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 FINANCE — PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY 569

Of the total population in 1910, 91, 64 4 were foreign born. Of these 10,627 were Canadian English, 9.469 Irish. 8,980 English, and 8,669 German. There is an Indian reservation of (1919) 5,536 square miles, with a popr of 12,188. The largest cities in the State are Bntte, with a popular I 41,611 in 1920; Missoula, 12,668 ; Great FalK 24.121 : Helen 12,037 ; Billings, 15,100 ; Anaconda, 11,668. Of the total population in 1910, 35*5 per cent, was urban.

The religious bodies are Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal. Lutheran, and Congregational. Chrisl

In 1920thf- 3. 61 9 puhlic elementary schools had 5.305 teachers, an 1 111.721 enrolled pupils. In the 178 public high schools there were 910 teachers and 14,517 pupils. Amount expended for school purposes. 1920, 12,904,270 dollars. The normal school had 44 teachers and 460 students in .1919 20. The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, at Bozeman, the School of Mines at ^utte. the Normal School at Dillon, and the State University at Missoula, founded in 1895, constitute the University of Montana. In 1919, the State University had 1,134 students and 65 instructors

On January 1, 1910, the number of paupers in almshouses was 415, being 110 - 4 per 100,000 of the population, and of prisoners in penal institutions, 963, being 256*1 per 100,000 of the population.

Finance- — The total receipts and disbursements for the year ending November 30, 1920, were :—

Dollar*

Balance on December 1, 1919 2,935,884

Receipts, 1919-20 8,888,649

Total 11,824,533

Disbursements, 1919-20 9,406,057

Balance, November 30, 1920 2,418,476

The bonded debt of the State on February 28, 1921, was 2,852,588 dollars. The assessed valuation of real property was 1,271,722,246 dollars, and of personal property in 1920 was 396,301,860 dollars.

Production and Industry- — Montana has considerable undeveloped agricultural and mineral resources, and opportunity is offered to pro- spective settlers of acquiring land and becoming permanent resident*. in 1910 there were 26.214 farms with an area of 13.545,603 acres, of which 3,640,309 acres was improved land. The total value of all farm property in 1910 was 85,663,187 dollars. Large irrigation projects are being constructed by the United States Government, and many private enterprises are being successfully carried out. The total forest area in 1917 was 16,027,463 acres.

The chief crop is wheat, amounting in 1920 to 19,850,000 bushels, and worth 25,408,000 dollars ; oats, 16,800,000 bushels, value 8,568,000 dollara ; barley, 1,540,000 bushels, value 1,001,000 dollars; flax seed, 1,353,000 bushels, value 2,368,000 dollars : potatoes, 5,060,000 bushels, value 5,313.000 dollars ; hay, 1,516,000 tons, value 18,162,000 dollars. Fruit i* now very widely cultivated in the State; there were over 2, 000,000 fruit-bearing