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It la 5ecau», À fev L4iku ouaty farmmraand business moeurecent- Iy availedthemOof ut a i upalopportuniy to socur a large tnat ptf*WA1%0lin d l9i po~tçoe Oounty, mon- tanl OI, voe tM "rumt*rin X41ça C (Jp u t bla qppor- tiwity. Thesemmn vl n rs" a porton of àt forgem saWvm .Tley wMi sell a part of it. Wo are authorised to off or the. pick of the*ract unW t i t aroduced to the amoviat they are financially able to hold for thfimseves. It wua big deal at I bigd"al" prîces, You cau get the. benofit if yen vwu 1 There la netL a "'renter" in Lake Oounty who eau af- tord to jet pa this opprtwtXy teovuw a fanm. The price is lowl '~Our tenu mioay 1 TOU&. CHANCE If you have *wn Sa farm SUrleraiýLs.Ke Co. Men" *» r*gt nov l iv"utlgan tàii m o t tte Yflow- stem 'V#Zeycountry Iù% Nontana. T.yU eclded that if @q irW ttioDB wm correct the, land at prices vo quoi., vu the. but baqulat lu vuwstern fa= uad to be Ob- talned. They have gou. to aue for themauvesg, and lli §and MAT IT IS. We. vil gladly reler. you to theso mon, who left Tues - day for Montana, upoti their returu. IJ"tfiër party of Lake Count~y farmers and pi ospec- ive Investmrswilgo toMouta» n a couple of vsek. Rates are cheapl Plan tW go! Let un tell you about itt 0 F Phonme, Cali On, or Address for leforuietion FRKANK H. JUST at Wiukogmn Dal Mx NOScsWauogazi, JE!, or IU"keCeuty Ixmliedeuit Oec, LeRtvle, ]]a. PAUL MacQlUFPIN Over Lake Oounty Nofional Bank, aibertyvilleIll. W. have descriptivelilterature, prices and ternis te mail upou application. W. oan take y ou out te tthe Montana Lait Basin at any of the. troquient porioda we bave arranged, anid you wiIÙ b. best satjafled to see f or yoiwnsef. Descriptive Eactà A few facts worth reading about the opportunities and ideai conditions of the country in the Yellowstone ValIey, known as the " Lake Basin, " in Yellowstone County, Mon- fana, twelve miles west of Billings, only seven miles fromn Columnbus, on the Northern Pacifie R. R. A beautiful ehinate. Crop failures neyer known. (lovenment reports show that Montana produces the highest average grain erops of any Statc in the Union, ini both quality and quantity. The surface of thc surrouxxding country is varied, smooth to gently rolling farm landl, 80 per cent plowable. Anv and ail of it espeeially desirable for stock grazing, beig all heavily covered with Buffalo and IBlue Joint grass, the most nutritions grasses known. The land has heen u»ed for vears as a stock ranch. Stock thrivcs here the entire year on the open range and may bc shipped to the mnarket, a flnished product of prime quality witkiout be- iug fed grain. The soul of this region la the most phenomenally fertile and productive in the world, easily cultivated, and will produce marvelous vields of superior quality of lWbi.. Oats, Banley, Flax, Oorn, Alfalfa, XelDna, 8iagar Beets, Vegeitabuea"d Fruits, in tact about everythiniç raised in a temxperate elimate; the soil is volcanie ash, whweh is rich ini ail the soul ingredients that prornote plant growth. No mnarsh or sww~np to breed malaria and sickness. The vin- ters arc ideal and not severe. The chinook winds sweep over the vallcy dnring the w~inter moderating the temper- ature. Climatk Condiions To our mind the best method of expressing what the ciniate of Yellowstone county is like is to refer to its pres- ent status as a fruit growing section. At the various 8tate Fairs and at the National Apple Show at Spokane this setion was awarded xnany first prizes for the super- ior]ty- of its apples, small fruit and berries. Thesle products dIo not mature to the maximum of perfection in severe cli- mate. Our lai)ds are located but seven to ten miles froin some of the best orchardling tracts in the county. lui thù dlays when cýalt(Ilee were the only occupants of these broad acres their herds aiid flocks were left to roam a.nd forage for thenwselves throughout tUe entire year; tUe h(erlsmecMcvÇn neglee-ted to put up any wvnter feed for thleir stock; sueli a miiild winter eliniate in that latitude is frcque tlv hlroughtlie agrrevof the chinook winds that sweep ovem tIle vAtley and foothulis dnring the lie County National Bankj Depesitory and Oustodian. winter season inelting the snow and cxposing the grasses for days at a tiine. The av erage snowfaill i the Lake Biasin section of Yellowstone cotrnty is but twenty luches duiriîîg the entire winter, and at no tini there stieli a <1(lctli of snow as to interfere with teaming or make it impossible for live stock te uneover the range grasses. The spring inonths are usually wvct and hackward; this is compensated for 1)' the late fali and long days of warinthi and sunlight during thle sunurior and faI inouths. Yel- lowstone and adjoining con.nties arc denominated as the 'Hear-t" of Montana and f ront the ianner in which the great railway builders are invading its coiîfi'nes this semins qîuitc an appropriate designation. (lovernment reports ishow tbat Montaîïa produces the highest average grain cops ot any State ini the Union, ini botU quality and quantity. Average Productioni Comparative yielde for 1lW9 conmpiled froum the gov- ernmnlent Crop repo>rter. Publislied by the Secretairy of Agrieulture, Dectuil-wr. 1909: -Nl tita a . .. .. ... . 0,65 . 13 . 0 29 - 2. .7 8 Illinois .36628.017. 8.... 1.45 91 Iowa ......... , 02.fl.8 9.81.64 89 Misffluri ....... 727.0123.15.0 8.11.35 85 Kansas ..........1307.21.1 . 01.4,5 79 'N4ùbraska ............ 16.7125.022.0i16.5 8.51.54) 78 Minnesota..........l16.9133.0 23.6] 19.0 10.0 1.75 115 Wiseonsi........... 19.7'135.0 28.0 16.3l14.5 1.53 102 Miehigan ........... -18.8!30.5124.7115.5.... 1.30. 101) Indiana ............15.3 30.512.1.5 16.51...i14p959 Ohio..............l15.9132 *5")5 9 17 91 ..1. 43 9.1 North Dakota....13. 7132. 0 2,1 «>Ô18.3 9.3 1_371 110 Sokutlî Dakota ........ 14.110. 9.51-7.51 9.411.501 8<0 tnited States ....l5. 8j30. i4 1.1'9.411.421 106 Topograp*y atudAltitude TUe Lake Basin is a gently rolly upland or plateau, with here and therç a crcek bcd or depression ini the fotin of a guleli. It lias an elevation above the Yellowstone river of approxinmatcly six hundred fteet. There are no physical obstructions to its easy andl econoinieal cultiva- tion; any and ail kinds of farm machinery eau he eiploye<l with a reasonable amount of power, either aniini1 or nie- ehanical. The average altitude above the sea level is ab)out 3,500 feet. &*IanfaIl qjn4 Ioisure The Lake Basin experunental farm at Broadview gives the following record for 1907 and 190$l. Records kept at Billinigs for a period of twelve years are substau- tially the saine: Annual 'Mean Temperature ........ ....... ...... 42.6 Precipitation, average for ycar .......... ....... 15.24 CGreatest Monthlv, June ........................ 4.32 1Least Monthly, Deeember...................... 0.03 Total Snowfall............................... ý19. 3 .Number Rainy Days .......................... 80 Number Clear Pays ...................... .... 204 Numbç.r Çloud.y and Partly Cloudy Days ý. . ý. . ....81 1>revailing Direction of Winds-South West. I[twifl bc observed the greatest rainfali is hmd du r- in the girowing months well into midsumrnivr: -,vithIi rcti- cally two hundred and eighty-five days of<-a weather ont of a total of three hundred and sixty-fivuaN-c'v and every kzind. of plant life should develop to its utinost 11irder tiiese elimatic conditions. The importance of transportation ln a mew eountrv is second to no other feature in bring#ngabomît suceess for the beginner. The best erops in the woria sigiuify bit littie tQ the farmer, unless lie can get thenl to mairket a4 cost tkat will permit a good margin of profit on prodngýtioii. Our lands are located in a "V" sh.aped corner, with a transcou- tinental lige of railway on the south and east sides, distant buit ten and twelve miles re8pectively from stations, with a (lown grade haul to either system. It is only. ten iiiilçs to Park City on the Nortiiern Pacifie and. twelve miles; to Eesper on the Billings and Northern Railway, (G. N. Sys- tem) in addition thereto there are bright prospects of the cari y building of another railroad. There is located at ]3ilings, Monta.na, the second largest beet sugar factory li the world. Yolliuw- c tn ounty raýsps the best sugar beets ini the world, altho Yellowstone Valey le'ads ail -N(ut4aaini quality and production of sugar beets. 4 P