The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-21
The White Mountains; Where Local
Option Rules And Tho Re-
versing Falls.
Editorial trip articles; No. 3.

| Editorial trip articles; No. 81
Leaving Montreal by special trail
oyer the Grand Trunk and the Main,
Central the weather man again favored
us by hard shower which laid the dus
freshened up everything in sight ant
made the long train ride not only en-
durable but pleasure especially as il
took us through the White Mountains
and past that mecca of all lovers Of
mountain scenery, Mt. Washington, al
the base of which at Fabyans, one Of
the magnificent summer hotels, the
Fabyan House, had been prepared q
special dinner, in fact it marked the
! opening of the season there. Being
slightly cloudy a good view of the
mountain was not obtained but fol
many miles the train wound around
through the surrounding walls, the eye
being unable to discover any
means of egress, the scenery
wild and romantic, the Saco river run
ming for long distance through space
hardly wide enough for track, then
broadening out so that the ill-fated
Willy House stands on the bank.
Fabyans is the principal resort and
from there visitors take the cog railway
for the summit of Mt. Washington,
the grade being about 1900 feet per mile,
but reaching 1880 feet at one point, the
total height being 6,993 feet above the
sea.
The stop was simply long enough to
create desire to make real visit to
Mt. Washington, but the schedule
could not be so arranged and we were
whirled along to Portland, Maine, reach
ing there at $50 Tuesday, June 90.
Hurriedly bathing and eating supper at
the Falmouth the entire party was on
hand at 700 for a ride on salt water,
which to many of the party was the
first trip of this kind. Lying in the
harbor and within a few feet of the
boat we took was the ship that Peary is
to use this summer in his north pole ex-
pedition, it having been run to this part
of the world on trial trip. Down
Casco bay to Peaks island the trip TAX
ing until just dark, when we were land
ed and invited to the Gem theatre, such
play house as might be found in any
large city, but decorated to represent
its surroundings, ankors, wheels, life
preservers, cabins, etc., with curtains
of ocean scenes. The play was also a
surprise, the company being first class,
it hardly being expected at summer
theatre where the season is so short. No
opportunity was given for seeing Port
land but it was noticeable that it is a
prohibition town-no saloons, no wine
list on the bills of fare. There seemed
to be an unusual number of doctors and
the claim is, of course, made that they
make living by writing prescriptions
for liquors at fifty cents each. Port
land is situated on long narrow pen
insula projecting five miles into the sea,
and only three-quarters of mile wide
at the narrowest part, the city sloping
from the center, which is the lowest
point, in both directions-one hill over
looking Casco bay within the encirclipg
arms of which are over two hundred
islands, while from the other view of
White Mountain is obtained from q
hillside one hundred and seventy-five
feet above the sea-what Mount Hood
is to Portland, Oregon; Tacoma to
Puget Sound or Lookout Mountain to
Chattanooga-this mountain is to Port
land, Maine.
The Maine Central carried the Editor
ial visitors on six hour ride through
the capital city of Maine, Augusta on
the Kennebec, through Bangor, the
home of James G. Blaine and also
through miles of territory where it does
not seem any of the original forest has
been removed.
Turning the party over to the Inter
colonial Railway which is to Eastern
Canada what the Boston and Maine is
to Massachusetts. the ride is continued
to st. John-passing some good farm
ing land-but the popularity is the odd
French shape of the farms, being 2i
miles long but only 40 to so rods wide,
the original farm of 1870 or 80 rods
width, having been parcelled out to
sons as they were married off.
At st. John we were met by a COM
mittee of the New Brunswick Tourist
Association and the Press Club, hurried
away to the hotels for a nights rest,
and at $50 in the morning these COM
mittees started in on days entertain
ment that was not equalled on the en-
tire trip.
BY street cars general view of this
metropolis is obtained, the city being
the largest in the eastern provinces,
population of so, 900 and with gener-
al appearance of an American city.
The exp orts amount to $16,000,0 600 a
year, that of lumber being $1,000, 900
superficial feet, the climate in summer
is ideal, no mosquitoes or black flies,
cool nights and bright days with an
ocean breeze much of the time. We