The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-26
FINDS NORTHWEST
PRIMITIVE PICTURE
CLARK B. FIRESTONE DESCRIBES
FIRST IMPRESSIONS IN
TIMES-STAR

by an Ohio man is a story to his pa
per, the Cincinnati Times-Star, by
Clark B. Firestone, one of the writers
aboard the publishers Edition" of
the Oriental Limited that passed
through and made stops in Wolf
Point on both the outward and home
ward trips. The writer confines him.
self largely to description to the
exclusion of opinion, but makes it
plain he found in Montana much to
admire and nothing to disappoint.
When the excursion first stopped
here a. bevy of sales girls from the
local stores were at the station and
made the acquaintance of Mr.. Fire
stone and other members of the party
and were shown through the crack
new train. After returning home
Mr.. Firestone sent Miss Mayme ia
cobb a clipping from his paper of
which the following is part:
Thus far on a trip through the
Great Northwest to the Pacific
coast a party of two dozen newspa-
Great Northern railroad. They are
from as far East as Boston and as
far West as Kansas City, and, seven
states claim Observation-Disclosures,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio. In
diana, Illinois and Missouri; their
number has been augmented by news
paper men from Minneapolis and St.
Paul and by others of the fraternity
from North Dakota and Montana,
who have joined them for a time for
purposes of sociability and regional
enlightenment. The special train is
called the Publishers Edition of the
New Oriental Limited, for many of
the travellers are newspaper publish
ers, the remainder consisting Of edit
tors, special writer's, a dramatic crit
ic or two, a ~cartoonist, and several
photographers and motion picture OPP
orators and their machines. Gentle
men Adventures to the Northwest is
the official name Of the travellers.
A Travelling Forum
The chiefs of the Great Northern
railroad ride with the party as hosts
Louis w. Hill, chairman of the
Board Of Directors; President
Ralph Budd and Vice President
William P. Kenney. The train is
the latest and finest word in railroad
equipment, and it's initial trip west
ward, a few days ago was a gala
event all along the two thousand
miles from st Paul to the communit-
les of Puget Sound. With interiors
done in Quaker gray and Nile green,
and with the sleeping a sections
se~mi-detached from each other, it is
in all respects a train deluxe, Ev-
erv provision for elegant comfort
has been made, and the trip of the
newspaper men from Chicago to st.
Paul and thence westward across
Minnesota, North Dakota and part of
Montana has been a delightful holt
day. But a serious purpose under
lies the excursion. The invitation of
The Great Northern is in one aspect
1 parliamentary challenge. The
Northwest has been FESTIVE over the
reports of agrarian distress which
9ther sections of the country have
lad Of it. and the railroad which {
serves this section has invited the I
to look it over and tell what ]
.hev see, confident that the verdict |
will differ markedly from the reports !
n question. To assist in gathering in
farmers, businessmen and
he heads Of the state agricultural
colleges have ridden with the party
n each state, and there have been
.ormal talks in the dining room as
veil as informal conversations else
where. In a word, the Publishers
Of the New Oriental Limited
5 a travelling forum.
Montana's Welcome
After an afternoon journey over
he lake-studded prairies9of Minneso-
we traversed North Dakota in the
light, pausing in the twilight for an
..greeable visit at the home of a
editor. Crossing Montana to- I
ay, the journey took on a pictures !
ne character that suggested a par
llel drawn from ancient times. In ]
averal respects it had the flavor Of
alexander the Greats junket into (
adia. The Macedonian went less to ]
than to see. He took with s
i'm a battalion of historians, those I
ewspaper writer's of antiquity. Go
lg and coming, his progress was a :
'iumphal march. Princes along the ,
oute paid their respects in person. =
he populations bore gifts Of fruit \
nd flowers. A company of Amaz- !
MS came from afar to see.
Well, pretty nearly all these things {
ave happened to the party in its trip I
cross the state. The train drew c
ito Great Falls tonight three hours E
tie, because the towns along the
ay simply would not let it pass r
ithout stopping. They adjourned \
le schools and brought the children \
,wn to the railroad stations. If =
had any Indians or near-Indians
Iese were present in feathers and
ar paint. Automobiles were wait y
e with leading citizens at the .
heel to take passengers out on the Z
'airie benches. Baskets of flowers v