The north Mississippi herald., 1922-08-25
Atlin, B. c. Friday, July 2s, 1a22

somewhat connected letter ana Tell
you of this wonderful trip, but even
in this temporary cessation of rush.
ing and sightseeing, find myself in
voluntarily lodging cinders, clutch
ing my veil to keep my hat on, and
in my imagination again swinging on
to brakes and ratings to keep from
pitching headlong into spacy gulches
or watery depths.
After leaving Chicago, our first
stop was at Banff, one of the most
beautiful spots in the world Ar
irving at night, and going immediate
ly to bed in the splendid Canadian
Pacific Hotel, it would simply be i'm
possible to express the exhilaration
and Joy at the most wonderful sight
that met our eyes on the srnshiny
morning. There we were; the hotel
on good sized hill like little bird
nest in those great big, awe inspiring
mountains which surrounded US.
Some of them pink peaked by the
rays of the morning sunshine, others
white with snow, and the green forests
and verdure, all combining to make
q picture of such beauty, never to be
forgotten. / had often wondered if
my recollection of this trip ever the
Canadian Pacific from Banff to Van
couver, several years ago, was truly
40 f,,l
as my memory told me, and l want
to say that Banff, Lake Louise, Glac-
ier and other usual stops came up to
and even surpassed my memory of
them. / still think these places are
the most beautiful / have ever seen
anywhere in the world, Switzerland
not excepted, and the only thing to
mar the enjoyment of this glorious
scenery is the abundance of mos
quitoes. They are not a pest but
truly a plague. You have to fight
them all the time and when you sit
down they begin to literally eat you
up.
Arriving in Vancouver, we immed-
lately rushed to the C. P. Office, hop
ing to make our steamship reserva-
tions for Alaska from there. They
could not place US, but said they
would send our names right in to the
steamship office in Seattle, from where
we would have to sail. We rushed
on to boat for Seattle, and right
here a funny, but pleasant little in
cident happened. After being out
for about an hour, we noticed that
none Of our train passengers were
aboard, and upon inquiry, found that
we were on board the steamship
"Charmer" bound for Nanimo, a
coal island. We made dash for the
Pulsers' office, to find the captain
about ready to hunt US. One of the
ships officers had taken our entire
tickets when we got on board, telling
US to call at the Purser's Office for
them before we got off. Of course
we understood that getting off"
meant Seattle. The captain was
mighty nice to US, and said there was
only one of two things to do; demand
to be put off the boat and taken to
Victoria in autos or something at a
cost of about $25.00 to be paid by the
officers who made the mistake, or to
be his guest until he landed back in
Vancouver and start over again to
Seattle at midnight, and arrive in
Seattle at 1880 next morning. AS
the other passengers could not get to
Seattle until $50 p. m. we stood
about as good chance as they with
an added day of sailing. So we re-
mained on board as the captains
guests, and had most delightful
day. We certainly were the ''parlor
boarders" of the good ship, and re-
ceived every courtesy and attention
possible. This Canadian Pacific sys-
tenn of Railroads and Steamships,
certainly outdoes in courtesy and at
tention to its passengers any railroad
or boat service over which have
travelled. 1t is a wonderful system,
md its efforts at all times are to make
friends and boosters of its patrons
and passengers.
After breakfast in Seattle on Fri
day, the Dist, we went to all the
Steamship Companies, but could not
get a sailing at any price. At the
Admiral line we were told to come
back at $3.50 and if there were any
cancellations they'd give them to us.
You know, without my telling, that
we were there, and finally we secured
berths, all over the ship-upper berths
but we were too glad to get