The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-08-31

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polhlk Ii The west VIA Ire ranadIAg
raelnc n whs daylight wheM VI
iwArhed Albert lea. Corn Was Uui
IN sNeael and looking we'll, THERE
was d lAfga acreage IL wheat. 4 vefs
small pnrcent II which waa cot
The shocks stood thick on the
ground. There are many beautiful
iakea 10 slight We are told that n
one township near Minneapolis there
are thirty. nine lakes. Lake Mime
,onka Il said 60 be one 81 the mos,
beautiful lakes In tho world We
changed cars at Sc Paul then ran
back to Minneapolis, which place We
left nc IL a. M. Country northwest
OF paynesylile was very level, with
timber enough along the streains 70
make a pretty landscape, | saw the
largest oata fields have ever seen,
They were green yet; also large corn
fields out In tasseI. Glenwood soil
Is thin. and gravel near the top OF tho
ground, but tho crops looked fine.
We passed through immense fields of
wheat and oats, but very little of
which was harvested. 1t surely looks
like we would have cheaper -four be.
fore long IL the ABUNDANT crop has
anything to do with It. When we
had reached Lueca on Aug, 2, night
overlook us. Wheat not ripe and ev.
erything green as early spring.
August we crossed the Canadian
line at Portal at seven.thirty, stayed
an hour. The custom officer inspect.
ed cur baggage here. Our watches
had to be turned back one hour.
Flaxton was the first town this
morning Acres and acres of lan1
just broken. Flax the principal crop.
Soil looks rich and Is level A great
deal of the land through this coun-
try has to have the rock picked Off
before 1t can be farmed. We saw one
man using an OK team TO break
with. The houses In this country are
mostly one-story. At Weyburn they
were holding civic picnic. II look
ed like everybody and his dog was
coming 1t was quite good sized
town. We did not learn the number
OF inhabitants. The town was six
years old. Moorejaw was pretty
town. Vegetables about like the 1st
of June with us. This country is not
settled much yet and don't look like
It ever would be. We did not see q
farm house between Parkbeg and
Chaplin. There were swarms of wild
ducks on Chaplin Lake. The little
tiny fellows looked SO cute swimming
after their mothers. Calgary Is
new growing town Of six thousand In
habitants. This country would not
be a bad place TO live in. They say
II never gets very cold here and yege.
tation looked well. Gardens look
about like June. Bariff depot and
hotel are built of logs and painted
red. There are about FIVE hundred In.
The hot spring, great
pleasure resort, IS situated about .
miles from this pace. Before we
reached here we saw large mines OF
anthracite coal We now for the first
time see real mountains. Some arc
bare rocks, while others are covered
with pines almost to the top. A
great many are snow topped. In
some places the old trees- have been
burned and young trees have been
grown up thick. Rachel remarked
that this would be a good place TO get
a nice Christmas tree.
At Laggan we changed time again.
Our watches were still one hour too
fast. Near Field we crossed the
great Divide, where two streams
within two rods OF each other ran In
opposite directions. This is the high.
est point OF railroading in Canada.
Field Is fine pleasure resort with
large hotels. One hotel has ninety.
one rooms There Ia no town here to
speak Of. This Is the gateway to 70.
no and Ice rivers and Emerald lake.
The mountain scenery is grand The
beautiful streams with falls, beautiful
mosses OF different kindsS stately
pines, grand rocks and snow.capped
peaks, the beautiful flowers and Der;
ries, all together they beggar descriD-
ton and you can only open eyes and
mouth and say oh!
The conductors changed often.
one came through the Car and called
for tickets. We imagined from his ap,
pearance that he was a tramp, and A.
r. asked him why he did not tog up
so we could know him He said, ooh,
this Is the wild and woolly vest and
he looked 1t sure enugh.
We reached Vancouver Saturday
before noon, and looked around some
over the city before going on the boat.
We were very much impressed with
the politeness Of the people.
The trip across the Sound was fine,
You scarcely knew you were moving
the Sound was so smooth. The boat
stopped at Victoria for an hour or
more and we went ashore and looked
about for awhile; then supposed IL
would be all right to go back on the
boat when we got ready, but when
we attempted II there was an officer
there that told US we would have 20