The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28

ratively open ountry where 1t again follows
/ the Columbia for some miles. The re-
| mainderof tile trip to Vancouver was made
/ at night, but on thereturn early risers had
! opportunity to enjoy the matchless scenery of
/ the Fraser river canyon, where the great
river Is forced between vertical walls of black
rocks and the railway is cut into cliffs 200
| feet or more above the madly foaming and
! roaring stream and pierces by a succession of
tunnels the jutting spurs of rock.
! Wearrived at Vancouver in the morning
| just one hour late according to the schedule,
and we we're warmly welcomed by the mayor
! and aldermen. The forenoon was spent in
| sigh4 seeing, some members of the party en-
| joying an ocean swim. Vancouver is thirty
| ing city of20,00O very pretty place in which
to1fve. 1t is only eleven years old and the
best policed city on the Pacific coast
Leaving Vancouver by steamer at ocloc k
p. IN. we reached Victoria shorty after mid
night, with a few seasick people on board, but
the stay of two nights and a whole day at this
old English city gave all a chance to get rest
ed. Wewere given the freedom of: this city
and provided with street car passes The
most notable event of the day was the
visit to the Emperiemse, the flagship Eof the
British Pacific squadron. This is a first class
cruiser manned by $50 men and equipped with
several large guns including two ID inch, fir
ing a $50 pound she'll The party was divided
up into squads of about ten each under the
guidance of an officer of the boat who con-
Quoted us down four flights of stairs till we
were fourteen feet below the water line. and
by the time we wera through we found no
difficulty in realizing why naval vessels are
expensive. An interesting fact learned here
was that the crack gunnerof the squadron had
deserted few days before to join the Ame-
rican feet at Cuba so he could have a chance
to fight. In the evening we had little dance
at the Victoria Hotel and were escorted
through the Chinese quarter by policeman.
The boat trip to Seattle was delightful
made memorable by Thanksgiving exerci les
for American victories, and the presentation of
beautiful souvenirs to w. J. White, H. P.
Hail and @. @. Whitney as a token of the ap-
probation of their eff3rts to provide for the
pleasure of the party. Similar mementos
were given @. S. Mitchell and A. B. Calder at
Seattle, all of which were richly deserved
Seattle is the liveliest city in the west, but
its hills and sand were SurpaSS9dsonly by the
hospitality of its people, The experience of
riding up and down those steep hills in cable
ears was something novel and not soon to be
forgotten. in the evening we were treated to
a banquet and then went to our cars which
had been brought around from Vancouver.
Friday morning we started on the home
trip, and went through the mountains with
considerable more equanimty than on the
outgoing trip. Whenever possible we took
our meals at @. P Il. hotels where all could be
accommodated at one sitting. There are a
number of these on the route and all of them
first class, as is everything the G. P. r. road
touches At Banff we spent four hours and
had an opportunity to take plunge in pools
fed by hot sulphur springs. The next stop
was at Calgary where. the citizens had ar
ranged fora Wild West show of considerable
interest. Painted and feathered Indians
dashed about on their ponies, yelling and
t1ouriShing their weapons, the COW boys gave
US an exhibition of riding 'bueking" ponies
and several exciting horse races between the
Indians were witnessed. Calgary is prosper
Gus city of 1880 people, containing the only
daily newspaper between Winnipeg and
Vancouver. The buildings are Largely of
stone which is nearly as cheap as lumber.
Whenw returned to our train at Calgary
w3felt as though the sightseeing was at an
end and the remaining time was spent com:
pairing experiences and cementing those
friendships which make one of the delightful
features of such trip.
Forty hours of continuous travelling brought
us into st. Paul Monday noon, six hours be-
hind schedule time. considerable delay hav-
ing been occasioned on account of pamaged
telegraph wires and resulting irregular train
orders. All were tired and glad to get back
to Minnesota but G. S. Mitchell voiced the
sentiment of the entire party when he said at
Buffalo that it had been the most wonderful
and successful trip ever taken by the Mime
sofa State Editorial Association.