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afforded opportunity Of receiving all kinds
of exercise, and the variety Of scenery
about him kept his imagination busy.
Hence, he came to maturity strong Of body
and keen Of mind, with well-fOunded de-
termination to do something really worth
while.
While at the Rockford Academy, young
Hill met some lads from the Red River
country, who stirred him by their stories
of the wonderful possibilities of that re-
giOn. &C was at this school that Hill con-
tinued to be trained in the studies which
make character. Especially was the boy
appealed to by the life Of Napoleon Bona
parte; and, judging from the chronicles of
Hills biOgraphers, it is not too much to
1 building by the influence of the great en-
perOr's life. With such an education, with
which was blended an ideal peaceful farm
home life the career of James J. Hill was
largely determined before he left the par
entail roof.
Leaves Home at Fourteen
At the age of IA years, Hill left home, Sc
curing employment with Robert PassmOre,
a ScOtchman. After four years of this ser
vice had passed. much the same as others
of whom we read with delight, ne severed
completely the home ties, left all Of his old
! friends and headed for the unknown"
| The first journey took the boy to east
/ ern cities and then back to the then small
center, called Chicago. Here he remained
hut a short time, for the call of the North
west which his bOyhOOd Academy friends
had described, was hard upon him. Fired
with a purpose and ambition, a stalwart
young man, keen of mind, and prepared
! for any task that his career might set be-
/ fore him, he arrived at the village Of St..
| Paul, Minnesota, in 1856
St. Paul in 1859
In 1856 st. Paul was a small Mississippi
river village peOpled by an itinerant and
motley population. During the steamboat
season, it was lively little center, for
through it passed most of the supplies for
the Red River country, and to it came all
who desired to search out the country whe-
ther for gain or for pleasure. On the 9TH
er hand during the winter months it was
dull and desOlate place, much similar to
our inland Alaska towns Of modern times.
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Paris Gibson and Jim" Hm1


How the influence of this empire builder
reached out and into the building Of q
Montana City, is briefly explained by the
late Senator Paris Gibson. Mr.. Gibson,
in his memoirs, stated:
The all-impOrtant object before me at
that time was to acquire title to the lands
required for the future city and to secure
the lands along the river adjacent to the
several important water-pOwer sites. AS
this step involved the expenditure Of much
more money than / could command, / de-
cided, after weighing the situation care
Iully, TO open communication with James
j. Hill, whom had known for many years
while living in Minneapolis and who had
recently acquired great wealth through the
purchase Of the bankrupt st. Paul and
Pacific Railroad. Having decided upon this
step, without delay I opened cOrrespOn-
dence with Mr.. Hill, and during the sum-
mer and early fall, l placed before him by
letter, much information as to the extent
an davailability of the water power as we'll
as to the coal and other useful minerals
Immediately tributary to it and, in Nov
ember 1882, 1 went TO st. Paul where ] at
once concluded an agreement with Mr.. Hill,
whereby we were to become Jointly inter-
ested in the development of a city here,
at the head of the falls"
Hills First Visit to Great Falls
And, the founder Of Great Falls, also
adds:
I'm June Of this year. 1SS3) James J.
Hill came out from st. Paul to Helena
over the Northern Pacific Railway, which
had just been completed, and having been
met by Theodore Gibson he proceeded to
Great Falls by team, employing relays in
order to make the journey in the shortest
| time possible. Arriving here on an early
morning in June, l met him at the ferry,
just below the mouth of Sun River, and
took him over the tOwnste, and then to
the several falls above the big falls, afteR
which l pilOted him to one or two open
! ings in the adjacent Sand COulee coal fields.
Returning to my tent at the foot Of the
Long Pool, we enjoyed a fine dinner pre-
pared by John Woods. 1t was evident that
what Mr.. Hill had seen during the day
had made a deep impression on his mind
for, while standing on a spot about 80
feet away from my tent, this man of won
derful perception and of broad vision out
lined to me plan for the extension Of the
Great Northern Railway, (then called the
St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Rail-
way), westward from the Red River valley
to Great Falls and assured me that this
great work would at once be undertaken
and would be pushed forward to compile
ton in shorter time than any trunk road
on the continent had ever been built This
great plan for railway extension seemed to
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through a reorganization, become the
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba. The
bonds Of the company were held by in
vestOrs in Holland. When it was clear
that the road was not paying dividends,
Smith and Hill recognized their OppOrtun-
ity to buy the property cheaply. Accord
ingly, an agent was sent to Holland to
negotiate with the bOndholders and the
business world was startled by the an
nOuncement Of the organization of the
Great Northern railroad company with
Hill as president and Smith and his Can
adian associates strongly backing the pro-
ject And, it was this road which cOnsti-
tuted the highway over which the Napoleon
of the Northwest rode to conquest.
From the moment of it's organization,
there was scarcely doubt Of the ulti-
mate success Of the Great Northern rail-
way, for its president was a man of de-
termination and vision, not a mere bust
ness man seeking fortune alone. He saw
beyond the struggle of the Dakota farmers,
the empire Of wheat and corn; he saw the
eventual evolution of the Montana plains
from a cattle range to the fields of di-
versified agriculture. He forced everyone
to believe in transportation as the vital
stimulOus to sound development; he made
his position notable among all railroad
officials because Of the hope, the outlook
and the foresight which characterized his
every movement. When James J. Hill saw
agricultural efforts failing in sections along
the route of his road, he instituted within
his business scientific, research and eX-
perimental departments through which he
demonstrated the Importance of intensive
farming.
Laying Rails at S1k Miles a Day
How the Great Northern, then known as
the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Rail
road company, was built through Montana
at the rate of three and One-fOurth miles 8
day, was related in THE Life of James J
HILL" by Joseph Gilpin Pyle.
| In one particular article entitled "Jame:
J. Hills Rules of Business Success" the
| biOgrapher draws a strong contrast be
tween the methods employed in the exten
sion of the Great Northern and its rival
| the Northern Pacific. The Northern Pa
cific, although it had behind it men of in
| ternatiOnal reputation, and although il
had received enormous grants and subsi
dies of public lands. was almost cOntinu
| ally in financial difficulties, whereas tn,
| Great Northern was fortified by a bis
treasure chest and never failed to make
profit although it had received PRACTICAL!
no aid from the government
Northern Pacific First to Come
The Northern Pacific was the first trans
| continental line to enter and cross Mon
tana, but the Great Northern was not man!
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(By RALPH BUDD, President Of the
Great Northern Railway Company.
MOntana's greatest present need Is de-
velOpment of agricultural production and
natural resources, and of it's transpOrta-
tiOn system, the most important factor
in the development Of any region which is
dependent upon distant markets.
A half century ago Montana had a pOpu-
lation Of only 145,O00, or one person to the
square mile, and gold and silver from it's
mines constituted the principal products.
Notwithstanding the fact that agriculture
had not then, to any appreciable extent,
been attempted, the late James J. Fill pre-
dicted that the value of agricultural pro-
ducts of Montana would soon exceed the
output from its mineral resources, which
phOphecy was realized before the beginning
Of the last decade, when the increased pop
ulatiOn had brought about the transfer OF
title of 30,000,0O0 acres Of public land to
residents of the state. The present pOpula-
tiOn of Montana is 100000, or about Al
persons to the square mile.
In accordance with his plan Of the early
sos, to extend his line into Montana, Mr.
Hill completed building to Great Falls anG
Helena in 1887, and reached Butte in 1888
Five years later, the Great Northern reach
ed the Pacific coast, providing transpOrta
ton facilities for products Of the Tertiary
| it traversed, to western as well as eastern
markets.
Shortly afterward branch lines were con
structed to the coal and ore fields, and IL
1901 a line was completed to Flathead lake
thereby opening up an immense numbering
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MONTANA TODAY is JUSTVFYIMG FIFTY
YEAR-OLD PREDICTION OF JAMES j. HHLL

market their product more cheaply. That
the need was real and urgent is proved by
an increase of over 100000 bushels Of
grain in the 1926 crop from newly cultivat-
ed land tributary to the 50-mile line be-
tween ScObey and Opheim.
An illustration of the benefit accruing
to farmers by the new extension is shown
by the lower rates on grain and farm pro-
ducts. While the cost of transporting
wheat from Opheim to Glasgow or ScObey,
by truck, was % cents a bushel, the rate
on the new line from Opheim is but ~
cents bushel more than from ScObey, and
3 cents more than from Glasgow. Farmers
are thereby enabled to develop their land
prOfitably, increasing the volume of bust
ness of the community and affOrding great
er wealth production to the state.
Drawing a line east and west across Mon
tana, cutting the state in two, there will be
found north of that line % counies, served
almost exclusively by the Great Northern,
In this territory are twO-fifths Of the rail-
road mileage Of the state, and more than
One-half the total number of farms. There
are almost 100000 acres Of land in farms
less than One-third Of which is under cul-
tivatiOn. There are, in addition, 2S,OOO,O ,OO(
acres not listed in farms
The foregoing illustrates the relatively
small extent to which MOntana's agriculCur'
al resources have been developed.
With the present development along the
Great Northern railway as a basis OF com
parisOn, an estimate may be made or the
annual production to be expected from un
CONTINUED on Agricultural Pagel
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district, from which in the year 1925, ap-
prOximately 300O0,0O0 feet of lumber and
23,OOO,O 900 feet of railroad ties we're shipped.
A narrow gauge railroad, extending from
Sweetgrass on the international boundary,
to Great Falls, was purchased in 1908, and
Immediately rOad-gauged, thereby furn-
ishing a more direct route between the
Pacific coast and central Montana. In 1908,
the line was completed to MOssmain, near
Billings, to connect with the Chicago, Burl-
ingtOn & Quincy, affOrding communication
with the southwest territory by a much
shorter route. The building of additional
extensions was continued until the World
war, when economic conditions prevented
further outlay. At that time, the Great
Northern had constructed approximately
1,75O miles Of railway in the state Of Mon
tana.
Railway Growth
The story o fthe growth Of railways in
Montana to 1925 is illustrated by the fol-
lowing tabulatiOn, showing the increase in
mileage Of the Great Northern and the total
of all roads in the state:
Milas Ruilf FrO1 Miles T'l Miles
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for on account of an injured eye, he was
not able to join his companions on the
battlefield, he was able 20 save from his
earnings, sufficient capital with which to
enter business for himself. his business
was the combined fuel and transportation
trade, cOnducte0 1abOriOusly by means OF
the famous Red River carts pulled by OK
en- or ponies.
The Red River Carts
Creaking over the great tall grass prairie
from Pembina in the Red River valley
these carts took to st. Paul great piles
of fur that had been secured by the Hud-
sons Bay trappers, and on the return trip
took the goods or cIv1lizatiOn-gOOds which
had been brought from the East by the
river steamers which also furnished the
settlements with coal, and which were
themselves supplied by Hill with wood fol
their boilers. Here was good profit to bC
made in both the overland and the river
trade.
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However, the promise Of the future lured
the young Hill through all these years. He
had become as one who lived in tomorrow
while he performed the tasks of today. As
soon as the opportunity arrived, he explOr-
ed the Red River valley-that land Of his
ter of 1870 from st. Cloud, at that time,
the TERMINUS Of the St. Paul & Pacific
railroad.
Meets Donald Smith
At st. Cloud, Hill met q young man who
seemed as ambitious as himself his was
Donald Smith (afterward known as Lord
StratchOna). Smith saw in Hill a fellow
spirit for a great adventure in finance that
he proposed to take. And, from the day
when James Hill met Donald Smith, until
the day of the "empire builders" death
James j. Hill was a leading citizen of the
Great Northwest.
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bounds. In the days
Immediately follow
ing the era of the
argonaut, along the
projecting tongue
of civilizatiOn-the
trails, new paths,
and finally those
cleaning "s t e e l
rails" the American
frontiersmen, driv-
en- by unrest, moved
a score or more of
times in a single
generation. They
came-the pioneers
from here, from
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However, St. Paul, in 1856, spoke "prom-
Use" in loud tones to young Hill, for he
saw it situated on the edge of a wilder
ness possessing the rawness Of things wait
ing to be done. At the same time, this
without his having to ask anyone for help.
The chief Industry of st. Paul in those
days, was transportation. Consequently
the boy was soon employed in a warehouse
checking incoming freight. In five years,
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~ GEOGRAPHICALLY, Montana is
r old-very old. Historically, the
~ Treasure state is yOung-very
young. The settlement of Montana
has gone forward in leaps and
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Dan 4. Ooh"Hy there, from every
corner of the earth, rolling like long
waves, following the lines of least
resistance. This was the irresistible
advance Of civilization which brought
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Construction was resumed in 1925, when
the 5O-mile extension from ScObey to OPP
helm was built to meet the needs Of the
farmers OF that region, enabling them to
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Thinks Of Business

tell me if / am doing right or not. I have
been married only one year and halt
and I would not have believed that would
ever have left my husband in this niue
timr. as l THOUGHT we would DC tosether
fore 5er. IT.. T.,
loves ine any more and VIII ro1 3otma
him with my presence. SO | thlnN lhe
only thing to do is to 20 back to my
mother. who loved me enough to never
forget that ] existed as my HUSBAND some
times does He thinks more OF ms busl-
ness ''ai ''' BRoKEN-HEARTED WIFE.
Bet he forgot your birthday ami
versary, or something of that kind,
didn't he? Your letter sounds like it
comes from wounded feelings. Try
and take an impersonal view of your
married life and see whether you're
expecting too much from this mere
man.
You say he thinks too much of his
business; yet he may be thinking
most Of you-your welfare and COM
fort when he puts in the hard ticks
that his business demands. Try and
be reasonable about this and what
ever you do, take no radical step
while suffering from resentment.
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BRIDE-ELECT HONORED

In honor of Miss Irma Green, who
will be married to Robert Challis on
June A.. Mrs. w. Leonard, 45l6 h.
Washington St. entertained
Wednesday evening with a miscella-
neous shower.
She was assisted by Mrs. Charles
Green. The house was charmingly
decorated in flowers Of pastel shades
and with tapers in crystal holders.
Sweet peas formed the table decora-
tions.
The gifts were presented to the
bride-elect in large decorated bas
ket carried by little Margie Ann
Leonard and little Paul Black, who
were dressed as bride and groom.
Covers at tea time were laid for
twenty-five guests.
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Family Menus
BY Sister Mary


BREAKFAST-Orange juice, &C.
real, cream, baked meat cakes,
dreamed potatoes, toasted mullins,
milk, coffee.
n LUNCHEON-Cre Of aspara-
gus, soup, croutons, stuffed egg sal
ad, graham rolls. strawberries and
cream, butterscotch cookies, milk,
tea.
DINNER-Baked lamb loaf, but,
tered rice, creamed carrots, hearts
of lettuce and cheese ball salad, lem
on bread pudding, milk. coffee.
Lemon Bread Pudding
Six thin slices of stale bread, 1
cup milk, tablespoons graduated
sugar, eggs. l lemon, B-teaspoon
salt, lemon filing.
Spread bread with lemon filing
and arrange in a buttered 3-pint
pudding mold Beat eggs slightly,
beating in sugar and salt. Add milk
and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add
grated rind of lemon and pour over
bread. Cover mold and place in a
pan of hot water. Bake one hour in
a modrate oven and serve warm.
To make the filing, combine
grated rind and juice Of one lemon
with tablespoons softened butter
Cook, stirring constantly, over a
low fire for two minutes. Add
cup granulated sugar and 3 eggs
slightly beaten. Cook, stirring, I'M
ill mixture thickens. Cool and add
three or four drops vanilla. Spread
on bread.
Copyright. 1927. NEA Service. Inc)
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Color plays an active part in
sports clothes this season. The chic
model No. 3058 is given individ-
uality by employing orange shan
tung, with white washable crepe
used for vestee. The applied bands
on bodice also afford opportunity for
contrasting trimming. The lower
front skirt is pressed in box-plait
effect and stitched part way for
tailored finish. Printed crepe silk,
jersey, georgette crepe and linen are
also appropriate. Sizes 16, is years,
SO, 3S, 40, AZ and A inches bust
measure. The 36-inch size requires
39s yards of 40-inch material.
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Altar Society
Gi1ing Card
Fete Tonight

The Cathedral Altar Society will
give a card party in the ball room
of the Marott Hotel this evening. 1t
is fostered by Clayton Potts, who will
be assisted by the officers Of the So
ciety, Mrs. Henry Langsenkamp,
Mrs. w. J. Ford, Mrs. Thomas
Quinn, and Miss Bertha Guedelhoef-
er. Assisting also will be Misses
Katherine Mueller. Rosemary Clune,
Ann Carroll, Eileen O'Conner Mary
and Helen Sullivan and Louise
lyman.
Mrs. r. j. Ittenbach is chairman
Of ticket sales; Mrs. George Potts,
prizes, and Mrs. John Carroll,
publicity.
Reservations have been made by:
There came a time during the
World War when Charles father
was forced to devote practically
his entire time to affairs i'm Wash
ingtOn and away from home. Con-
duct OF the little farm, where the
family lived, accordingly fell upon
IAC IOOh AlOlu VI IL III Ills
customary thorough manner. but
soon decided that there was not
enough use made of mechanical
power. He set about to remedy
the defect.
When he finished almost every
thing around the farm and farm
house was mechanically operated
and the farm became a center of
much interest in the community.
About that time he was gradu-
ated from the Little Falls High
School and entered the University
Of Wisconsin. He began the study
Of mechanical engineering, but COL
lege was not to Lindbergh's liking.
He felt he was not learning there
the things he wanted to known.
He stood we'll in mathematics and
he was an eager experimental in
the laboratories. But it developed
that his interest in experiments was
gone when he completed the labora-
tory work. He disliked writing up
his notes and he was continually
behind. His main interest in college
was in the pistol shooting competi-
tons.
He took only a small part in col
lege life, preferring to be by him
self and to follow his own dictates.
Finally he gave up college in 1921,
without completing his course, and
soon thereafter began his amazing
career as an aviator.
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PrejudiCed
Parent Nav
SbOiI Home
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

A down-trodden husband writes
my wife, very good woman, but
easily angered, is always running
home to her mother. What shall 1
do with herr"
Goodness knows. But il I were
the husband of such a wife, think
1 would try locking up the house
and leaving for a spell myself. That
might bring the lady to her senses.
The person really deserving pun
ishment in this case, however, is
the wife's mother.
The woman holding the door open
for her married children to take
refuge from matrimony woes is one
OF society's worst enemies.
Because of Love
She does this, Of course, from love.
She thinks her daughter should be
spared all the ills of life and believes
that no man is worthy to be her hus-
band. Such woman nearly always
ruins her children's happiness. Not
content with having solved her own
marriage problems. she wants to de-
eide all issues for her relatives. She
sides in little quarrels between her
daughter and husband. Then she
weeps because her child is unhappy.
Above all else. young married
people should be let alone. The ad.
justment period is critical one,
and on outsider. least of all a rel
alive, should pry into affairs.
Interference Hurts
A mother believing her children
can always be to her what they were
before they married is wrong. This
is against the law Of nature.
1t is a knife in ones heart, of
course. to know the girl You
cherished so tenderly is subjected to
griefs. But common sense must be
used.
Your girl must fight her own
battles and make her own decision.
The time always comes when you
cannot help her. You may think you
are doing so, but the chances are
that, like the mother OF this girl
mentioned above, you are working
irreparable harm by your sympathy.
Twenty per cent of our marriages
that now end in disaster would prove
successful il they could be started
a thousand miles from all relatives.
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to make tragedies out of

Many is the woman, for instance.
who has wrecked her marriage, be
cause she took her husband too
seriously.
She got tragical, or historical, if
he so much as glanced at another
woman, or played a stray game OF
poker, or failed to come home at the
exact hour she expected him.
This type of woman takes her chill
dren too seriously. They wear her
out and she sends them from her by
nagging and seeing dreadful import
in the fact that they do not act and
dress like their grandparents.
Having a sense of humor is just
seeing things in their right pro
portions and not making uountains
out of mole hills. Lucky the man
who possesses a wife with this
uualityl