William Taft actually said...
it is believed that the following described land, to wit: Lot three of section two, in township twenty-two north, of range twenty-four west, of the Montana Meridian, in the State of Montana, is a natural and prospective center of population
Context
Proclamation 1182—Reserving as a Townsite Certain Lands in the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana
02/14/1912