The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-21
THE EDIroRrAr- ExruRsIoN

ELSEWHERE as in Canada; there may be
another as fine q transcontinental line
as the Canadian Pacific railway; there
I, may be elsewhere as broad and fertile
acres and as magnificent, sublime and
awe-inspiring scenery as that traversed
by this splendid railway system; but it
would be a difficult task to SO convince
any member of the recent Minnesota
State Editorial Ass ociation excursion
4 to the coast. From beginning to end
the trip was constant revelation, till
] We felt as though we were helpless to
assimilate one-half of what we saw
and any attempt at description must be
feeble and unsatisfactory at best.
AS some of the HERALD readers may
perhaps already know, this trip vas
taken at the invitation of the Canadian
Pacific railway company and the
Canadian government. For months
previous w. J. White, press agent OF
the Dominion government, had been
working in conjunction with Messrs.
Hall, Whitney and Mitchell, executive
committee of the State Editorial Asso-
ciation, on the details of the trip, the
longest in time consumed and distance
travelled ever taken by the Associa-
ton. ~ T.
The party gathered at st. Paul Oh
Thursday afternoon, July 7th, where
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they were supplied with sleeping car
tickets, coupon tickets for meals,
badges, etc. The detail with which
the long journey was outlined in the
itinerary furnished gave us some in
sight into the careful preparation
made for our comfort and entertain
ment, but we were not prepared for the
succession of ovations, hearty well
comes and royal banquets with. which
our progress through Canada was
greeted. .".
We left St. Paul in four Pullman
sleeping cars at 1880 o'clock Thursd ay
evening via the Northern Pacific rail-
way, arriving in Winnipeg at 1:3O p.
N. on Friday with no accident aside
from slight delay at Grafton where
two ladies got off the train to see the
town and we're not missed until we
were mile on our way. This lesson
was taken to heart by all of the party
aud no one else was left through bout
the trip, all scrambling on the train
with commendable alacrity at the cry
Of CAN Aboard!",
After bounteous lunch at the Man
itoba Hotel in Winnipeg, during which
the band in the adjoining lobby played
such nation al airs as Hail Columbia"
''Star Spangled Banner" "Yankee
Doodle, etc., we were entertained by
an exhibition drill of tine city fire de-
partment which impelled us to con-
graduate the people of Winnipeg on
their splendid protection from the fire
fiend. We then boarded the special
6rain of street cars for ride about
the city, going tothe fair grounds and
numerous parks. To reach one of
these we crossed the Assiniboine river
on a pontoon bridge-a novel exper-
ence to many members of the party.
Winnipeg is a handsome city, built
argely of superior brick and stone at
Tie junction of the Red and Assini-
Joine rivers. 1t was formerly known
Is Fort Garry and the street cars
topped long enough to enable the
lod TX tiends to get II snap shot of the
:rumbling ruins OF the old fort. With
it's electric lights, electric street rail
ways, hospitals, Touring mills and
magnificent public and private build
ilgs it is indeed d city to be proud Of.
We we're particularly struck with the
magnificent width of streets, which is
likewise characteristic of the other
sites visited in II an jtoba.
At 10 O'Clock we sat down in the
| pavilion of Edison Park to royal
banquet rendered by the mayor and
citizens, where we listened to eloquent
addresses by his honor, the mayor
| and other prominent Winnipeg gentle.
men. with creditable responses by
Messrs. Langum, Hall, Mitchell, Bel
den and others from Minnesota. The
good feeling evinced by the handsome
badges engraved with the British en-
sign, presented TO one representative
of each news paper by the Western