The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-03-09
Where 1ceb ergs, Blizzards
and Mountains of Snow
Abound.
No Place for a Northcrner
to Spend the Witcr-
Plenty of Snow
At Home and a Better Quality.

Through the courtesy of Jim Hill and
the Great Northern railroad, The
Pioneer family was granted transport
alton to St. Paul and thus were able, on
Feb. l. to visit the Twin Cities, and on
the 9Th, accompany the North Dakota
the frozen south.
While in the Twin Cities all points of
interest were visited and through the
kindness of Grand Secretary Bolton and
wife, old friends of the writer. We attend
ed grand banquet of the D. of r., I. O.
O. F., in st. Paul, on the evening of the
4th, and we're highly entertained.
At sos p. m. Sunday, Feb. 5, we de-
parted from ST. Paul in two Pullman
palace cars-98 people-over the old
renowned and most popular railroad in
America, THE Burlington Route for
St. Louis, accompanied by that whole
souled good fellow, Col. G. R. Wilkinson
OF the passenger department. whose only
duty was to look after our wants, ana
this he did, as none other could.
Arrived in st. Louis two hours late,
owing to cold weather--l4 below zero.
1t was dark and little could be seen of
this renowned city and after viewing
the mammoth new union depot. our cars
were attached to the limited train on
| the Louisville e. Nashville road, and we
were off for Nashville. Tenn, where We
arrived next morning for breakfast-a at
rs cents each. Our stop here was brie1
and only snap shot was taken Of this
historic old southern city.
All day the train passed through
what seemed to the writer, the most de
solate country on the globe. Hundreds
Of acres of cotton and rice remained ir
the fields unpicked, and the soil is a rec
clay, that looks to be very poor. The
color line is drawn very closely from
here down, and every railway train, anC
all public places, have seperate apart
ments for the negro race. No darkey is
allowed in the white apartments, neither
is white person permitted to intrudt
upon the negro. All day we passeC
through the greatest phosphate fields il
tho world. This minerals it really i:
is taken from the ground and after be
ing crushed, is used extensively, all owe
the country, for fertalizing purposes. Ir
this section of Tennessee the mines art
numerous, and is the chief industry O
the people.
Supper was eaten in Montgomery
Ala, and again darkness prohibited ;
view of the city, which we heard is ;
prosperous one Of 5000 souls, surround
cd by the mines just spoken of.
Here our party was switched onto thu
Plant System OF railroads. and aftel
riding all night. breakfast was eaten ii
haste at Dupont, Ga, and dinner al
Ocala, Fla.-such as they were. The
day en- route was through swamps anc
small timber, where nothing but flies
and alligators care to dwell. Tampa
was our next stop and supper the most
important part of the program. We
might state right here, that our trair
ran for several hours on this day, Wed
nesday, Feb. g. along side of the famous
Suwannee river, of which the old negro
song has told us in melodious tones
through such space Of years that il
has become familiar to every school boy
and girl in America. L is d small
stream, not much larger than the Maple
The night was passed very pleasantly
in Tampa, and at ! a. m. of the 9th, We
departed for Port Tampa, nine miles
below the city. made historic from the
fact that here is where our brave soldier
boys campcd and embarked for Cuba, in
the late war A steamer
carried US across the bay to St. Peters
burg, a most beautiful city of l,OOC
inhabitants, who live of of the norterr
folks money. a large orange and pine
apple farm was visited and many oranges
suffered because OF our stay, II will not
be out OF place to state that here, as vel
ns on route, tho writer was dressed in
tho same clothing worn hero ut home
and felt quito comfortable clothed in
our heavy fur over coat, Thus did W.
pick aud eat oranges to our heart b con
tont--while tho natives looked on il.
w0uuorpont'-lukiDg many snup shots