The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09
/ Is \ VERY
BIG COUNTRY
British Columbia and Its Un-
settled Tracts.
TRIP THROUGH CANADA
And Sights and Scenes by the
Way.
TRIP THROUGH CANADA

New York, Nov. s. A special to the New
York World says:
Beautiful British Columbia. land OF
peace and promise fruit and flowers. Of
balmy climate, of untold mineral and
| agriculture wealth-in a word a region
unknown to the average American mind
Mention the Dominion of Canada in
the east and an intensive cold prevails
| True it is of that part of the great North
west where snow-capped meutains frowr
down upon the valleys cold and barren
without vendure or animal life.
In Southern Central British Columbia
| the sky however, is Italian in its clear
ness and nature is always at her best.
Here roses bloom at Christmas, over
coats are unknown and the air is SC
rarified the water and all conditions SO
healthful that physicians must be SUBJ
s:dized by the government to remain.
T. this paradise of nature party of New
Workers, including Senator H. Charles
Royce of ST. Adams, Vt. William J.
Brewer, PRESIDENT and Eli Mirandon, secre-
tary of the Olalla Mining company, John
E. Tylee. a lawyer, William r. Gaede and
Frank Anger found themselves week
! ago.
The same Canadian Pacific train also
! had as passengers his excellency Lord
Lcrd Mimic. govenor-general of Canada.
and Lady Mimic and her daughters, Lady
Eileen Elliot, Lady Ruby and Lady Vic
toria; his staff. including Major Maude of
tho Coldstream Guards, Capt. A. c. Bell
end Hughes and Controller OF the House
| hold Guise.
The Governor-General and party were
or duck-hunting trip to Qu'Appelle.
near the scene of the Riel rebellion of
1895 and in which His Excellency was
engaged.
Lord Mimic received the correspondent
o. the World cordially in his private car.
His Excellency said:
THE mineral wealth of British Co.
lrmbia cannot be estimated. With capital
certain sections will develop untold of
wealth Up to the present the great cop
per belt has hardly been scratched"
Among the passengers on the same train
were Attorney-General T. NJ. Eberts. 4
Canadian born. and a man of most pleas
ing personality. Mr.. Eberts knew Josiah
Henson, the original Uncle Toms Cabin,
the late Mrs. HARRIET Beechers Stoves
great work.
Josiah. on reaching Canada by the "un-
derground railway went to Chatham,
where Mrs. Stowe saw him and began
the study of the conditions embodied in
the book which so largely contributed
TO the bringing about of the Civil war.
Mr.. Eberts remembers when the now
fiourishing city Of Vancouver boosted Of
but one hut. His father-in-law was as
scciated with the Hudsons Bay company
in 1850 and in that year sold 10000 buffa
10 skins for s. each.
At Heron Bay the scenery begins to
fiji with miniature islands. rich in
foliage, tall cliffs, atop of which small
birch saplings move to and fro in the
gentle breeze.
OF men. cattle and huts there are
none. yet this is one of the most beautl
full and picturesque regions in all Canada.
At Selkirk is the home of Sir William
Van Horn. managing director OF the Ca
madam Pacific Railroad. Here the scenery
l.; less wild and cultivation is general.
half the journey TO the coast is compile
ted. The weary traveller is allowed six
hours in which 10 stretch his legs in
this hourishing city Of the great north
west. with a population OF 5000 wide
streets, trolleys and hustling, busting
air
From here westward the landscape be-
comes hourly more picturesque. being
made up Of stretches on stretches Of
prairie. here and there relieved by the
work Of an ancient mound builder or the
hut Of a settler.
Here. too. are cattle and wheat and the
country appears more fertile. At night
the distant prairie fires partially light up
the inky darkness.
On. on plunges the train now. due 10
the plains are still with us but afar OF
the plans are still with Is. but sfar of
in the hazy. half-light are seen the peaks
o. the Rocky Mountains.
At Merely altitude 900 feet) the ira
weller catches more pronounced glimpses
o. the foothills and the rockies in ths
distance. Here are TO be seen the beau
tiful valleys through which big and Iittl-
streams cash downward As far as the
lost al times in deecy clouds.
The regularity OF the mountains afte-
passing Anthracite Is striking. each seem
iHg % have been SHAPED IN tho same
mould Further on this regularity ceases.
and jagged and uneven peaks become
more common
4 herd Ct buffalo Is passed nearing
Bsnf one OF the half dozen herds left
O. the Millions Of magnificent hisozs
that not many years ago added to the
viidness and grandeur % the great north
vest
Surrounding the unique log station AZ
Banf faltitu61 400 feet) the scenery IS
stupeudous in its impressiveness- STOW
oa7ped peaks meet the eye and. Z pos
sihle- one mountain Is moro majestic than
its fellow. BanH Is the most important
ST alton IN the rockies. being famou. FOR
its mineral springs.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad = one I
O. tie engineering fsats q ;he century
srd - TO pace can Il be better STUDIED
than az BanG
The Ss.Nooo0 q government subsidy
but a part q the 50. sae 90 II cost
20 build The road ore muSt rfse TIE : %
miles 20 Vancouver 20 appreciate the 4
dangers. TIE indefarisabis labor and the .
l-ss q life Is building eataaes-
All day the aflh tSTl IRE tsain 9ured .
steadily on. The Rockies always II sigh .
The valleys through which re passed. 4
were 10 longer fertile. The Aftis norr- 4
tain streams xere absent srasu spruce 4
ard underhrush ard half-hsr1ef patches .
a. forest art stunps Indicated tat fhls i