Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-18

There is a reason. Those thousands
of tourists spend lots Of money. not
solely because the goods purchased
are any cheaper or better in quality
than at home. but because they come
from beneath q foreign flag.
Shopping in Canada nowadays 10
not as productive Of gain as it used to
be before our customs laws became
SO strict. We now are allowed to
bring back 500 worth Of wearing ap-
parel. and in some cases we pay more
and in others less. The ladies most
ly stock up with laces. furs. gloves.
and handkerchiefs, while the men
take advantage Of the good quality Of
cloth to be secured. It IL thus that
one can get the best grades of wor-
steds and cheviots and Scotch plaids.
the product Of English and Scotch
mills. for price that would be asked
for the lowest grade Of American
cloths, but the tailors in Quebec don't
seem to have yet acquired the grace
full cuts rracticed by their American
cousins.
Quebec is q town that, like many of
the ancient class, boasts of two sec.
tons, the old and the new. In the
new section there is one OF the great
est and finest hotels in Canada, that
sits directly on the bluff and gives its
guests and visitors view up and
down the wide valley OF the st. Law
renee for distance of thirty miles.
1t is from this point that the rubber
neck" electric cars start every two
hours and carry the thousands of sight
seers over a complete circuit through
out the city and suburbs while the
guide megaphones the points Of In.
terest.
The city, In fact, Is divided into an
upper and lower town. Down at the
base of the bluff the cars run beside
the river passing the docks and ware
houses, big wholesale stores that
abound with groceries. hams. smoked
beef, and ships stores. the manufac-
turing plants. and finally through the
dwelling quarter of the working class.
Up on the bluff they take in the pub
lie buildings. the citadel. the many re-
ligious institutions. and finally whirl
you out through the pretty little sub
urbs of st. John, st. Louis and St
Roch's and then on to the Plains Of
Abraham.
That Is the historic battlefield where
Wolfe and Montcalm fought for the
possession Of Canada, and where q
granite column forty feet high now
stands to the memory of the former.
Both generals are also memorialixed
by = sixty-nve-foot shaft that rises
from the governors garden. overlook
Ing the st. Lawrence.
Everything In Quebec must have
been built upon the everlasting order
In tho early days Of the past century,
for the prominent historical marks are
In . good state Of preservation.
Upon the blur the city IL divided
into two parts. the old and the new.
In the new part Of the town ID the
Hotel Chateau Frontenac standing ON
the edge Of the blum and looking out
upon the great promenade and drive.
way called Dufferin Terrace. This IL
walk 1.400 feet long and 200 feet
high above the st. Lawrence backed
by beautiful green bank that slopes
up to the city level. This II Quebec's
social rendezvous on summer evenings
whore the residents and visitors gath.
er to listen to the concert given by the
military band from the garrison.
Beyond the hotel stands the great
citadel which Is often called the Glib
raltar OF America. Certainly 1t looks
impregnable. 1t 10 regarded a. the
most important military post in Amer.
lea. covering an area of about forty
acres.