The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-09-08
HOME-SEEKERS TOURING AGRICULTURAL
REGIONS OF THE TREASURE STATE
Will Visit Clarks Fork Valley Tomorrow; Northern
Pacific Railway Is Sponsoring Party That Will See
Montana In Two Weeks

The attractive agricultural and in
dustrial advantages of Montana are
to be brought graphically to the at
tention of party of 25 or more Sc
lected farmers of Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa and South Dakota by the
Northern Pacific Railway in Septem-
ber.
All Of the members of the party
are prospective home-seekers. With
the cooperation of commercial and
farm organizations in the various
counties, the visitors are to be given
closeup of Montana's opportunities
at time when highly productive
lands are available at decidedly fav-
orable prices.
In a special sleeper the party left
st. Paul at 11:00 p. M, Tuesday, Sep
tember G, on another Northern Pacific
Get Acquainted" round trip, all-ex-
pense tour Of Montana's best farm
ing sections and Rocky Mountain
scenic regions. There will be auto
mobile rides through irrigated valleys
and over mountain passes. Entertain
ment and educational features have
been arranged by commercial and
farm organizations at all stops.
In August, 1926, similar tour was
conducted by the Northern Pacific,
which resulted in the location of IA
new families in Montana in less than
ten months, with a number of others
to follow this fall and next spring.
The party arrived at Glendive last
evening Today they will cover the
territory served by the new Northern
Pacific Redwater Valley branch and
late in the day, the country around
Terry. Tomorrow they will go over
the country around Billings, including
the Huntley irrigation project, the Bill
lings bench and the Clark Fork Val
ley. Livingston and the Shields and
Paradise Valleys will claim their at
tention on September 10; Whitehall
and the Ruby Valley on September IL;
and on September 12, the country tri
butary to Drummond and Phillipsburg,
and trip over Skalkaho Pass by
motor to Hamilton, in the Bitter Root
Valley. From here tour of the Lower
Bitter Root Valley will be made, and
the visitors will be entertained at an
Iowa picnic" at Hamilton, where
they will meet number of Montana
farmers who formerly lived in Iowa.
The tour will end at Missoula with an
entertainment of the visitors by the
Missoula Chamber Of Commerce.
The members Of the party will be
permitted to stop over at will on the
return trip and the tour has been SO
planned as to permit them to obtain
the fullest information at the hands
of local organizations and railway
Representatives
"We have been convinced that to ap-
preciate Montana's offerings to the
homeseeker, they must be seen," H.
w. Byerly, general immigration agent
for the Northern Pacific, said. "By
conducting such trips as this we are
approaching development of Montana
along effective lines. Experiments
heretofore conducted have proved the
effectiveness Of bringing the prospec-
tive settlers into this area and giving
them a chance to rub elbows with per-
sons who are making a success OF
their activities in Montana.
"While it is impossible in two
weeks to give the visitors the whole
picture Of Montana, we believe that
we will plant an impression that will
react favorably to the entire state.
Points which are not covered on this
trip are to be included in later trips,
similarly conducted.
There never was question that
Montana will sell itself. In this state
there are many opportunities, partlcu-
larly for young people with limited
capital. They have here the chance to
develop their farms in pace with a