Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-10-17
CANADA's GREAT NORTHWEST
Mrs. Hoyt Writes Of Her Trip in
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That Section.
EDITOR REFLECTOR: We left Plum
Coulee, Manitoba, the 81 Of Septem-
Der and going sixty-6ve miles north-
east, through one continuous wheat
field, with here and there a Mormon.
lite village, arrived at Winnipeg
The intervening country is so low
that the government has put in drain
age ditches.
Winnipeg is handsome city, with
Q population Of 10000. On Sunday
cool and rainy, we went to hear
Ralph Conner or Rev. Gordon The
church was beautiful and well filed.
In the evening we went to hear Rev.
McKinnon OF the first Presbyterian
church, holding 1000 and well filed.
(Allow me to remark that there we're
as many men as women.)
Monday afternoon we took the
Canadian for Fort Frances, Ont, ar
flving at midnight. This town was
founded hundred years ago as a
Hudson Bay county fort. We took q
hack and going up the main street to
the hotel stuck in mud hole.
Looking out in the morning we
we're astonishad to see everything
covered with snow but it was all gone
by 10 a. m.
| We could hear the falls plainly
About $4.0OO,OOO is being expended
IN developing the water power BY an
American company which has q
franchise from the Canadian govern
ment. We had to cross the Rainy
river in row boat with several gaso-
line launches idle on the American
side, for the Canadian government
will not allow them to land on their
shore. The river being very rough
looked dangerous to tenderioot'
international Falls is thriving town
Of 500 with a fine new school build
ing which will be finished in the near
future. We took the steamer Itassa,
plying between Loman and Inter
national Falls and arrived at my SIS
ter's, Mrs. A. F. Brown, finding all
happy. Miss Clara is teaching in the
home district As to the school
privileges, there are only three organ
Lied districts in Koochiching county
the rest being in one organized dis
trict which is all taxed to support 80
nine month schools. These schools
are supplied by End and LIST grade
teachers, as Srd grade certificates are
nbt granted. First grade teachers re-
ceive $50 per month, $40 being paid
BY the state and the rest by the coun-
Ity. Every child between the age OF :
and 1S is compelled--to attend school
| for the nine months. II their parents
reside too far from q school the coun-
ty has to put them in reach OF a good
fschool and pay their board All
books are supplied by the county.
The Minneapolis and international
railroad, a branch of the Northern
Pacific made its first appearance In
the town on Sept. 9th. The railroad
men had fine reception rendered
them after the president had driven
the silver spike. After that they had
a grand banquet and later a ball
every iestivity in this country seem'
to end in dance.
Below the falls numerous steamer
and gasoline launches ply the Rainy
Iriyer between there and the Lake 0
1.-THE Woods, the largest being thu
, Kenora, ITO feet long with a capacit!
, OF 80 tons.
At thi, time the river is full OF isl
! and.logs floating down from the lum
> Der camps up the lake. The count
is heavily timbered with all kinds o
! evergreeus, birch, tamarack, poPla
and oak. The woods are full Of larg
. game, moose, deer, bear, lynx an
many smaller iur-bearing animals.
Mrs. NJ. E. HoYT.
international Falls, Mimi, Oct. Z.
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