Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-08
Declare. Ralph Budd,
!! President, During Visit
Here Il Today; Declares
]! That Two Year. OF Wet
Weather Will Shaighten
Out North Dakota Affairs;
/ Bumper Fruit And Wheat
Crop Expected.

The Great Northern railroad is
preparing for one of the busiest and
most successful seasons in the history
OF the northwest" said Ralph Eudd.
president Of the road. in Grand Forks
this morning.
Mr.. Budd and other oficials are
making special tour Of inspection of
the entire road. They left st. Paul
last night and reached Grand Forks
shortly before 9:30, O'Clock this morn
ing. Their train was here for a little
more than an hour, after which they
continued west. They will go to
Seattle. .
In the party are: Ralph Budd.
president: c. o. jerks. vice president;
Paul Keating, general superintendent;
F. A. Bushnell, purchasing agent;
JAS T. Maher, right Of way land and
tax commissioner; A. H. Hogeland,
chief engineer; G., NJ. Nye, assistant
CHIEF engineer; H. F. Hamilton, dis
trict engineer; Geo. Smart, general
master; J.. e. O'Brien, superintendent
Of the Dakota division; c. e. Nc
Laughlin, master mechanic. and n. B.
McGiver1n Of Ottawa. Can.
Prospects Bright.
Mr.. Budd said this morning that
prospects throughout the northwest
never were brighter. He was particu-
larly well pleased with the outlook for
an, excellent crop in all districts Of
that the spring seeding had been done
under more favorable conditions than
ever before, due largely to the un-
usually large amount of plowing COM
pleted last fall.
~ am glad that you have had so
much rain and that prospects look so
good" he said. II always. have said
that two good wet years would do
more than anything else to straighten
Dakota. You look att the weather
maps and you will find that the
greater part Of the discomfort is In
those districts which have had very
little rain and no crops for several
years" ~
Fruit Crop Fine.
The apple crop in the northwest,
Mr.. Budd said, is unusually pronis-
ing. Last year the apple and other
while in other districts they were
much better. This year. the situation
is just reversed. The eastern Z crop
has been practically ruined by frost.
while the northwestern fruit crop is
greater. than it. has been ain years.
The apple crop now is practically as
sured, for ali danger of frost Is gone,
Because OF this we are preparing to
handle a bumper fruit crop. We
have an excellent refrigerator. car
! equipment, but we are going to add
to- 1t and improve it,"
Mr.. Rudd said that the Great
Northern railway now has fully 81
per cent OF its cars at home. When
the government returned the rail
roads to private ownership, there was
but nine per cent Of the Great North.
ern cars at home. In about year.
time this has been increased to 81
per cent? The cars are being re.
paired a1d put in the best of condi.
tion for moving the fall wheat crop
Mr.. Budd said that the railroad would
be ready to handle bumper wheat
crop in North Dakota and Minnesota
Cars will be ready in sufficient num-
bers to handle the crop expeditiously
ri. Labor is0Plentiful.
The labor situation is easy, ht
said. There is considerable unem.
ployment and when special kinds Of
labor are needed the company has nj
dimculty in securing it. The Grea'
Northern. in common with othel
roads, has laid OF a large number on
men, but In some cases they now are
being returned to work. There vii
be no general return, however, unit
the new business move gets under