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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
7
A 1905 census shows Montana with a per capita product of 675 and total product 218 662 000, outpacing New York and U.S. averages. The piece argues Montana benefits from copper, mining, and livestock, urging land and farm development to sustain growth and attract investment.
Over the past year Montana saw record railroad expansion with lines from Miles City to Wyoming and Billings to Laurel, linking markets and spurring irrigation projects. Federal plans reclaim about 1.5 million acres including St Mary and Lower Yellowstone, while Carey Act land sales in Billings attract homeseekers as dry farming advances flourish across the state.
The article cites historical test yields from multiple stations in Montana from 1905 to 1909, with Fall Wheat at 37 bu per acre and other crops yielding strongly in humid conditions. It highlights Judith Basin as a famed dry farming district and notes vast untapped water power along the Missouri River, predicting future industrial and agricultural growth aided by electric transmission and widespread power use. It quotes W G Conrad praising Montana and frames the state as a land of opportunity for farmers and homeseekers.
Southern Montana Telephone seeks bids for hauling and setting telephone poles on the Dillon to Mill Point line. For specifications and information contact A. Mazerbaker, Secretary, Dillon, Montana at a743.
Yonkers States man proclaims the largest and best assortment of new postal cards at the Tribune Book Store. The dialogue hints at marriages and perfection, contrasting misfits with fated matches in a humorous exchange.
Milner Idaho will open 38 000 acres of Carey Act lands for settlement on September 20 Tickets at reduced rates via the Oregon Short Line go on sale September 17 to 20 from points between Pocatello and Butte and from other points September 16 to 19 with limit September 25 See agents for details
The Oregon Short Line offers round trip tickets on specified summer dates to Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles. Call an agent for dates and rates.
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