The Glasgow courier., 1915-09-03
GLASGOW HOST
TO BANKERS
Special Trainl0ad of Financial
Men Here Tuesday
GIVEN AUTOMOBILE RIDE

GIVEN AUTOMOBILE RIDE
Commercial Club Members Take Wis
itors on Trip Through the North
Bench Farming Country.
Glasgow was host to a train load
of New York Bankers Tuesday morn
ing which passed through the city,
enroute to the National Convention in
Seattle. .t-~.
Arrangements had been made by
the Commercial Club to take the par
ty for an hours ride through the ex-
cellent farming country adjoining the
city and at eight o'clock over sixty
automobiles were in line on Front
Street, awaiting the arrival of the
train.
At $3.50 the train pulled into the
yards and the visitors were welcomed
by a large number of local business
men. The bankers and their wives
were then placed in automobiles and
driven about the city and up on the
north bench, the various points of in
terest being pointed out to them. Sew
eral threshing outfits were in oper-
alton and the fasteners had an op-
portunity to see what this part of
Montana, was doing agriculturally.
The visitors were greatly impressed
with the country seen on the short
trip and at the progressiveness of the
City of Glasgow and it's people. Many
expressed themselves as being as
tonished at finding so modern and
thriving a city in one of the newest,
yet fastest growing sections of the
country.
Mr.. Cyrus Brown, Vice President
of the First National Bank of st.
Paul summed up the opinions of the
visitors when he said:
"Our friends from the East are sur
prised at the progress made in this
country. I hate to be one to mention
it, but the fact of the matter is. even
New York bankers are a lite pro-
vincial. They would have hotly re.
sented being told that they knew no.
thing about the great west. Yet this
is almost fact. They krew so little
about tc' country and had a general
idea that it was a semi-desert has in
part made them rather conservative
about loans for any section very far
west of the Twin Cities. These men
when they 60 home will he ready
to help develop this wonderful coun-
try. Here they have witnessed with
their own eyes land that is producing
bumper crops.
II am willing to admit that 1 have
been somewhat surprised myself at
what the farmers are, doing in this
splendid section of one of the richest
states in the Union"
Mr.. L. w. Hill, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Great Nor.
thern was in the party and was one
of the most interested in noting the
rapid development of this part of the
country.
Following is the personnel of the
party: 90:
Hon. R. N. Chamberlain and Mrs
Chamberlain, A. Spencer, Jr., Pres
Hartford National Bank, Hartford
Conn. and Mrs. Spencer, Robert G
Peace, Credit Manager Franklin Trust
Co., New York City, B. E. Smytb
Vice President, New York State Bank
ers Assn. and Cashier Gramatan Ma.
tional Bank, Bonneville, N. Y. ant
Mrs. Smyth; w. E. Purdy, Asst. Cash
ier, Chase National Bank, New Yorl
City, Mrs: Purdy and Miss Mildred
Purdy; John T.. Dismukes, President
First National Bank, St. Augustine
Fla. and Mrs. Dismukes; Ralph w
Cutler, Hartford Trust Co. Hartford
Conn.,, and Mrs. Cutler; P. E. Farms
worth, Secretary American Banker!
Assn. New York City; T. R. Wilson
Secy. to Gen. Secy. A. B. A., New
York City, Henry S. Marks, Vice Pre-
sident Traders National Bank, Ro
chester, N. Y. and Mrs. Marks; H
A. Smith and Mrs. Smith; w. R
VandeRogart, Representative New
York Central Lines, New York City
E. L. Robinson, Eutaw Savings Bank
Baltimore, Mr., Mrs. Robinson an,
Miss Martha Robinson; VIM. Bungel
Of Weehawken, N. j. and Mrs. Bung
er; H. R. Williams, Vice Presiden