The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-08
President of Great Northern
Declares They Hold Key
note to Prosperity.
MAKE THE FARM
THE IDEAL PLACE
Addresses Grand Forks Commercial
Club of Which 1o and other ON.
cials We're Honor Gucsts-Contends
Back to Farm' \ 5ovcment ovcr,lone

President Carl Gray of the Great
Northern and his accompanying party
Of officials were the guests Of the
Grand Forks Commercial club last
night. The members crowded the
large rooms. an evidence of the hearty
welcome extended to the prominent
railroad men. An informal dinner
was given in their honor. How to ex-
pedite the better farming movement
and how to secure a better co-opera-
ton between the towns on the Great
Northern line We're the chief topics
discussed. ,s
The list Of ofiicials present at the
dinner included Carl r. Gray, presi-
dent. NJ. G. Byers. assistant to the
president; w. p kenney. vice presi-
dent; ]. NJ. Gruber, vice president;
George II. Emerson. general manager;
Il. Bud, chief engineer; H. F. Han1il-
ton, resident engineer: +. Bell, general
superintendent; G. E. Mclaughlin, di-
vision superintendent; James Robin
son, division freight agent; ]. H. Grif-
fin. division freight agent.
This is the first visiting trip of the
new president of the Great Northern
1t is in the nature of a "get-acquaint-
ed" junket. and many stops will be
made along the line. The party is on
its way to Washington to inspect the
RAVSVOVsVVV pOWcG pldNl plOJcCL OH luS
Chelan river. II built this plant would
furnish power for the electrification of
the western lines Of the Great North
ern. Not only the coast trains, but
all trains west of the Cascades would
be run by electricity. Engineers re-
gard the project as one of the great
engineering problems Of the country.
Goodman Welcomes Officials.
President Fred T.. Goodman of the
Grand Forks Commercial club well
coined the officials. In few brief
words he outlined the work being done
by the club: its cooperative nature
and its cosmopolitan make up. He
stated that the club had representa- :
tives on its list of membership from
every profession and vocation. He
not only ebesnuse4 4cf themselves, but
tbeeaAse sthey -svera, ,.tlse e~pepFssentatixes
Of James J.. Hill. The empire builder,
and to whom North Dakota owes
so much.
Murphy Shows Growth.
Mayor NJ. F. Murphy was called up
on to welcome the officials on behalf
of the city. He briefly sketched the
growth Of the city since the Great
Northern gave it life by coming here
thirty-four years ago. He declared
that the city owed its splendid growth
to the presence of the Great North
future. Mayor Murphy stated that
the Great Northern has few cities
along its lines as profitable as this
city. He said that the state would
grow in prosperity with the growth
of intensified and diversified farming.
Must Work Together.
The keynote of President Gray's
speech was cooperation. The cities
of the country and the common car
rier must work together. 1t is axiom
attic, he said. that where one fails. one
of the others is found looking for
the pawnbrokers.
President Gray expressed his hearty
appreciation of the cordial welcome
Of which he and his party were the
recipients. He felt deeply the many
kind words that had been said about
his great predecessor, James Hill, a
giant of giants in the constructive era
of the northwest.
Endorses Hills Plans.
Mr.. Hills plans and projects still
are the inspiration of the great sys-
tenn he built up. His plans for the
improvement of farming were gone in
to in detail by MIR. Gray. Mr.. Hill
would much rather increase the pro-
uuctlNlty OF tne northwestern farm
than conceive any new railroad enter
prise.
Keep the Boy on the Farm.
MIR. Gray declared that the hack to
the farm movement had been both
misunderstood and overworked The
real object of the so-called back to the
farm movement is not so much to get
the clerks and the bookkeepers to
leave the cities and go on farm as
to keep the boy already on the farm
there by making his environment more
pleasant.
The Great Northern has Just put in
experimental plots on 355 northwest
ern farms this year. A complete chem
ical laboratory is maintained at st.
Paul. Soil from all these farms is
brought to the big st. Paul laboratory
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