The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-19
WITH THE MAGNATE


cording to schedule this morning and
made brief stop for the purpose Of
icing up the tenderloin steaks and the
yellow label" A reporter is never
supposed to sleep, and by an exhibi-
ton OF craft succeeded in getting into
the railroad magnate's private car
and found him, in company with his
Paris friend enjoying a fragrant Ha.
vana, which his steward told in conf
dence were obtained from select
stock in the West Indies during his re-
cent yachting tour, at a cut price of
$40 per hundred. The cigars had a
fine flavor, but were too rich for re-
porter working on an average salary
of $50 per. However, there were some
other accessories and side dishes
which one could comfortably indulge
in though not to the manor born. Our
French vocabulary being somewhat
limited, what was cleaned from the
interview with the Partisan is not for
publication, but the genial president
simply gave up everything he had on
his mind and when all was properly
transcribed, cautioned this young man
to quote him properly, and he would
be rewarded with an annual over the
kalispell & Crows Nest Pass railroad.
At Seattle everything was performed
as demanded of him by the chamber
Of commerce, the Seattle Times and
any body else who wanted his road to
spend the bulk of the annual earnings
in raising Seattle SO far out Of Taco
mas class, that even with the
INSCRIPTIONS assistance Of the
Northern Pacific, Tacoma could
never more pose as a rival, scarcely
as a flag station along with Seattle.
A million dollar depot, through
freight rate Of two bits a hundred,
and homeseeker tickets which were
not good to stop anywhere except
Seattle were guaranteed. Just as
soon as the spring fashions have been
displayed the president agreed to
build himself palace and a home in
Seattle, and no matter where he might
hereafter travel, New York, Paris, or
Berlin, London or Calcutta, he would
always register from Seattle" first in
first out.
While Seattle matters were more OF
less interesting time was flying and
not wishing to go any further than
Shelby Junction, the president was
deity switched off from the main drift
of what he proposed to do for Libby
bustling stopping places which, under
the mighty wand of his genius might
expect some day to rank with Kalis
pell
This was the town right after the
presidents own heart. A second
Minneapolis with Its water power (at
Big Fork, lakes and rivers, and he
was sorry that he could not use ons
of his new Oriental steamships to pl,
up and down the Flathead river ant
lake, but if things kept on prospecting
his steam yacht Wacouta might SONS
day be transported to the beautiful
Flathead, where he was very likely t.
build him a summer resort where he
, could come in the summer and dis
) port beneath the green trees and upo:
the leaves of grass loaf and invite
, his soul a la Walt Whitman.
r Build the road north from Kalis
) pell? we'll smile with us. The i'm
3 portance of that project made him GU
> his stop in Seattle to four hours ant
3 pass up Spokane that he might ge
back to the home Office and arrang,
for floating few bonds to catch tn.
+ route, determined by Kalispell, before
e it was gobbled up by the c. P. R. Tim,
4 was flying right along with the presi
: dents train at the rate of 60 minutes
per hour, when a division point wa
}. reached and a light engine on tn
t siding with full head of steam, wa
I champing at the bits, anxious to ge
o the reporter aboard and return him t.
}. the metropolis of the garden spot o
n the world. Just as we were tearing
s away from the railroad nabobs, th
landlady raped on the door with tn
simple and unwelcome announcement
= that it was 7:40 and time to get u
: and grind.
: President Hills special went throug
: at an early hour this morning, ira
L cling east on a 6O-mile schedule.
Lots in Fisher addition. O'Mear.