Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-11

distinct air Of hustle here that is not
seen at other eastern Canadian points.
The Canadian government is paying
the Dominion company bounty on
every pound of pig iron which it pro-
duces, SO that this, the greatest indus
try in Canada today, is protected
one. But in this case the amount of
the bounty diminishes from year to
year until 1t ceases entirely, thus CIV
ing needed protection to the strug-
Cling infant industry, but removing
the protection when the business has
reached a point, where it no longer
needs it. In this respect it would
seem as if the Canadian government
was more wise than has been the Uni
ted States in some instances at least.
A Great Summer Resort.
The summer climate of Nova Scotia
is most delightful one and all Nova
Scotia is great summer resort which
offers enjoyment to the visitor not eX-
| celled in any other part of America.
Cape Breton Island, the extreme east
ern portion of Nova Scotia, is separat-
ed from the main land by the strait
of Canso which floats the largest YES
sells, but which is less than one mile
wide in many places. The trains of
the Intercolonial railway are ferried
across the strait, so the trip from Hal
| flax to Sydney is made without any
change of cars. In addition to having
the ocean on all sides, this portion of
| Nova Scotia has a series of large and
beautiful lakes in the interior known
as the Bras dor lake region. or the
| beauties and attractions of this de.
| lightful region it is impossible to speak
at length in newspaper correspond
ence. During the summer season it is
visited by thousands of visitors, prin-
| cipally from the eastern states, though
each year sees more and more tourists
| from the west visiting this charming
section of the country. The general
! passenger department of the Intercolo.
NAL railway of Canada has prepared
and will send on application, illustrat-
ed printed matter descriptive OF all
| points in the provinces and along the
Lower st. Lawrence river, that are
reached by its nearly 1000 miles of
we'll built and equipped railway. APP
plications should be addressed to John
NJ. Lyons, general passenger agent,
Moncton New Brunswick. who will
forward free to all persons making APP
| plication for the same well written
and finely illustrated book of ITS pages
entitled Forest Stream and Sea
Shore" The western terminus Of the
Intercolonial railway is Montreal the
commercial metropolis of Canada.
From there it extends eastward along
the shore of the st. Lawrence river,
and then southeasterly to Halifax, a
distance of 837 miles. From Halifax
t it traverses Nova Scotia to Sydney an
additional distance of 276 miles. An
excellent passenger service is main
/ tanned and at this season of the year
especially the trains are crowded all
the time. An interesting feature of
this. road to the visitor from the
States particularly is that it is a gov
eminent railway, being owned and op-
Grated by the people | am told that ii
has never paid any dividends, but that
it has been an immense factor in open
ing up and developing the country
Aside from giving the people a two
/ cent passenger fare. its management
under government direction is not ma
terially different from other lines il
the hands of private corporations.
i Halifax.
i Halifax is one of the most interest
ing cities in America to the tourist
1 from the United States, principally
from the fact that Halifax is SO entire.
Z; ly un-American. 1t is an English CITY
through and through, with garrison
of genuine relocated English troops
stationed here all the time. With one
exception, (Esquimault, on the Pacific
coast.) 1T is the only point in America
where the imperial government OF
England, maintains permanent gar
/ rison. AS the average number of men
in this garrison numbers 1000 men
the soldiers are very,very much in evi
dence, as much SO as in any European
city. Last Sunday attended services
at the Garrison church where the sol
diers, officers and men attend in q
body. marching to and from the ser
vices in company organization AS
sat in the presence OF several hundred
OF the British rcd-coats. asked my
self whether or not I was really in
America.
Halifax is not as old as some othe
points on the coast of Nova Scotia am
New Brunswick, but still it's histor,
goes back century and half to tn
time when Colonel CORVALLIS first Sc
England's standard here, marking tn
country irrevocably for Great Britain
The harbor is one of the finest il
America and from the character Of thu
Notifications erected and maintainet
here by the imperial government it il
evident that Great Britain propose
that Halifax shall be its base for nava
and military operations in the new
world. With the exception of the cit
, adel. which occupies great hill tina
rises in the very center of the city
visitors are not permitted within tn
, precincts of any of the forts, so tina
very little can be known of them b,
one not connected with the British al
my or navy but million
of dollars have been and ar,
being expended here in fort
, fications. and military buildings @
J permanent character. Should tn
| United States get into trouble wit
England, which We hope may neve
come about, Halifax would be practic
i ally impregnable and while flee
: might possibly destroy the city, it
impossible to see how any attackin
! force could take it.