Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-05
TO THE HEART OF THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES
Mrs. W. G.. Bale Makes Delightful
Trip With Canadian Women's
Press Club.

out one day, or one hour or ont
place from the wonderful trip tina
was made a possibility by the cour
tesy and combined generosity O
Canada's three great transcontlnent
al railways, the C. P. R., the G. T
P. and the C. N. r. would be like
dislocating some fitted part of
structure.
The Canadian Women's Press Clut
is formed by the womena writer's Of
Canada. They vary in style, work
and capacity, as every individual Is
different from every other individ-
ual,. but they are all on the great
common ground of being workers,
some from sheer love Of activity and
helpfulness. From Halifax on the far
eastern Atlantic coast the women
came westward, gathering their sis
tiers along the way, at Montreal,
Toronto, ottawa, Hamilton, Fort
William and Port Arthur, they JON
ing the forces in parties OF two's,
three's and twentie's and from Vic
toria on the Pacific coast they jour-
neyed eastward and met the other
members in Edmonton.
On June 7th the eastern contin-
gent arrived in Winnipeg-"won-
derful Winnipeg" with its blue
Manitoba sky, and its air like crisp
invigorating champagne.
From Winnipeg to Edmonton the
way lay over the new c. P. r. line to
the northwest. Every woman in the
party (Which now numbered 1889
were full of the spirit of the trip;
the western spirit which fills you
with energy and renewed youth if
you are past that period.
Three days in Edmonton full OF
the sessions of the convention. A
great civic banquet where we met
the lieutenant governor of Alberta,
the mayor of the city, and all its Of
fcials; and let me right here record
that in this new city that ten years
ago had only ferry boat and a
stage coach to enter its precincts,
and was then Hudson's Bay trad
ing post, I saw gowns that came
from Paris and London, creations
that would have graced any function
in an older land.
Edmonton, the city Of the new
north is builded on hill. Its spirit
enters your being with a positive
ness that you cannot put aside. Ev-
cry line of it's development is build
ed for the future; great streets;
great churches; great schools; and
its scenery-well, If anyone has low
ed the Mississippi Valley they will
not be home sick in Edmonton,
though Edmonton can boast of pine
trees and wheat fields the equal of
which was never seen in that beau
tiful country.
On the evening of June 10th we
left Edmonton for Tete Jaane
Cache, B. c., and the experience of
invading a great new land was be-
gun 1t was not much like a pion-
eer outfit. this luxurious travelling
house on wheels, with it's four pull
man cars, tourist and diner, atten-
tive walters and courtly porters.
To see the panorama of the noun
tains with lakes and rivers about
them, and with only here and there
construction camp to tell us that
man has invaded the wilderness and
that we were not alone with God
and nature, made us all reverent
and grateful body Of women, drink
ing in the beauties of that wonder
full country, begrudging the few
dark hours that interviewed between
the long evening and the early
morning when we were compelled to
desist from sightseeing.
In this region the Rocky noun
tains come upon you suddenly, when
about two hundred miles from Ed
monitor. No long climb to tell you
that you are going up" as they dc
on the c. P. R. but you enter right
into them from the fertile plains
and pastures that are at their base
OF course we were all interested In
yellow Head Pass, for had we not
heard of ii ever since the tales OF
the wonders OF this north land had
been brought back to us. And as
we journeyed westward and reached
Jasper, Col. Rogers came on board
Jasper Park is owned by the Do
minion Government, and genial Col
Rodgers is the official warden of thi:
strip of reserved ground, which il
forty miles long and ten wide. II
contains the famous Yellow Head
Pass, the glittering Rainbow Noun
tains, and the king of the Rockies
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