The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-19
Declares the Great En-
ecIares tie Great En-
pre Builder.

sE PAIL MINI. Oct. 49,. James
y. Fill, OF st. Paul celebrated his
seventy second birthday anniversary
a few days ago and the newspapers
gave the dispatch sent cut from this
1 city a heading which read. James
IL Hill ~ years Ofd' The head
writer would have been much nearer
Icorreet had he written. James ]. Hill
f72 Years Young
II there Is another man IN the
/ United States who has passed the all
Elotted time OF three score years and
item. and, having done as much work
in his lifetime as James ]. Hill. ''em-
lpire builder OF the Northwest" still
retains as keen an intellect and can
yet do as much important -work In a
day, st. Paul would like to know who
he is
John D. Rockefeller doesn't begin
to do the work that Mr.. Hill does. Tine
OIL king has shifted much OF his burr
den to the shoulders OF others. He
dnds time to play golf and ride around
in an automobile. whoever heard of
James ]. He'll playing golf or any 9th
er game for that matter. AS for au-
Mr.. Fiji rides in them
Wnen 1t Is necessary DuG AG - 44AGS ms
friend, Col. Roosevelt he likes a good
horse and would rather be behind a
fire team than be hauled around in
the best automdbiIe that ever was
built. The Father OF the Northwest
however. owns several automobiles.
Mr.. FHiu's son, Louis w. Hill. on the
other hand is what might be called
an automobile fend" The machine
hasn't yet been built that can run too
fast for the younger Hill. 1t Is true
that as president of the Great North
ern railroad, Mr.. Louis w. Hill reliev-
ed his father Of much work. but in the
office of president of the board. James
". Hill finds enough to do to keep him
busy every day. His hand is still on
the helm and nothing escapes his no.
tice.
tEvidence of ar. Hilrs keenness Of
mind was amply given In the address
he delivered before the National Con-
servatton Congress last month in st.
Paul. some Oh the epfgrams contain
cd in that address VIII be quoted in,
years to come.
Then came Mr.. Hills blunt reply toi
the speech of Francis ]. Heney. Mr..
Hin. without mincing words, applied
to Mr.. Heney 1.-The shorter and uS-
Ter term when he denied that the
Great Northern railroad ever had re-
ceiyed q. cent of aid from the govern
ment Mr.. Hill has much to be proud
of In his great achievements but II
there is anything in his record thai
he is prouder of than that he built
his great railroad without help from
the government and that ne never,
drew salary as a railroad official, no.
body knows what it is. Consequently
when Mr. Honey in his attack on rail-
roads, land grants and such things,
before the conservation congress con-
uected James ]. HiIl's name with the
Northern Pacific railroad. which did
have government aid in the building
he made a mistake that was so seri-
Gus and touched Mr.. Hill, that he de-
parted from his usual custom of pay
ing no attention to such attacks, ana
came back with a reply to which. so.
far as any one in the railroad offices
in this city knows. Mr.. Heney has not
seen fit ia reply.
lMr. Hill has great faith in st. Paul.
TO him the Minnesota capital is the
real gateway to the Northwest"
which he has done so much to de-
veIop. His realty holdings in this city
are enormous. He loves its climate
and often has said the healthfulness
of st. PauTs air and water has done
as much as any other thing to sustain
FhIm in his work In winter he rides
to his office in an open carriage. MI
iHill says he never found a day in ST.
Paul too cold for him to gel around.
He never finds 1t necessary to go
lfSouth to spend a winter. There Is
Il,rQstaken idea about winter In st.
Paul. The air is dry and the cold has
not the penetrating effect Of danper
air in cities farther south. Conse-
!uuently when the thermometer regis
tors below zero in ST. Paul the people
in this city really do. not notice the
cold as much as do those in other
cities Here the temperature is the
same.
/ Mr.. Hills st. Paul home is on Sum
NIT aveEue. residence street equal
ing in beauty any In the world. From
the rear of his house Mr.. Hill has a
view OF the Mississippi river and the
beautiful bluns beyond that provides
picture no artist could truthfully
portray In his home are priceless
collections of art. 81 -.
! MIR. Hin frequently arrives at his
ofrlce at o'clock in the morning and
remains there until 8 In the evening.
Ills office is on the second noor of the
Great Northern building and II he
wants to obtain personal information
In some office on the afth or sixth
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