Morris tribune., 1883-07-28
EXCURSION NOTES.
Nearly Fifteen Hundred Miles IraU'
eted FithOm q MarriRg Incident.
Aruiltd, DerH's Lake, Grand Forks,
Grafton, Winnipeg, and
Rat Portage
AU Tie With Each Other M Doing
the FisitOrs Honor,

AS fragment mention has been made
regarding the recent editorial excurs-
ion party, and as the route over which
the eXcursionists passed is well under
stood we will not give cOmprehen-
sive description of all that transpired,
but instead will publish few de-
tached notes concerning only points
of greatest interest among the many
visited.
EXTENT OF THE TRIP.
The editorial party left st. Paul
Wednesday evening, July 18th, visit
ed Mooread, Fargo, Grand Forks, Ar
villa, DEVILS Lake, Grafton, Neche,
Winnipeg, Rat Portage, Crookston
and intermediate points, travelling
over 400 miles and returning to st.
Paul Monday evening, July 23rd.
! During all this trip the party en-
| ioyed the courtesies of the Manitoba
and Canadian Pacific railways, and
before disbanding adopted appropriate
resolutions of thanks to the various
officials. No accident or unpleasant
incident occurred to mar tine pleasure
of the trip.
MOORHEAD COULDN'T
Of all places visited by the company
Moorhead was the only one at which
no courtesies were shown to the eX-
cursionists. The Moorhead boom has
collapsed to such an alarming extent
that the real estate and other "boom
ers" seemed to realize that they are
so far gone that not even the most eX-
tensive advertising can save them and
they evidently wished to convince the
Minneota editors that ''nobody's
there" They succeeded admirably.
ARyILLA COULD.
In contra-distinction to this was the
superb treatment received by them at
the little town Of Aryilla, where they
stopped to take dinner, special en-
gine having been provided by the
kindness of the Manitoba officials to
draw the excursion train to that point.
Arvilla Is a village of probably 200 souls
not more, but has perfect hotel-the
Hersey house owned by Messrs Hughes
4 Hersey of Saltwater. Itcan he said
without eXaggeration that it is furn-
ished more finely than any hotel in
Minnesota, not excepting either st.
Paul or Minneapolis. Rrusseis-carpet-
ed throughout, bedrooms magnificent
ly appointed and not two furnished
alike, elegant tableware and dining
room furniture, a splendid cuisine,
and, above all, that hearty hQspitaliz
ty which made one feel he was well
come without being told SO. The
hotel is not conducted as a business
enterprise, rather as an accommodation
to the village, the proprietors being
men of means and largely interested
in the surrounding eouptfy: They
spend the heated period of the sum
mer there, and superintend their large
farming interests. Their spirit of
sociability seemed infectious, and
from that hour OH the cold barriers of
formality were thrust aside and every
body seemed to be as thoroughly ac-
quaipted with each other as though
the acquaintance dated back years in
stead of few hours.
TO DEVILS LAKE.
When the regular passenger train
for DEVILS Lake came along the eA-
cursion cars were attached thereto
and hauled distance of two or three
miles, where carriages were in wait
ing, and the entire party was driven
OH l5-minute tour of inspection over
the Hughes d Hersey farm, Of WHICH
LOO arees are in grain. Then Mrs.
Hughes, Hrs. Hersey and Miss Hersey
kindly accepted an invitation to ac-
company the party to DEVILS lake,
and onward we sped once more
through thut wonderful prarie region