El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

FTER remaining al my old home,
n Waterfowl : D., about ten days
- visiting and swapping yarns
with old friends. I was attacked with a
rather severe case Of wanderlust and
proposed to s'hit the road" for Illinois
as an antidote. Man proposes and
woman disposes" and the Boss. Mrs
Lester, not being ready for the Illinois
trip. suggested that I make a run up
10 Winnipeg. which would give her
more time to finish her WATERFOWL
visit. 7 had often wished TO make the
drive and so about = on the morning OF
August End. We started for Manitoba.
After a fair run We reached Sisseton
for lunch. but Just before reaching
Prairies.' a long range Of hills and
pond holes. thickly covered with gran
tie rocks. in size from a hen egg 10
rock weighing several tons
Covered By Glaciers
This entire country was submerged
under the glacial drift al one time and
as the glacial a &c ueared its end, vast
fields Of ice loaded with granite. torn
from its bed In the far north. became
grounded on these hills and deposited
their masses Of stone as the ice fields
melted under the sun rays OF a more
temperate geologic era
That evening we reached Fargo. the
largest city Of North Dakota and a
large distributing center. especially OF
farm machinery The next morning We
continued our run down the valley Of
the Red River Of the North. passing
through Grand Forks. Grafton and
other towns 10 ola historic Pemhina on
the International boundary. Here I
committed the fOrmalities required by
the United States customs service and
then crossed the Red river into Emer-
son. Manitoba where inventOried and
received my customs certificate
Getting Into Canada.
ia IN
spectOr asked il / was acquainted with
anyone in Winnipeg; on answering that
10 my knowledge I was not. he then
asked how I would get signers for a
$500 bond If II should be required 7
then mentioned the bonding companies.
but told him / would not bother to get
their service. but instead. would put
up cash bond. The whole matter was
then waived and I started on
7 was now on the Winnipeg road a
wide thOroughfare. about Is rods wide
and running generally 2 little west Of
north and without any regard for sec
tlon lines. as II was established be-
tween the Lord Selkirk settlement /
now winnipeg. practically and Penn I
bina. probably about - years before !
any survey lines were run
Where French Were Pioneers.
As sou know. the French who were /
the pioneer explorers and cOlonists OF !
gained control Of its resources. blend /
ing themselves with the native people. /
nuE away as dominant race, must
has been done by the Spaniard in the
sout Invest
Before and for long years after the
British conquest the fur trade locally
and with the far north, was the Drin- I
cipal industry and in its different
branches occupied thousands Of people.
Montreal was the base for European
shipment and from there the trade
route ran by river lakes and portage,
10 the Red river near the present town
OF Pembina and from there the river
and great Canadian northern lakes fur
niShed. bv skate. sled. dog team and
snoWshoe in winter. and by canoe and
DatteauN in sumner direct highway
TO beyond the Arctic circle
Many French Remain.
Many have read the story OF that
and even now as one travels the old
route he may almost imagine he hears l
the shout, laughter and song Of the old ]
French voyagers as they pass up and
down the Red river Later as traffic
increased and the British entered more 7
fully into the mana gement Of local af-
fairs. the Winnipeg road was built and I
the river traffic declined At intervals
Of six 70 ten miles. however. the French
established little settlements along the
and the community IS vet I
largely French-the little towns have
French names and their people speak !
the French language
That day. Aug 3. after leaving Emer- !
son, We drove hard TO reach Winnipeg,
as 2 heavy storm was gathering ahead.
We only had time TO reach Saint Jean (
Bsptiste and enter the Pelissier hotel, ]