The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-26
SCENERY FROM
MONTREAL TO
QUEBEC GRAND
Quaint French. Canadian Vii.
lagos Along Way Make
Trip Interesting
(Ry George b. Nlann.l


road, paved the entire distance, makes
it an easy five hour spin, but the
scenery Of Il rare and unique grand
cur knocks out all inclination to
"strp on it," You idle along through
quain. French Canadian villages
with their great spires dominating
the life of most revcrent, simple
and hospitablc people.
by the side sof tho road are out
door shrincs where the devout,
caught away from the sheltering roof
of church. can kncel and ask 1,
Divine blessing.
II you lose the sight of graceful
open sea, affected by the mighty tide
even at thfs distance, you will only
have reached "Thrcc Rivers" the
halfway stop between Montreal and
Quebec by night. The American pa
per industry, plus cheap water pow
err. has changed this quiet French
town into busting city of $4,000
with paper mill that ranks among
the largest in the world, furnishing
print paper for the great dailies OF
New York, Boston, London and Paris,
Low Power Rates
Three rivers converge here with the
and cheap water power. Those who
cook with electricity get rate as
low as onc-half cent k. W. Indus
tries find it most favorable place
especially to convert the vast pulp
resources nearby into various kinds
of paper.
Aside from the commercial import
ance, Three Rivers is closely asso-
ciatcd with the Stillmans. Fiftecr
miles up in the woods is Fifi's camp
and this little town once rocked
with the scandal Of that famous d.
vorce case. Beauvais, the Indian
guide, is known here and several
"advocats" and French "habitant'
maids have been enriched by the
Stillman money.
From Three Rivers it is an easy
mornings ride to Quebec, the ian.
cient capital" Of Canada, a grea,
treasure storehouse of French culture
and American history. It has some.
times been called the birthplace oi
North America. The first white
man. Jacques Cartier, visited It in
1885 but the town was actually found.
ed by Samuel de Champlain in 1868
No Traffic Rules
Driving about Quebec in a stan.
dard gauge automobile is no easy
matter. You drive as hard on the
klaxon as you do at the wheel. II
you hire a Historical" guide the job
is much easier. Being French, these
guides are both Historical and
hystcrical as they warm up to the
subject. There are no traffic rules
in Quebec. You just do a lot of art
full lodging. II 1t is necessary t.
get gas and you sight garage or
the opposite side of the street, it is
perfectly proper to dash across
jump the curb and park or the side
walk while your tank is filled with
English" gallons, supposed to con.
tain one more pint per gallon than
the Yankee measure. The street car
will even wait obligingly until you
hurdle the sidewalk, for the streets
arc too narrow in some sections to
take gas and allow traffic to proceed
at the same time.
Quebec has the slowest but noisicst
traffic in the world. You cant see
- A0I NOuIuk NIouuu NOIuCAs ~ w
have to listen for it. The taxi driv-
crs are the. only ones who take q
chance. They must move, AS their
cent Of the "meter" goes to them
and Oh, Boy! how they move down
"Sous-le-Cap" or whiz up and down
around the ancient ramparts, under
the shadow Of the imposing Chateau
FrOntcnac.
Our historical guide rammed down
three centuries Of history in two
hours this afternoon and we did
everything but scale the Heights OF
Abraham. Some of his data was
slightly tingcd, but in the main we
found him correct on essentials. The
auto bus has "spiced" up history and
these historical" guides get their
training on the "rubberneck" buggies.
The old French guides who ride
two-wheeled green French buggies
frown down on these upstairs. 1t
takes four or five hours to hit the
high spots behind old dobbin, with
a gay laprobe over you knees. while
French guide properly primed will
do the job reasonably we'll in two
hburs via auto.
Qucbec,s Notifications with their
obsolete guns are an interesting
study. For miles the walled forti-
fications encircle the brow of pic
turesque Cape Diamond, an impregna-
BILE military site, the Gibraltar OF the
North American continent. Today
with the proper guns fleet would
find Quebec hard nut to crack. The
daring Wolfe found the key to the
defense only when MontcAlm was
mapping. Monuments rise to these
two heroes of the French and Eng
lish, who are united today under one
flag.
The city Of some 100000 souls is
jammed with statuary, good, bad and
indifferent. It is q vast potp0urri,
without much scheme or plan. Trib-
utes in stone and bronze to military
and church dignitaries are sprinkled
here and there in most unbiased
and informal hammer. Quebec, doubt
less has more images and statues to
the acre than any city in the world.
Few heroes have been overlooked and
il any lie with fame unrequited, it
is not the fault of the various ma
tive son organizations, who are
always on the lookout for more
monuments to raise. The French
Canadian loves bronze and plaster.
Paris. Also it gives the French
hysterical and historical guides lots
more to argue oyer.
Seriously. this city. once the cradle