The Minneapolis journal., 1905-08-24

John Washburns and F, W. Commons
Of the Minneapolis Chamber, and A. I.
Valentine of The Armour interests of
. Chicago, who left the special crop in
spection train at Larimore, N. D., ar
rived in Minneapolis this morning. W.
S. Warren, former president Of the Chi
cago Board of Trade, was on 'change
here to meet them. All the men take
highly favorable view Of the wheat
crop.
The twenty-one men who went on the
Washburn Crosby special were the most
representative Of heavy commercial in
terests ever taken out. Railroad grain
trade, elevator, milling, lumber, fax,
linseed oil and banking interests, run
ming high into the millions of dollars
were represented. The personnel in
full is as follows:
T. B. Campbell, fourth vice president,
Great Northern Railway company; James
S. Bell, president Washburn- Crosby COM
pany; John Washburn, vice president
Washburn- Crosby company; p. L. Howe,
president, and A. M Sheldon, secretary,
of the Imperial Elevator company; H. c..
Cook, genXral superintendent st. Anthony
& Dakota Elevator company; p. B. Smith,
general manager, st. Anthony & Dakota
Elevator company; Charles Ballard, OF
Ballard & Ballard company, Louisville
KY: F. T.. Heffelfinger, of F. H. Peavey
& Co.: Thomas Roberts, Superintendent
lumber department st. Anthony & Da-
kota Elevator company; H. G. Clarke, ot
the Shevlin- Carpenter company; G. D
Rogers, secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, Minneapolis; J. A. McGean of the
| American Linseed Oil company, New
York; Charles T. Nolan, of the National
Lead company, New York; P. A. Valen-
fjpot of Arm oo11r Cpo in Thioo oorn.
George H. Heisng, president Heising Ele-
vator company; J. F. Bell, of the Wash
| burn Crosby company; F. G. Winston, o1
Winston Bros, railroad contractors; F. E
Holton, assistant cashier Northwestern
National bank, Minneapolis; T. Zook OF
E. Dunwoody & Co., Philadelphia, and F
w. Commons, of Commons & Co., Mime
apolis.
The party went up on the Great
| Northern. Today the train is coming
down thru the Red River valley.
Conditions generally were found
above expectations and a big crop Is
indicated, after allowing for poorer ter
ritory yet to be traversed. At the big
are in wheat, the party saw thirty-eight
harvesters in operation at one time, a
sight particularly interesting to Mr.
Ballard of Louisville and Mr.. Valentine
of Chicago. The wheat is, ripenine
fast, and cutting is general up to the
Canadian line. - a~.53,4 ~. III
| Mr.. Valentine was noncommittal as
to the size Of the crop, but said the
general promise exceeded the expecta
tions of many Of the party. Nothing
but prosperity is in sight, he says, fol
the northwest. The wheat is being
1 gathered in under favorable condi
| tions, and unless rain comes the work
will continue. u rs4 f. r. y.
John Washburn says: fsWith goot
weather and no excess of rain from now
on, there are 200,000,000 bushels wheat
Frost could do some damage but no1
much The harvest is at its height
The whole country looks prosperous
| We passed many freight trains carry
ing agricultural implements and a
every station harvesters and othor ma
chinery were being unloaded. There
. was a little rust here and there, bu1
nothing important. It is a splendit
crop and means prosperity and grea,
business activity for the northwest:''