The Shift Is West

The Montana Junior Chamber Of Commerce

Publication: Reporter Printing & Supply Co, nd (circa 1948), Billings

10-3/4" x 8-1/4" pictorial wrapper. The colorful front wrapper is a picture of a football player and the outline of Montana. 36pp. to include wrappers. Black and white photographs include a cement plant at Trident, harvesting huge crops of wheat, top grade sheep in the Great Falls area, Kerr Dam, a pole peeling plant, oil wells, et. al. There are two full page maps. The first map is entitled "Areal Distribution of Montana Mineral Resources" which "graphically describes the wealth and wide distribution of natural resources throughout Montana." The second map shows "four transcontinental railways and a fine network of first class state and federal highways. It clearly illustrates the proximity of any city or town to adequate transportation facilities." Much information to include Montana's resources such as minerals that include copper, lead, zinc, manganese, coal, petroleum, hydro-electric power, agriculture, the 24,000,000 acres of forests, meat packing plants and transportation. Activities include skiing, fishing, hunting, dude ranches, et. al. Date marked in ink on front wrapper else a very nice informative copy.

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