Excerpt from The Resources and Opportunities of Montana It is the primary purpose of this publication to f the State of Montana for the use and information of towards this commonwealth as place of residence or as a field for safe and profitable investment. Infinite care has been taken to present in these pages only the unvarnished truth, facts and figures that cannot be success fully disputed. The truth is good enough about Montana; the greatest service that can be rendered this State in the work of advertising its marvelous resources and attractions is to put the facts in plain and truthful words. This we have endeavored to do in these pages. Rather than publish a mass of glittering generalities encompassed in superlatives we have sought to tell the story of a small part of Montana's richness and greatness in direct and simple language. With this end in View there is presented herewith Special articles, prepared especially for publication in this volume, by men of commanding influence in Montana's affairs and men who, by reason of their ability, integrity and experience, are splendidly fitted to Speak for Montana. The legislature of 1909 increased the duties of the Commissioner of he Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry, by providing for a publicity department and authorizing the commissioner to collect, publish and distribute such reports upon the resources and progress of this State as in his judgment were expedient and practicable. Four years later, in 1913, the legislature, appreciating the success of the publicity campaign which had been inaugurated, created a new department of the state government, to be known as the Department of Agriculture and Publicity, and vested this department with the duties of furnishing authoritative information concerning; this State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.