Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-06
HOPES TO RIDE
TO BISMARCK ON
MILWAUKEE Line
HARRY HUNTER OF MiLWAU.
kEE SYSTEM VISITS INDUS
TRIAL SHOW.
E over OUTLOOK
Mr.. HUNTER HAS Been WATCH.
ING DEVELOPMENT OF
WESTERN COUNTRY.

ING DEVELOPMENT OF
WESTERN COUNTRY.
Notes Development From Cow Coun.
try Twenty-Five Years Ago to Pros
porous Agricultural Community Of
the Present-Hopes to See Milwau-
kee Road Come to Bismarck.
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Hunter Represents Milwaukee.
Mr.. H. F. Hunter, special repre-
sentative of the Chicago Milwaukee
& Puget Sound Railway, spent all
of Wednesday and a portion of Thurs
day in the city. Mr.. Hunter is GER
tainly not a stranger IA a strange
land when he visits western North
Dakota. He was a mennber of the
territorial legislature In the murky
days when this section of the west
was known as the Cow country" and
he has watched its growth with in
terest in the past thirty years. 81
am positively astonished 1T this won
derful exposition" said Mr.. Hunter.
81 knew that I was going to see some.
thing mighty fine in the way of ex-
hibits as had met several prominent
men of the Northwest who were here
on Hill day last week, and they were
most enthusiastic boosters for the
exposition. but l was not even then
for what found in this ex-
position building. I tell you, we old
timers who knew North Dakota be-
fore statehood, can hardly believe
our eyes when we behold the prod.
ucts of the soil Of this western Sec
tion which was believed to be any,
thing but a farming country only a
few years ago. You have gathered
a display of agricultural products
which would do credit to the oldest
agricultural state in the Union, and
l cannot say too much for. the un-
firing work of Commissioner Gil
breath, who is the one big force be-
hind this exposition. He has, done
wonders for North Dakota and for
the northwest North Dakota may
we'll feel proud of Commissioner Gil
breath.
"And, Mr.. Reporter, you may say
for me that as an old timer. and
while l have always had implicit
faith in North Dakota and especially
the western section of the state,
am dumbfounded at the progress Of
the past few years; Bismarck has
made most wonderful progress and
it is hard to realize that this splen-
did city, with it's big concrete hotels,
its splendid wholesale houses, it's big
business section. and its countless
beautiful homes, is the little old
town that we located the capital in
nearly twenty-five years ago. I called
On many of the pioneers in Bismarck
Today, and it did me good to note
:he satisfaction of my old time
friends in the realization of their
'aith and hope in North Dakota
have been royalty entertained and l
am coming back again. And mark
you, next time I come to Bismarck
earnestly hope that may come
nto your city over the Milwaukee
railroad"
president Earling of the Milwau-
zee has pushed his line across the
continent without municipal, state or
FEDERAL aid; If he decides to come to
Bismarck he will come without max
ng much fuss about it."
Harry Hunter" as he is familiarly
Known by the old timers, was surely
me of the most enthusiastic persons
Who have yet attended the North Da-
lota exposition, and he went away
rom Bismarck firmer believer than
,ver in the Flickertail state
SON IN HOSPITAL.
/. L. Scroggings of Braddock was in
he city yesterday making arrange
nents to leave his son Harry, in one
# the hospitals here. Mr.. Scrog-
ings returned to Braddock today