-07-29
EDITORS I FIND
MONTANA ALIVE
North Dakota Editors See
Great PrOductiveness

Havre, Mont, June 29.-North Da-
kota editors who are leaving Montana
after a three weeks tour with the
National Editors association are mar
yelling at the productivencss Of Mon
tana soil and the opportunities here
for development. In many ways Mon
tana is still region of the old west
with vast unoccupied areas waiting
for practical farmers to turn them
into profit making farms.
The editors have seen thousands
Of acres of producing land where
wheat will average from thirty to
fifty bushels to the acre. In fact shc
average production of wheat for the
entire state is estimated at twenty
bushels to the acre this year. There
are vast fields of alfalfa, barley, rye,
flax and even corn. There is; no
question now but that the corn in
Montana will be tremendously large.
An amazing thing to North Dakota
editors is that there is so much room
remaining in Montana, so many po-
tential farms which may be had for
low prices almost everywhere in the
state. ,-s.
Since entering Montana the Nation
al Editors association delegates have
been royalty entertained everywhere.
Glendive, Miles City, Billings, Boze-
man, Helena, Butte, Missoula, Kalis-
pei and many smaller cities have well
coined the visitors. The most prom
Using farming regisns seen up until
now are the Yellowstone Valley near
Billings, the Gallatin Valley around
Bozeman, the Helena Valley which
comes right up to the edge Of Helena,
the Bitter Root Valley and the Flat
head Valley in Western Montana.
Here farming has been developed on
many farms to most profitable state
and many of the; farmers eports that
they have paid for their properties
with single crop. In western Mon
tana the fruits and potatoes are in
splendid condition and producing
-abundantly. f'+:
Yellowstone Park fulfilled all cx-
pectations of the editors. The mighty
geysers among richly colored can
tyons,. gigantic water falls and vol.
canic freaks of many kinds startled
the party with their beauty. yell
%lowstone is a region Of volcanic won
doris and has also the spectacular
mountain scenery so characteristic of
the Rockies. Yellowstone has all Of
the marvels of all she other national
parks except the big trees of Sc
quota, and this is the reason that 50
many Americans continue to &isit
Yellowstone year after year and is
the reason why one hundred thousand
will pass through the park this Sea-
son.
2 Throughout the entire trip the Edi-
tors Special has been efficiently
handled by the Northern Pacific and
the wonderful organization of this
line has impressed the editors in
spite of the fact that it has been
handicapped through the strike of
shopmen and kindred crafts. The
trains have been kept moving OH
time all the way and service has been
up to the Northern Pacific standard
After a sightseeing trip through.
Glacier Park and visits to Lewiston
Great Falls, Havre, Chinook, Glas-
gov and Wolf Point, the special vii!
feturn on the Great Northern to st.
Paul, where many Of the editors will
leave the party, others returning by
the Burlington route to Chicago,
where the special train will be broken
up. -,