Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-26

not have been an American girl if
had not instantly desired to see the
world from the speakers seat There
was no one there, of course, but the
page and our party SO l climbed into
lhe Dig leather chair and was fairly
lost IN its soft depths. But the dignity
was too depressing. didn't care to
stay long. The carpet on the floor
ana platform of this apartment bore
the insignia of Canada Overhead was
a netting which We were told was to
break the echo of the sound. The
acoustics of the apartment are won
derful, for the solemnity of the atmos.
phere made US talk in hushed tones
any yet every word was distinctly
sudlble In this parliament hall are
immense pillars of Italian marble of
magnlhcent coloring, each said to
Welgn four tons. Visitors galleries
above look down on the floor of the
mouse. we also had glimpse of the
speakers room and here were de-
iilghted with an old bouffe, handsome
~ carved in dragon heads.
We saw, too. the committee rooms.
where the different factions meet,
Each is finished in the native wood of
the province instead of being mum.
bered; one is done entirely in cedar
and the other in elegant curly maple,
and are known as the maple and cedar
rooms.
Parliament is not in session now,
seldom having summer terms.
A Canadian Newspaper Plant.
Before leaving Victoria we stepped
into the office of the Times Printing E.
publishing Co. where, through the
courtesy of John Nelson, managing d.
rector, | was shown through the plant
canadian papers differs much from our
American sheets. The Times operates
-FOUR linotype machines and up to now
mas printed on fiat bed press They
are Just installing new Hoe press.
"hlch IS to be put in the front window,
surely an American innovation. Their
CITY ana editorial rooms hardly compare
win our own, except possibly in the
general disorder. q was there right
after press time). They feature their
engraving department, and have issued
several handsome booklets They had
also Just published a fine souvenir ed-
ZION to commemorate their coming of
age, or tWenty-first anniversary.
Before going to the boat for the re-
turn to American soil we dined at the
Poodle Dog restaurant. modelled after
its famous namesale in San Francisco.
though this one claims to have ante
dated the other.
Down Puget Sound.
The boat run from Seattle to Victoria
was beautiful; the night ride through
the Straits Of Juan de Fuca and Puget
sound, with it's quaint little islands,
light houses and rock bound shores,
being one to remember
The calm quiet of the Canadian day
was readily broken, however. when we
reached Seattle at midnight and found,
literally speaking, no place to lay our
heads. Every one of the large hotels
was crowded to the limit, and we found
that unless one had reservations" for
days ahead it was impossible to get ac-
commodations. After much persever-
ance we obtained nice lodgings in a
family hotel out from the center of
the city, called "The Dresden"
Crowds Everywhere.
When we reached the depot to take
the morning train for Portland we felt
that our troubles were now surely over,
but alas, they had "only just begun"
| The trains were so crowded that here
too, unless one had reservations" it
was practically impossible to get a
place.
1t is long story, just how we got on
that crowded train and won't stop to
| tell it 10 you now, bnt you will have
some idea Of the crush when | tell you
that there were thousand people on
this one train that morning, leaving
Seattle for Portland. 1t was taken
through at a rapid rate. carrying moth
ing but passengers, the baggage being
| all brought on second section that
ran sometime later. Coaches were
packed to the doors, and we were ex-
ceedingly lucky in getting seats in the
observation car, much to the disgust
however, of a party of Raymond Whit.
comb tourists, who seemed 10 greatly
resent our intrusion
Ferried Over the Columbia.
A novel sensation for me was that
of being ferried across the Columbia
river, the entire train being taken on
the ferry from Calama, Wash, to
Goble, Ore. The novel part was lunch.
| ing at the station on the ferry boat and
then boarding the train again when it
reached the other SIDE In the har.
| Dor, as we landed on the Oregon shore
we saw large steamer, half turned
| over. aground uDon the rocks