Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-07-31
MAJOR IN COOL CANADA
DsSoto Countian Warming by Hot Fire
Of Gas Logs.

Port Cleborne, Canada, July 23.
Editor Times Promoter:
Three days ago ] was sweltering in
the heat with mylcoat.off in Meridian.
TodaykI am sitting by a bright fire
with the British flag flying above me,
and such fire you never saw. There
are natural gas wells all over the lake
region. The wells are bored from
three to four thousand feet and the
flow of gas is carried all over the
countrys.for heating, lighting and
power purposes, through pipes. Most
of the farmers have pipe connection
and use the gas. Our fire. you would
say, was made of good, solid oak
@mbs, but VIII fraud! There is in a
clean, neat fire place a pile of appar-
ent good wood, but it is asbestos, a
kind of potter, hollow and little holes
all over it. 1t is connected and an
inch pipe is inserted in the lower end
and furnishes the gas. A match is
applied and instantly the whole is
agloW with red heat and after burning
all last night and today have not
seen particle of smoke, ashes or
ust, yet good, hot fire with no cut
ting or toting wood. How such good
and convenient wood or fuel from the
! bowels, of the earth would please
our own good women of the South,
and wouldn't it delight some of our
men and boys, especially the baseball
lers.
This place is made up of few rich
men of Memphis, ST. Louis and New
Orleans, who have time and money
to spare. They have built nice cot
tages on the lake shore. The one |
am in and most OF the others are
within fifty feet of the water, and we
see great ocean steamers and smaller
craft of all description in sight all the
time. They have dining hall in
common and have good board, with
neat, white~girls to se,;%ro in the kitch-
en- and dining room.
The breezes come across two hum
dred and eighty miles of clear, fresh
water-refreshing and health giving.
We are within twenty gmiles Of Mag
ra falls and about the same from Buff
falo. The daily life is fishing and sail
ing and automobiling in the country. |
The roads are hard payements. One
party of eight yesterday wents5 miles
in an automobile.
When we crossed the Niagra yes
terday an inspector for the govern
ment of Canada ordered everybody
TO lay open his trunk, valise or satch-
ell and he went through them to see
if we were bringing in dutiable goods.
No contraband was found. The next
that I was in foreign land
was a large hotel with sign s'The
Queens Houseo. Pretty soon / was
with southern friends, but the English
flag with the lion was flying above us.
The only difference / see between
this people and ours IS the way they
farm. Here it is a fine art. Every
inch of the soil is used and used prof
itably. If our people would farm as
they do through the country from
Lexington to Cincinnati and across
Ohio to Buffalo and iuto Canada, they
would be the richest people on earth.
/ was surprised to sse the blue grass
region was hilly. / thought it was
evel, but all the same it was not for
sale. The crops Of corn, oats and
nay are fine. The wheat has been
harvested and the immense piles of
straw show great quantities were
made. saw some fine herds of cat
jle and sheep.
| went to bed at Birmingham and
he porter called me at sunrise to see
he high bridge. / raised the window
ind saw far below what thought L
IN acre Of stove or fire wood, .btt was K
old IT was a raft Of saw logs. The +
ridge was across the Kentucky river L
md is $50 feet above its bed. It Z
makes one dizzy to look down and \
hink what might happen. Il
I frequently thought what might B
appen for was travelling on what 4
] called the cleveland flyer. WelR
7ent from Cleveland to Buffalo, 1888
niles, in four hours and aquarter and Il
he balance Of the trip was the same d
ate. d
Ohio, from Cincinnati to Cleveland, M
nd the lake region that saw in G
and New YORK is ss y