Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-05
SINCLAIR PARTY AT 1ONTREAL


Montreal, Canada, July 80, 1908.
Editor NEWS:
|; you will allow me little OF you.
space | will try TO give you Il brief
sketch OF our trip from Eitzvilie to
Montreal.
Alter about sixty hours travel over
the n. z. Il. we reached Minneapolis
Saturday at 1870 a. M, spending the
day in Minneapolis, and certainly
not very pleasantly owing to the OPP
pressive heat, we started for Montreal
by the st. Paul & Sault st. Marie
Railway and arrived here at $40 il. III.
on Monday.
We sail for Liverpool on the Lake
Manitoba" Thursday at d,ybrcak
The "Lake Manitoba" which is one
OF the new steamers formerly of the
Beaver Line, but now OF the Canadian
Pacific Steamship Co. is a very sub
stantial and well equipped steamer.
The crops through Nurth Dakota
are rather poor and seem to have suf-
fered from drought. In Minnesota the
gram is very pretty stand but APP
pears to he suffering greatly from the
excessive heat.
From Minneapolis through north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan with i s
green forests and numerous lakes, is
certainly rs beautiful a country n
one could wish to see, Il e crops
there being decidedly late compared
with those further west.
Crossing the St. Marie livernt Sault
st. Marie we entered the King domi-
Mon, after having gone through the
trying ordeal OF having our baggage
examined.
The country from SAUL st. Marie
to Montreal is very N lch like north
ern Michigan. The country hnan
cially does not compare for m.nute
with eastern Washington.
The city of Montreal is in itself well
woi tn the distance Travelled b visit
Situated as it is on the baaks of the
st. Lawrence river and extending
westward up the side OF the mountain
it makes splendid impression on the
visitor at first sight. Having ascend.
ed Mount Royal the view OF the city
is grand.
Among the places OF most interest
in the city are the More Dame church
II very elaborate edifice erected in
1929 with a capacity OF fifteen thou.
sand and seating capacity oil ten
thousand, the cost being six million
dollars. The St. James Cathedral
sometimes called st. Peters being
modelled after the church OF Rome.
The st. Georges Anglican church
with its chime OF bells, the git Mr. \
F. Gault, the famous 'cottDu King"
/ should Judge that it would be hard
to find another city Of three hundred
thousand Inhabitants With so many
magnificent church buildings. The
Canadian Pacific Z. station, called
Windsor Station is a magnificent
structure exit nding the iull length al
the block.
Other things OF special interest are
the statues OF Sir John Macdonald,
Queen Victoria, the late Pope Leo
XIII. and Others Of less note near the
statue OF ST. john Macdonald in do
mlnIon square are two cannon which
were taken at the sieze Of Sahastopeal
4 notable feature OF the city ul Mont
real is the resident pTtion, among
the most costly are tie residences OF
Lord Strutcoua, igh commissioners
Ter Canada in London, 8. Thomas g.
Siaughnessy, who va n ale knis ht
by King Edward last year during tie
visit OF Duke and Eu hess vi Corn
wall and York. MIR Allan nf Il A Han
Steamship Line, and many o her liue
resider ccs some 81 which cost upward
to million OF dollars.
Also the McGll College, the Cray
Nuunery, the Art Gallery, the Board
OF Trade, Bank OF Montreal, the Y NJ.
G. A. building and the windsor hotel
are worthy Ct note.
We are all well and enjoying the
trip very much.
Yours respectfully.
MARK SINCLAIR