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

the Columbia for some miles. The re-.
mainder OF the trip to Vancouver was made
| at night, but on thereturn early risers had
opportunity toenjoy thematchless 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 zoo
feet or more above the madly foaming and
roaring stream and pierces by a succession OF
tunnels the jutting spurs of rock.
i Wearrlved at Vancouver in the mornin o
just one hour late according to the schedule.
and we were 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 thriv-
ing city of2o,00O very pretty place in which
to live. 1t is only eleven years old and the
best policed city on the Pacific coast.
Leaving Vancouver by steamer at o'cloc k
1 p. IN we reached Victoria shorty after mid
night, with few seasick people on board but
| the stay of two nights and 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 Experience, the flagship sof the
British Pacific squadron. This is first class
cruiser manned by $50 men and equipped with
several large guns including two ID inch. fir
| ing $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 wer5 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
desel ted few days before to join the Ame-
rican fleet at Cuba so he could have a chance
to fight. In the evening we hal 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 ,es
for American victores,and the presentation of
beautiful souvenirs to w. ]. White, H. p.
Hall and O. @. Whitney as token of the ap-
probation of their Efforts to provide for til e
pleasure of the party. Similar mementos
were given c. S. Mitchell and A. B. Calder. at
Seattle. all of which were richly deserved.
Seattle is the liveliest city in the west but
It's hill and san1 were surpasssdsonly 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
forgotton in the evening we were treated to |
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 ate. 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 c. p. r. road
touches. At Bantf we spent four hours and
mad 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
hourishing their weapons the COW boys gave
US an exhibition of riding .'bucking" ponies
and several exciting horse races between the
Indians were witnessed. Calgary is a prosper
Gus city of 1880 people, containing the only
daily newspaper between Winnipeg and
vancouver. The buildings are largely OH
stone which is nearly as cheap as lumber 7
When we returned to our train at Calgary
wafelt as though the sightseeing was at an
END and the remaining time was spent com.
pairing experiences and cementing those
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-
lind schedule time. considerable delay hav-
ng been occasioned on account of pamaged
wires and resulting irregular train
orders All were tired and glad to get back ,
70 Minnesota but G. s. Mitchell voiced the
of the entire party when he said at
Buffalo that it had been the most wonderful
md successful trip ever taken by the Mime
ota State Editorial Association