St. Paul Daily Globe

Hail to Montana.

San Francisco Post.

Montana is pregnant with possibilities excelled by none of the new states. She stands at the head of the precious metal producing states. Her output last year exceeded $32,000,000, as against $26,000,000 for Colorado, $12,000,000 for California and $12,000,000 for Nevada. Despite the enormous output, the new great commonwealth of the North has scarcely been prospected. It is rich in coal and the baser metals, and as bountiful as precious. It has immense agricultural possibilities, the soil being fertile and water abundant. Her mountains and valleys are covered with dense forests, and her natural water power is beyond computation in actual value. In agricultural and manufacturing industries Montana rivals Pennsylvania in her possibilities and has her gold, silver, copper and lead besides. The climate is better than that of the Keystone state the year round, though some cold waves are encountered occasionally in the winter months. It is safe to predict that Montana will grow in population and develop in manufacturing more rapidly than any other of the four new states. She has great natural advantages and a pushing, forceful people who have framed for themselves and adopted a most enlightened constitution, upon which they will build wise and progressive laws. Hail to Montana.