The daily star-mirror., 1923-06-22
MRS. B. |. FRENCH
HOME FOR SUMMER
TELLS OF LONG TOUR OF NAVAL
COMMlTTEE-C0
FRENCH COMING SOON

Mrs. Burton l.. French has arrived
in Moscow TO spend the summer at
the French home, on Polk street She
will be joined here in a few days by
| Congressman French, who will have
completed his tour of the various
naval bases, shipyards, ETC., and will
/ be at liberty for the summer Mrs
French accompanied her husband on
the trip as far as Seattle. AS chair
man of the naval subcommittee of
the appropriations committee, Mr..
French, with the other members of
the committee, and with Congressman
Madden, chairman of the appropria-
| tlons committee, has been on a tour
winch covered more than two months,
visiting the shipyards, torpedo and
submarine bases, aviation fields, and
the proposed sites for new construc-
ton. The trip was an arduous one
and both Congressman and Mrs.
French are glad that it is completed,
Mrs. French stated, when seen by a
Star-Mirror representative, that she
was never before so happy to reach
home.
When asked regarding the trip and
Congressman F'rench's work, Mrs.
French said:
:" Our trip was much too long and
very strenuous, and while wonderful
in every way, it has brought us home
tagged and worn. 1t covered some
ten thousand miles and took us south
nearly to the equator and then north
again nearly to the arctic circle in
the land of the midnight sun.
Tells of Wonderful Trip
We sailed from Brooklyn ON
April 27 aboard the army transport,
U. S. Grant. Our party was COM
posed of the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Weeks, some 35 senators and re-
presentativeB and their wives, the
army officers assigned to US for vari-
Gus duties and their wives, a doctor,
and two nurses, and few clerks
We also had on board some 1000 SOL
diers enroute to Honolulu or the
and their commanding
the latter accompanied by
heir families The ships crew num-
oered 250, so, all in all, we were a
good sized town on board.
" We carried a heavy cargo of
army freight for the west coast in
;luding full nine months supplies
or men and horses at ChiIkoot bar
'acks, Alaska.
" We visited Porto Rico, Panama,
md every town or city on our west
oast from Panama to Seward, Alaska.
from Seward we went inland 500
niles to Fairbanks, visiting every
own on the railroad From Chilkoot
arracks we went to Skagway and
hence up the old Klondike trail
through White Pass to Lake Bennett
he trail with it's decayed and
teaching camps was often in sight
rom our car windows and seemed
aunted by the ghosts of yesterday.
Congressman Work Hard
g On the entire trip the men worked
cry hard. Mr. French's day began
efore six o'clock a. m. and ended at
or later. AS chairman of
ne naval subcommittee of the ap-
committee he visited
very place of interest to his work
! each port we entered-shipyards
orpedo and submarine bases, avia-
on fields, the proposed sites for new
obstruction work, hospitals, and hos
ital ships, the dormitories for en-
sted men, etc In the latter he not
My looked after the air supply in
leir sleeping quarters but their food
5 we'll and the conditions under which
was prepared for them. Nothing
Tas too large or two small for his
ttention.
Chairman Compliments French
" Mr.. Madden, chairman of the ap-
ropriations committee said to me on
le voyage, The naval sub-commit-
,e has always had fine chairmen; 1t
as had some great ones; but Mr..
rench is the greatest chairman it
as ever had. He is the best man
could have named from the House
Representatives. / am very proud
him.
" Mr. French is going to be much
when he sees that l have
wen publicity to this tribute from
Is superior, but the fact is he has
,mething coming to him for the art
II way he has of lodging the re-
of house-cleaning each
me we come home. He left me in
cattle to do some work for the
apartment of the interior, for in ad-
ton to his being chairman of the
ival subcommittee he ranks second
the subcommittee of the intelSsr.
his will keep him busy for about a,
eek or ten days after which he will
in town for the summer.
Idaho People Everywhere
" We met Idaho friends everywhere.
many of them that one member
ON an eastern state said he didn't
e how Mr.. French could ever be
ected as so many of his friends
emed to have left the state.
" The Palouse country looks won
rfully fine 1t is a great privilege
be able to come back to it in its
ring time beauty. We anticipate
stful, happy summer among our
lends whom we hope to see fire.
emily"
r A KIinDe1 of SpOkane travelling