Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1916-01-20
c. n. OFFICIALS
VISIT THE CITY
VICE PRESIDENT W. p. KENNEY
SAYS BUSINESS is BOOMING
WITH THE RAILROAD.
OPTIMISTIC AS TO THE FUTURE

"Our business is booming" said Vice
President w. P. Kenney OF the Great
Northern railway last evening, when
asked by Democrat-News representa-
tive relative to conditions in railroad
circles at this time. "The lumber
business has opened up splendidly,
general business is increasing Our
grain traffic is double that OF any for
! mer year and we are bringing many
! settlers to Montana, with the outlook
bright for very large increase in i'm
migration to this state the coming
| spring and summer" Thus, briefly,
I, did Mr. Kennedy summarize some of
the leading developments of the pres
ent time. He said that conditions
were found especially prosperous in
Montana.
] Nothing to Say.
When asked regarding the rumors
of the Great Northern building its line
| eastward from Lewistown on the New
Rockford extention, Mr. Kennedy said
that he had nothing to say. Any such
announcement, when it does come,
will be made by President Hill. How
ever, the railroad business is boom
| ing, the road is naturally looking
around for new extension work to in
vest its money in paying propositions.
Praise for Hilger.
Mr.. Kennedy spoke in terms of high
est praise Of the work done by Chair
man David Hilger of the Montana Pan
anna Pacific exposition, and of Secre-
| 10 yJo1 Ihotr OF Eron ncic No
other two men, in his opinion, could
have eQualed what these men did, on
such a small appropriation. Montana S
display and general exhibit attracted
more attention than any other state.
Money Abundant.
| Vice President e. O. Rice of the
| First National bank. one OF the big in
stitutions of the west, expressed him
self as we'll pleased with business con
ditions, his only complaint being "too
much money" There is an abundance
of money on hand in the banks, and
legitimate demands for loans do not
equal the supply.
Mr.. Rice did not overlook an oppor
tunity to do some boosting for the win
ter carnival at ST. Paul on January
q to February inclusive. l.. w. Hill
| is chairman Of this affair, and a big
program of indoor sports has been
arranged. AT least two Lewistown
parties are planning on attending.
The party which visited in Lewis
town yesterday consisted of the fol
lowing: w. p Kenney, vice president
of the Great Northern railway E. c
Leedy general immigration agent;
James Robinson. division freight
agent at st. Paul; P. L. Howe. an Of
ficer of the Imperial Elevator com
pany and director in the Great
Northern company; f. o. Rice. vice
president of the First National bank
of ST. Paul, and also a Great North
ern director. and Spaulding Howe. ar
rived in Lewistown in Mr.. Kenney's
private car "a L. yesterday after
noon, coming here from Billings. Vice
President kenney is making an Of
ficial tour of inspection and in com
pany with the members of the party
named. is looking over general condi
tions over the entire. Great Northern
system.
These officials spent the afternoon
strOllipg through business and resi-
dental sections of Lewistown, and in
the evening were guests of honor at a
very informal smoker at the Judith
club.
The party will leave this morning al
9:15 for Great Falls, and will later
visit Eureka, in northwestern Mon
tana, where one of the gentlemen is
interested in large lumber company
The party will then return to the
east.
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