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?HU1~SDAY. DEC. gth, 1954 T~ CANADIAN ~TAT~MA~N'. ~OWMA V1TL~ ONTA~T~ fl A fil! VT VUUW .-a~a ~~aI v a~ Local Octogenarian Telse of His Trip t Many Northern Points By William J. Berry (Continued from hast week) Good Wheat Country Tbirty-five miles fromn Daw- #Bon Creek is the Peace River ]Bridge, a suspension type, 2,130 fret long and it is said ta be the most imposing structure an the entire 1ighway. In goifg cannot help but honour the in- genuity of those men who planned and built it. By the Éze of the bridge you can un- j1ëstand that the Peace River -b a large river flowing aver 1,000 miles fromn ita source, be- fore it flows into Great Slave Lake. Peace River District is a wonderful wheat growing country and mixed farming is also carried on there. In travel- ling aiong this Higbway there are many miles that are flot particulanly scenic as it just goes through a wilderness of scrubby foret-poplar, white birch, somne cedar and spruce and other underbrush. In many places fines have left their des- truction, although I could not isay that any of the timben was very valuable, being too sinall for lumber. Altitude of 4,134 Feet As we mave along, passing the 150 Mile Post, we soon tome in sigbt of the foothilis of the Rocky Mountains and from here on the scenery is snuch btter, the bighway be- ing built as mucb as possible en the bigblands, giving you a better view of the sorround- ing country. The reason the higbway is buiît bigh up is that on the lower lands thene is a muskeg, a swampy condi- tion under which thene is per- manient fnost and roads cannot be canstructed an it, at least roads that would last. We are niow at the 181 Mile Post and near bere is the second highest point on the Alaska iha -altitude being 4,134fet Our next aven-night stop is Fort Nelson. Here there is an Impenial Qil station, an airport and a highway maintenance camp. Fart Nelson is an aid trading post and is occupied and maintained by the Hudson Bay Company at the present time. The scenery aiong here is very fine, with its mountains, lakes, rivers and canyons. Here, at No. 392 Mile Post, is the bighest point on the bighway- 4,256 feet above sea level. The highway is very crooked, swinging around the mountains and lakes, in fact the road in many places was made crook- ed purpasely, sa that if inva- sion did reach Alaska, the bombons would bave more dif- fîculty in dropping bombs an transports that travelled along the bigbway. Some writer bas wnitten this verse about the highway: Winding ini and winding out. Filîs my mind with serious .doubt As ta whetber the man wbo built this noad, Was going ta Hades or coming out. Longeai Mail Route I might say just here that the bus we wene an carried the mail from Dawson Cneek ta White Horse <almost 1,000 miles)-picked up and deiiv- ered mail and parcels ail along the way. The back end of the bus was piled high with mail bags. I was tald that this is the longest mail route in the world. The bus also picked up and lot off passengens any- wbere on the road. The bus driver centainly bad a busy time and was; happy and good- natured about it aIl. Our next stop, Lower Post, was a very sinaîl place. Our botel was nat too spaciaus, ai- thoogh the.beds and food were veny good, but the accommoda- tion was nathen under par. There was a Hudson Bay store with a very nice display of gaads. The highway, before Le A. PARKER & SONS PLUMBING - HEATING - OIL BURNERS 47 KING ST. L. - BOWMANVILLE- MA 3-5651 Canadian Builders- These men wiII build tomorrow T HMESE ARE the men who have bujit Canadian industry . - supplied the nation's need for metai, food, paper, homes and factories. Canada needs their skiii, as much as it needs their families. Most of these men are daiiy wage carners. Most af them have faced emergencies that threatened their abihity ta build, reduced their abiity ta support. Most of them understand the real need for additional money heip, because thev have found themseives at ane turne or another ineed of manev that was flot avaiabie. Saine af them borrowed frain Household Finance. Saine fromn companies like it. Others managed without barrowing at ail. HFC, strange as it may seem, advises many customers not ta borrow . . . provides literature an budgeting, free advice an bow ta save. But H-FC may also be counted on ta help when it is nceded. And that is a most essential service. When money is really needed. there must be such a source. This kind of lban keeps thein inde- pendent of friends or relaties, helps thiern maintain their credit. By campanies like Househoid Finance in the consumer finance fied-men like these are helped in building for Canada tomoraw. 0 Mon*y Wh.a You Ned It ~HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CANADAS LARGESI, MOST RECOMMENDED CONSUMER FINANCE COMPANY reaching Lower Post, swung back and forth from, British Columbia to the Yukon Terri- tory two or three times and just beyond Lower Post turn- ed back into the Yukon again. Here you set your watch back one hour from Pacific Stand- ard Time ta Yukon Time. The Yukon Territory is ra- ther raugh, although there is some land that they hope will be suitable for agnicultural purposes. The gavernrnent bas an experimental station of 800 acres at Pine Creek, Mile Post 1,018, and has had very satis- factory resuits with better re- sults in the future. There was a threshing machine i the field near the road and we were told this was the only one in the Yukon. I also saw some very good gardens bath in the Yukon and in Alaska. Side Trip to Skagway Our next stop was White Harse. Fromn here we took a side trip ta Skagway. This was outstanding. At first the rail- way, almost, on the level, ran through mountainous scenery on each side, then as we went an down through the "White Pass", this being the aid Trail of '98, a deep canyon where the train winds around the side of the mountain, over gulleys and smaller canyons. In look- ing out the car windows in these places you see nothing but space many, many feet be- low and as we nean Skagway, thene is a descent of nearly 3,000 feet in twenty miles. At Skagway we stayed at the Pullen Hause, an aid building, with spacious roomis and halls. In the largenrmoims there was a family bath tub right in the corner of the room, at least large enough ta bath the whole family at once. Thene was a screen ta put around it if you wished and also a large wood stove in each raom. I unden- stand the present owners had it left ta themn and they put all this open plumbing in ta make what they could out of it while they could. 1 arn sure, at one time, this building was the aristaerat of the town. There was a souvenir room and many aid relies around and it was nicely situated taa. Klondike GoId Trail Skagway is nather a ghoszt town naw, although tourists do boost it somewhat in the sum- mertime. Imagine a town now with less than 2,000 population, at one time boasted 20,000 or more! That was in the nineties ,when the gold rush was on.I This was the starting point upi the White Pass where men and, horses struggled, climbed and fought for their very lives over this rugged. rocky and almost impassible raad. In viewing this Pass, I understand mucb better that line of Robert Ser- vice's whene he says in one of his poems "that anly the stnong shall thrive". Yes, many men and harses died in the stnuggle, gaing up this Pass ta reacb thej Klondike gald. In fact there is, by the side of the ra ilnoaci track, a monument, with an appropriate inscription, for the pon horses that stanved, suf- fered and died on the trail. A\nd now, ta think that, we tourists can ride in a parlour car, with upholstered seats and have a goad meal prepared for us about halfway and the train stopping long enougb ta give ample time for us-ta enjoy aur - selves. What a difference! Those men had ta climb an d stnuggle over what we coun t as beautiful scenenv and it was beautiful too. The railroad track, in same places was cut out of salid rock and many places a shed was built aven the track ta keep falling rocks and snowslides fnom cnasbing down on the tnack. We enjoyed t ahl and scancely tbought of the danger if a rail sbould spread or a switcb be left open and we would be hurled bon- dreds of feet below and all that wouhd be left wauld be a juin- bled and twisted mess of de- bris. We annived back at White Horse safely and evenybody vas well pleased and delighted with this two-day trip ta Skag- way. Attractions of WVhlte Horse Irve me around the city and howed me evenything of un- artance and I know I saw a ýeat deal mare than I would iave otbenwise. I must not forget ta tell ;yoj ýfa 3-storey log bouse here. tis calhed "The Skyscraper'. 'h main part looks as if it ere v'erv well built, but round eacb storey is a veran- a, rathen patchy loaking and akes the whole structure look <e a pon imitation of a Chin- e pagoda. I believe it is con- iered a standing joke in the iy. White Hanse bias a popula- on of aver 5,000, with aIl mod- rn facilities and is a fine place )spend a few dayý,. 1 wauld ke ta bave stayed longer. Our next stop was Scatie reek and most of us did nat ink this place xvas wvbat it :ght have been. We got enaugh eat and the beds wene verv )od, but other facilities wvere ber unden par. Il was just aver-night stop so wve look ings as they were. Tis was Bowmanville Institute Hears TaIk on Convention Activities Regular meeting of the Bow- nianville Women's Institute was held on Thursday, Nov. 25, at the Union Hall with good at- tendance. President Mrs. T. Buttery conducted the business in which several matters were discussed. Satisfactory reports were given by the Sec.-Treas- urer. A special Christmas col- lection was taken, to be sent to the Ontario Hurricane Flood Relief. Mrs. Buttery reported. on junior girls activities. The number attending these classes is eight. A report was received from ticket convenors, Mrs. L. Dumas and Mrs. C. Mutton. Roll call, name a Canadian fruit, was answered with good response, and caused much merriment. Mrs. C. Gatcheli, prograrn convenor, introduced Masters Michael Kirkton and Vincent Molloy who played two violin duets, "Noel" and "Slumber Song." Two accordion selec- fions were played by Master Lowell Highfield, "Flow Gen- tly Sweet Afton" and "Polka". These young entertainers de- at No. 1,226 Mile Post. Between White Horse and Scotie Creek, the country was very sparsely settled, the scenery very good and was dotted with lakes, ri- vers and mountains. Saine of the mountains within sight were very high - among the highest in North America. We soan reached Fairbanks, Mile Post 1,527, and the end of the Alaska- Highway, although there are roads that carry on from thene. (To be continued next week) lighter dlembers who request- cd mare af this type of talent for programs. Mrs. E. Passant, official de- legate ta the Area Conventioik beld in Toronto recently, gave a repart of Convention activi- ties. One of the bighights was a paper given by Mrs. John Wallace, "The Influence of the W.I." in which she said that the W.I. influence .has been feit in the villages and the cross- roads thraugbout this area. In a desine for a better commun- ity life, she said, we bave be- came doers. She urged mem- bers ta even greater service in the future. Miss Anna P. Lewis, Director W.I. Brancb and Home Econ- amics Service, said that 936 W. I. branches bad participated i extension courses. According ta Miss Lewis' repart, Ontario boasts a membership of 44,809; there are 1,423 senior and 66 junior branches. Rev. Ray McCleary of Wood- green United Church and Com- munity Centre, Toronto, was guest speaker and appealed for more sympathy and under- standing toward our neighbors. Delegates' concenn with cur- rent pnoblems was pnoved by resolutions such as the one which will be forwarded ta the Government requesting that it place stronger curbs on crime novels and stonies and ta for- bid the printing and importing of such literatune into Cana- da, A nequest was also made ta the provincial F.W.I.O. ta choose one on more U.N. pro- jects under the gift plan. Agricultural and Canadian 11 Industries Convenor, Mrs. M. 1 ~~ At Re dS. WhiteU-- 27c Ackroyd, said, "You ail know agriculture should be our most important study as a large per cent of aur members are rural women. Neyer bas the hope been higher of praviding es- sential life ta every man, wam- an and cbild. The wealtb is ini the soil. Love tbou thy land." An illustrated address by Miss Anna P. Lewis on "Rural Life in Jamaica" was much en- joyed. Theme of the conven- tion was "Developing today's youth for to-marrow's world." Bowmanville Ladies' Quar- tette wbo sang at the Conven- tion were received with great enthusiasm and were recalled for several encores, Bowman- ville was proud ta be repres- ented by this fine quartette composed of Mrs. D. R. Ail- dread, Mrs. S. R. James, Mrs. L. W. VanDriel and Mn, . 0 Richmond. Foilowing Mrs. Passant's re- part of the Convention, lunch was served by Mrs. Gatchel and ber gnaup. 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