Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-01
Trip Around World Made. q
Without Delay, Despite
W y 8. Puff Huge I II.
vara, the Venerable Gen
eral Says Good Year will
Obtain III looking Aft
er Interests Of Grand
Foaaks. I /


time but despite the&tem-s
porarily restraining effects Of cold
waves and snow storms, OF wa and
sBolsheViki methods etc, the express
managed to pull into Grand Forks On
the strokes twelve. $500 i
The; express was reported slightly
late when 1t left. Constantinople. and
still later when Sit,i%passeds through
Russia yesterday. ssArrivinxysat Paris
= Very .shoryly thereafter atRs IN
III had caughtthp. From thenFon'
the express stuck t%enacfously to Its
schedule. arrivi9gf,in New York at il
o'clock Grand Forks time., Z 1
When the Nineteen HUNDRED Eigh.
teen World Express pulled into. this
city 1t was remarked thai bells and
factory whistles were almost silent.
Passengers m the express took no
tice of this and explained to their own
satisfaction that the. quiet: ofsthe city
must bessd1e to the influence 6fs'war!i
N fact s9me 81 s.hs. passengers who.
Asia Minor. said Hath Itha t IKE there e.s wasn't
much jubilation anywhere along the
S )
Asshrief stop was made at New York,
theSusual, universal center of hilarity
when the annual World Expresses ar.
RVS. Passengers who had time ito
take a view sof the city, said that
broadway looked sadly and pathetic-
ally ferlorn..sand when the special
reached Chicago, similar conditions
were prevailing there e Gss
Before the. departure Of the express
tookfadvantage .Qifsthe rare o%pportuni-
sty+ TO interview one 81 the most prom.
inert passengers. namely. Gen. Pros
perity. who said that he had not made
the trip. all the way through Europe
but had purchased his ticket on the
Atlantic coast OF the United. States.
He said he Intended to travel as far
west as circumstances would justify
and allow. S& ~
The general promcnaded up and
down the aisle OF the car de luxe OF
the. EXPRESS, smoking a very prosper
GUS looking cigar. He va willing to
say something about his8impression of
the country as we'll as of the reports
which he ha~dssreceiyed fronla<>Grand
Forks through his agents. regularly
stationed, as special representatives in
a number OF local stores ands5offices.
81 look for q. good year a1lssoter the
tpuffs." The fact thai we are; at war
lis o really deterrent as far as my
particular line Is concerned. find
conditions good everywhere. Bust
ness men have reported to me that
they have never been as we'll s1xed. as
they are now, And one-thing more.
These people make a lot of money.
spend much money. But the war has
given them d higher ~Nobjective than
they had before. Look at. the WAY in
which they buy Liberty Bonds sup
port the Red Cross, invest in all kinds
of patriotic Undertakings.
81 said, invest I didn't mean that,
For, really, they don't invest tnssthe
usual sense. They don't care whether
or not the placing of their capital in
patriotic enterprises ever bring them
q penny in returns. The meresfaet
that they are helping the country for
ward Is in itself a. source OF extreme
qualification to them. and %theynCblest
among them consider this pha4eNlof
the matter the supreme phase The
only reward they look for is the con-
sciousness that they in their " nar
rover or wider circles, ave cons
tributed Ito the progress Of h Scoun-
try. to the winning of the wa t the
safeguarding OF the future { !
~ General Prosperity. offered n in
terviewer one Of those giant, Havanas
with which his pockets bulged, AND
fraternally put his arm around the
| shoulder OF the interviewer
Now, my friend" thesgenerai said,
"The men just spoke about. are my
men. I don't give hang Tor the fell
lows who simply want to make money
out Of the abnoral conditions preVall
ing here. He is not in my class. ano
il any representatives OF his parNdu
lar .typeAare aboard this express. !
shall exert my utmost influence te
have. them elected before the express
IL The Intervene Il betrayed slisl.i
an lapesrs.General hs said. "doa;:l
! drop them heredin Grand Forks. 'st4
The general assured the worrtfc
press representative that he would de
nothing that might tnjure the oppor'
tunities and prospects OF this com com
All board!"5 That was the sigma
for the continued trip OF the Nineteen
Hundred Eighteen World Express
and General Prosperity reseateda him
self comfortably. pulling anotne
\ batch OF the. Insignia Of his high rank
1.-THE luxurious HaVanaas 49, sa .
His parting WordsssWer e:%sY YouassR1!
hear from me 5lAteEsssgGrands foriss II
not forgotten. and ~ will ~ goe0,t
care Of it. Happy New ! /.
The interviewer .~.thereupon beto0i
himself to q watchE night party.
Old time residents OF Grand Fork
said that last night. g the mos
! quiet New Years they could re
member. At ~ O'clock singl'
Echurch bell and hoarse factor!
whistle made Feeble attemptS 70 pro
Iduce the welcoming nOfse4 Which tra'
Editipnailyi. bei1nss stssthe.night Se1spe
,fcracker was sexplodeassWtths5no
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