Warren sheaf., 1908-08-13
NORTHERN" MINNESOTA III YES , IAN .
CANADIAN NORTHWEST RA-
/ a5og PlOLY DEVELOPING. ~
me Provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatch-
EVAN and AIberta-WonderfuI Ex-
tent of Fertile Territory Awaiting
Z the Farmer, .,..,-e$


the undulating or level plains. grass
covered and green in their native lux
uriance - -"
Now again, after a lapse of a dec
ade, they have made another trip thru
the same region, and they are able to
give It. a more Thorough, inspection,
because in those ten years thousands
OF miles of new railroad lines have
been built, and the development of
the country has made marvellous
strides. Millions of acres, then lying
IN their wild and untouched state,
nave since been transferred into grain
helds. Towns have sprung up as If
Dy the wand of a magician, and their
development is now in full progress.
1t is revelation, record of conquest
by settlement that Is remarkable.
.e}< THEc EDITORIAL PARTY. c-,
The excursion party, consisting Of a
hundred and twenty-five editors and
members of their families headed by
President W.. NJ. James, of Brecken-
ridge, assem- bled at ST. Paul on Fri
day, July 18th, with a complete pro-
gram of the trip arranged by it's ex-
ecutive committee, comprising C. C.
Whitney, F. J. Meyst and w. E. Eas-
ton, veterans in the newspaper busi-
ness in Minnesota ',' s' '>~ ''~- -. '@'-
The committee in planning the trip
was able to arrange the excellent itin.
erary thru the cooperation of Hon.
Frank oliver, minister Of interior of
the Dominion government, and his
able representative, Mr.. Will J. White,
and by the presence of the latter dur
ing the entire trip, the visiting edit
ors were enabled to enjoy very in
teresting and instructive outing, and
were shown every courtesy by the
residents of all the towns visited.
The route of the trip was from st.
Paul to Duluth, thence to Fort Fran
ces and International Falls, on the
northern border of Minnesota, then to
Winnipeg, the metropolis Of the Cana.
dian northwest east Of the Rockies.
From Winnipeg the course lay north
west to Prince Albert and Edmonton,
800 miles northwest Of y Winnipeg,
thence south 200 miles to Calgary in
Alberta, west to the Banff Springs
and Laggan in the Rockies, and then
back to Winnipeg over different lines
of railway, the whole making a trip
of nearly $500 miles over the won
derful empire to the northwest of
Minnesota.
The editors were carried in spe-
cial train of five cars, including three
standard sleepers, a private observa.
ton and buffet car and day coach.
1t was fac simile of the Winnipeg
Limited, as the sleepers, secured from
the Great Northern railway, were
identical to those in use In their regu-
lar service, and was the best equip
ment ever used in an editorial special.
Nothing was left undone by the Cana
dian government officials, the associa-
t1on officers and the railroad people
to make the trip pleasant one,
which it was in every sense of the
term.
NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
! The extent and natural resources Of
northern Minnesota are scarcely real
lied by people in other sections OF
the state Something of an adequate
conception Of the geographical extent
of northern Minnesota may be realized
when we say that the city of Brain
erd, in Crow Wing county, is pretty
near the center of the state. People
in southern Minnesota are apt to i'm
agine that Brainerd is near the ex-
trene northern border. The northern
hat Of our state is a vast, undeveloped
tract which in time will be settled and
improved.
A WORD ABOUT DULUTH.
The editorial party arrived at Du-
luth Friday evening and the excur
sionists were at once taken In charge
by committee of the Commercial
club, conducted to their rooms, where
an hour later an elaborate banquet
was served. During the interval
many of the excursionists took the
opportunity to look over the town.
Some visited the aerial bridge over
the canal, a steel structure some 200
feet high, the only one OF It's kind In
the world. In order to not hinder the
passage of vessels In and out of the
harbor, 1t was conceived to erect
steel framework over the 200 feet
wide channel, with an opening high
enough to allow vessels to pass
through. Traffic across the canal, in
cluding the street car lines, Is accom-
modated by swinging platform, sus-
Dended from the top OF the steel
frame, and rolled back and forth on
a wheeled track at the top, like hay
fork in the peak Of barn. Street
cars, foot passengers ana Von1CleS are
run on this platform, the machinery Is
set in motion and the platform, with
its freight, is swung across to tho
other side, where they move on to the
solid ground again.
After the banquet Mayor Hugo act
ed as postmaster, and incidentally
put In few optimistic words ABOUT
the present and coming greatness of
duluth, the Zenith city of the un-
salted seas" Shortly before midnight
the cars wore again boarded and the
train pulled out for the north over
the Duluth, Missabe & Northern as far
es Virginia, and from there to Fort
Frances and 1nternational a,is Fails l. 1,, over
inog line. The greater part of this
I'm was made in the night, but morn
+hs s northwestern part Of st. Louis
county. having travelled nearly all
snisht without getting across the Dor
der OF this very large county e.
1nn,s county and the whole north
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