The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-01-07
GREAT NORTHERN OFFICIAL ION
The AIR" WITH MONTANA STORY

case was finally given to the jury
and after a brief time they came into
court and rendered a verdict for the
plaintiff for forty dollars damages.
The costs swelled the judgmen to
about $4,000.
Today Montana has its courts of
civil and criminal jurisdiction equal to
those of any state in the Union, and
the sturdy stroke of the miner fol
lowed by that of the mechanic, farm
.er, stockman and manufacturer has
brought out her hidden treasures UNI
til Montana is rated as the wealthiest
state in the Union in proportion to
its population.
Great Rail Mileage
To carry on her vast commerce Gre
ated by this great wealth, Montana
mas in operation 4,988.1O miles of
main line of railroad, besides about
1000 miles of side lines, with equip.
ment equal to that of any railway
systems in the world.
The lumber product of Montana for
1928 was estimated to be worth $10,-
992, 10000, emanating from 153 lum-
Der establishments employing 1898
individuals.
Mcntana's coal product, aggregat-
ing nearly 100000 tons annually for
domestic use, is obtained from fifty
of the fifty-six counties of the state,
some CT the coal fields being 10000
square miles in extent.
Schools and Churches
The towns and mining camps that
only a few decades ago were propa-
eating crimes and greed, and filling
the air with biasphemy, today have
well selected libraries and are lavish
in their expenditures to secure the
best class Of educational and benefit
cent institutions. Where a few de-
cades ago there were but two places
of worship in what is now Montana,
st. Mary's and st. Ignatius' Missions,
where Fathers Gi0rda and Hoecken
were teaching Christianity to the red
men of the forest, there is now an ag-
gregate membership Of 1885 among
the principal Christian denominations.
There are social and benevolent or
CARNATIONS and nearly every secret
society is represented with well
equipped lodges. Today Montana has
1875 elementary public schools with
an enrolment of 100,274 pupils anC
1889 teachers in 1922; and 21S
high schools with an enrolment o.
1920 pupils ard 1,107 teachers. 1
has it's normal schools and school o
mines, state university, agriculture
college and mechanics arts, besides
number Of private schools and othe
institutions Of higher learning.
Eastern writers telling of the Ii
, braries in some of the cities Of tn
: west express their establishment q
t the intellectual character of the pee
pie. The facts are, so far as readin
is concerned, that the people of til
west are a long ways ahead of Ii
d people of the east. The brightes
e most energetic young men and wome
n make up the leading element Of Il
west. There are more college ed
Gated men in the western cities tbs
in cities Of the same size of the cas-
L., Varied Resources
e As to the attractions and resourc
l. of the state of Montana, no one b
t nature herself can lay claim to pls
t, ing them where they are. The MAJ
a. precipices where the mighty Nilsson
plunges over enc, and then anothl
with a force of several hundr
IS, thousand horsepower, the mOuntai
On of various minerals, the extensive cC
fields, the thousands of acres of RI
pasture and farming land. All The
tn have been placed there by Him "
Of created all things; and it seems
lty have been kept in reserve for a p
manent camping ground for the
rst vanced civilization Of the west.
ain When asked why this remarka
a; section of the country has been mar
no. by some writer's "Eden," it is 0
re- necessary to reply by another 81
nry ton: "Why," for instance, twas
vas that tens of thousands of buff
IS" used to roam here from time i'm
me mortal until they were killed eff
PM white people 2" And "why was
at that from fifteen to twenty thOus
ice. Indians lived here without doing
De- work or receiving q single IA
ron from the government" Now
rses buffalOes are extinct. Where
ling formerly roamed at win great fl
its Of sheep and herds Of cattle
the Craze, and the land which but a
eefe years ago was the red mans huT