The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-05
TRAVELOGUE BY THE EDITOR.
A Brief Description of Things We
Saw on the 10, 900 Mile "Vic-
tory Tour" With The N.
E.A. Through Canada
and the Northwest.

The Editor returned last Frida.
from five weeks junketing tril
through Canada and the State o
Washington and Oregon, and as botl
our readers and our hosts expect vi
to publish our impressions Of wha'
we have seen and learned, we will al
tempt to gratify that wish. Howevei
we have seen SO much and Travelled
over SO many miles Of beautiful seen
cry and fertile fields that we do not
feel equal to the task, but we shai
print sort of synopsis Of what W.
have seen in the past FIVE weeks.
We left Wood on July oath enroutt
to join the National Editorial Associ
alton Convention crowd, which gath
cred at Minneapolis, Minnesota OF
July 25th, and from there went t.
Winni peg, Canada, by special train
where as guests of the Canadian gov
ernment the party made "Victory
Tour" of western Canada by specia
train over the Canadian National raj
road on the outward journey to the
Pacific coast and returning via the
Canadian Pacific to Winnipeg, arriy,
ing at the latter point August 26th
after one solid months continuous
travel and sight seeing. This was by
far the most interesting tour that the
Association ever has taken, and il
vas certainly very valuable one
from both scenic and educational
view point. We were most heartily
received by our friends across the
Canadian border, and the different
communities and cities we visited
seemed TO vie with each other tt
make us feel that we were at home
and among friends.
We spent two days at Winnipeg be.
fore leaving foe the west in our spec
ial train, which consisted of nine
standard Pullman coaches, one bag
gage coach, and two dining cars
This train was equipped with every
modern convenience for the benefit OF
the members Of the party. There
was post Office and telegraph station
on the train, battery Of tyrewriters
we're provided for our use and con-
venience, trained nurse and medi-
cine chest were aboard the official car
a fully equipped moving picture show
and several Grafonolas and 4 big sup.
ply of records were carried to provide
If by any chance there
should occur few idle moments
when there was nothing else provided
to take up the time OF the excursion,
lists. There was also special news
paper issued each day on the train,
giving the latest news. Then there
was the official photographer who
was always ready to take either a
moving picture or still picture when
something especially interesting was
pulled off. Then there were a score
or more of Canadian government and
railroad officials aboard the train VIII,
made it theif special business to loot
after our every want and comfort.
Our entertainment at Winnipeg
was lavish, consisting of auto rides
about the city and to many interest
ing points, among which we might
mention visit to the Board of Trad,
and thu wheat pit, the Agriculture
Experiment farm, Parliment buildinl
and many other places of interest
The autos were all decorated Will
the Stars and Stripes and the Unior
Jack and large banners bearing tn,
words welcome Editors" We wer,
almost overwhelmed with banqmets
receptions and after dinner speeches
The trend of nearly all the speeches
had to deal with tie new information
alism and the imaginary line dividin,
the Dominion and the United States
Perhaps the most pretentious banque
we attended at Winnepeg was tn,
one served qy the T. Eaton Co., II
their large mercantile establish y, ant