The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
DINING GAR SERVICE MAY Ac-
ouiRE VALLEY LAND.
TO RAISE SUPPLIES
lest Products Come From Billings.
d viii Establish Farm for Raising
Poultry, Garden Truck, Etc, for
N. 7. Dining Car Service.

It is highly probable that the dining
car service Of the Northern Pacific
railway system will acquire a 40 acre
tract Of land. near Billings for the
raising Of pototoes, vegetables of all
kinds, and that they will go into the
poultry business for consumption on
the dining cars Of that road. The &C.
curing Of such a tract has been rec.
commended to the company, by H. ].
Titus, superintendent Of the service
and Il the company in the
recommendation, q suitable site will
De sought Immediately and put in
shape at once for producing the nee
essary supplies for the company
The company Uses an immense
amount Of potatoes, vegetables, eggs
and poultry and these supplies are all
bought at market prices. Wednesday
Mr.. Titus was in the city and while
here went to the chamber Of com
merce where he looked over the gar
den exhibits and had a long inter.
view with Jean r. Decker, the secre-
tary Of the chamber.
conversation brought up the matter
Of supplies and showed to Mr.. Titus
the samples Of the vegetables raised
in the vicinity Of Billings and told
him Of the fine Opportunities for pro.
ducing poultry and eggs and also Of
the excellent quality Of the Yellow
stone valley honey.
Nj. Titus became interested and
stated to Mi. Decker that If supplies
could be bought in Billings he would
see that Billings received its share Of
the business and that every article
that could be secured here would be
purchased. He further went into the
proposition, and stated that he had
been entertaining q plan Of establish
ing q farm where all of these products
could be raised and produced. He
said that he would make recon-
mendations to the company and that
lie the company thought f~avorably Of
the plan that he would at once buy
the and establish hothouses, a
large garden and poultry yards. Sew
eral hundred tons Of potatoes are con.
5sumed each year in the dining car
service, and vegetables are purchased
by the hundreds of pounds. Eggs and
poultry = also used in great quaint
ties and the plan OF Mr.. Titus is to
have an immense garden and poultry
yard owned by the company, where It
would be possible for the company to
always have a fresh supply and could
upon it. Then, too, from a
financial standpoint these supplies
could be produced much cheaper than
at the price the company is at pres
ent paying for them.
The establishment Of such an insti-
tuition would mean q big boost for
Billings and the Yellowstone valley
and It would be a great advertisement
for this section OF Montana.
MI. Titus took one Of the big po-
tatoes from the local exhibit and
placed it in the observation car of
No. 1, going east, with a sign on
it which read, Raised in the yellow.
Valley, near Billings, Montana"
MI. Titus instructed his local rep.
re%sentative to get prices on large
quantities Of honey, spring chickens,
eggs and potatoes, and Billings win
get q big share Of the dining car trade.
II Is more than probable that the com.
pany will take up the farm PROPOSE
tion.