The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-30
ing his lantern high above his head, for
without it he had no means OF warning

After most pcrilous passage of The
stream, he won his way across and.prac-
tically saved the life Of every soul on the
approaching train. Honey will be rich
ly rewarded both by the railway COM
pany and the passengers whose lives he
saved. He will also in all probability
receive the Humane society's medal"
Before forget it, on the Canadian
Pacific road the terms o. nj. and p. N.
are never used in speaking OF time.
They reckon the hours from one to TWEEN
ty-four straight. Ifit is 1 o'clock y. III.
by our time, they call it 13 O'Clock; 2
O'clock is IA o'clock, etc. Midnight is
"a o'clock. The next hour after. o'clock.
Anybody can SEQ the advantage OF this
and it is wonder now to me that all
railroads do not adopt the system. The
railroad men up there all like. There is
no chance for error in getting the fore
noon and afternoon mixed.
the delay caused by the burned bridge
meant general Encouragement Of the
itinerary, but don't believe anyone
felt a bit sorry when the ten Wagntrs,
baggage car and diner again pulled INTO
North Bend that Sunday morning. Sun
day should be a day OF rest anywhere,
and II ever poor mortals needed it, we
did. The day was spent quietly-aside
from the not-a.few women who stole the
porter's soap and slipped away IN the
woods to the creek and washed out few
pieces OF dainty fnery. There was a
beautiful waterfall up the mountain
ways, back OF the hotel, which many Wis
tied. But nearly all spent the day rest
ing and writing to friends at home. AT
sunset all impressive sacred service was
held Oh the lawn in front Of the hotel,
presided over by local Presbyterian
missionary. There were several good
singers in the party and it was developed
that among the newspaper men were
three. or four who could preach as good
sermon as they could write an editor
ial. The services, the scene, the time
and surroundings were so deeply impress
forgotten. The audience was not only
composed OF several hundred newspaper
men and ladies from all states in the
Union, hut among the hystanders We're
English, Irish, Scotch, Chinese, Indians,
Chinese Japs and halr-brco!s. At III
close of the service collection was TAX
en- up and S25 dumped onto The table for
/ the benefit of the mission. 1t was the
first time was ever int:ls.eG with a
collection Of that natu:e-but then was
good wayf from home.
We remained at North Bend until
Tuesday night. A big gang of men
came on from Vancouver and replaced
the bridge in forty-pight Tours. Our
heavy train was ths first u.@r tlla rew
structure and everybody held thrir
breath.
| After leaving Vancouver you ride 2O4
miles before striking town that, Ash
croft, place Of about thousand people.
Then comes Kamloops, fifty miles fur
ther, a town Of 1000 people. We stopped
here for supper and to get shaved and q
brass band came down on the station
platform and serenaded US. 1t was in
barber shops we got the best opportunity
and the time to look through tho news
papers Of the dominion. The newspapers
are thoroughly Americanized-l like all
Canada-m0dern III makeup and up-to
date in al! respects, and compare favor
ably with those published in the most
enterpriaing part Of the states. Every
, one speaks OF this country as "the States
over there.
Next morning found US at place
i called Glacier. 45O miles on cur home.
ward trip. This is simply a tourist sta.
q ton with chalet hotel, same as at Nortt
Bend. The attractions are magnificent
a scenery in an altitude of 4,OOp feet, ant
. the Great Glacier which is only thirt.
I minutes walk from the hotel. The glac
ier, it will be- understood, is great bod.
a Of ice, hundreds OF feet thick resting in ,
!, mammoth mountain gorge. The scener'
. along the road for several hundred mile
q is simply grand and for hundred mile
= either direction from Glacier reaches th
= sublime. Going east the road twists an
3 turns, loops back and ties itself into
= double bow knot, reaching the SUNNI
Of the Selkirk range, two miles from th
!; chalet hotel, en- altitude Of 4,30O fee
NJ Then comes Rogers pass, four miles fu
ther on. The pass lies between tw
i. lines o. snow-capped peaks rising 500
"a feet above the track. The changin
II effects OF the lights and shadows on tn
~ brotherhood OF peaks can never be 70
4. gotten.
NJ Some idea Of the railroading throug
~ these mountains may be had from Il
, fact that the road in going from Roger
~ pass to Beaver Mouth, a distance Of on
nn twenty miles, drops 1,eo) feet. Tnen
e ,u the next fifty miles it climbs 1850 fe
-, to Field. Here is located another III
ho chalet hotel under the management
m ro the Canadian Pacific. Eight miles /
~ yond Eieldis Hector, then Stephen, bo
little mountain stations and tho latt
- the summit of the Rockies, altitude SO
=. feet. At Hector IS the Great Divid
M and b little sparkling mountain strea
~ separates into two. the waters Of Q
- ~ flowing to the Pacific and the other
no Hudson's bay. AS the stream con
~ down the mountain 1t is not over t
- feet wide. 1t strikes small rock +
Ia Ia feet from the railroad track and the re
;na divides it almost evenly. Before eitl
creek gets half mile away it isl ru
~ ing torrent, fed every few rods with
,aal helper from the constantly melti
SHOWS on the mountain peaks.
D Kicking Horse river is passed, going
.a.n 80 to the divides stream rightly nam
" -, for OF all the rushing, roaring mount
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