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-FUME YEAR NO. 21.
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922
uron's Golden Gate Opens Wide to welcome American Tou
mens of Beautiful Goderich as One of Canada's National Playgrounds Wrapped Up in Plan to Connect W
Celebrated Dixie Highway, Running South from Detroit Through the Heart of the Great Republic.
ort To Be Made To Have All Towns From Windsor - to Owen -Sound Interested in the Development of a Great Scenic High
,way
Lake Huron 'ostem Shore.
Sodertch la awakening to the pos-
bllitie• of development by entering
the immense summer tourist traffic
hist Is bound to come to Weeteru
i ntarlo from the middle and southern
fates over the celebrated I11xfe High-
ay.
igh•ay.
Goderich's Ideal location zea the twat
ore of Iake Huron. 570 fent &(Move
ilea level. kept ever owl In summer
by bru,.es wafted over m11ee of fresh
water, where mooqultoes and black
ales are prartkit lly unknown—are
mighty factors In the eye« of the Am -1
rrlean tourist who is gradually learn -1 to Lok upon Canada as the leer-'
feet summer climate.
The po«s1hIllties p.owuewrPd hy (:ode -
rich a the halt-wsy house on foie long
atrrteh of Settle highway ■long Lake
Huron's eastern shore from Detroit to:
Owen Sound. are unbounded. The
prnaperoux ('qty of the Ntratts 1+ the
northern terminus of the great l(iste
Highway which runs south thr.o tgh '
Ohio to Miami. Florida. it Is co+:ing
States Government Initli,irw
tlw United
to conetru(t and is now re-ognl'••d es
• great national road over whh t+ con
immense traffic M hound to mar to
('artala during the tourist season.
I [
Then. what becomes more ► ugtrsl
anti feasible than to Mare a trunk Me
via Wirithew, Sarnia and Goderich to
Owen Sound. thus opening up large
stew fields for the energetic citizen« of
the (unptry to the south
Canada Inure+(« the Americium.. and
e«ptclally • the motorist.. who yearly
traverse many miles in their holidayH
jaunts, and therefore these people
readily accept the pleasure afforded
1het11 in a trio through Western On-
tario. along the shore+ of iakes St.
('hair and Huron au.l the? Georgian
Itay. to themselves a delightful rei,•la-
thin the
tion to the Inland poimintiou of
States.
Truly the wool for tae knitting Is
abundant; ■11 that lacks i advertise-
ment
dvertisemend sod co-operation iu t:u• ••mgara-
(bon of the -supe high'ac fo. such
Intensive traffic, and In thls connection
enters the task of the citizens In Sar-
nia, Wlndaor, Goderk-h, Kincardine.
Southampton end Owen Sound. Let
Godertch seise Ila opportunity In this
sound proposition. and shoulder its
share of respsonathillty to the prohb•ms
to he met and dlsoellet to •n under-
taking so big and profitable
The attitude of • few toward th
tourist hu«Inew has been to some ex-
tent wrong. Some con«Wer tourists as
Interlopers, who would wear ont the
toads and congest the hotel,. and gar.
ages without making any return In
proportion: but tourists pray their way
and more. and coneegnently, the more
tourists the more return for those
people and towns •lung the highway
travelled. •
Figural compiled from as reliable
source• •a *Tellable show that the
average party of tourists. which camps
• long the road will spend • day with
farmers and merrh•nta. Those who
along the road will .upend $10 dally with
• day per ear. TTrsP fltt»rpa may
mound mail. but If multiplied hy hun-
dreds every day and every week they
produce almost autoundins totals:
-nor a
Cbnsltlelfhls k ban been done
and something definite has been ac•
compllahed. for the Mamie city council
(Yboth
, reP are
Chamber ofm mr
and 'IIHm t
urging the exirntlon of the Idea with
all their strength. in feet. a rrpre-
'tentative frogs Bernie Is to attend the
coming June Nation of the Huron
comity council, to urge the partlrlpe-
tlon and help of that body in the en-
tire proposition.
GINlerleft oeeupt.w a very important
' position In the scheme as proposed.
Its ,lhtxtlon. eomhlo.•d with the fact
of Its reeogniael• natural hennty as
Hnrun'+ Golden (sate. out of the most
beautiful town. in all Canada. u.•,-...
s11.1te,. rigorous alRhiff by the town In
sponsoring the plan as Nngge st .l.
Not only would (.'Nlerleh benefit neft as
It Iwo stands, if th'- 1 uurlst trade was
sftrtwlfully secured but undoubtedly
Increased accommodation as a summer
resort would be made with the rebuild-
ing of Point Farm Hotel almost an
ensured fart.
And already (ioderlch t• beim IMPROVEMENTS TO
aroused to her great chime* and an
enthusiastic mee•tng of the Hoard of ,
Trade was held on lionday night.
Plana and preparations were dterussed ,
for a big meeting where represent-.
atfven of the towns, village eounrlla,
and all Interested organisations, in-- 1
DISCUSSED AT OTTAWA
eluding the "Rig Six," Windwor. Sar-
nia, Goderich. Kince rdttse, Routh- Representatives of All Three Par-
ampton and Owen Sound. could fully
Warmed; the erbeme, and progress he ties Urge The evil For
made In ...curing the support and ac- Greltter Bxp diture
tion of "the powers that he." the Pro-
vincial Government and county erou*-
ells.
The present excellent condition of
the road to became the scenic high-
way does not entail any great expends i "'•
hues, though thet part to the no 11 PtaAllc Works,
of Kincardine would nerea«[tate aloe"
g and for
• the days aver Ment
,ground for belief that jar Government
(:odtrf-it 'Isrh.,- Ian
to t e provided f
lientery estimates. At
aentatlons which were
J. H. King, Minister u
attention tbam other portloem of tw will he fonrtl to recordist. the
road. hi d k
It is considered probable that Se
Pinery will be taken over by the Gov
aflyeat as a Provincial Park, and
7 ! - • new road could be constructed
fottthie link of ten Telles. Sngge+tkxm«
have n
Is read ha been taade
t H tit
ails*
4 Tee f
l'hnn•
e ('ova nth Stratford
t0 th . rants y
bet of Commerce.
Mr. George France, secretary of the
Co erer
l'hn r of mm urges
Tel robe
Aar a *it
1 the organization of a "Detroit to Gode-
rich Tourlata Aaeoriation," with a fund
of $25,0W to' back it in advertising
and other way
Now is the moment for this town to
seize time by the torch«•k and make a
dellulte progressive step toward "A
Greater and Heuer 4 o.Ivrfrh."
Orders From Ottawa
Mr. H. H. Mallows, i..rtraft and hand.
S•nise phutographrr. bare jitrt__tw ',.pled
an or'1.•1 from the [(*p...raze at of im-
migration and Catontzatima , Ottawa,
fur photographs of a ,Lumber its gooil
farm houses and outbuilding&
About forty tic•kete for the llaisebiten
at Hotel Sunset can still loo jIRyasad
at $L.O(t a ticket at C. C. Lee's inure.
mints at t u hart en ma a oft
therefor.
n'hru the Item of 53 we 1 the
works department's main edimatpu,'
for renalrs to dw. kt at Goderich. wag�
eme:•ei. ears an ()trite' .hi stch. a
+s r Conservative.n
'm rr i tand a Llh-
! c .a
end. urged the need of great expendi-
ture itt the Lake Huron port. William
Week (Progrm.41re. Mouth 'loran).
ons rwrnt-
,.fear. .`sPftati
r dtethr rer
r
ly mole herr by J. 1. A. Hunt. of i.on.
don. and ('hcrLw Gareow, Goderich.
and *eked. "lbw's the Minister intend
to • ut anything in the anpplementaty
Pette ntire for Goderich harbor' It
shonld be dredged to ,.fable big boats
t• turn around. Some towels have re-
mained lo floe knrbpr ilnr ar__InnZ ash
days to get anloaded.'. •
"The mprtvenrationia thef [tee Tteen
made t ter friend and the dle,mtatlon
that recently interviewed gip In this
111 1 •r. ere n. -i tI"g- yolft IuloratJOU,'
webl Hou. Mr. Klug. **rat 1 am not In
a W«ttluu to advise Se to *bat will be
put In tlw estimates.''
qu.ytI.n of Golerlek harbor
ham been 1.eibre the House mRay times
during lthe last t.vt yearn." said Hon.
Hugh (,utht•1!. "1'la`,llcoaltlon became
Stratford, Mitchell, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich Unite for Big Road Day. H
F. C. Biggs, Hon. Peter Smith, Wellington Kay M.P.P., and others
to Speak at Harbor Park on Friday.
rather acute four or five years ego, and
It we« telt during the war that the
expenditure a wn
able. My rcvollection la that what la
required In Goderich harbor will take
• considerable amount of money. 1
neve that the expentttun• Is urgently
iu union there is strength. More in the Provincial Cabinet, will its V y+
progreaas tan he made in the same twat
Itur old hardly he u«fitl w x ower than with one, and
,oP j with 1x rower's t •
surely when Stratford, Mitchell, Sea -
fort h. Clinton awl Goderich herr join-
ed forces for a big day to Huron'
her l.d'Fitt
My hentonhte trtends tram (;olden (:ate on Friday. June _'rad, (to -
South Huron . news the vttuatloh iitt• morrow t their is bound to be e
ter than 1 du. but I bravo heard the �
matter discussed by various delega-
tions. and 1 know euturehL•tg about the
railroad the runs through .the t an the u 6 ,t [vise of
t:ue•igrh. a:ul witch is de:r•ndent for a
Irrge (art of Its trash' on the grain
that come+ down 10 t:..lerl.•h harbor.
i. the This hartv.^ 1 think. a •1 our
y 0
for large boats on the shores of iaL•r
Huron from fart N-Nteol ail the way
down. It requires a considernble eonr,e
of dredging, but thio( expenditure is
needed for -somi•thing in the :intim. .1.41 o'clock by each prominent anti
of a sen wall to make the warder r.if, able men as Hon. 1r: C. Biggs. Hon. P.
in stormy 'weather. It is of musshier-. Smith, Mr. Wellington Hay. M. P. P.,.
able consequence to marines In gea.•r.al Hr' Home Smith,Dominion Head
Cp Ttave The 1 Thor peoperly baht a;t ( mls"1"s
anti IterelepNE,-apnrt '$YtS,.rtt/et`-114111 full
dhel Nilt)lijtl isle a [Cala.= alt sail
the yue,.flat of sidppitt� Ilodtrleh ix full of benefit and profit to all con-
reacherl by tooth the (r. T. It. and tits
et-tcernogether
Community spirit with the
eat -together slogan will demolish more
C. 1'. H. There are large elevator eye.• j m.,lc-hill monntaIt t than several hun-
t—ems In the tocuttft.;u1d7 -- ---Pttd.ets d0I knocker+ can bring to life. GINIe-
amonnt of gain 111iw.rw thrtrfZil t.:r rich is • slimmer resort and more of
port. I hope, therefore that the Goc,•::3- these gathrringn should he held. Even
meat will take the matter up. nine' , aft excuse should not hr nereimary.
w•heu the xupy:emeutary estimates in this case "Roods" ore to receive
"we down f shat) tvrtab", Juln withI attention and fall discission : but tint
Confirmed on page A Ikr. Rags, Miuisttr of Public Works
accomplished In a mingle could
effort of this nature than the solttwfry
work of one organisation for deet r
ra [
t
length of time.
Goderich citizens should keep the
after10(o free to weleome the visitors
who are expected in very large num-
bers. at the same time to enjoy th.•m-
scirex in listening to the epeechea to
be given at Harbor Park Pavillon at
ridden over 45 miles of bbs '410 -:(i.
highway, and will thus b•
know whereof he apcaka, and idne
wherefore of the appeals urger • ,
him by the Mayors tad Reeves d 4
towns along the road.
A luncheon 1• to be served
Sunset at 12.30 to over '100
mainlythe omcials o
Ai site
tions participating In tb• laotor
because accommodation cast be
vided for the entire number t�
lots expected. Tea and aim,
rate lunches will be • a,upJa.e,� a
w
Park. k.
The visitors •
re >p
asel�
before noon with at 1/•gR•1
from Stratford with add!tym
points • 11 alongTee ?Y
the !1 ea
1w to be a bl
otic and a an
efforts should be made at this end tea,a,
stake complete and eat tory air.,
rangrments for making the day ttttl! -
ce•atul in every way.
Bee Tide Game
Ty (bob's Tiger. play
Yankees at Navin Park,
Wednesday, June. 14th..
game in when you visit•
the vacartdon atuamer
Yr. and Mrs.
AIeT.
turned after a weak,
Detroit and other '
Aire. W. J. (taker retur
PO—El. SUNSET
tinderb'e r -e ((11, •,r'i ••dmwe-r Hotel. situated
I.r. r ImY.. ..t Above lake Levet.
VIEW FROM HARBOR HILL
�howlua
it,,, \1 c.tcrn ('an:, la 1.1• or \I..a an l (;u ierieh Fac•o i',or in 1, regro Ind
HOTEL BEDFORD
where Dinner 1gamesnre 1101 Leer}
rsturit E'ening.
1M!rrTUN'C PARK HOTEL
GIUKINDS ADJCINIKpninr'-wni,•i,^r L'esorts.
( int• if Gori.' :
The Mnitlnnwl
awl isdelightht
iAke Hun.n.
of plying over th
by the Executive
A 1
('Inbar (±o.lerirh i. a nine bele ermine of exceptional Quality
sustaind htYwren the Mattaantl Hitrr, neer its mouth. and
pier 51), comes a' tl.WIPrieh should mho the opportune{
/putty emote. Tourism and eutnmur visitors ere welcomed
GODLRICH AMUSEMLNT COMPANY'S DANCING PAVILION