The sun., 1918-10-27

about thirty representatives OF vor,on.
newspapers. including Bayard Taylo.
OF the New York Tribune, Genera,
Joseph X. Hawley of the Hartfora
Conrdnt. Clark w. Bryan of tbs
Springfield Republican, Bryant Col
win OF the Evening Post, Isaac r.
Bromley Of the Norwich Bulletin ,ns
Lieutenant Governor Bross of tl;,noS.
OF the Chicago Tribune. Other ,no,n
bers OF the party were Paul la
Homer Martin, the artist; I h..
Harper OF Harper Brothers. and Er,s'
els c. Bowman, the musical critic =,
THE SUN, who wrote letters for 81.
New York Herald recounting tho T..
cidents Of the trip. At the reoues, =,
my old friend oswald Ottendorfsr
performed a similar service for a..
Neto- Yorker Stadts-Zeitun1. The ~. e
man Americans of that day were mar
imbued with the spirit Of the ,evoln"
ton of 1s4S, and bitterly hostile 70
anything which savored of milltarIsn,
our itinerary was from Buffalo h,,
steamer through the Great Lake, ~
Duluth, and thence out on the Nor,h
ern Pacific as far as 1t was then con-
structed-which 1 believe was ,o ~.
station at Morris. Returning IN ~,
luth We proceeded via ST. PAM ~
point In southwest Minnesota. whom.
stages conveyed us to Fort RracLi.
ridge. a United States military no.,
near the headwaters OF the Red ,2iyo.
or the North, where We embarked on
an ancient sternwheeled. fiat bottonoa
steamer called the Selkirk. ho,,rI
northward, but down stream. for En.,
Garry and Winnipeg. in the new cam,
dian province OF Manitoba. WINNIE,
,neh contained an estimated popula.
tion OF $50 persons; Its population was
estimated at $4,000 in 1916 IT,.
steamer trip down the Red River n,
the North was enlivened by contir,,,i
colllsion with the banks: the Selkirk
exhibited a inulish tendency To r,n
aground. partly owing. no doubt. to ,bo
circuitous course OF the river. Prom
ley said that the Red River Of tbo
North had set out to run in a give,
direction and. like q woman. was con-
tinually changing its mind At evorv
lnhaDlted place which we visited ,ba
recognized leaders Of the party vers
called upon to speak. One of ,be,s
occasions was a splendid formal han.
quet or reception at st. Paul a, which
the Governor of Minnesota presidod
The speakers who responded Ia tbeso
calls were usually Lieutenant-Gov.
erhor Bross, General Hawley, Bay.
ara laylor, Isaac II. Bromley and Mr.
Dana. Even at that early day Dan,
OF THE SUN" was widely known and
everybody wanted to see and hear
MIN. His brief, snappy talks. ALWAYS
putting forth single idea clearly and
forcibly. so that it would be remen.
oered by his hearers, commanded an.
proval and applause wherever va
went. Only those who like us had
the good fortune to visit Manitoba he.
1ore the development of the wheat
nelds OF the Saskatchewan and the
construction Of the Canadian Pacific
railroad can appreciate the marvellou,
change which the Dominion of Can.
ada has since undergone, from Winnl.
peg to the Pacific.
one morning when the entire party
were assembled on the upper deck O,
the Selkirk forward, shortly after
breakfast. three black bears-one fyu
grown and two smaller ones-gaI.
ioped out Of the cottonwoods on N.
eastern bank Of the river about loo
yaros ahead OF the steamer. say
galloped. because they moved as fas,
as morse ordinarily "lopes." Genera,
HaWley and several other members Of
the party with sporting procl,yi,ie,
carried Winchester rifles; and the
three bears at once became targets
lor their weapons. Undismayed the
animals rushed down to tn. river
and swan across, directly in fror, NJ
our boat; and reaching the western
oank OF the river. untouched hy the
shower of rife bullets, they speedyy
disappeared in the undergrowth. Tho
craftsmanship OF our rifemeu wa,
the subject of some sarcastic c,r.
ment by the irrepressiblc Bromley and
others. Those OF us who carried >hu..
guns on this trip were more success.
tul; for feathered game OF all sorts
aoounded on the innumerable lakes
among the oak openings Of Western
minnesota. >On one occasion four
ducks fell to single shot: and Bay-
ara Iaylor, who was an unsinka,a
swimmer, swan out into the lake
where they dropped and brought them
IN, 10 help out a supper of prairie
chickens secured by the proves Of an
other sportsman. Mr.. Dana himself
did not care for shooting: but Paul
Dana was an excellent shot.