The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-11

assessed valuation, and largest in pOpula-
ton, Cobb.
Beaverhead county is the largest in area,
in the state, having 1852 square miles with
in it's boundary.
Mineral county is the smallest in pOpu-
latiOn, with but 1927 people.
Powder River county had the distinction,
when created, Of not having a mile Of rail-
within its limits of 50 miles in width and
60 miles in length.
Montana -has as good farming land as
either Wisconsin, Illinois or Iowa. Japan
has about the same area as Montana, but
a population Of about 60,000,O00.
Montana is one Of the most diversified
states in the Union in natural resources:
Mining coal, metals, nOn-metal mineral
Timber; Farming; Petroleum and natural
gas; Building stones and clays; Water
power; Manufacturing Grazing; A great
playground for the people and hundreds
Of natural things of interest and value.
Montana Ranks High
Montana ranks high in many things:
1t has one Of the largest, If not the
largest copper smelter in the world, To-
Gated at Anaconda. This smelter handles
in the United States.
Tt produces more gem s%apphires than any
other state in the Union, largely from YOgO
gulch, Judith Basin county. 1t is also
claimed that in the West Fork district Of
Granite county there is the largest placer
deposit Of sapphires in the world, not ex-
cepting Burmah.
Granite county produces more high grade
manganese ore near Philipsburg than is
produced by all the other states in the
Union.
Lincoln county claims one Of the great
est undeveloped water power sites in the
United States at KOotenai falls between
/ Libby and Troy.
1t is claimed that Glacier county has
produced greatest yield Of flax per acre of
any land in the world.
GaIIafin. PARK RavaUi and other conn
ties have won many international prizes
in wheat, oats, barley, peas, etc.
At Butte is found one Of the richest
mineralized hills in the world.
Montana ranks about second in the I'm
tied States in the production Of silver,
third in the production of copper and
eighth in the production Of gold.
Montana is the sixth state in the I'm
ion in the average daily production Of pc
trOleum per barrel per well.
The Montana Power company claims that
Montana leads the nation in Der capita con-
sumption of electricity.
Montana ranks ninth among the states
of the unien in developed hydrOelectricity
and ranks sixth in possible hydrOelectricity
Montana ranks high in many Other
things. but enough are given here to show
that Montana not only ranks high in one
natural product, but in many.
Origin of Montana Place Names
It is always very interesting to know the
origin of names. This becomes especially
so when the names are applied to rivers
towns. or mountains that we have crossed
visited or seen many INES. Therefore, will
this interest of the MOntana people in view
the origin Of some of MOntana's place
names is here given. The writer is pre-
pairing a book on this subject.
It is quite fitting that the origin Of tn
name Montana be given first and that o
its capital city be given second. The other
will be taken up in part in Alphabetical
order:
MONTANA Latin word meanini
mountainous region and applicable L
Of it's topography.
HELENA-OpiniOns differ as to the OF
igin Of the name, for by some it is sup
posed to be named for Helen of Troy, bu
according to the Helena Directory Of Isl