Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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Montana boast the greatest single producer of beet sugar in the Cnitcd States.

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MONTANA THE STATE By DEAN E. B. NORRIS The history of the development of a new state naturally starts with the exploitation of the three obvious natural resources,— the soil, the mineral deposits, and the timber. Civilization in Montana started with placer mining as its chief means of productivity. Following this came the more permanent lode-mining and, almost concurrently, the development of agriculture and lumbering. It is but natural that many people should continue to think of the three activities,—mining, agriculture and lumbering, as the only types of productive effort in the State. The extent of the industrial development in Montana in the past few years is little appreciated, while the possibilities for future development are even less understood. Still less, perhaps, is there proper appreciation of the importance of industry to the development and economic stability oil Gusher of the State. At the present time nearly one-fourth of the people of Montana are dependent upon manufacturing industries and the value of our industrial products is at least equal to that of our agricultural products. We rank 39th among the states in population and we occupy the same numerical rank in the value of our man- ''The Richest Hil! On Earth” Electricity production averages S2,000,000 kilowatt hours per month.