Meilicke Diary 3

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were getting into Alberta and it was getting colder. the small ponds were froze over,

But we passed a large lake on the north side of the R.R. that was all open yet, and the

wild geese there were by the thousands on it. The train stopt at a station close by and

one of the men had a pair of strong field glasses, so we all took a good look at them,

but it availed us nothing, so we gave it up.

Arrived at Edmonton at 10: P M Sunday night. It was just starting to snow. We walked

up town to the Yale hotel on jasper Ave.

Monday morning Nov 8th and still snowing. We got breakfast. (Oat meal ham and

eggs and coffee.) after breakfast we waded snow in search of over shoes and some

winter clothes.

Edmonton was very dull, and full of those blooming soldiers they imaging they own the

sidewalk. I only saw a few people l knew and one of them in a uniform.

We walked out over the high level bridge. It was still snowing at the time about 3: P.M.

After we got well out on it we felt the cold wind it made us hide our ears and put us on

the move.

When we got over we waited for a street car and rode back right up to with in a block

off our hotel.

As every thing was dead in town we stayed in that evening and rested up for in the

morning we were to take train for Sangudo.

Nov 9th.

At 8.35 a.m. we got aboard the C.N.R. train for Sangudo. The last stage of our R.R.

journey.

The train was a mixed train. It must have been like a slow train through Arkansas. It

had on to coaches and they were packed full. The passengers were of a mixture that

can only be seened out in these parts.

There was the Norvveign the Swede the German the Swis the Hungarian the blooming

H'english and about a dozen more variety. One Swede from Peavine was talking to a

lady from Whitecourt saying that the Peavine country is the only place for white people

to live in. But he sure met his better and one who did not have to depend on whiskey to