Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-21
ESTABLISHED 1855


| one with solemnity not to be described
Waterfall after waterfall comes dashing
down the mountains and are lost in the
| foam below. Mt. Stephens. one of the
principal peaks, rises abruptly from the
railroad, while on it's shoulder is q great
green glacier. Lqkakkam Falls is eight
times as high a. Niagara 1t is fed by
the melted SHOWS of the glacier, and is
an awe inspiring sight, as is the Twin
Falls nearby. These are two separate
streams OF water falling side by side
over q cliff We have been following
the Kicking Horse river for some dis
tsnce and on every side we can see the
lofty glacial ranges At Palliser the
mountains rise vertically for thousands
OF feet while the canyon grows deeper
and deeper. Down this chasm 20 the
river and railway together, the railway
crossing from one side to the other 10
ledges cut from the solid rock, twisting
and turning ia every direction, nlnngiug
/ through tunnels with every I min
utea, With the towering clll 0na
side shutting out the sunlight roar
of the river below and the &c Tie
train made this part Of our jal = ona
never 20 hs forgotten {
AT last we reach the hf lad " itiful
Columbia. crossing 1t ut the & I the
Selkirks. which ara wooded nj !. I'm
marked contrast to the make g ekiea.
The scenery here is not less e utifnl
than that of the Rockies. I = assage
is so narrow in some places u 9 fallen
log serves as foot bridge. 9 il a
natural bridge across roar % orient;
here the railroad rises at the rate of one
hundred and sixteen feet to the mile,
and the river, silver thread, is left
thousand feet below; here we cross q
bridge, three hundred feet from the
rails, one of the highest in the world
and as we look down from our dizzy
height we shudder as we think what
might happen should the frame work of
the bridge give way. AS we pass in
and out we can see the track in the dis
tance which resembles huge snake
doubling on itself again and again as 1t
winds down the mountain side. As the
train descends into the gorge we see the
besutiful boiling river rushing on its
noisy way; then we as suddenly ascend
leaving it far below in the chasm. The
walls of this canyon are but ten feet
apart in the western part OF the Sell
kinks.
We pass out Of the Sslkirks into the
Columbia, which we cross here by
bridge half a mile long and enter Gold
Range by Eagle Pass which is very deep
We see no more of the plains as we pass
now up, now down, in and out in going
over these mighty mountains Now
comes the Black Canyon supposed to be
the most terrible and awe inspiring sec
tion of our trip. 1t is guarded by crsg
called Castle Rock which is so regular
and is placed in such a position as I
resemble fort built by man to guard
the river below. The river looks dark
and gloomy while the bare rocks above
are black and seem 10 frown down on
the river There Is neither tree, shrub
animal nor bird in the canyon and the
only sound heard is the echo of the
train as ii rushes on. lt is indeed, won
derful but 8 chill and feeling Of depres-
sion comes over us which is hard to
shake off. At Caribou, on the other
side of the canyon, we see the old gov
eminent road which shows q fine bit ot
engineering as il makes its way along
great cliffs, turning and twisting in
every direction, first at the waters edge
then alinging one Thousand feet above
to the face of the cliff. Now we have
descended the last grade and are speed
ing on our way to the great Pacific
We can scent the salt sc q and are look
ing eagerly forward for ihe first glimpse
of that broad expanse o. water Here
and there we see Indian huts with ma
tives fishing for salmon or washing gold
Here the famous big trees come into
view.
At last we reach Vancouver whUIz we
rest few days, view the city and OBJ
tain new ideas of life, the world and its
people. Vessels from Japan and China
are seen loading and unloading their
cargoes of tea and hides. We go aboard
of one and see life as it is on large
ocean steamer. We take the steamer,
Princess Victoria, for Victoria, British
Columbia. We see great many things
of interest here among them the Parlia-
ment buildings. After few days we
re-enlbarked for Seattle, Washington
We have delightful journey, without
sny of the unpleasant feeling that gen
orally attend steamship travelling. AT
Seattle we could shout v4t' feeling OF
JOY and pride to think We are once more
in our own, our native land here
our baggage Is once more Inspected anu
we walk ont Of the inspection office ieel-
ing that there is no country IKE the
United States, Seattle we lind to be
busv town with fine harDor filled with
foreign vessels and busy people rushing
TO ANA from their business. Here Mt
Rainer looma up In the distance and
seems 10 he only ten miles away white
in reality it is about thirty. Seattle Is
surrounded by snow covered mountains
hut Mt. Rainsr towers above them all
1t is TO Seattle what Castle Rock is 10
the canyon
After rsslt AZ a fsw lays here We push
southward q Tacoma on tho sound
We cross once more the grand old TO
luubis which we saw as tiny riil
making stn way down the Canadian
monutainz. and crossed as small
stream on the slopes. A few hours after
crossing the Columbia we arrive Al our
destination the Mecca Of oar dreams,
Portland oregon This beautiful city
commands a fine view of the valley nl
the Columbia river and OF the William
cite valley Here are fine peach pear.
prune and apple orchards. The fair
was success While neither 50 large
nor 40 grand as that at st. Lonis, still Il
was fine exhibition Of the riches of the
west Mt Hood. Mt st. Helena. Mt
Adams. Mt. Jefferso and other snow
capped peaks stand sentinel over the
city. CLARA WHITE.
Tobacco Seed.
Pomeroy's Spanish tobacco shed for
sale by the Tate Mercantile 20