The Seaforth News, 1925-10-22, Page 3OM SEAFORTII TO ALASKA.
S
T; Pinkerton sends isteresting
of Return 'Journey.
Account
fol- .enc° much t0 the disappointment f
M. 4V. T. Pinkerton sends the nephew 'Levi, 'who was loo; g
lowing very interesting description
f his and Mrs. 'Pinkerton's trip'(,
e nnotor, up the
across the :continent by and
'boat, t a
Alaska
by
tto
as
Pacific co
the drive by' motor to their home at
Fairbanks,
'Fairbaiik Alaska, Sept. 14th.
don -We left Sea
-
forthMr,',Snow 1 17th and
forth 'F inlay morning; July e
arrived in Detroit ,early in the after-
noon,. taken' n
the
beautiful
l
'Having g
and
and Picturesque Lake Shore (toad, we
passed in turn Grand Bend, a very
' delightful summer resort; the Pinery
where the roads winds through lanes
of pine and oak, for. a 'distance
f
some ten miles, then farther on ex-
tensive celery 'beds, ,the thriving little
`Town of 'Forest, -more summer re-
sorts and finally Sarnia.'Here we
said goodbye to Ontario, and after
a wait of about half an hour crossed
by ferry to Port Huron on the Amer-
ican side. From there to Detroit the
road is paved all the way so we made
excellent, time.
On our arrival in:Detroii, we went
directly to the Olds Motor'Works
and had our car. carefully looked over
in preparation for the long trip across'
the continent, In Detroit 'we met
our nephew, Mr, Levi 'Holmes, who
accompanied us as 'far . as Seattle,'
Washington.
Saturday: noon saw us on our way
again with Chicago our next object
ire point. The roads were all paved
and the towns and farming communi-
ties we passed through had a very
'prosperous appearance, Wt stopped
for the night at St. Joseph's, a thriv-
- ing little town on the shore of Lake
Michigan, Here we had our first ex-
- perience in a tourist camp. On our
arrival we were met by an official
of the camp who collected ,50c, had
us register and allotted us camping
space. The grounds were -well light-
ed and everything was clean and
orderly. A' great many ifellow travel-
lers were already there and preparing
for the night's stay. Stipp
were burning and tents going up. We
soon followed suit, and before long,
weary from a rather strenuous day,
retired to our comfortable berth in-
side the car. The seats were so ar-
ranged as to form a good bed at
night.
The next day we left (Michigan and
entered Illinois, passing through Chi-
cago in a pouring rain. On leaving
Chicago we followed the Lincoln
• Highway through Illinois and Iowa.
The roads in Illinois are pretty much
all paved and splendid going. The
towns and cities through which we
passed had a prosperous appearance,
as had also the farms. Iii ,fact
Ontario
from
are very
Ontario from an agricultural point o{ threshed the grain, 'poured at into
view. Iowa also presents a very
prosperous appearance, with its
large 'fields of waving corn and
wheat, its big painted 'bank barns
and comfortable looking houses. The rod d around a hat we topped acre a field to.
e car and
Lincoln Highway through Iowa is how it was done.
our We missed by two
for adventure,
days ,a rodeo at 'Cheyenne which was
staged for the -benefit td 'Stthe es, ice -
President .of the Unit
very
and
we were
event an ev
was4rluite
sorry to have Missed it.
We left the 'Lincoln ;Highway n
t
Granger, Wyoming, and travelled
northwesterly. direction along the
a
Old •Oregon Trail. This trailt is taken
'fam-
ous for having been the route taken'
by (Lewis and Clark, the
te
men to have made the overland jour-
ney
ie to the Oregon coast, having g
Ynb la
r
the
mouth
0
f
the
-Col
tt
i
clear to
River.- The return of these men
'and
their report of the- country -fount
d
east of the Rockies stirred ug great
interest and soon many adventurous
spirits started on the long trip, 'His-
tory is replete with the hardships
and sufferings of then, early pioneersmiles
who travelled the many weary
by ox team over almost impassable
trails. And many of them were set
upon, 'and killed by hostile Indians
along the way. Now a's one. speeds
along by auto over this same'route,
Since graded and paved and the
streams bridged, one has much to be
thankful for.
The country, we- passed through in
Southwestern 'Wyoming was largely
mountainous and sparsely settled,
with very little vegetation outside of
the few irrigated sections. There
were utiles and miles of sage 'brush
with no animal life visible excepting
a few gophers. The heat too, was
intense, the thermometer registering
as' high as 115 degrees in the shade
and no shade,
'The Osld. Oregon Trail enters
Idaho in the southern part of the
State. The first town we came to
on crossing the border -was Mont-
pelier, which was first settled by the
Mormons in 1863. In this regionn
phosphate, gypsum, copper, lead and
lime 'are mined. Other towns of im-
portance we passed- through were
Soda Springs where a delightful min-
eral water gushes from the ground;
Pocotello,--the railway and livestock
centre of Southern Idaho; American
Falls near which is an old emigrant
camp and spring and'the deep fur-
rows o'f the old Trail of 1843 can
still be plainly seen; Boise, the
Capital of the State, with a popula-
tion Of 25,000, and the centre of a
rich irrigated section. There are
many large, orchards in this vicinity.
In one place we drove through 15
miles of solid orchard.
We saw many large 'fields of grain
in Idaho and Oregon in the process
of being harvested by means of big
combined harvesters. These har-
vesters were drawn by big tractors
or by a• string of 25 or 30 horses.
They cut a swath 30 feet wide,
Pinkerton naked him what :it mostly made the acquaintance on the bola
reminded him of and -he promptly of a York, whor.Booinhwer inromtheNiw
going-
„ very 't ea ,
an Y
He wasn't 9.
in -
wrong at that, If 115 degrees in the tenor of 'Alaska to hunt laig`;ga'me
shade and no water isn't H--, I don't trophies.,
him hies.alo, H s Prevailed
ed onellys,n us too take
knowknow h lance of I reties, where his guide
rs. Pinkerton was
not twaterhe leastgQbitMnervus, for was she
not back in Alaska ? Had we been
h
it street, she
driving in a crowded city
would have been a nervous wreck„
We made 50 miles the first 6 hours
of steady going. This, however, was
the most 'difficult part of our jour-
ney and 'from there on we found the
roads Mnttch!better. That night found
us abottt 150' miles on our way.
IWe stopped for the night at the
Sourdough Road House, which Mr.
Bootnitowcr named the House of
Mystery, owing to the fact that
there were no lights showing on our
arrival. And although we asked for
an early breakfast, no one showed
up at the appointed time. So we
and have
were obliged. to pull
our
'breakfast farther along the way.
what
1!!,
• •We sailed 'ifrorn, Seattle August Bth, way to meet him on lite '16th of, 'Aug -
'On 'the Northwestern. As we 'had ust 13y Make
with us he 'via'
coin° Da :from Alaska on this boat,
able"to snake it on the day specified.
besides having made several other
trips on it, we were well, acquainted Wcll, we left Valdez early in°the
with the Captain : and other' Of- morning in a drizzling rain, on the
firers, so were quite at hone. last, lap of our long journey, The
Also there were several people from first' 20 miles out the roads were fair -
Fairbanks and other points in Alaska, ly passable. 'Gradually we began to
that we knew, as well as a bunch of ascend the steep Thompson Pass,
Shriners who were going up to which. loads through the coast range
Alaska to put on a ceremonial . at of mountains, The rale continued
cured
mist
partlyobs
n' the leis
ons, falls d
I other h
r w to
Fairbanks and sev
era e k
The other passengers; about 200 in the snow capped mountain peaks:
number, were for- the most part The road wound its way.higher and
tourists, scheduled to make the trip higher ftp through the Pass, crossing
to 'Fairbanks ,over' the Alaska : Rail- 'unbridged glacier streams almost
ucar
road and back• to the coast again via swift enough to carry a loaded
the Richardson 'Highway. away. The scenery along this pot
Va-
We on tire even- tion ,of the Trail is unsurpassed in
Wo laneed -atc th any 'coutntrp. Mr, Boomhower, . an
i h
out
from
eIt
f the seventh day
in ot
gtraveller in almost
ed frau l
Seattle. We had a very pleasant old, -seasoned
voyage, the weather being fine all the every corner of the world, declared
way. After getting our car and bag- it to' be by far the finest he••had ever
witnessed. Mrs. Pinkerton also was
fillgage off thewith
boat,gand drove. 'town, in her element and continually -called
anextratgas there and put on to me to look at this waterfall, or
an case ,of gas as were no that lacier. I had little time to look
gas stations along the way; then we at anything but the very narrow road
loaded our baggage on the car and
affter making sure of having every-
thing ready for an early` start, 're -1 thousands of feet 'downward to a
tired to our ;hotel for -the night, We
ahead', .as a single false move 'would
have dashed the car and occupants
siriiilar to
sacks which after' 'being sewed by the
sack 'sewers were dropped into a
cart and dumped at the corners of
the field. Levi and I were so inter -
paved and gravelled for about a thi
of the way; the !balance is plain dirt
road. When it rains the roads must
be almost impassable. Fortunately
for us the weather was fine and the
roads excellent.
On leaving Iowa we passed
through Council 'Bluffs, crossed over
the big Missouri River bridge • and
entered the thriving City ,of Omaha,
Nebraska. The Omaha tourist''camp
where we stopped 'for the night was
one of the "best on the entire route.
Situated as it is in an electrically
lighted green grove, it affords all the
modern conveniences to the camper.
There is a large community kitchen
with some 50 electric stoves, hot and
cold running water, a large `laundry
with electric washers, mangles and
irons. Then, too, there are plenty,
shower baths for the' dusty
travel-
lers, which is always very much ap-
preciated. We Mould have liked very
much to have stayed ‘there a week,
but being pressed for time, remained
only for the night.
Prom iOnta'ha we travelled in a
southwesterly direction over the
O.L. and D. (Omaha, Lincoln and
Denver) Highway to Denver, -Colo-
rado, a distance of 627 miles, which
we made in two days. We passed
through a great deal of Barren desert
country, with here' and there' cattle
ranches - and 'agricultural ;lands. The
weather too, 'was 'extremely hot: As
the neared .Denver the weather con-,
ditions became more, favorable owing'
to the high altitude, 'Mrs. Pinkerton
' ' 'tad some. friends 111 •Denver she wish-
ed 'to visit, 'blit most,of all she want-
ed • to see her.. sister's, •!;`meta. Holmes,
rave; which she had, not sten dor
some` years. -Nearing the 'big
city
,lust as -the' sun ;was setting
the.Rockies-'we came, to a Cemetery
which Mrs.' -Pinkerton recognized as
the ,•Riverside ,(Cemetery.where- ']er
sister wa'a buri'eft' We wetlt into the
grounds 'but owing to the ::many
changes that had taken place we had
considerable, trouble in, finding the
grave. The'cttrces had grown so much
larger,the grounds extended and a
new office and crematory have been
built. We went out there next day
with our .friends and made arrange-
,
• ments to have the. grave fixed up.. It
is under perpetual care but. she
thought it needed re -sodding. Her
-other sister, Mrs. Margaret 'Holmes
Schultz is buried in Rosedale ceme-
tery, Los Angeles 'California.
lifoYnia went al-
a, On leaving
see o -
fn our drive through. Oregon we
passed many thriving towns, chief of
which were Ontario, Baker, La -
Grand, Pendleton and the Dalles. At
the Dalles the :famous Columbia
River 'Highway and the Dalles Cali-
fornia 'Highway conte together and
parallel the, winding 'Columbia River
to °Portland and on to Seaside and
Astoria. The entire length of this
road is paved and the scenery won-
derful and includes a splendid''
view
of Mt. Hood, Adams and -St. Helens.
We stopped two days in Portland
attending some 'business and renew-
ing acquaintances with old friends.
Portland is the largest city in Oregon
and by ,far the most important. Two
of the greatest 'highways in the
worldgo, through Portland, namely
the Old Oregon Trail and the 'Pacific
Highway. There is no city in Amer-
ica into which such a perfect system
of highways enter, consequently it Is
the Mecca of hundreds of thousands
o.Pautomobiles.
'From Portland to Seattle, a dis-
tance of 209 miles, we followed the
Pacific,Highway, a magnificent paved
road which runs through several fine
growing towns,miles of heavy tim-
ber andfertile farm lands. We ar-
rived in Seattle 'Saturday, August
lst, which was 16 days from the time
we left•:Seaforth, Ontario. Deducting'
hie two ;days' stop at Denver and two
days at Portland. . ou'r actual travel-
ling time was 12 days:
V,'e were obliged to wait 6 days in
Seattle before we could obtain trans-
portation- up the Coast to Valdez,
Alaska. However, the. time passed
very rapidly meeting and visiting old
Alaskan., and Seattle friends. Seattle
is called the Gateway to Alaska. Dur-
ing the rush to the Klondike in 1898
Seattle bada population of only 35,-
000,now' it has over 600,000 and is a
very beautiful` and enterprising city.
The last 'night of our stay in Se,attle
about 20 of our old friends, some of
whole we had not met in year's, sur-
prised us with a farewell dinner at
Greenlake Park. We had a very en-
joyable•evening living over again
Many exciting events of the earlier
days spent in the North.
most clue moil!, to. Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming where we, again 'hit, the 'Lin-
coln IdigliWay which we followed
through Laramie,. Rawlins, Rock
Springs, Green River to 'Granger.
Thee us as 'early
daystowns no
cattle towns vherethe cowboy
and two -gun men head sway. Now
they have a. Very peaceful appear-
ance., Andwe saw ,.no guns iu eviri-
a
We were sorry to leave our .genial
travelling. .companion and nephew,
Levi Holmes.. He 'teas, however,.
much impressed with 'Seattle, so de-
cided to remain there tfor the time
being We enjoyed having'hitn with
us and I am stare he 'thoroughly en-
joyed .the trip, He confessed to be-
ing slightly
being'slightly nervous the first• few
nights we stayed at the tourist camps,
and as a safety- first measure had a
hew rocks nearhis +bed to ward.. off'
I
any intruders. •Iowever, he soon got
used to' sleeping out:' In some of
the barren, deserted 'parts of the
country tae: passed through, Mrs,
crawled up a tree and ort' •*'tile
branches .right ieside our car. They;
were so close I could have reached'
then from the, running board, 1Mrs•
'Pinkerton 'wanted to catch the dear
little things and take them home fax
pets, but I was afraid Urs. 'Lye*
might come after' us.
We landed 'Mr..Boo'mhower. et his
destination at .four in the :afternoon,
having still some •130 miles to go.
As we travelled' along -we met sev-
cral cars from Fairbahks with friends
who were going out hunting, 'They
informed us that Judge Clegg and his
wife were at their summer home atc
;Lake Harding, so we • decided t,
drop in on them and surprise them,
'When we arrived there the Cleggs
before
"
minutes
a few.
just left
19act 1
us
for town, so we `followed them in.
We arrived home about midnight,
tired and hungry, and after having
lunch at the restaurant, retired
the night. The neighbors brought in
enough stuff for breakfast to last us
for several days. Everybody seemed
glad to see us and we were certainly
glad to be back.
'That day we were again on top of
the -world while crossing the Delta
'Summit, This section of Alaska is
a paradise for'the hunter and fish-
erman.
s
erman. The lakes and streams are full
of fish, while in the mountains and
caribou,
� found
moose
c
valleys are , ,
mountain sheep, fox, bear, lynx,
wolves, ptarmagin and grouse. Some-
times one is fortunate en•ough to see
wild game in the vicinity of the road.
We were lucky enough to see a
female lynx and her eight ki fens, as
we turned a bend fn' the road. We got
within 30 feet of them and obtained
a picture of the mother and two of
the kittens. Two of the little fellows
We have been home now almost a
month and I have been so busy that
I did -not have time to write you
before. And even now I have done
so very hurriedly.
Sincerely yours,
'W. T. Pinkerton.
The house with the unrivalled
reputation for quality hair goods:.
Free Demonstration and Display
at the COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
SEAFORTH.
on
Tuesday, October 27
J
See Dorenwend's Patent Struc-
tore with the new sight proof parting.
Telephone Mr. Knight at the hotel
for appointment.
THE W. T. PEMBER STORES,
Lir, ited.
129 Yonge st„ Toronto, Ont.
The Unfair Deal
Canadian Farmers are Getting
Back in 1921 we sold the United States agricultural
products to the value of $146,539,883. After the Fordney
U.S. Tariff of 1922 went into effect in the United States we
sold them only $51,337,733 worth.
By raising their tariffs the United States farmers have put
about $100,000,000 per annum more into their pockets and
the Canadian farmers have lost it.
What is the lesson to the Canadian farmer?
On what terms is the Canadian farmer competing with
the farmer of the United States? They are terms that not
only forbid the: sale of his products in the United States
but compel him at the same time to witness United States
farm products replacing his own in the home markets of
Canada. Let us examine some of these terms.
For Entrance
PRODUCTS into Canada
the Americans pay:
Potatoes . 35 cts. per 100 lbs.
Eggs 3 cts. per doz.
Butter 4 cts. per ib.
Cheese 3 cts. per lb.
Cattle .. .. , , -25%
Hay ,,,;,. $2.00 per ton
Wheat Flour 50 cts. per barrel
Wheat..,, 12 cts. per bushel
Corn .... Free
Certain Fruits 25%
ey 10
For Entrance
into the United States
the Canadians pay:
50 cts. per 100 lbs.
8 cts. per doz.
8 cts. per Ib.
5 cts. per Ib.
40%
$4.00 per ton
$2.04 per barrel
42 cts. per bushel
15 cts. per bushel
35%
The United States raised their tariff, in order to protect
the American Farmers, and the purchasing of foreign farm
products was reduced. It was, therefore, to the American
Farmer's benefit.
And we prove it. In the next column we list a few
Canadian products imported by the United States under
the 1921 tariff and under the raised tariff of September
21st, 1922. These figures are quoted from the "Com-
mercial Intelligence Journal" published by Ottawa.
Government (26th September, 1925, page 324).
Canadian Farm Exports to the United States, 11 months ending
August 1921 and 11 months ending August 1925
Articles U.S.
Tariff
Horned cattle, .. Free
1921 1925
Quantity U.S. Quantity
or Value Tariff or Value
Poultry . , , , . , , , , l c. per Ib.
Sheep . Free
Oats (bushel) ... 6c. per bus.
Wheat (bushel).. Free
Fresh Beef—
chilled or frozen
(quintals) ..... Free'
Potatoes (bushel)Free
Eggs (doz.) Free
$14,970,944 1j to 2c. per lb. $2,897,753
plus $2 per head
769,060 3c. per lb. 611,529
1,184,950 $2 per head 219,878
2,822,129 15c. per 32 lbs. 389,280
47,735,082 42c. per 60 lbs. 3,408,152
237,782 3c. per Ib.
2,581,037 50c. per qtl.
264,676 8c. per doz.
63,408
566,115"
52,887
And now a great reduction has been made by the Can-
adian -Australian Treaty which just went into effect on
October lst, 1925. Under this. treaty Australian (and New
Zealand) farm products will enter Canada at the following
tariffs.
For Entrance For Entrance
PRODUCTS into Canada into Australia
the Australians pay: the Canadians pay:
Eggs, per doz Free 18. cts.
Cheese ... , . Free 6 cts. per lb.
Butter .. 1 ct. per lb. . 6 cts. per Ib.
Honey.... .. ........ ... 1 et. per lb. 4 cts. per Ib.
Bees Wax ...... Free 3 cts. per Ib.
Fresh Meats .. , A ct. 5 cts. per lb.
Canned Meats , . 15% 40%
Canned Poultry 15% 40%
Laid Free - 4 cts. per ib.
Tallow 10% 1 .ct. per Ib.
Canned Vegetables Free 30 cts. to $2.10 per
doz. cans of !/ to
Apples and other Dried 4 pints
Fruits 10% 8 cts. per Ib.
Cnces, Pears & Apricots 25 cts. per 100 lbs. $1.50 per 100 lbs.
anned Fruits... .. et. per Ib. 30 cts. to $2.10 per
doz. cans, accord-
ing to size
Canada will be flooded with farm products frogn other countries at these low
rates, but :Canadian farm products are shut out of other countries by high tams.
Meanwhile half a million Canadians have moved to the United States because of
! the tariff reductions that have closed up or slowed down hundreds of factories.
That is, half a million buyers of Canadian farm -products have been lost. The far-
- mere arehit twice.
l4
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for Protection
or the
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