The producers news., 1927-12-30
1928 PROMISES TO BE
PROSPEROUS YEAR

New Year is the outlool, for the
Treasure State in 1928 judged by
preview of construction and building
activities already planned for the
coming year, says the state publicity
division.
Total expenditure amounting to
approximately $35, ,000,O 900 have been
announced by state and federal gov
ernments and by putic service cor
porations.
Federal aid road funds matched by
state money in the proportion of
9o.O4 to 43 SO will total S3,OOO,OO0 to
oe spent on Montana nlsnways in
1923 on 30 projects which will include
approximately 200 miles of road. In
cluding county, city, national park
and forest service highways, total
road expenditures for 1923 will be
about $70OO,OOO.
Reclamation projects will account
Tor more than 100000 of federal
moneys to be spent in the state. The
Gibson dam on the Sun River project,
Which is being built at cost of ST.
100000, will be completed. Drainage
work on the lower Yellowstone pro
lect In Richland county will cost
$lOO,OOO and will complete a ten year
drainage program involving an cx-
pense of $2,500,000 Bids will be op-
eened later for other work on the pro
lect to be completed during 1928.
Money spent on new construction and
drainage work is in addition to the
regular maintenance expenditure made
annually by the federal government
on irrigation projects.
+ Senator Walsh has a bill in the
senate that calls for the expenditure
or S15O,000 for post office buildings
IN Helena, Missoula, Glasgow and
Havre. A federal grain laboratory
VIII be established at Miles CITY for
which buildings will be erected next
spring.
In addition to expenditures by state
and federal governments, several mil
lion dollars will be spent by public
J service corporations during 1928.
Transportation companies will spend
approximately $10000,000. The Great
] Northern in addition to the S2,OOO.-
QUO Saco-Turner branch in the eastern
part of the state, will spend S500,OOO
IN tunnel and track improvements in
Northwestern Montana. The North
eLn Pacific during 1923 VIII spend S.
OOO,OOO, a large part of which will 90
to Montana lines. A water softening
pant at Glendive is a part of the
program. 1t is expected that the Chi
ego, Milwaukee & St Paul will con-
tlEue .electrification Of the road from
Harlowton to the coast.
Tho MDnv4,., ~
and Telegraph company will build
two rev lines in Montana, cost of
which has not been definitely determ-
ined as yet.
The Montana-Dakota Power com
pany viii build pipe lines to convey
natural gas from the Glendive- Baker
district to Sidney and other towns OF
the lower ] ellowstone valley within
the next two years, adding to the four
eastern Montana towns already serv.
ed in that area. Work on the line
bringing gas flom the Kevin- Sunburst
field to Great Falls, was delayed by
recent storms ard will be resumed
shortly and is expected to be comnlet-
edwithin a few months. With the
completion of this line almost twenty
per cent of the states citizens will
have the opportunity of using natur-
al gas.
In the mining industry more than
a million dollars will be spent open
ing new mines or making additions
to mines and smelters already in op-
eEation. Butte will complete the in.
stallation of 100000 worth of ma
chinery in the manganese reduction
plant. The zinc mill erected by the
Anaconda at East Helena will be com
pleted as will additions to the zinc
plant at the Anaconda ore reduction
works at Anaconda.
Great Falls has voted to build a ST.
/ OOO,OOO high school building to be
ready for the next school year The
Main Street Development company of
kalispell will spend 100000 on i'm
provements on the downtown districts
of that city.
The state of Montana is more pros
porous at present than at any time
for the past decade 1t is safe to ex-
pect that 1928 will be a prosperous
year.
= Recent snowfalls on ground not
generally frozen will be of benefit to
next years crop in replacing and
storing moisture for the crop season
Stanley Palubicl1i spent Christmas
day with his parents on the farm.
Miss Kathryn Hovdey left Friday
for her home where she will spend
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