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Mont-Laorier, Diocbsb or.— Erected 26 April, 4913 miles of main line of railway, 205 miles of

1913, by separation from the Diocese of Ottawa, double track main line, and 1594 miles of branches,

The first bishop, FranQois Xavier Bnmet, bom at etc.

St-Andr6 d'Argenteuil 27 November, 1868, ordained Education. — ^The State laws governing private and 1893, elected bishop of Mont-Laurier 6 August, parochial schools are as follows: No public money 1913, died in Montreal 7 January, 1922, and was shall be used in support of any school controlled buried in his cathedral at Mont-Laurier 11 January in whole or part by any sect. Such property as following. Rev. J. E. Limoges, cur6 of St. Jovite, may be used exclusively for educational purposes is administrateur iSede Vacante. The Catholic popu- may be exempt from taxation. Teaching certificates lation is 38,969; the secular priests number 53 and are issued only to citizens or declarants. Any regular priests 13. There are 42 parishes and 42 accredited high school may establish normal train- churches with resident priests, 10 missions with ing courses. In 1920 the 3619 public elementary churches, 3 monasteries for men and 7 for women, schools had 5305 teachers and 111,721 enrolled 1 convent for men and 7 for women, 1 seminary pupils. In the 178 public high schools there were with 13 seminarians and classical college attached 910 teachers and 14,517 pupils. The school expendi- with 140 pupils, 217 parochial schools, 1 nigh school, ture was $12,904,270. The average monthly salary 7 academies, 1 training school, 1 asylum. The paid to male teachers in 1917 was $104, and to Society of Saint Joseph exists among the clergy, female teachers $70. The College of Agriculture For the laity there are the following associations: and Mechanic Arts at Bozeman, the School of Mines Ladies of St. Anne, Union of St. Joseph, French- at Butte, the Normal School at Dillon, and the Canadian Artisans, Catholic Foresters, League of State University at Missoula (founded in 1895) the Sacred Heart. The Government contributes to constitute the University of Montana. In 1919 the the support of Catholic institutions. State university had 1134 students and 65 instruc-

tors* and an income from the State of $280,000,

Montalcino, Diocese of (Ilcinensis; cf. C. E., the sum of $60,000 being appropriated for new build-

X— 513b), in Italy, dependent directly on the Holy ings. According to the Russell Sage Foimdation

See. The present bishop is Rt. Rev. Alfredo del Report (1920) Montana stands first among all the

Tomba, consecrated 1909. The Catholic population States in percentage of school population attending

of the diocese is 39,150. There are 34 parishes, 74 school, in average number of days, attendance by

secular priests, 3 regular priests, 10 seminarians, and each child of school age, and in expenditure per

85 churches and chapels. pupil for purposes other than teachers' salaries.

iurA«i4-tti4>«% T^,^^««- ^- /\ji^^ « A 1 1 r* 1? KBUGioN.— According to the United States census

Montalto, Diocese of (Montis ALTii'cf. C. E ^f ^g^^ ^here were in the- State: Catholics 78,113;

^{^l^^l'^f^^ f.Ij^^;r^^Z:^n^^J'^^^ Methodist Episcopalians 13,872; Presbyterians 6792

T^ ?^.?hn^; ^T;i.& J^^ Episcopalian^ 4607; Baptists, North Convention,

?h!rP^~ i^ ^S^ j'iL^uL^^. \ rS; 4073; Lutherans 9129; Servian Orthodox 2700; Con-

^^.^ iJnlS^^' InH^7^Sn^W^;H nKa^la gTegitionalists 3841 ; Disciples of Christ 3719; Latter

priests, 18 semmanans, and 97 churches and chapels. Y>^^ g^j^^g 1460; all other denomination 9259.

Montana—The area of the State of Montana is For Catholic religious and educational statistics 146,997 square miles. The population in 1920 was ^® Helena, Diocese op, and Great Falls, Diocese 548,889, an increase of 46 per cent over that of ^*'v> t t tn^, u-^ i i 376,653 in 1910. Of this 31.3 per cent was urban; ^"^^^^^e'^^r^^'-J^JPyr^^J"^ ,^^^^^ 64.5 per cent was rural. There were 605,289 "native ^^ P^^^' jUvemle courts ertablished, and a tuber- whit^ (440,640 of native parentage, 101,910 of culosw sanatanum provided for. In 1913 a corn^^^ foreign parentage, 62,919 of mixed pa^ntage), and ?^^^'^^ ^^.^ ^f^^ ^^*° «ff^<^*' ^^liS 1917 an eight- 93,620 foreign boiii. The Indians nSmber. " 10,956. ^^}^ ^^^ ^"^^ J^'" women was passed. In that year the Chinese 872, and the Japanese 1074. The per^ rlTTJ".^^^ required to pay a license fee. centaee of illiteracy was 2^ for the whole State. Changes were made in the mode of elections in The largest cities are Butte 41,611; Great Falls JfeK-KV*'°\^*'^^ i**'^^^^^ minme laws. The ^,12ir^illings 15,100; Helena 12,037; Mi^oula ^ft^dtr^a^ sX^^^^

Economic Condition 8.-There are 57,677 farms asTORY.-As a result of the electi^ in 1916 th^

in the State, with an acreage of 35,070,666. In ^ist^iction came to Montana of being the first

1919 Montana raised 7,799,^7 bushels of wheat ^^^^ -d^^^-^^^^^^^^^ TJ^^^^^^

[anizer and agitator for the Industrial ' the World, came to the State to organize

number of farms irrigated was 10,807, or 18.7 per V^^l^t '"^ ^^® "^""^t '^H ^^^t^ authorities were

c^, the capital invested being $52,143,363. \ ^^ *^ prosecute him when he was lynched at

Sod'ucti!rof"w?oVrV^^^^ ioin^ thr41^" DivSr at Frem^^^^^^^^

sj:;r<sSrini iron' tife fe se '^iHoirat - vir LeS! w'Xnitor ^t rmSir^f

were 1290 esteblishments, as agiinst 939 in 1914. ** ^?/?P ^"^^^ T?^^^^^^^*''' ^^^ summary of

'Tu^ ^,,^u^^t !™!r«- ™ ..!S -T wv^ ooo ^iw. casualties among the Montana members of the

J IfoiT^^L^ ^tr^T^T^^^^^ r^ f'^rli^^^ expeditionary force was as follows: deceased, 13

t?2i*2L Sft^*'?'K •1?7.476,277; vaue of oroducte ^£ 921 men; prisoners, 2 officers, 37 men;

$1^,664,518 The pnncipalproducts were flour and mounded, 43 officere, 2426 meA. gristmill products, and lumber and timber products;

important industries are car and general repair shop Montanbon, Diocese of (Montis Albani; cf.

construction, and meat packing. The bonded debt C. E., X^24c), Tam-et-Garonne (France) is suf-

of the State in 1921 was $2352,588; the assessed fragan of Toulouse, comprises a Catholic population

valuation of real property $1,271,722,246; of per- of 160,0(X) French and a few hundred Spaniards,

sonal property $396,301,869. There were in 1918 The bishop, Rt. Rev. Pierre Marty, b. 31 October,