The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
TRAVELOGUE BY THE EDITOR.
A Brief Description Of Things We
Saw on the O,OOO Mile "Vic-
tory Tour" With The N.
E.A. Through Canada
and the Northwest.
and the Northwest.
Continued from last week J


The numerous snow capped noun
tains hold the traveller S attention as
the train speeds onward and westward
along the brink of Thompson river,
very wicked mountain stream. AT
three o'clock Sunday we again board
ed our train and made short run tC
Lucerne, a small railroad village in
the mountains, very near the conti-
mental divide, and there in the midst
of towering pines and on the shores
of a very beautiful lake, Mr.. lIotaling
of Mapelton, Minnesota, newly elect
ed field secretary of the n. f.. A, con
Quoted very impressive religious
service, in the shadow Of the Seven
Sister mountains. Practically the en-
tire village Joined the Editorial party
in this great outdoor religious service
We spent the night at this very beau
tifu! mountain spot. The next morn
ing at ten o'clock our train moved Oh
westward and we arrived at kamloops
about eight o'clock that evening.
This is a very old town, it being
the site Of one Of the early tradin.
posts OF .the Hudson Bay Company
Our cars were parked there for the
night, and many of our party took 40
vantage of the opportunity to visit
this interesting city. 1t is consider
able of railroad center, and there is
more or less fruit growing and mining
mostly copper. The climate here
is quite warm and the mercury passes
the 100 mark frequently during the
summer. We left Kamloops at ten
o'clock Tuesday morning August 5th
and continued our journey westward
to Boston Bar, another very small
mountain village, where our cars were
parked for the night. Rere our party
took possession of the station and en-
joyed a moving picture show, and the
younger generation with the party
INDUCED in dancing until the wee
an event long to be remembered b,
the natives as well as the members OF
the Editorial party.
Our train left Boston Bar at ten o.
clock Wednesday morning and at nine
o'clock the same evening we arrived
at Vancouver where we spent the
night in our pullman cars and lefl
this train the next morning not to
board it again for twelve days. On
our way to Vancouver from Boston
Bar, our train made short stop t.
give us good view of He'll Gate, the
Black Canyon, which chasm is span
ned by suspension foot bridge. The
train was also stopped at an Indian
fishing camp where the Indians were
busy catching and drying their win.
ters supply of salmon.
Thursday morning the citizens of
Vancouver conveyed our entire party
to large logging camp via auto,
where we were served regular lum-
bermans luncheon as guests of the
Capalino Lumber Co., which by the
way is an American concern, and
they certainly gave us very warm
welcome. After luncheon we were
invited to board special logging
train and were taken up into the tai
timber on the mountain side where
the woodsmen demonstrated the fell
ing of large trees for our especial bent
dit and 1T proved very interesting
and instructive sight to many of us
A fir tree 250 feet high, seven feet a
cross the butt and said to be abou'
25O years old, was feled. We wer'
told that this tree would produc,
5000 feet of lumber. In cutting thes'
giants of the forest, about 25 feet o
the top of the tree is first cut of oe
fore telling tie tree, and lumbe
jack demonstrated this very spectacu
lar and extremely hazardous work
Imagine man 200 feet ot more, from
the ground, In the top Of tree, cut
ting IF q feet Of the ton Of lhe tire