The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-23

'RUIE COUNTY, Sol
! should 60 through Canada. Here, along
the Canadian Pacific, running from eas,
to west, five or six hundred miles north
OF southern South Dakota, are towns and
cities with 5000 to $4,000 inhabitants
with their trolley cara, electric tights
gas and water works; their handsome
parks and residences and manufactures
their trees, their shrubbery and ,oun
tains and all the comforts aud lnxuries
4 Of any town or any country between the
two oceans; a happy, contented, prosper
GUS people. Yet, what do we favored
mortals. as far south from them as frol1
] Chicago to New Orleans t'do in tho win
ter time" Great Scott! but it would EN-
tighten some people if they would tul
once leave their own back yard for a day
or two.
i The Dominion of Canada consists Of
seven provinces: Ontario. Quebec, Novia
Scotia, New Brunswick. Prince Edward
Island, Manitoba and British Columbia
which in their self-governing. power cor.
respond very closely TO the several states
of our Union; of four provisional dis.
tricts, which correspond somewhat to
the American territories: and three other
provisional districts which are admin
istered BY the general governments. The
capital OF the whole dominion is Ottawa.
Each province and three provisional dis
tricts have their own heads of govern.
lnent. The population of the entire do
minion is about {, ,OOO,O 900. Of which about
l35 900 are in the Northwest Territories.
In all the provinces there is lieutenant
governor appointed for five years by the
governor general OF the dominion in
council, and aided by an executive coun-
Gil Of eight or less members, who have
seats in the legislature and are rcspon-
slble to the popular house in accordance
with the principles Of English parlimen.
tary government.
We landed IN the dominion at Van
couyer by boat from Victoria, voyage
told about in the last article, reaching
the city about 1890 at night. 1t was a
pretty ride into the harbor amid the
hundreds Of harbor and shore lights and
the twinkling, blinking electric lights Of
the city in the distance though neceas-
arily slow and somewhat tedious owing
to the difficult navigation. Hundreds Of
people were at the wharf to meet us, late
as was the honr, and only short dis
tance away was our long train of Wag-
ners, goodlY sight to see. which had been
pulled from Seattle by the Northern
Pacific to meet US. We had been cabled
at Victoria that banquet awaited us at
Vancouver, but the expectation was that
VIC were to arrive at Vancouver several
hours earlier and what, if any, change
had been made owing to our late arrival,
was a matter Of guess. There was a gem
eral disposition, too, to crawl into our
berths as soon as we struck the special,
tired and worn out as we were, and the
midnight hour about sixty minutes
away, but upon landing, we learned that
the Canadian Pacific had prepared ban
qnet for the entire party at their mag
nidcent hotel, the Vancouver, and such
hospitality could not be ignored no mat
ter what the hour or the fatigue. The
result was that every seat in the Inn
,uense banquet room of the Vancouver
was filled and every berth was minus an
occupant when the chimes of midnight
rang out over the city. The banquet
was served 10 the genuine English style,
and most everyone knows what taat is:
difficult to excel. There we're the usual
toasts and responses and the whole char
acterized by the most fraternal feeling
and good fellowship between the repre-.
sentatiyes of the two countries.
Thirteen years ago the site now occu-
pied by Vancouver was a dense forest.
Now it is the terminus of the greatest
transcontinental railway line on the
American continent and is city of 25,
600 population. Its growth has been
phenomenal. The location of the city,
on Coal Harbor, is most picturesque and
perfect as to natural drainage, harbor
facilities, and commercial advantages
1t has already extensive wharves and
warehouses; many hotels, churches,
schools and other public buildings. Il
has many buildings OF brick and granite
and private residences that would dc
credit to cities Of a cpnturY's growth. II
has miles Of asphalt streets, gas ant
electricity, a fine trolley line, and thu
best Of waterworks. There is a regular
4 line of steamers to Victoria and San
francisco, to China and Japan, to Aus
! tralia, via Honolulu and to Alaska. Th,
Canadian Pacific company operates tn,
}, White Express Line to the Orient. who's
J steamships are the finest on the Pacific
!, We saw several ships arrive from China
: Japan and Australia and found muc,
} interest in watching the process Of un
J loading a cargo Of tea. The tea wa
/. loaded directly into through cars TO
: New York and the duty is collected q
the destination. There is an air Of Thrift
} and enterprise running all over Vancou
: yer aud one evidence Of it was the mag
nilicent new stone and brick depot Of tn
5 Canadian Pacific, now in course Of COZ
. struction.
!. This Canadian Pacific ts a great raj
{ road and still greater corporation un
l important factor toward Canada
i. growth. It was assisted in its marc
n across the continent by the English go,
/, ernment, much as the Union Pacific ws
q boosted by our government. Now il ia