The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01

There is a rrason Those thousands
Of tourists spend lots Of money, not
solely because the goods purchased
are any cheaper or better in quality
than Al home, but because they come
from beneath foreign flag
Shopping in Canada nowadays Is
not As productive OF gain as Il used 10
be before our customs laws became
so strict We now are allowed 10
bring back 500 worth OF wearing ap.
pare,, 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 10 be secured. II is thus that
one can get the best grades OF wor-
steds and cheyiots 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 pract!ced by their American
cousins.
Quebec is 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 blum and gives its
guests and visitors view up and
down the wide valley OF the st. Law
renee for a distance OF thirty miles.
II 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 blum 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 blum they take in the pub
lie buildings, the citadel, the many re-
Lgious institutions, and finally whiri
you out through the pretty little sub
urbs OF ST John, 81. Louis and St
Roch's and then on 10 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 10 the memory OF the former.
Both generals are also memorialiZed
by sixty.fvefoot shaft that rises
from the governors garden, overlook.
ing the St Lawrence.
Everything in Quebec must have
been built upon the everlasting order
in the early days OF the past century.
for the prominent historical marks are
in good state of preservation.
Upon the blum the city is divided
into two parts, the old and the new.
III the new part OF the town is 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 is
a walk 400 feet long and 200 feet
high above the ST. Lawrence backed
BY a beautiful green bank that slopes
up 10 the city level. This Is Quebec's
social rendezvous on summer evenings
where the residents and visitors gath.
er 10 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
rt.ltar OF America Certainly IL looks
impregnable. II is regarded as the
most important military post in Amer.
lea, covering an area OF about forty
acres.