The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-10-06
/. W. HILL ENTERTAINS
BOOSTER CLUB


pervision of that most notable and
royal host. L. w. Hill, president of
the Great Northern Railway, which
was announced to appear in this
state to pick up the Montana Boost.
ers, arrived as scheduled, and to
say that they were treated royalty
would be putting it exceedingly
mild, and it is quite probable that
some of the party will never recover
from the attacks of gout which re-
suited from the wining and dining
on the sumptuously prepared viands
which professional chefs provided,
delicacies which would bring forth
the admiration and approval of
kings, queens and epicurians.
Entertainers especially qualified
for just such occasions, assisted Mr..
Hill in making it pleasant for the
guests, who were shown all the
places of interest along the route
from the best vantage points, and
viewing the landscape thru our op-
timistic GLASSES" arid plains as
sumed the appearance of velvety
meadows and productive farms,
stump land arrayed itself into pop
ulous cities and great industrial
marts, burned forests seemed like
huge coal fields, bench land trans
formed itself into smiling alfalfa
fields and wealth producing grain
sections.
And when we stop to think, this
is not all a pipe dream" for Mr..
Hill's progressive ideas has caused
vast stretches of what was once con-
sidered desert waste, to blossom
in profusion and to make our Wis
ion a reality. Indeed it has been
often and truthfully stated that the
Hills, the worlds greatest transpor-
tation geniuses, have done more in
one year to develop Montana than
Uncle Sam could hope to do in a
score Of years with his cumbersome
and tangled skein of red tape.
But to return to the subject; the
first stop was Great Falls, where
they were met by a committee of
citizens and ushered into the new
and handsome Great Northern sta
ton. Mr.. Hill was introduced, ,and
made a brief but practical and in
teresting address, assuring the peo-
pie OF his loyalty to the treasure
state. The citizens then entertained
the guests by giving them an auto
mobile ride about their beautifully
electric lighted city, winding up at
the City Club, where an informal
reception was held. The members
of this club proved themselves ac-
complished hosts.
The next morning the special de-
parted for Helena to visit the state
fair, which was by far the best the
writer has seen. The up-to-date
farm machinery, the live stock,
poultry, vegetable, fruit and cereal
exhibits, great deal of which came
from the dry land and non-irriga-
ted districts, all showed a degree
of excellence, and was another proof
of Mr.. Hill's progressive ideas as
carried out by Prof. Shaw's scien-
tific theories on dry land farming.
Among the features which at
tracted thousands to the fair was
the automobile races, but the great
est drawing card of all was the
aeroplane flights of Prof. Mars, the
aviator, who was offered purse
of $1,000 to scale the pinnacle of
the Rockies. He rose to a height
of nearly 5000 feet, but strong
wind damaged his machine and he
| alighted near the summit.
The city of Helena extended to
the Boosters the freedom of the CAP
ital of the state. and was offered
everything that was not nailed
down.
At an early hour Sunday morn
ing, after a night spent in testing
the connoiseural and epicurial ca
l