EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
United Financial Corp.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statement on Form S-8 of United Financial Corp. of our report dated February 17,
2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of United Financial Corp. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999,
which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of
United Financial Corp.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Billings, Montana
January 3, 2001
