The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-09-08

the, members of the party. Editor
Whiteman proved himself equal to
the OCCASION, in spite of the handi-
cap of surprise and attack.
S. Edward Wrigley of the Winnipeg
Grain Dealers Journal, who was with
the ''London Old Boys" was called
upon for speech and responded very
happily. Gov. John A. Johnson, who
had "done his duty" manfully with
speeches on various occasions during
the trip, and had upheld the honor
and glory of Minnesota. had been
by Messrs. Meyst and Whitney, the
latter of whom was master of cere-
monies. However, the "London Old
Boys had not been made parties to
the ''armistice' and one of them ex-
pressed the desire to hear from the
popular governor. Everybody "sec-
onded the notion and soon Gov.
johnson was in the midst of another
of his entertaining speeches. During
these remarks the governor related
how having heard of growing peaches
at Sarnia he had happened to re-
mark that he had never seen a peach
orchard. The mayor had come to him
later in the day with an invitation
from an old Sarnia couple to visit
them and eat peaches from the tree.
His reception there had been most
open hearted and great pleasure to
him. Now he was treasuring the
recollection. of how these two old
courteous residents of Sarnia had
come down to bid him and Mrs. John
son good bye when the "Huronic"
was about to leave the dock. They
had thanked him for the honor of the
visit-but to him it meant that they
had considered it even an honor to
be allowed to bring pleasure to a
stranger. This indeed was true hos
pitality, and Gov johnson dwelt upon
it very happily in his remarks, that
Saturday evening, and stated that he
would treasure as one of his sweet
est recollections this old Sarnia
couple who had given such q beauti-
full picture of the pleasure in doing
good.
From Sarnia to the 500 it had been
276 miles; from the 500 to Port Ar
thur was 275, and thence to Duluth
200 miles. Thus the trip down had
been ISL miles and the total fresh
water sea voyage of this trip would
be 1902 miles.
Sunday at 1890 a. m. the "Hu-
ronic" reached Port Arthur, the ter
minus of the Canadian Northern rail-
way, and was met by Mayor r. vi
CARS, J. ]. O'Connor and Geo. p.
Marks. A trolley ride to Grand river
was first on the program. Here a
unique sight presented itself. It was
the source of the water, power and
belonged to the city. But the bed
of the river was empty at the time,
and the falls were bare. It was of a
dark volcanic rock and rose by grad
ual steps to the top of the falls,
where the water had been damned.
The party made the ascent with evil
dent enjoyment. The river was now
being run through the power canal
and was generating electricity for the
street railway and the lighting. All
the public franchises at Port Arthur
are owned and operated by the city;
the street railway, which also sup
plies the neighboring city of TT. Will
liam; the telephones. 600 in the city
of $500 people; the light and water
plants. Municipal ownership of pub
lie utilities was proving very salts
factory to Port Arthur. The earn
ings had reduced taxation about 40
per cent, and the business was inn
proving
: After a hearty dinner on the :Hu-
ronic," the party accepted the invi-
tation of Supt. w. A. Brown of the
Canadian Northern railway and took
q 2O-mile trip in special train of
parlor cars to the wonderfully mag
nificent Kakabeka Falls. It was a
smaller Niagara, with it's great vol
ume of water rushing to a drop of
12O feet over a ledge of the volcanic
rock of that vicinity. Already it is
being "harnessed'' and 10000 horse
power for Ft. William, 20 miles dis
tant, is the expectation. This visit
was easily one of the most pleasing
on the trip, and the editorial party
took no pains to conceal their in
tense satisfaction as they clambered