New-York tribune., 1907-07-07
ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN,
Army officers Among Hotel Cham
plain Fourth of July Guests.

Cliff Haven. n. Y, July s (SpeciaD-The interest,"
of the guests at the Hotel Champlain on the Fourth
OF July centred the dozen army officers and
their wives from the 1eighboring PIattsburg bar.
racks. who were dinner guests OF z. T. Brown
This entertaining OF officers the Hotel Charnplat,
on Independence Day is time-honored custom
which lends 10 the occasion an appropriate
brilliancy.
Because of the danger OF fire to the cottages IN
the woods surrounding the hotel there was dis
play OF fireworks here this year. The children,
however. had their own Harmless celebration so that
no one was permitted TO forget the day An ela5-
crate decoration OF flags and bunting In the oAae.
and of flags mingled with flowers In the dinIns
room brought the national colors prominently into
view.
BY last Sunday all OF the men and women who
had attended the convention OF the Street Railway
Association OF the State OF New York and ths
meeting OF the Empire State Gas and Electric
Association which held here last week had
gone and the first few days OF July were taken
up with the arrival or regular guests and with
the enjoyment OF the sports which the Hotel Cham
plain affords.
To-day. however. the usual course OF affairs was
broken by the arrival OF one hundred and fifty
knights Templars. members OF the Oriental Com
mandery OF Cleveland. who stopped over night
on their way TO the grand encanpment at Sara
toga. Tomorrow night almost the same number
OF the IvanhOe Conmandery, OF Mnwaukee. who
will attend the Knights Ternplar encaInpment. VIII
be at the Hotel Champlain-
Next Monday and Tuesday a convention OF ths
Underwriters Association OF the State Of New
York will be held here, at which. It is expected
about two hundred and fifty members VIII Be IN at
tendance.
Nearly hundred members or the StraJncona
Horse, from Montreal. were In PiattsourS las.
week in camp at the fair grounds. and made sew.
eral visits to the Hotel ChamDlain. At a baseoaH
game on Monday. between the PlattsburS ana tne
Montpelier teams the Canadian band which ac-
companied the soldiers their outing. played sew
eral airs and before leaving the Canadian soldiers
went through drtu on the ball grounds.
Boat trips either by the steamboats, tnal sop
several times daily at the hotel WHARF on their
way up and down the lake or by the Winona- the
little electric launch owned by the hotel. by row.
boats. or canoes all of which are at the boathouss
ready for use are eInons 'Ae many to,-.S 81 - -
ioyTnent here. Burlington and Nes'port 10 Cns
south and St Adams 70 the north. are among tns
places OF interest that may be visited IN Gay
excursion BY launch on canoe one may reach
Valcour the island of which the Royal Savags
was sunk or Crab Island, more properly known
as Isle ST NIIches which, by means OF an appro-
priatton from Congress, IS being converted mo
national park. The graves OF the American ana
British soldiers who were buried there VIII Ds
marked and the island Will be put into shape 10
attract tourists from Hotel Champlatn and Patts-
burg This region Is rich IN associations OF OoO.
tho Revolutionary War and the war OF ~. -I. -
those OF the hotel guests Who are ln1eLgsee- =. .
the history OF their country find great enjoyment
IN the little Journeys that may be taken from AeI7
TO various places OF interest
July ! always brings 20 the hotel many guests,
among whom this year were several faIrIes t!as
have spent former seasons here Last = Sli.S@s ri
Trdga and Mrs Victor ]. Bowling and their cIhl-
dren OF New York. took possession OF the eottSs'
which they have occupied for the last Two sun,
mers and Judge and Mrs Henry "a
Miss CIildersleeve cottagers also last year
the middle Of the week Mr. and MIS- A = Nlt II
C.s,,iar sDd NJ D. O. Wfckhan. OF New 4ork.
| snJ Mrs l. H. Treadway. with her son and dausn-
fer from cleveland. among the recent arr1VaI
who have spent other summers mere - -, A.
NJ and Mrs a I. Culver and children, or AZ
banv stopped here on Saturday night on thelr way
- tbs A,iiroudacks. and Mr. and Mrs. HeFoels
SSz CarDenter OF Ardslsy-on-Hudson. ar
rSrad last saturday IN their motor car for tns
weekend. - vi ~. A NJ
- E,,bI,rv Mclean Mr.. and Mrs. A c. Batcnet-
80 Yarob Wendell tr ]. ]. Humphreys and Nj.
and Mrs J. y. Cozzens and FAMILY -, ,,..
soD ave among the guests from abroad