Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
the DULUTH EXCURSION.

the DULUTH EXCURSION.
A Sketch Of the Trip as Enjoyed BY a
Large Number Of Kandiyohi
County People.
About 180 people assembled at the
depot last Saturday morning to take
the excursion train to Duluth. This
number was augmented at points all
along the road and when the train
pulled into Duluth eleven coaches were
filed.
The ride to Duluth was enjoyed by
all. On every hand were abund ant
evidences of the harvest season. In
Stearns county many large fields were
already in the shock, but at no place
along the road did they look as
promising as those which were seen in
Kandiyohi county. In fact, the Will
mar people came to the conclusion
that for agricultural purposes one
section of Kandiyohi county land was
worth any dozen sections which were
seen outside of the county.
The ride through the burnt pine re-
gion to and beyond Hinckley excited
considerable interest, though once
seen person can appreciate a remark
heard on the train, ''that it was a
good country to ride through in the
night time" Burnt stumps, charred
trees and limsy board shanties, all
tokens of poverty and hard struggle
for livelihood, and the excursionist
felt relieved when they were left be-
hind as the train speeded on it's way
to Duluth.
On board the train were committees
from West Superior and Duluth and
the rivalry between the two cities was
very much in evidence. Tickets for
free rides and meals were given to the
excursionists, each town endeavoring
to outdo the other. By the time the
train reached Superior the efforts of
the two committees to capture the
crowd for their respective cities caused
considerable mirth on the train. A
few left the train at Superior, but the
greater part remained to enjoy the
of Duluth. At Duluth,
as at Superior, large crowd with a
brass band were on hand to greet the
visitors. Tables were loaded down
with eatables and liquid refreshments
the latter tasted like beer though
the city newspapers of that evening
called it lemonade.
After satisfying the inner man the
visitors on the Willmar train scat
tered to different parts of the city.
Their places at the depot were taken
by later arrivals. One section, a
train Of fourteen coaches, was com
posed of excursionists from Alexan-
dria and vicinity and another section,
the largest of the three, contained a
large crowd of pleasure seekers from
Sioux City, and points between that
place and Willmar. The entire num-
,ber of visitors on the three sections
was estimated at something over two
thousand.
To the visitor the cities of Duluth
and Superior and the harbor present
many objects of interest. One can
hardly realize the immense amount of
capital represented in the shipping
facilities of the two places. Some of
the greatest grain elevators of the
world are located here and the coal
and iron ore docks are unequalled in
any place of the United States. Du-
luth has the finest school building in
the world and it's parks, together with
it's boulevard drives, speak we'll of the
efforts of it's citizens to beautify their
city. Everything has been built in a
good substantial manner regardless
of cost.
From the lake Duluth appears to
consist of few scattered buildings,
built along the sides of the bluff. It
is quite different, however, when one
gets up into the city. Narrow streets
with high buildings on either side re-
minds one of some of the streets in
St. Paul or Minneapolis. The avenues
are like toboggan slides and if, on
some cold misty day, when an ice sleet
cover the side walks, a person should
lose his footing, he would have no
trouble in sliding through the entire
width of the town. An incline railway
runs up to the top of the bluff which
rises 800 feet above the lake. A ride
up this gives a person a good view of
Duluth and vicinity.
The visitors assembled at the depot
Sunday evening and by eight O'Clock
the last sectian, the Willmar train,
had pulled out of Duluth. An eight
hours ride brought the Willmar ex-
cursionists home and all voted that
the cities at the head of the great lakes
were first class places to visit.
FREE OF CHARGE.
- Any adult suffering from a cold set.
tied on the breast, bronchitis, throat
or lung troubles of any nature. who