The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-28
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US every possible as4ention.
Our obligations are due to the great
trans-condnental railway. the Canadian
Pacific, for its magnificent special train
service for a distance of fifteen hundred
milss and return. and the many courtesies
extended by it's president, Sir William c.
Van Horne William Whyte, General Man
ager. and Robert Kerr, Western Division
Traffic Manager, besides E. J. Coyle, the
company's Vancouver representative, A.
Z. Calder Ira Yelling Passenger Agent, and
p. 8. Jenkins, Superintendent of the Cana
dian Pacific telegraph service, to whom
we are indebted for frequent news buile-
tins. The Canadian Pacific is onS of the
continents greatest railway systems, ana
we have found its officials to be uniformly
courteous and attentive.
We express our deep appreciation of the
services rendered to us by the Wisconsin
Central railway in carrying our sleeping
cars from Chicago to st. Paul and return;
TO the Northern Pacific railway in trans
porting our party from St, Paul to Winni-
peg. and for placing at our service the
magnificent steamer, "City of Kingston"
for the memorable ride through the
to the Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
pany for its liberal courtesy in conveying
us from Vancouver to Victoria on the
finely equipped "Charmer;" to the Seattle
q international Railway Company for taxi
ing us from Seattle to Mission Junction;
and to the 500 Line for returning us
from Portal to st. Paul. a 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
the United States in the present war with
Spain.
We recall the cordial reception rendered
us at Winnipeg with much satisfaction,
and extend thanks to Mayor A A An
dreWs, the city council, Board of Trade
and citizens for the attention devoted to
us while the guests Of that city. The ban.
quet served at Elm Park by the ladies of
Ninetieth Battalion band, were enjoyable
features. The cordial reception given us
at Portage la Prairie by Dr. Rutherford,
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
ing that city.
The visit to the Government Expert
mental Station at Brandon impressed us
with the great progress being made in the
agricultural development Of the Domin-
ion, and was one of the. valued observa-
! tions of the trip. At this beautiful city,
the home Of Honorable Clifford Sifton and
Press Representative w. ]. White our
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
Banner" and presented us with beautiful
buttoniereS, and where many of the war
riors who participated in the Sioux massa-
ere of 81, and afterwards fled to Canada
had gathered to gaze at the descendants of
their frontier victims; at Virden gaily
decorated with the stars and stripes where
the ladies rendered us banquet that could
not be excelled, and Mayor D: Mcdonald
and w. J. Wilcox, president of the Board
of Trade, presented us with a handsomely
| engrossed address of welcome; at Indian
Head, where the entire populace, headed
| by Reeve Stevans and council, and escort
| ed by the Indian band from the Govern
| ment School at Qu'Appelle, gave us a
rousing Welcomes at Regina, the capital of
| ton to cordial reception by Premier
Haultain, representing the Northwest AS
sembly, acting Mayor S. A. Clark and citi-
zens, we enjoyed the exceptional courtesy
| of being welcomed by His Honor Lieut.
| Gov NJ. c. Cameron; at Vancouver, where
Mayor Garden, city council and Board of
which INCLUDED a delightful steamer ride
up the North Inlet; at Victoria. where
Mayor c. E. Redfern, city council and
Boa tSs Of Trafe gave us roy royal
| Columbia; at Seattle, where Alden ].
Blethen, editor of the Daily Times, greet
| ed us with the announcement that San
tiago had fallen and proceeded in his en-
| ergetic and hospitable manner to make us
acquainted with the Queen City of the Pa
cific coast; and at Calgary, where on our
| 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 for 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, a
| 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, 1t 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 CONT
nent.
| We extend sincere thanks to President
| S. A. Langum, Secretary c. P Slime and
| Messrs. H. P. Hall, C. c. 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,
G. L. Luce,
. S. G. Peterson,
| Txlor