HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-06-21, Page 7dCanadian National larks Offer
Charming Recreation Features
•Great Peaks, Entrancing Scenery' and Plenty, of Fish and
Game Are Among the Many Attractions Awaiting
Visitors, to Beautiful Country
Canada has a system et fourteen the Ten Peaks. Many journey from
:national pants, created and adminis- Banff to the Pyramid -topped Assini
tared by the Federal Government. bottle Mountain, which hasan altitude
'Ten of these Canadian national parks of 11,87Q fent, and which, because
are in the western portion of the of its shape and the difficulty of climb -
Dominion, Seven of them, the beet ing it, has been called "the Oanadiaa
'clown, are in the Canadian Rockies Matterhorn.'
and the Sellcirks, and may be reached There are scores of walks, drives
by rail or auto, and trails of unueual interest around
These mountain parks, trough some- Banff, as well as Golf courses and ten -
what less accessible, are as beautiful nis courts. The region also contains.
.and impressive. Containing virtually= Biot springs and other water Phe-
what less accessible, are beautiful and nomena, and great numbersof small
'impressive, containing virtually all the lakes and streams.
.scenic features displayed in the park At the top of the divide begins Yoho
-farther south„ In tl"p Canadian Rock- Park, At present the chief accommo
les there are some of the 'greatest dation here is the Yoho Camp, near
peaks and toughest country in the Takakkaw Falls, in the Yolio Valley.
chain. More than 000, prominent peake The valley itself has several beautiful
are contained in the areas set aside tails, and the park contains unusual
y for park purposes.! lakes, among them the Eemerald
}�s The seven Canadian parks in the Lake, which ewes it beauty to the
Rockies are: Jasper Park, in north- Peculiar color of'its waters and the
•ern- Alberta, with an area of 4,400 jade green forest on every shore,
•equare miles; Waterton Lakes Park,l Age of Mountains Told
in southern Alberta, with an area. of The Selkirk Mountains, in which
.2,200 square miles, adjoining Glacier lies Glacier Park, are much older
National Park, in the United States;. than the Rookies along the rest of
:four others through the central Reek- the Continental Divide Consequently
_. Our King is At Ho
e In The Saddle
HIS MAJESTY PAYS A VISIT TO ALDERSHOT
Children and their guardians get a glimpse of King George and his smite leaving to see the Lancers' remount
training camp at Longbottam..
les and the Sellcirks—Rocky Moun- they are less rugged, and present teur fishermen find excitement, pleas.
twine, Yoho, Glacier and Mount Revel- kindlier contoprs. Hundreds of gra-,ure and profit in the coast waters.
stoke, and the pew highway park_ hang, however, in their moun.I The coast fishing is almost equalled
established along the Vermilion-Koote- glacial pools and many waterfalls. in sporting possibilities by the inland
nay section of the Transmontane Several of the peaks are extremely fishing in this province, Trout fishing,
motor . road, called Kootenay Park. ',rugged and many have not yet been u the upper tributaries of the Fraser
Supervised by Government `climbed. There is, also unexplored and Thompson and in the lakes .of
These areas are under direct Goy.' territory in this region. lesser streams of the Columbia water-
,ernment supervision and control, to I Hunters and fishermen find the shed is not better anywhere. A steel-
-protect scenery and wild life from de- Rocky Mountain sections of Canada, head trout Is found in this province
,struction or commercial exploitation. l as well as the so-called prairie prov- which is similar id appearance to
Under similar administration, but con- Ines—Manitoba, Alberta and Sas- European saimQ, , and often mistaken
trolled by the Provincial Government katchewan—rich fields for game. The for it, They run from four to twenty
of Columbia, is the Provincial Pork of prairie provinces are not all prairie. pounds in weight. Two species of
Mount Assiniboine, which lies between Western Alberta is as mountainous as char are found, as well as the Dolly
nay. g
. .abundant and of man. different kinds. up to thirty pounds.
the Rock Mountain Park and Koote- British Columbia, and there game is Varden or bull trout, rani ging in weight
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Alt of these parks contain somewhat The national parks are the home of Vancouver Island is also a popular
similar scenery; it is a country of mountain sheep, goats, deer and other fishing resort. Virtually every stream
stupendous cliffs and peaks, and deep, game animals, and from these totally and lake on the island contains some
narrow canyons. Scores of glaciers protected areas the game overflows, variety of trout. Large fish aro caught
stream off the peaks, creating un- keeping the sections yrhere hunting in the lakes by trolling, but time is
counted milky and jade -green lakes in is allowed well stocked from season no trout water in British Columbia
the valleys below, Large portions of to season. where the fish will not take a fly. As
these :parks and surrounding areasAlthough the hunting` of buffalo is a rule, larger fish are caught on the
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have never been thoroughly explored; a thing of the past, many huntsmen 117 in the streams than in lakes,
It is possible that some valleys and make a visit to Buffalo Park, at Wal''. f
Cockney Agitator "Exposes"
British "Capitalist" Press
The Prince of Wales Shoveling Coal Aboard an Oil -Burning
Warship Give Rise to Doubts
With the possibility of a national stoked coal for twenty minutoa by the
election in England, the labor agita- clock, friends—ler twenty minutes by.
r are active in Hyde Park and other the clock.
tors Well, wet did I do when I saw that
favored spots of London where the there notice? I asks yer; wot did I
do? Well, I'll tell yer wot I done.
"1 went to the Nivy list. The Nivy
list wich cannot Ile. The Nivy list in
with the British Admiralty puts down
all there is to know about a ship.
The amount of its displicement, the
number of its gunny the quewantity of
its cerew.
"I turned to the cerreet plge. There
I sees the words "le Majesty's Bat-
tleship the Renown.' I see the amount
of its displacement, the number of Its
guns, the quewantity of its cerew and
wet did I see besides? I asks,dliends,
wot did I see at the bottom of that
there parrigraph? I repeats, I asks
yer, wot did& I see? Well, I'll tell yer
wot I saw, I saw them significant
words 'oil-burnin' ship.'
"So, friends, 'is Royal 'Ighness the
Prince of Wiles, went down to the
stake'old of an oil-burnin' ship and
stoked coal fer twenty minutes by the
clock. Did 'e? 1 asks yer did 'e? Er
corse, 'e didn't. Well,if the British
Press tell lies abaht the little things,
wort me an' you can find them out in,
'ow much more will they tell lies
abaht the big things, wot it paseth the
soap -box orator and the tub thumper
are always assured an audience. Their
methods and logic are only one de-
gree less entertiuing and picturesque
than their language. c
Recently a visitor to London paus-
ed to listen to a harangue by one of
them. Denouncing everything capi-
talistic, the orator finally worked up
in his peroration to an attack on the
"capitalist" press. The closing ap-
peal to the audience, as the visitor
recalls it, ran something like taxis:
canyons have not yet been entered wright, Alberta, where the largest "And ma, friends, I wants to tell yer
nn.RSM �.
by white titan. Accurate maps of this buffalo herd in the world roams a vast � !1 % "" somethia' abaht the British Press, , -
Na1t, what abaht the British Press?
section show many blank spaces, and fenced confine, This area has been 1
little known areas which "nay contain designated as a national park. q, Well, I'll tell yer abaht the British
undiscovered wonders. I The outstanding game feature of Press. When 'is Royal 'Ighness the
Waterton Lakes Park, which adjoins the prairies is water fowl. • This le Yui , Prince of Wiles wis travellin' on 'is
the Glacier National Park in northern the heart of the water fowl breeding i{«ilt' TN's:' Majesty's Battleship the Renown, to
Montana, Is similar- to the Glacier ground 'of North America, and geese ld.;: the uttermost regions of the Hempire,
region. Farther north the Canadian and ducks are found' in such numbers friends, of the Hempire, there appear -
Rockies rise to even greater heights. that. hunters from less favored places �� ?\ : ed in one o the illustrated pipers, you
The driving of railroads through them are amazed. Besides the ducks and xt,f know wich, a photer of 's Royal 'Igh-
alone was a triumph of engineering. !geese there are sharp -tailed grouse .. -: Hees the Prince of Wiles,. an' uner-
The journey through Kootehay Park, and prairie chicken. The Hungarian",�;:, neath that there photo it said that 'Is
Royal 'Ighness the Prince of Wiles
'ad gone down ter the stoke'otd of 'is
Majesty's Battleship the Renown and wit o' man to comprehend!"
along the Vermilion River road, is an
unforgettable excursion through rug-
ged' mountains.
For moreadventurous visitors, many
' pack trips are possible through the
mountains, and parks have many
camps where trail trains may rest for
the night or longer periods. The
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, northern two-thirds of Alberta and
an organization of trail enthusiasts Saskatchewan are wooded, poplars
formed to increase interest in this predominating in the south and coni -
form of out-of-door recreation, has ar- fers northward. Moose, caribou and
ranged many interesting trips, and deer are obtainable in alt three.
guides may be found In the parks to I In British Columbia many moose
lead parties who wish to strike out are to be found, some of them in areas
on trails of their own. 'comparatively close to settlements
Of all the parks Jasper is the and easily reached. Much hunting
largest. Despite its tremendous size, in this region is reached -only by
there is only one centre of population,/pack-train, however—an expensive and
Jasper, within its boundaries. There' arduous method of travel. Prince
are no motor roads leading in or out George is the centre of big game
of the park. The portion which has hunting as far as the easily accessible
been most developed for recreational areas go. There are deer wherever
purposes is that lying near Jasper there is cover, -and hunters may find
and the 'Canadian National Railway, 'moose, caribou, black bear and griz-
and the National Railway has estab-' zlles without getting too far out.. Men
fished a lodge inside the park, three 'of means, who; desire excellent hunt -
miles from' its station, where many ;fug in a fresh country frequently lit
visitors stay. Within the park there up pack -trains at Prince George and
are good meter roads, radiating from 'strike out for Telegraph Creek, but
the lodge to points of interest 1a the :this trip is beyond the amiiitions of
region, and there are provinces teeniest vacation hunters.
those who prefer mountain climbing British Columbia is the mecca of
or trail riding to motoring in the park. salmon fishers. Commercially 40,000,-
The
0,000;The park also has a golf course of 000 salmon bred in British Columbia
unusual beauty, and it -has been said waters are taken .annually for food
that this region will some day become purposes: Both professional and ama-
partridge has been introduced In
southern Alberta and has been found
in Saskatchewan.
The mule deer ranges eastward
wherever there is cover, and the white-
tail deer is found across the three
prairie provinces and on to the coact.
Three-quarters of Manitoba and the
a great golf resort,
Comfort for Visitors
Similar arrangements for the com-
fort and convenience of visitors are
available in the. four parks of the cen-
tral Rookies, which are all reached by
the main line of. the Canadian Pacific
Railway: These four parks cover a
total of about 4,000 square miles, and
offer scenic areas similar to those of
Jasper and Waterton Lakes Parks.
Rocky Mountains Park, with an area
of 2,751 square miles, is the largest
of the ..four, It stretches from the
foothills to 'the crest of the Rdckies
en the east side. Yoho Park, with
476 square ' miles, adjoins it at the
divide and reaches westward. Glacier
Park, on the other side of the wide
• valley of the Columbia, lips In the gel -
kirks. It has an area of 468 square
;Hiles. Mount Revelstoke Park, ninety-
five square miles in area, Iles at the
summit of Mount Revelstoke, a winter
sports resort and a scenic drive in the
summer time: This park is reached
by a short drive front Revelstoke"
station.
Banff is the centrefrom which most
visitors: set out to explore the Rocky
Mountains Park. From this point,', by
pack trains, trail rides, or motor, vit.!.
Wally all points of interest 111 the
park may bo visited. Among the nn'
usual attractions aro Lake Lentse
and Moraine Lake, and the Valley of
"A short shoe is often respons ole
for the same kind of an answer."
British Settlers for Canada 1
Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons.); It
has been contended ... that it does
not much matte,' what stockcomes to
Canada so long as it is healthy and
willing to work. The fact is,how-
ever, that the work of the "man in
the sheepskin coat" is not nearly so
productive as that of native Cana-
dians or Britisher. The presence
of an undue proportion of such work-
ers, handicapped by lack of skill,
!ignorance of English, and different
standards of living, is an actual im-
pediment to the economic progress of
Canada . I
•
Doctor—"Your temperature seems
to live taken a drop." Patient—
"Can't' you fix it so I 'can do the
sue doctor?" -.
Women Senators '
Calgary Herlad (Cons.): If women
are eligible to sit in the Canadian
Commons and assist in framing the
laws of the country - in that lower
house of law makers, there would
seem to be no logical bar to their
presence in the upper chamber. And
we may take it for granted that, even
though it may mean an amendment to
the British North America Act, the
fair sex will not cease its agitation
until its senatorial rights have been
admitted.
British Films
Hamilton Spectator (Ind. Cons.):
If British -made films do not "click" in
this. Dominion of ours, in justice to
British producers it should be said
they have sent us less celluloid junk
than has been shipped across the bor-
der by American ,producers. The re-
grettable truth, however, 1s that they
have sent to us 'rale that was not-
able.
I We are told by health experts that
Shalt
lege?"
"No, I can't afford 1t, but
bought him a Racoon coat!"
to
Saint -Cyr Keeps Bed Ready
For Prince of,.ales
Parse, -The Prince of Wales re-
cently sent to General Balfourlor,
Governor of the groat military
school at Saint -Cyr, the French
West Point, a 'cheque for 1,000
francs, A personal note .00 good ,
wishes to the General accom-
• panted the cheque, - •
The Prince holds the honorary
rank of "anspossard,' corporal, in
the French school, and his bed and
equipment are always kept ready
for him in case he should feel in-
clined to sleep at Saint -Cyr ou sgme
of his numerous, vleits to Paris.
Ho has never, taken advantage of.
the free bed yet.
"Just to take care of my equip-
ment and bed and a little tip for
the orderlies," the Prluee wrote
when asked as to what disposition
should be made of the money.
Not Popular
Discontinuance is Recoln-
mended of Small Hold-
• . ings for Scotland
London,.--Disoontlnuation of the es-
tabllslument- by the state of small.
holdings on privately owned estates
iu the Scottish .lowlands is rococo-
mended by the- committee on land
'Battlement fa "Scotland, whose revert,
has lust been issued.
(
The committee calculates that the
scheme has already cost nearly els
900,000 between 1912 and 1027, and
it estimates that each now holding
on the present lines. will ieest • X 285' °
per bolder in creating comities, 4500
in other parts of the country, and an
average of £360 for the whole of
Scotland; in addition to the ratepay-
ers now having -to pay „44,700 yearly,
in connection with the establishment
of small holdings.
So far 1,417 new holdings and 340
e"tlargements have been formed on a
Britain Uncovers total area of approximately 250,000
acres.
Roman Sculpture
As regards the Highlands, the coin-
mittee says that the conrmi(nity rin,
at, Colchester volved "resists any Attempt at indus-
trialization," and "refuses to acquiesce
in any attempts to change the method
Relic of Campaign that Ended of holding or using land which has
in Occupation of City by been made in the last 160 Years and
the legislature has been compelled to
Emperor Claudius meet the clahns it has made to be
Romans conquered at the commence-( "The Highlander not only insists
London,—The England which the allowed to live its life' in its'0wp way.
went of the Christian era is recalled on living i, a Highlands; but in
by a fine bas-relief carving, which has on living in his own strain or on his
just, been dug up at Colchester, Essex.,own island.... Ile would rather
ft is some six feet long and shows have a hopeless patch of hs own ne-
s; Roman cavalry officer upon a horse, tive heath than a fair holding in a
with a prostrate Briton underneath. strange glen... Men may go away
It is held by archaeologists to be a as seamen, sailing from great ports, or
relic of a campaign which ended in as seasonal workers In different ocou-
the occupation of Colchester in A.D. patrons, returning at intervalsshouldbe to thopeu-
eir
43 by an army commanded by the own homes ... , but all maintain the
Roman Emperor. Claudius.. (demand that the land
Below the carving 15 a panel with ed up to them so that they may build.
a Latin rnscrlption which has been a home, keep a cow and a few sheep
translated as follows: "Longinus, sou and grow food as they require."
of Sdapezematycus, Duplicarlus of the
First Ala of the Thracian Cavalry
from the district of Sardica. Forty
years of age. Served 15 years. His
heirs made this according to his will.
Here he lies.'
The Thracian Cavalry,• In which
Longinus was a "duplicarius" or squa-
d on of
codl-
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At a certain public school the boys
were caught gambling and playing
cards. At the time''when the punish-
ment was to take place the master
spent some time in selecting and try-
ing his biroh. The young card -play.
ersi, watohing the master selecting
uIMaymen wear entirely too much clothing. bis birch, began to shuffle with un-
!Maybe
be so, but what man cares to easiness. The mater, noticing this
run the risk of being mistaken for a exclaimed:
Ind ' 1 cat's t!" right, lads; you
1 lady?
The Chinese Surely Cannot Have Much Artillery
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MIKADO'S TROOPS ROUTING THE NATIONALISTS,
Japanese iletdplooes bombarlug Tslnau from outside the walls just be fere the troops rooted the Chiuese,Natioualists from their last stronghold.
dron officer, commanding a sec
an "ala" or regiment, were irregulars
0ramrthe northern frontiers of Greece,
and !were attached to the Roman le
gious. Sardlca where Longinus lived
was a province of what is now But--
army, was the predecessor of Nero at
garia. Claudius, who commanded the
army was the predecessor of Nero at
Rome.
The carving of both man and horse
is detailed and skillful. It testifies to
the civilization which the Romana
1
brought to Britain nearly 2,000 years
ago.
The effigy of the horse Is especially
interesting, owing to the resemblance
it bears to the animal with similarly
hair -covered pasterns, used for agri-
cultural
gricultural purposes to -day. The ancient
Saxon King Athelstan, who defeated
the Danes in the year 937, is said to
have made a law prohibiting the ex-
port of horses from England. The
carving found at Colchester is evi-
deuce that horses had already in
Athelstan's day been In use in Britain
for 900 years.
That an officer of the Roman army
under the Emperor Claudius should
have come from' Bulgaria is witness
to the cosmopolitan nature of the
forces by which the Roman conquest
of Britain was effected.
The find is to be preserved in the
Colchester Museum. Among other re-
mains found at Colchester have been
well-built baths, tesselated pavements,
and much broken crockery pointing to
prolonged Roman occupation of this
city.
The Perpetrator
Cobham's Views
Africa Holds No Terrors For
Wife of Noted British
Ace
In his interview, Sir Alan Cobham.'
whose African trip, accompanied by
his wife, was undertaken for the pur-
pose of making a survey of the Afri-
can continent and gathering data for
the creation of an air service which
would bring Cape Town a week nearer
London, said he was convinced that
there was a wonderful opportunity for
British aviation within the Empire,
particularly with regard to Africa.
He thought the cost of establishing
such an Empire air route would be
almost nothing.
Lady Cobham, who had• been kepi
exceedingly busy throughout the
flight around Africa, acting as caterer
and typist to her husband, was very
enthusiastic with reference to the com-
forts of travelling in a big aircraft.
She told an interviewer that if she
lived in Africa she never would travel
in any other way than by air it pos-
sible. She said women need not fear
living in lonely outposts of the Empire
If quick communication were obtain-
able and aircraft available. She
thought aerial ambulances would be a
great boon to Africa.
Doorkeeper: "I'm sorry, e1r, but
under the management's new rule late
arrivals must be kept outside till the
end of the act."
Theatregoer: "Nonsense, the man-
ager will let its in, Take him MY—
ah—card, He will remember me in
oonnection with my activities as
President of th"e society for the sup -
Pression of theatre nuisances."—
Humorist.
Copartners
Messenger (to newsboy): "Who's
the swell guy Ye was talkrn' to, Jim-
mie?"
Newsboy: "Ave, him and mels wollc-
ed togedder fer years„ He's the edi-
tor o' one o' my papers."—Florida
Grower.
What Is An Old Man?
When is a man old? Should the
man of 60 be "shelved"? How do
these older men play the game? Wal-
lace
al lace Meyer, in the June issue, et The
Magazine of Business, tela of "old"
men who play the game with the zest
of youngsters.
"A man is old," says Mr. Meyer, "not
when he reaches a certain year mark,
but when, he makes up his mind he is
through, when he lets his mental fire
go out. That may come early or late,
depending on the man's training and
his interest in lite. '
Trader Horn, 73, Moses Hooper, 93,
William Howard Taft, 71, Frank Van-
derlip, 60. Thomas A. Edison, 81.
These men • are playing and have
played the gome.
"Keen, Resourceful, Constructive.
Knowing what matters, what doesnot
matter. Looking ahead. Planning.
Starting new works. More use fµ1 than
ever.
"That is the way older men play
the game, They waste no motions.
They make every mode count, beoause
they know by experience what is
worth doing,
"So long as a man considers himself'
a going concern, we had better not
indulge in any nonsense about his be-
ing an old one."
Spoiling Paper
"He's a wastepaper manufactur-
er?"
"Yes, he writes plays!"
Old Gentleman—"Are your mineral
bathe any good?" Hydro Clerk --
"Well, a week ago a man was brought
here in a bath chair, and yesterday
when we showed him his bill he ran
oft without paying it."
That Mr. Lloyd George's readiness'
of wit is remarkable we ail imow.
It is Said that during one of his pub-
lic 'speeches he asked the question:
"What do our opponents really
want?' "I know what I want,' chim-
ed Iu a number of the audience In a
husky voice that tall its own taae, "I
want a change of Government" "No,.
you don't," answered Mr. Lloyd
George a
in thrash, 'what you want 1e a
laked"
Now the operators in beauty shops
are called "beauticians," can we now
also call barbers "barbarians?
Criminal records indicate youth's
waywardness runs too much to;high
waywardness. --Wall Street Journal.
Young Housewife: "Do you keep
egg wltiakers?" junior (In temper-
arY charge of village store) 'I've
never seen no whiskers on out eggs,
ma'am." . 11
German chemists have perfected a
new kind of ice by whish it is possible
to have skating and coasting in the
summer, Good, and perhaps the next
invention will be a Menne of removing
snow and ice so as to permit the
playing of golf and baseball during
the winter,