Montana Prosperity Highlighted in 1911 Report
Governor Edwin L Norris praises Montana in a Chicago Tribune piece titled Montana Enjoys Prosperous 1911. The year shows strong mining output, rising cattle prices, and growth in agriculture under dry farming, with increased irrigated land and offical praise from the New York land show. The article emphasizes homeseekers, investment opportunities, and favorable outlook for settlement and resource development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Edwin L. Norris
Chicago Tribune
Annual
Wool Review
United States Department of Agriculture
New York Land Show
Value of 1911 Crops Nears $38.8 Billion in Agriculture Report
The Department of Agriculture final estimate shows total value of major crops at 38.7696 billion dollars, up about 190 million from last year. It details changes in acreage, production, and value for corn, winter and spring wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, flax seed, potatoes, and hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Northwestern Idaho rail line eyed to unlock mining regions
The Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad, backed by Spokane investors, advances plans to build through Salmon and Snake river country to Lewiston, linking Dixie Elkelly Ten Mile and other camps with transit to markets. Chicago & Northwestern ties emerge in recent developments.
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Idaho County
Salmon
Snake Rivers
Lewiston
Salmon River
Elk City
Gilmore & Pittsburg
Lemhi County
Idaho
Cour d’ Alene
Dixie
Buffalo Hump
Elkelly
Ten Mile
Spokane
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad
Chicago & Northwestern
Hill
Harriman
Spokane Spokesman- Review
Montana wins multiple cups at Northwestern Land Products show
In St Paul Montana earns top honors with the association cup and a duplicate Montana award after a deadlock over the Minnesota prize. Judges praise Montana for a comprehensive display and award several cups for winter wheat barley irrigated and non irrigated, potatoes, apples and garden produce across Gallatin valley Musselshell Bitter Root and Flathead regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Montana
Minnesota
Association of Commerce
American Northwest
O'Donnell Shoe Company
Gallatin Valley
Frank Smith
Bozeman
Mont
North Dakota
John Kaver
Manhattan
Charles W. Clark
H. N. Green
Lindsay
Dawson County
Yellowstone Valley
C. I. Gardner
Billings
Chares W. Clark
Chester Williams
Judith Basin
C. W. Wentworth
Lewistown
Musselshell
B. Kelly
Harlowton
Bitter Root
Missoula
Curlew Orchards
Victor
Flathead
Kalispell Booth
Fred Whiteside
Music Study Boom and the Grim Odds For Young Performers
The January Woman's Home Companion notes a surge of young people studying music with dreams of performance. Berlin houses twenty five thousand non German students, many Americans, spending about one thousand dollars yearly. New York harbors sixteen conservatories and over ten thousand students. in Chicago eight. At the Metropolitan Opera auditions in New York, thirty young women each week face uncertain futures after costly European study. The piece warns of debts, patronage, and families sacrificing for unlikely fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York
Chicago
Metropolitan Opera House
Europe
America
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Norris
East
Fle
Leres
Continental Oil Company
Woman’s Home Companion
Selves
Firestone
Montana Auto Supply Co
Cadillac State Agency
Milwaukee’s. Best Beer
Milwaukee
Dillon
Schlitz
Taylor & Williams
Rich Hill Whiskey
L. A. Burrows & Co
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