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empire 'Builder cuts time westbound by 30 minutes A half-hour cut in the running time of the Great Northern's EMPIRE BUILDER from Chicago to the Pacific Coast was made Sunday, September 29. This famous train now leaves Chicago at 11:15 p.m" instead of 10:45 p.m., and makes up the 30 minutes between Chicago and L ike most folks, the d eer quit work to see the train s go by. T hese white tails were " shot" fro m. the St. Paul. There has been no change in its EMPIRE BUILDER, whizzing along the Flathead R ive r , in M ontana. schedule west 01 St. Paul, nor in the eastbound schedule. During the past seven years, beginning with the completion in 1929 of the Great Northern's JACK FROST and OLD MAN WINTER 8-mile tunnel under the Cascade mountains, about ten hours have been slashed from the running time between Chicago and the Pacific Glorify Northern Route to California coast cities. By the OLD TIMER Under the new schedule the running time from Chicago to Portland will be 58 hours and 20 minutes; to Seattle, 58 hours and 45 I got to thinkin' the other day about those The scenery does tricks on you too after the minutes, Before 1929 the running time was folks who saved enough out of what we affec· EMPIRE BUILDER shoots out of that 8-mile 68 hours. tionately call our late lamented depression to tunnel and begins to glide down the west slope still afford to bask in California's winter sun­ of the Cascades. All of a sudden you drop out shine. of that fairyland with thousands of sparklin' Christmas trees growin' everywhere and find golf there most anytime, and see pansies You know, a lot of folks make a bee·line for yourself in the green, summerlike Puget grow in' in people's yards on Christmas day. warmer climes the minute the snow begins to Sound country. Then the train scuttles right I'll bet myoId Stetson-and I think a lot fly. You'd think that just one more little snow­ along the shore of the ocean, to Seattle. of that old hat too-that anybody you steer flake was goin' to be their undoin'. They get The'traveler who has a hankerin' for winter around to the EMPIRE BUILDER on their way in such a panic that they whizz right around a sports will find Mount Rainier to his likin'. to Mae West's home town, or comin' back lot of good sight-seein' on the way. It's only a short distance from Seattle and from there, will be mighty tickled you sug­ gested it. Why, dog my cats, they're just lettin' some­ Tacoma and its fast growin' famous as a winter thin' big slip by them when they don't take a resort. The City of Portland, too, is an attrac­ Well, boys, I got to be amblin' on, but I'll look at Montana's Rockies and the Cascade tion right through the winter. You can play see you again soon . . . ' Com' on, January. Range in Washington after Jack Frost and 01' Man Winter get busy on 'em. There's scenery what is seein'! Mighty pretty in the summer, 01 course, but in the Fall and Winter just a never-ending panorama of spectacles as glo­ rious as can be imagined. Sort of a regular fairyland-changin' from green, to gold, to white. An' the weather ain't no excuse any more for not comin' this way because it's just the same summer and winter in the air-conditioned EMPIRE BUI LDER. Let it snow and blow, and let the old thermometer take a nose dive-­ you'll never know it on this train until you look out of the windows. An' that's where the big thrill comes in-whirlin' along in luxurious comfort, while outside winter is whizzin' by in all its glory. The EMPIRE BUILDER just blazes away through it all, clickin' olf the miles just like it does in the summer. It wheels along right on the heels of Old 27, the FAST MAIL that carries your letters to Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma. An', of course, everyone knows that "the mail must go through." So, you see, the Great Northern just sort of naturally knows all the wrinkles about puttin' its trains through on time regardless of weather. Scenes like this, are the reward of the winter traveler on the EMPIRE BUILDER. r » » and Sudden Death ASTOUNDING ARTICLE ON HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS Railroads' Method Would Suggests Stronger Safety Appeal to Travelers Slash Highway Accidents Editorial From The M inneapolis Tribune Y ou probably have read J. C. Furnas' article, n ••• And Sudden Death," which appeared in a recent issue of Reader's Digest. l! you haven't you'll want to. We will gladly send a reprint l! the problem of accident prevention, to any Ticket Agent; just address the Passenger Department of the Great Northern Railway, in its entirety, could be turned over to the St. Paul, Minn. railroads of the United States for solution, " . . . And Sudden .Death" unquestionably has been more widely reproduced and has occa­ there is every reason to believe that spec­ sioned more comment than any magazine article in recent years. tacular results would follow. The railroads are not content with preaching safety; they Like the gruesome spectacle of a bad auto- 0 C , achieve safety. mobile accident itself, the realistic details of He Drove His wn ar_ the article will nauseate some readers. And In the whole history of accident preven­ that is exactly what the author seeks. He has tion, there is no more brilliant chapter than set out deliberately to make the highway that written by American railroads. traveler "death conscious." The industry decided many years ago Starting out mildly enough, Mr. Furnas says: that a reputation for safety, steadfastly "Publicizing the total of motoring maintained, was of first importance to it. To acquire that reputation the railroads injuries- almost a million -last year, have left no stone unturned. They have with 36,000 deaths- never gets to labored unceasingly to minimize the human first base in jarring the motorist into element in accidents; they have spared no a realization of the appalling risks expense in the development and installa­ tion of safety devices; they have placed of motoring. He does not translate great emphasis upon a trained, efficient dry statistics into a reality of blood and responsible personnel. and agony. The result of all this striving is plainly visi­ "Figures exclude the pain and hor­ ble today ... Yet that record was made in a ror of savage mutilation - which nation which last year saw 36,000 persons killed in automobile accidents, and a mil­ means they leave out the point. They lion injured. need to be brought closer home." We have much to learn about safety, So Mr. Furnas proceeds to blaze a new trail Maybe it WAS the other fellow's fault ... So what? apparently, from the railroads of America. to make the highway traveler conscious that What a pity that the methods they employ, death rides with him. And this prompts the it be well to go behind dry statistics and deal the foresight they exercise, the bulldog de­ thought that perhaps a brand new trail would with facts that stir the imagination? Here are termination they have shown cannot be be helpful toward making more travelers a few that should make any traveler who has brought to bear upon the nation's traffic conscious of the safety of railway travel. an aversion to morgues and hospitals sit up problems. and think. The railroads talk about safety only in an abstract way. And they cite statistics. But per­ The heavy steel cars used by all railroads haps, as Mr. Furnas might say, publicizing today do not crumple, crush and fold up, flat­ The tracks and the trains themselves are the small number of railroad passenger acci­ tening out human bodies and severing heads maintained in perfect condition. Every device dents, with only 27 deaths last year- never and limbs. known to science has been put to work pro­ gets to first base in jarring the traveler into The passenger in a train is riding on a tecting the passengers. a realization of the safety of railway travel. private right-ol-way. His safety doesn't depend Train crews are men of long experience, The traveler does not translate dry statistics upon the very questionable skill and judgment carefully trained, and rigidly supervised. They into a reality of long life and sound body. of thousands of Toms-Dicks-and-Harrys behind are held strictly accountable for the slightest Figures exclude the pain, the horror of savage steering wheels. It doesn't help the cautious infraction of safety requirements. Carelessness mutilation-which means they leave out the driver much to pass out with the thought that on the highways is seldom punished until there point. They need to be brought closer home. it was the other fellow's fault. is at least one body in the morgue or a terribly l! what Mr. Furnas says applies with equal The railroad passenger's safety isn't im­ mutilated victim in the hospital, and then a force to the safety of railway travel, wouidn't periled by the mechanical imperfections of a sentimental jury usually finds that the accident large portion of the was "unavoidable". motor vehicles on the 'This Way 'T raveling 'Tops All for Safety highway today, whose The railroads place a high value on human of owners have only to life. And, incidentally, so do juries when the plunk down the requir­ railroads are involved! But the railroads own ed license fee to enjoy and control their own rights-of-way and they the privilege of running leave nothing to chance that affects human life. amuck at any moment. Nor is safety something that affects the The train passenger traveler alone. There are widows, orphans, rides on a private right­ other relatives, and friends. Death leaves bitter of-way that is sa fe­ anguish in its wake, and ofttimes destitution. guarded at every turn. And if you go behind the statistics on deaths He is pro tected by a to the occupants of trains, automobiles and time-tested system of airplanes that are published by the National train orders and auto­ Safety Council, you will discover that it is only matic block signals. one-seventeenth as hazardous to travel by There is no tense dodg­ train as by highway and only one-thirtieth ing in and out of traffic as hazardous as by airplane. or split-second escapes You who are selling railroad transpor­ at tops of l1ills and at tation are selling one of the finest prod­ blind curves. The auto­ ucts in the world-even if a lot of people matic signals are the don't appreciate it. And the fact that they engineer's eyes pro­ don't always appreciate it is something all The EMPIRE BUILDER Crossing Stone Arch Bridge Across truded two and three of us can do something about. We can all His toric St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis miles ahead. take a tip from Mr. Furnas' timely article. LOW FARES ANNOUNCED For HOLIDAY TRAVELERS Holiday fares in Great Northern territory east of Idaho, as well as to cities on other lines in the Middle West and South, were announced in early October, as follows: William Tomkins of San Diego, in a mighty interesting book on the Indian Sign Language, First Class-One and one-third the regular -says that a good sign talker can carryon a conversation about three times as fast as he could one-way fare. speak. This is because each unit of the sign language deals with ideas instead of words. Coach Fares-One and one-half the regular As lesson No.1 for The Goat's Sign Talkers' class we present Mae West's famous words, one-way fare. (Minimum fare, 50 cents.) "Come up and see me sometime." But come to think of it, we've seen Mae (in the movies) put These fares apply to the territory bounded across the same idea with lots less effort. on the east by Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans; and on the west, by Ogden, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and El Paso. The fares become effective December 12, Ma~ing Friends for the Railroads continuing on sale to January 1, with January WHITEFISH, Mont.-She was an old, old 31 as the final return limit. lady, 94 years, in fact, and was a passenger Fares in Great Northern territory west of on the EMPIRE BUILDER enroute from Chicago Montana, and to the East, will be announced to Tacoma. She was taken ill during the stop at Whitefish and the train was held until a later. local physician could be found. It was good to see the extreme kindness of the Pullman Now t hat footballs are filling the air agai n , take crew and her traveling companions.-Great a look at " P o p" Warner in t he cen t er of this Day Time Ride Thru Cascade B lackfeet huddle. Falls (Mont.) Tribune. R ange Affords Scenic Trip The Great Northern's 8-mile tunnel through the Cascade Range, in western Washington, THE BLACKFEET INDIANS a N ew continues to be the object of unusual interest. Many inquiries are received from travelers as Baal{ and the first af its l{ind ever printed to how they can arrange their trips so as to ride through America's longest railroad tunnel A unique volume entitled BLACKFEET BLACKFEET INDIANS is on sale at most and see the Cascade Mountains in the daytime. INDIANS has been created in response to calls book stores. The price is $3.50. from persons who through their visits to Glacier National Park became interested in the Blackfeet and were anxious to learn some­ thing of their life before the reservation hemmed them in and made them farmer­ ranchers; and also from persons who having seen isolated examples of Winold Reiss's por­ traits of the Blackfeet, wanted an authentic collection of his work. Large full-color reproductions of forty-nine paintings by this foremost painter of American Indians are included between the covers of this book. The story, OUT OF THE NORTH, by Frank Bird Linderman, author 01 the INDIAN WHY W est Portal o f a-Mile Tunnel. STORIES and other books about the plains This can be done by using the CASCADIAN Indians, is the first authentic historical account between Seattle and Spokane. These trains of the Blackfeet Indians. Filty years ago, as a operate on a lO-hour schedule, leaving Seattle young man, the author went to live among the and Spokane at 8:30 a.m., and arriving at Blackfeet. His story is one 01 beauty that is both destinations at 6:30 p.m. Air-conditioned sadness; 01 courage that inspires; of duplicity coaches, with cafe service, assure the passen­ that makes a white man's conscience squirm. ger a comfortable trip. The volume is one that will suggest some Travelers on these trains see the Columbia strange thoughts to us who talk about our River, the Rock Island power project, the modern standards of living ... who turn on famous Wenatchee apple district in Central heat and light and music ... who project our Washington, ride behind powerful electric en­ voices through the air and over slender wires gines through the mountains, and travel on ... who cheat the heat 01 summer and the the huge seawall along Puget Sound. cold of winter ... who travel in luxury across Eastbound passengers can spend the night the plains where not so long ago the Blackfeet at Spokane and catch the EMPIRE BUILDER roamed on foot or horseback-the primitive at 7:45 the next morning. Westbound passen­ Blackteet, happy with lew possessions and gers leave the EMPIRE BUILDER at Spokane, fewer comforts, yet doomed to disillusion from spend the night there, and take the CASCA­ the day the civilized white man first appeared W inold R eiss visiting a B lackfeet camp n e ar DIAN to Seattle the next morning. on their horizon. Swiftcurrent L ake. in G lacier N ational P ark. The WINNIPEG LIMITED Glacier Park Observes Its Silver Anniversary As a fitting observance of its 25th anniver­ u'ltore sary, Glacier National Park smashed all at­ tendance records again this season. A total of cfpeed! 140,256 persons came to see the Blackfeet's "Land of the Shining Mountains." This was an increase of 22 per cent over last year. Just to show how rapidly this youngest of the large national playgrounds is increasing in popularity, the total registrations for the ut{ore last four years are given below: 1932, 53,202 LUXUrlJ./ 1933, 73,962 1934, 11 4,577 1935, 140,256 For three consecutive years, and in the face 2o.(J?.oomjlome NORTHBOUND of none too favorable economic conditions, Leave St. Paul - - _ 7 :35 p . m . Glacier Park has hung up new, all·time at­ :Packed in One Leave Minneapolis . - ---- _ 8 :10 p . rn. :Pullman Car tendance records. Arrive Winnipeg ------8 :50 a .m . In 1913, three years after the park was Almost every day the travel·by-rail industry SOUTHBOUND created by Congress, the attendance was comes along with something new to woo back (No Change) 11 ,000. Another event of Glacier Park's silver jubi· fickle passengers who deserted our ribbons of Leave W innipeg - - 6:00 p . m . lee was the arrival of its millionth visitor. This steel for rubber tires. Arrive M inneapolis - 7 :30 a . m . h Arrive St. Paul -- - - 8 :00 a.m. onor fell to Dr. C. Simpkins, anatomist at the One of the later wrinkles is the "hotel" car, University of Tennessee, who arrived with his although "home" car seems to come a bit Another 30 minutes was cut from the wife on September 4. closer to describing it adequately. For it com­ northbound schedule of the WINNIPEG LI­ The largest number of visitors in the park pacts a complete and luxurious 20·room home MITED on October 13 . into an 81·foot steel Pullman and adds some on a single day also occurred this year, on luxuries that still are not found in most of the This latest time slash makes a total of July 4, when 4,745 persons passed through finest homes today. two hours cut from the running time of this the various entrances. train within the last five months. The Great Northern has placed these cars This portion of the continental divide, with Under the new arrangement passengers can on its WINNIPEG LIMITED, overnight trains its high peaks, glaciers, lakes and dense between Sl. Paul-Minneapolis and Winnipeg. leave Chicago as late as 1 0' clock in the after­ forests was the last frontier of the explorers. noon and be in Winnipeg at 8:50 0' clock the It was little known to the white man a hundred Built into the one car are eight sleeping next morning. years ago. sections, with upper and lower berths; dressing rooms; kitchen; pantry; and, at the rear, dining Meriwether Lewis beheld its sawtoothed facilities and the observation· lounge room. outlines from afar in 1806. In 1846 Hugh Monroe, a white fur trader who married into The "household staff" includes a porter, the Blackfeet tribe and became a chieftain, cook, cook's helper, and two waiter-attendants. reached the shores of St Mary's lake. In 1853 Furnishings, decorations and lighting are of A. W. Tinkham, an engineer, explored Cut the most advanced designs, and the air­ Bank Pass. conditioning, in addition to maintaining a cool, John F. Stevens, who later became chief uniform temperature, seals the cars against engineer of the Panama Canal, located the dust and noise, and thereby is one big step elusive Marias Pass for the Great Northern ahead of modern houses. Railway in 1889. And, incidentally, a signal Additional sleeping space on the WINNIPEG honor is to be paid to Mr. Stevens this month LIMITED is afforded by an air·conditioned by the government, which is using his portrait sleeping car with eight sections, two com­ on a new 5·cent stamp. Mr. Stevens is now 82 partments and drawing room. and is still active in engineering. In 1891 George Bird Grinnel, an eastern publisher, advanced the suggestion that this At Rugby, North Da~ota, You're portion of the Rocky Mountains be created into a new national park, and on May 11 , 1910, On the Center of North America Nell Brink1ey ~ creator of the curly-haired-girl d rawings which appear in lTlany newspapers and this was done by act of Congress. When th e west­ :magazines ~ gets some new headdress ideas frolTl And next summer Glacier Park will be the Blackfeet at Glacier Park. The nationally bound E MPIRE famous artist and her son, Master Bruce McRae. shooting at the 200,000 mark, with good BUI LDE R stops at :made some of the trail trips late last sununer. prospects of attaining that goaL Rugby, N. D., at 9 :1 3 every evening, its passengers are almost Low Winter Excursion Fares to Attract T ravelers exactly on the geo­ graphical center of Winter excursion fares to and from the From Chicago to Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, North America, writes Pacific Coast have been authorized for the Vancouver and Victoria, the intermediate class George W. Wilson of 1935-36 season. Destinations are to be the fare will be $77.25; coach class fare, $60.10. that enterprising city. same as for the summer excursion fares for Tickets will be on sale November 11 to May And, unlike the cen­ last season. The same optional routes will be 14, 1936. ter of population First class winter excursion fares have been which at present is offered, including the Great Northern's EMPIRE BUILDER in one direction to or from authorized to the Pacific Coast only. They said to be somewhere will be the same as the first class summer in Indiana but keeps California territory. Stopovers will be allowed at all points enroute within the time limit. excursion fares for last season, except that a moving westward, 21-day time limit will apply. Tickets will be Rugby stands to retain The tourist car tickets, with 6-month limits, on sale December 1 to February 15, 1936, its unique distinction. will be 72 per cent of the present all-year inclusive. The city has the fares; the day coach tickets, 56 per cent. From Chicago to Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, exact spot pinned From Chicago to California, the intermediate Vancouver, Victoria; also to California via down with a substan­ class fare will be $79.95; coach class fare, Great Northern's EMPIRE BUILDER in one tial monument. $62.20. direction, $86.00. / s- ).,/ f!- ~ ~- Jij HARTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS WALTER G. CAMP SCHOOL 354 Rellev,ue street Hartford, Connecticut

Mr. Louis Hill, c/o Great Northern R.R., st. Paul, Minn. Dear Sir:- We are working on Indians. One of our supervisors have told us that Indian posters and calendar to send to us. If so. we will receiv:e them.

Mary C. Flanagan Teacher of Junior Girls Room 209 Wal ter G. camp Scho 01

We also ha'V olland Japan and would be greatful for any material.

Original letter delivered to Mr. McGillis, Advertising Agent I A C - 3-25-35 M CAPTURES ENG' BELIEVE IT OR NOT -By Ripley Send your "Belleve It or Not" suggestion. to RIpley. eare Of The Dlsnateh. (Copyright RegIstered U. S Patent Oltiee)

€1I10tt MAJOR . 5CQI! of Wc\shbuI''', MIssourI JerrY WAS NAMeD BY AN ACT OF THE STATE LEGISLATUR! WESSLINCt tie lIJ~S )lAMED a~t~, Prote~~lol'\al Patathute.J umpeT' ElLI

THE. e GREAT NORTHERN. 1. . AND THE . . e NOTHERN PACIFIC. o TRAINS . n TRAVEl. I'N EXACTLY OPPOSITE 'DIREC.TION5 '. - BETWEEN 5T. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS -YET BOTH TRAINS GO 6-5 ' . TO HINCKLEY. MINNESOTA ~ ------~------I _. , IlIDIkNAPOLIS sm . 7{ ST1ill. /J

ROOl'l!'velt There in 193.. ffi'l By act of the United States Con • ~ress and the Cananian Parliament III 1113z, "GIllum> l'{ "tfnnal- pon-le and ' the contiguouS region north of the Canadian boundary, known all Water- ! ton Lnkea National park, were desi'g- 1 Rugged Mountain Park cJl.ated the vVaterton-Glac'ier Interna- I tIonal Peace park to commemorate I G row s in Popularity the long standing peace and good ~ Will b~tween the two cOtmtJ'ies. With Tourists. President Roosevelt visited Glacier pa~k last summer, motoring over the Gom~-to-th~-Sun highway. In one of hl8 famous fireside radio talks C:lacier National park, In Montana, from his chalet at Two Medicine lake grows steadily in the estimation of he told his listeners about the vistas tourists. Last year the total of vis­ of mountain grandeur that awaited them in Gla<:ier P~ itors was 105,000. It is expected tha ...... -- n ev~r; larger number wm visit the plt:it ~rus year. Youngest of the large national playgrounds. and scenic areas, Gla­ cier Wall twenty-five years old Ma.y 11. This rugged portion of the con­ tinental divide, with its higl1 peaks, glaciers, lakes and dense forests, '1'\'a8 the last frontier of the explor­ ers. White men pushing westward in the early days avoided its bleak aspect and impassable mountains. Meriwether Lewis beheld its saw­ loothed outlines from afar in 1806. In 1846 Hugh Monroe, a white fur trader who married into the Black­ feet Indian tribe and became a Ilbieftain, reached th.e shorell of St. Mary's lake. In 1853 A. W. Tinkham, an engineer, explored Cut Bank pasR. ;lohn R. Stevens, whQ later b.ecame chief. engineer of the Panama canal, located elusive Marias pass for the Great Northern Railway in 1889. Explored By Orlnnel. It remained for George Bird Grin­ nel, an Eastern publisber who loved the outdoors, to organize " party and explore this fasCinating portion of the Rockies. In 1891 Mr. Grinllel advanced the suggestion thllt it be made a naUollal park. Six year/! later a portion pf tbis mountainlanil '1'\-a5 made a for6st reserve. Its Alpine scenery was brought to na· tional notice in 1901 throUgh Mr'l Grinnel's article, "The Crown of the Continent," published in the Century magazine. I " Becl\me P3rk In 1910. The United States Senate twice paased bills creating q-Iaeier Natilmal 'I ~ park, but these failed beoause they v did not come to 8\ vote in the H'oG8e. d The park was finally oreated by aot t of Congre. s May 11, 1910. The IIUC- r cess Of this movement wa.a due largely to the efforts of Congress- c men Charles N. Pray of Montana E and Louis W. Hili, son of James J. ~ Hill, long the head of the Great Northern. and widely known as the "Empire Bullder." Louis Hill plunged enthusialltically into the t sk of making all the beauties of the park accelflible' by trail and highway. From these early efforts has sprung the prellent sys­ tem of improved highwaYB which - connect the main hotels and the thou Rand miles of trail which lead I to rustic eha lets, secluded lakes, t camp grounds and high mountain passes. One of the park's new motor roads, the Going-lo-the·Sun highway, completed two years ago, is fsmed as the mest spectacular highway in the world. J S-~I ~

SAINT .Pl~UL PIONEER PRESS SEPTEUB 4, 1935

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MILLIONTH VISITOR f ENTERS GLACIER PARK Glacier Park, Mont., Sept. 3.-(iP) -The millionth visitor ~ntered Glacier National park today. He was Dr. C. Simpkins, professor of anatomy at the University of Ten­ nessee medical school. Dr. Simkins and his wife reg­ istered fOr th'eir first tour of the northwestern Montana park. 'I Their arrival brought the season's ' total to 132,060, a record with the twelve days left in the season. The gain over last year's figures to date II ~ [is 24 per cent.

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saint ul , UilUlesota, September 5, 1935

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I auld like to ee any waivc~ and proxies

for the annual meeting of he Glacier ~a k Hotel Co ny held June 3, 1930, signed by and will be lad if you will hav them sent to me , to note and return.

Louis W: Hill ;s- /

St. Paul, Minnesota, September 7, 1935.

:Mr. L. W. Hill: Referring yours of September 5: The waiver annual meeting of the Glacier Park Hotel Co 3, 1930,

is on file, and you may ~ee it if you drop in to Mr. Paetzold1s office, where it is permanently placed in the book of minutes.' It is impossible to send the waiver up to you to note. w. P. Kenney. / COP Y

80 Pleasant st. Arlington, Mass.

Mr . L. # . Hill , Sr. st. Paul , Minnesota

My dear Mr . Hill: ',Vould it be possible for me to obtain a copy of 'TB lackfeet Indians ' by Frank B. Linderman which is co-pyr igh ted by the Gr ea t Nor thern Ra i hlay? This book brings back many hapny mem -

ories of the summer of 1911 - - I was a little girl then - Some day I shall be seeing that beautiful Park as it i s today. I have always been interested in the Blackfeet Indians and this new book is beautiful. I am a Children's Librarian in Arlington, Massachusetts, a Buburb of Boston and of course interested in fine books. Very truly yours,

0igned (Mi bs) Thelma Brictson

September 26, 1935

copied 10/4/35 - em

Original letter delivered to l~ . l~nney's office 10-4-35 MINlfES0 rrA ARCHAEOLOGIC AL S0CIETY

October Third, 1935

Mr . Louis :I. Hill , Great Northern Building St. Pa ul , Minn.

Dear Mr . Hill: The Minnesota Archaeological Society is a newly fnrmed organization, organized in the inmerest of educa tion. Great progress has been made, considerin~ that t r is Society is operated withnut funds of any kind • .fu are establishing a library in our museum and realizing your interest in the 'Indian' wo uld You be interested in presentinr to our ~ ociety, the new publication of the Great Northern Railway , "Blackfee t Indians ". This would be greatly appreciated and valued highly in nur new library. Yours very truly, MI UNE0nTA AR CEAEnIi"GIC AL ' ('ClETY

By - Richard R. Sackett ( ~ i gne d) Cura tor

co ~ ied 10/4/35 - cm

Or i gina l letter delivered to Ill' . Kenney's office 10- 4- 35 saint nne ota, October 30, 1935

• W. P . Ranney:- I nOve a total of 140,256 persona visited Glacier N tional rk during th 1935 soason. I 70uld e intoraoted to kno 'ny per ons of this total traveled by railroad both to Glacier. rk station and Belton.

Louis '. Hi ll ..

bt. Paul, Minnesota, October 30, 1935.

Mr . L. "'. Hill: heferring to yours of today, asking how many people arrived at Glacier Park Station and

Belton by train during the past season: These figures are as follows: Glacier Park •••••••••••••• 4,940 ~elton ••••.•••••.••••••••• 2,877 Total ••••••••••••••••••••• 7,817

, / This is an increase of 21% over the previous season. w. P . Kenney. / ",. <;~ ? D.

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