The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-20
LOUIS HILL HAS
WARMING NOTE
URGES PEOPLE TO LAY IN COAL
SUPPLY. ]. HILL AND LOUIS
AT GRAND FORKS.

Grand Forks, N, d., Oct 20.--Chair-
man James ]. Hill and Pres. Louis
Hill Of the Great Northern passed
through Grand Forks last evening en-
route to Superior, wis. The special
train consisting of two cars and a
splendid engine provided with head
light of brilliancy seldom seen in this
section, arrived in Grand Forks about
1925 o'clock and remained here for
some fifteen minutes.
This was long enough for both OF
the railroad magnates to make a tour
of the depot and meet a number OF
the employees. Chairman Hill made a
rather thorough inspection of the
depot, and If he acts on what he saw
Grand Forks may be assured of q
new depot next spring at the very
latest. Louis Hill, arrayed in a check
suit of decided pattern, was a rather
striking figure and followed in the
wake of his illustrious parent. James
y. Hill may be getting along In years,
but that he is far from infirm was
evidenced last evening by the way he
covered the ground in and about the
depot, meeting many of the employees
and exchanging word of good cheer.
Yes, of course, we are confronted
by newspaper men everywhere, but
then you boys have to make a living"
was the way he greeted a newspaper
man.
Looking Over Flowing.
II am just making this trip over
the valley and northern Minnesota to
look over the road and see how the
farmers in the valley are getting along
with their blowing. They have done
better this year, but there has not
been enough blowing done during the
fall, not early enough The farmers
will find themselves up against it next
spring just the same as in past years.
But they are learning and l notice a
big Improvement in farming methods
in the valley every year"
President Louis Hill lost no time
in calling attention to matter of
vital interest to the people of North
Dakota. Whether or not the cold
weather of the past few days and par
ticularly of last evening impressed the
need of coal on Mr.. Hills mind is hard
to say, but calling attention to the
fuel situation he said in a decisive
way.
Buy Coal or Freeze.
THE people of the northwest and
particularly North Dakota have laid
in a smaller supply of fuel this year
than in the last few years, and unless
they change their tactics some one is
going to freeze. 1t is a physical i'm
possibility for a railroad to get coal
into this country fast enough during
severe winter and there is every in
dication that the present winter will
be one of that kind There have been
a few open winters during the past
few years and the people have be-
come careless. They have refused to
heed the warning and there is bound
to be suffering If severe winter sets
in. realize that the people have not
as much money probably as they
would have had the year been a more
prosperous one, but the fact never
theless remains that even those who
have ready money are putting off buy
ing their coal. When the pinch comes
these people get the coal and the man
who is forced to buy in small quanti-
ties is left without. We have killed
employees in past severe winters in an
effort to supply this section with coal
and don't propose to do it this year.
1t will be case of either get your
coal In or freeze"