The sun., 1912-06-12
l.J. HILL, OFF TO FISH,
DENIES SOME RUM0RS
Refuses to Sanction story That
son Will Head Great
Northern Board.
NOT TO INVADE CANADA
yeiihcr Has Hc Sold Out to !,
r. Morgan-Other Railroad
Officials Here.

James Hill. who arrived in New York
yesterday on his way - the salmon fishing
waters of the St John River. where he ia
c.,gc for a vacation. would not give
Nill sanction 10 the announ cement
'n., came from 81. Paul several days
ago hat h" had resigned from the
,AlIrman~hip Of the board Of the Great
N-',"rn IN favor of his son. Louis W.
I,.' aud that an executive committee
as- - take the place of the chairman
>.i~. with probably himself at its head.
VIZ Hi Yesterday said that any changes
% no road at any time would I've an
'a,rrcd IN due and proper form. But he
..I Q lpt 10 say about salmon fishing
4 not railroad board chairmanships.
"" got the latest news on salmon. .
b. ,tICkled AS he reached over his desk
nr q t"lcgram Here il is" and he read
s-om tho despatch from st. John. n.
u this Waters high. Rains frequent
80 -Ilmon vet
l'"n'rts that have frequently come out
,, The Northwest that the Great Northern
re- blaming a big invasion of Canada
N'u lew lines. especially one west from
Nln'Iteg to the coast. and other reports
f plan for a southern extension along
n" Pa,l'ir coast through Medford. Ore.
= san Francisco, were put up to Mr.,
Hill HIS eyes twinkled.
You might as we'll say that we're
;lanning - build pontoon bridge from
~, Francisco to Honolulu" he laughed.
llo said that Il railroad had to build
v.p'a there was business and declared
'rIf the wheat region Of western Canada
wt- ,i.iv ~ large as two or three Of the
moderate sized Western States. Montana
l,I South Dakota
Nr. Hlll was not greatly enthusiastic
about the business outlook. He looks for
.o hl- bursting era of prosperity yet
While
The crop outlook is better than for
WOO thre. years. he said The volume
hH~iuess is fair
When asked if this would not lead
shortly INTO a lime of pronounced business
.-'-U"rity Mr.. Hill replied that the coun-
re now was only doing its routine busl-
'..- work
'No'i've got 70 wait for big business
.H,rovcr1ent. until the man who pays the
-, : j. ready to start advancing he said
H., man who pays the bills is anv one
whu has more than his hands and the
,afAa~ on his back
r." shortage of labor in the Northwest
.sapuarent. said Mr. Hill and he accounts
tor y partly because much of the emi-
-rt'lon from Europe is going TO South
,m"rica The lumber business in the
Northwest, he considered, il better than
'i.g
Asked of the report ;,iat h" had sold his
trr"at Northern holdings 10 J T. Morgan
tto.. he reph"d Il have not sold share
"a for politics, h" said. Il know nothing
bout them, and shook his head du-
niously
Howard Elliott. president Of the North
~ Pacific. in New York on one of his
iSi'S from the Northwest. said V sterda g
hat the general outlook in that Ctior
growing better daily. He estimate ed
hat the Northern Pacitic's gross earnings
'.r the year will be about sG2 500, 900. as
AGAINST sfi.al2 900 last year. and that
,-s"r maintenance charges would reduc.
'aa not
President William A. Gardner Of the
Northwestern lines held a very opti-
'glsiic view Of the crop outlook there
w." said there was no doubt that the North.
"eS'"rn would earn its dividend require
rents for the year ending this June 80.