Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-17
sober and too saddening for a pleasure
trip like this.

sober and too saddening for a pleasure
trip like this.
THE CHINESE AGAIN.
The train arrived at Heron, the last sta
ton on the Rocky mountain division of
the line, and the commencement of the
Idaho division at 2 o'clock Sunday after
noon. Cinnamon, English, Scotch, Irish,
Americans form the population of $50, all
employed upon the railroad. There is one
solitary negro who keeps barber shop
like many others of his race, but it is
doubtful if there are many who are max
ing so much money as he is. He states
that his average earnings are fifteen
dollars a day, sometimes they are
as much as thirty. He says he intends
being the richest man in the northwest in
few years. He spends nothing he says
upon whisky or cigars or any sother luxu-
ry or pleasure. All it costs him is SIS a
week for board. The Chinese, am told,
are paid dollar day while white labor is
paid from two and half to four and half
day. But boss hand told me it takes
ten Chinese to do as much as decent
white man.
at Sand Point, 1,465 miles from st.
Paul there was quite treat in store for
us. Leaving the cars, we were conducted
over nearly mile Of planked sidewalk
laid down for the occasion and ornament
cd by temporary shade trees brought from
the neighboring mountains to long pier
stretching away over Lake Pend d'0reille,
also constructed for Us, at the end of
which was the steamer Henry Willard.
Boarding this large and we'll
fitted boat we took a cruise
upon the beautiful lake, which is sur
rounded with pine-clad mountains whose
SUBMITS pierce the clouds. The water is
as clear as crystal, and large trout and 9TH
er prime fish were seen fathoms below the
surface, the trout sometimes rising and
showing their glistening, silvery, spotted
sides TO the visitors. The view from the
upper deck of the steamer was beautiful,
even though we made the trip in shower
of rain. The roles of feecy, snow-white
clouds, which rested at intervals upon the
cone-shaped SUBMITS, the wooded points of
which were seen above, and the dark, pine
shadowed bases below were singularly
beautiful. One hour was spent upon this
lovely lake, which is some fifteen hundred
feet above sea level, sixty miles long, and
from three to fifteen miles wide.
1t was about 6 o'clock before the train
left the little station, and sped over the
Pack river by way of the trestle bridge,
mile and q half long, and on
the road toward Spokane Falls, where the
citizens had made grand preparations to
receive Us. All the bands in the country,
including the military, were there, and
grand procession was planned and then
solemn religious service was to follow, in
which five of the most distinguished clergy
of Idaho and Washington Territory were
to take part, but unfortunately it was too
near to midnight when we arrived, and so,
after few moments we continued our
journey, arriving at Ainsworth before day
light, and IL is now quarter to 3 by Aims
worth time and twenty-five minutes to 5
O'Clock according to ST. Paul time, and we
are still waiting to be ferried across the
river. At length the Alsace is on board
the Frederick Billings ,and in about fifteen
minutes We shall have crossed the Snake
and be- again on our way toward Portland.
ZIP.