The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-05-11
Party of Great Northern Officials and
Prominent Financiers rFavOrably
Impressed With MinOt Spirit.

A special train carrying private
cars Of several of the most prominent
officials, of the Great Northern Rail-
way Co. arrived in Minot at o'clock
Sunday morning remaining here for
two hours. The train was met by
quite large number of Minot citizens
who took the party for an auto drive
thru the parks and out to Major Per-
sons dairy and stock farm, return
ing on the north prairie road, to get
good glimps Of the level prairie
and the broad wheat fields.
The party was enrOute for an in
spection. of the road west to Seattle.
The Great Northern is spending mil
lions of dollars on betterments this
year along it's system, $2,O0O,0O0 in
the vicinity of Minot and the trip was
made for the purpose of viewing the
work already started and to lay plans
for additional work. t#
Louis Hill, former president of the
Great Northern and his brother, Wal
ter Hill, were members Of the party.
Eight o'clock Sunday morning is
an unusual hour for reception in
Minot," Louis Hill remarked, as he
walked down the platform with his
old time friend, Bob Barron.
There were about twenty-five MEM
bers in the party which included Mr..
Walker Hines, New York Counsel
Great Northern Ry. Co., and former
Director General of Railroads. Mr..
T. NJ Schumacher, Director Great
Northern Ry and President of Ell Paso
& Southwestern Ry System. Mr.. F.
7 D. Barlow, Vice-President First
National Bank, New York City. Mr..
A. c. Loring, President Pillsbury
Flour Mills Co., Minneapolis. Mr..
Frank J. Otis, President, Northern
Malleable Iron Works, St. Paul, MINI.
Mr.. Homer Clark, President West
Publishing Co., st. Paul. Mr.. M. J.
Whitson, Of Stone Webster & Co.,
New York City. 5-. -.
The following are officials of the
Great Northern in the party: Louis
w. Hill, Chairman of the Board; Wal
ter j. Hill, of Livingston, Montana
Ralph Budd, President; w. P. Kenney
Vice President and Director of Traff-
fic; c. O. jerks, Vice-President and
in charge of Operation; F. Bell, Gene
raj Manager Eastern Lines; A. H.
Hogeland, Chief Engineer; c. S. AL
bert, Attorney for eastern Washing
ton; Geo. H. Hess, Jr., Comptroller;
c. M. Nye, Principal Asst. Chief En-
gineer; Henry Yoerg, Superintendent
Motive Power; P. F. Keating, Gene
raj Superintendent Eastern District.
Train consisting of five private cars
and observation car, arrived in Minot
8 A. M, and departed at 10 A. NJ
Sunday, May 7th. Stops on trip in
cluded Duluth and Superior, Iron
Range points, Grand Forks. Stops
west will include Great Falls, Glacier
Park, Spokane, Seattle, Portland. OBJ
servation car equipped with radio
phone for gathering news and enter
tainment of guests. After passing
out of range of Twin City broadcast
ing stations will pick up Denver and
then Pacific Coast Points.
Roy McCandless, superintendent OF
the Minot Division, R. F. Mills, sup
erlntendent of transportation and VIM
Stevenson, construction engineer were
among the Minot party to greet the
visitors, who took keen interest in
our city and the development Of ou1
agricultural and dairying industries
Northwestern North Dakota has
certainly led the way in this state and
throughout the entire northwest in
taking hold Of development work by
launching the 100000 More" immi.
grafton campaign and believe, i1
view of the record Of your business
men and professional men to carry
things through to accomplishment
your efforts will be rewarded by bring.
ing many thousand more farmers tc
your territory during the next few
years" Louis w. Hill, chairman of the
board Of directors Of the Great Nor
thern Railway Company stated tt
members Of the Minot delegation
! which greeted the chafrman's specia
train.
Ihis movement you have started
in Minot and which, l am informed
has spread throughout the entire