Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-09-30
TAFT HAS A
GREAT RECEPTION
Addresses Great Crowd at State Fair ]. J.
Hill Also a Guest Of the City.

Helena, Sept. 27.-The seventh
annual Montana State fair was op
ened here today with addresses by
President William Howard Taft ant
James ]. Hill.
The crowd broke all records ano
| was estimated at 700 persons.
From every part Of the state they
came and every train was packed
and jammed.
Two specials arrived from Butte
shortly after the Taft special and
they were loaded with west siders
Il was a perfect day. The sky was
cloudless and the sun shone bright
ly, but breeze blew constantly and
made it pleasure to be out of
doors. The exhibits were en1placed
early this morning and everything
was in shape when Mr.. Hill and his
party arrived at the grounds at
1890. The railroad magnate spent
an hour and a half looking over ex-
hibits, and he made a thorough ex-
animation Of the displays Of every
county, giving particular attention
to those of Cascade, Fergus, Deer
Lodge, Teton and Valley.
At noon he was entertained at 9
luncheon st the club and at 1:3O he
returned to the grounds. Major
Martin Maginnls introduced him tc
the audience Mr.. Hill was applaud
ed time and again and he had the
crowd with him from the start He
traced the course Of modern agfi
culture and Of what Il meant to the
people and pointed to France as the
banking nation Of the world, made
SO through its conservation of the
soil extensively worked.
After contrasting conditions nov
with those existing when the Great
Northern first pierced Montana, Mr.
Hill continued: Montana, in my
judgment, will be the greatest
grain-growing state that is, the
growth of small grains-of any i1
the union (applause), and from
what saw ] am not prepared tt
saw that Montana will not eventual
| ly be great corn state. But # you
are not great corn state you will
rank in the very foreground, anc
alfalfa will take the place Of corn
] IF you want to feed livestock ane
put your cattle and your hog
| in the very best prime condi
ton remember that with alfal
"a and barley you can make as goof
beef and as good pork as ever wa
offered anywhere. Montana ha
within her borders unoccupled agri
cultural land practically equal, O.
nearly so, to the entire state O
Iowa, or the state of illinois, ant
certainly they may be consideret
the richest states in the union, bu
neither the state Of Illinois nor tht
state Of Iowa can make as good al
Iexhibit on all counts as you hav'
shown today in the exposition build
ling over here. :
Mr.. Hill spoke for an hour and h
Twas cheered again and again whel
1he finished. 1T was time for the re
Iception committee to assemble a
the gate, and there was genera
lexodus the grandstand t
leatch q glimpse Of the president
ALSO ae peeial arrived
The preside and his party quick,
entered the gates the executive
bowing and smiling to the crowd a
he started through the roped coz
don of the main exhibition hall. z
few feet from the door Mr.. Hin wa
standing.
| Hello, Jim, called ont the presi
dent enthusiastically. stepping for
| ward and vigorously shaking hand
with the railroad builder, "hoW ar
you?"
.sI'll see you in Washington, va
his greeting to Senator Carter a
the two shook hands.
| What q nuisance you fellow
are.' . he srnilingly said 20 . numbe