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Title: Resources of Montana
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Montana. Department of Agriculture and Publicity
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Helena, Mont. Independent Publishing Co., State Printers
Contributing Library: Montana State Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Montana State Library

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000 pupils, there is a well developed system ofparochial schools both for grade and high school students, and the State School ofMines, a part of the University of Montana; two business training schools, and sev-eral private schools for instruction in music, etc., are located in Butte. As a technicalinstitution the Montana State School of Mines ranks very high. The city has churches of every denomination, a half million dollar Y. M. C. A.,Silver Bow Club, Country Club, Elks Club, Masonic Temple, Knights of ColumbusHome, several hospitals, four leading hotels, and seven banking institutions with atotal capital and surplus of over $2,000,000 and assets aggregating $28,500,000. The mean temperature and precipitation at Butte are given by the United StatesWeather Bureau as follows: Jan. Feb. March AprilTemp.. 24.5 24.3 30.4 40.6Prec... 0.85 0.77 0.94 1.16 May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual48.4 56.0 63.5 62.6 52.9 43.8 34.2 25.4 42.22.18 2.23 1.26 0.92 1.11 0.93 0.72 0.67 13.74
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Pumping Plant of the Butte Water System LAND OF OPPORTUNITY STILLWATER COUNTY. Date of Creation, March 24, 1913. Land Area, 1,648 Square Miles. Population County, 1920, 7,630. County Seat, Columbus. Population County Seat, 1920, 897. Altitude County Seat, 3,698. Growing Season, 122 Days. General Description—Stillwater county lies in the south central part of Montanaj with a maximum length north and south of 66 miles and a maximum width east andj west of 36 miles. The Yellowstone River bisects the county east and west. Asidej from the land in the Yellowstone Valley that portion of the county north of the river1 is devoted chiefly to non-irrigated farming. The valley lands in the southern portionI of the county are irrigated and the bench lands are devoted to non-irrigated farm-ing and stock raising. High mountains rise in the southern end. Surface and Soil—The Lake Basin country in the northern part of the countyj is considered one of the best non-irrigated farming districts in Mon

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