Little Falls herald., 1898-07-29
DELIGHTFUL TR|P.
us every possible attention.
Con 1uded from 8th page.

Our obi % isatsons are due to the great
trans-continental railway, the Canadian
Pacific, for s magnificent special train
service for distance of fifteen hundred
extended by its president, Sir William c.
Van Horne. William Whyte, General Man
ager. and Robert Kerr, Western Division
company's Vancouver representative. A;
3. Calder, Travelling Passenger Agent. and
F: s. Jenkins, Superintendent Of the Cana
we are indebted for frequent news buiie-
tins. The Canadian Pacific is one of the
continents greatest railway systems, anu
we have found its officials to be uniformly
courteous and attentive.
we express our deep appreciation OF tne
services rendered to us by the Wisconsin
Central railway in carrying our sleeping
to the Northern Pacific railway in trans
porting our party from st. Paul to Winni-
peg, peg g and tor placing at at our service o,, ths
for the memorable ride through the
Straits Of Fuca, from Victoria to Seattle;
to the Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
Us from on V Vancouver ] routee7y to Victoria @ on the
& International Railway Company for TAX
ns hna Us o from fSe oa e to Mso fr N;
from Portal to St. Paul, distance of near
ly six hundred miles.
We are grateful to the citizens of the Do
minion of Canada for the cordial receptions
and hearty manifestations of friendliness
accorded us on every hand. We were es-
pecially pleased with the repeated assur-
ances Of their interest and sympathy with
Spain.
We recall the cordial reception rendered
and extend thanks ;'i to Mayo Mayor A.. A: An,
drews, the city council Board of Trade
and citizens for the attention devoted to
WHILE the @ Of that b city The as ban
Winnipeg, and the music provided by the
Ninetieth Battalion band, were enjoyable
features. The cordial reception given US
M. p, Mayor Garland and citizens. was
most gratifying, and made particularly en-
joyable by reason of the drive among the
rich and highly developed farms surround
The visit to the Government Expert
mental Station at Brandon impressed us
with with the G great progress being made in the
ion, and was one Of the valued observa-
tions of the trip. At this beautiful city,
pneIh the home of Honorable Clifford sifton and
visit was made pleasant by the personal
attention of Mayor E. Evans and the city
council
We will ever remember with joy the
greeting accorded us at Griswold, where
the little girls wearing capes of paper,
sang AMERICA" !; and the Star spangled
buttonieres, and where many of the war
riors who participated in the Sioux massa-
ere of '62, and afterwards fled to Canada.
fad to a7e at the Of
decorated with the stars and stripes, where
the ladies rendered us a banquet that could
no; be excelled, and Mayor D: Mcdonald
of Trade, presented us with handsomely
engrossed address of welcome; at Indian
Head, where the entire populace, headed
ed by the Indian band from the Govern
ment School at Qu'Appelle, gave us
rousing welcome: at Regina, the capital Of
tion to cordial reception by Premier
Haultain, representing the Northwest AS
sembly, acting Mayor S. A. Clark and citi-
zens, o,T we enjoyed the exceptional courtesy
Gov. M. C. Cameron; at Vancouver, where
Mayor Garden, city council and Board of
Trade were Profuse in their attention,
Mayor G. p. -Redfern, city council and
Board apla Of Trade gave US royal welcome
Columbia; at Seattle, where Alden j.
Blethen, editor of the Daily Times, greet
ed US with the announcement that ''san-
rssd tag4 and aRd + in h his e
acquainted with the Queen City of the Pa
cific coast and at CALGARY where on our
return we were conveyed to the fair
grounds and witnessed the novel and ex-
citing exhibitions Of Indian war dances
and horse racing, cowboy broncho busting
and roping the wild steers.
We extend thanks tor favors granted us
at Banff, by Howard Douglass. Superin-
tendent of the Canadian National Park,
and Sergeant S. Crosthwait, of the North
western Mounted Police.
While we recognize in the grand and
beautiful mountain scenery to be viewed
from the Canadian Pacific railway,
great source of delight to the traveller, we
are the most impressed with the great
agricultural wealth of that vast empire
reaching from the base of the mountains
eastward to Winnipeg. Yet but partially
developed, it is easy to see that this vast
and rich agricultural area offers the great
est possible Inducements to home seekers,
and Is destined to become one Of the rich
est sections of the North American conti-
nent.
We extend sincere thanks to President
s: A. Langum, Secretary c. P. Slime and
Messrs. H. P. Hall, c. G. Whitney and c..
s. Mitchell, members Of the executive COM
mittee, for the painstaking care exercised
by them in timing and so successfully
managing the longest and most important
excursion ever taken by our Association.
c. w. Stanton,
w. r. Hodges,
c. L. Luce,
s. G. Peterson,
p T1y1or