Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-09-28


to the allurement of a hol day in
the Canadian Rockies, the name
."Alberta" has come to be syn
onymous with mountain scenery OF
rare beauty, big game and pleasure
resorts, and it is hard to realize
that this same alberta" is also a
great farm land, furn shing by con-
trast two extremes, wild, inaccessi-
BILE, rugged mountainous territory
and rich level prairie farm lands.
The province of Alberta is the
most westerly of Canada's prairie
provinces. With an area of 255,OO0
square miles, it is the only province
in Canada in which mountain and
prairie meet, possessing the happy
comb nation of highly fertile ag-
ricultural area of great extent. AS
we near Edmonton we view thou
sands OF acres as fiat as tabletop.
We are now in a great wheat coun-
try. We speed through the night
and awaken to find we are still in
the wheat fields. Breakfast and
/ luncheon on the diners.
Wednesday. Aug. %, arrive at
Winnepeg, 5 p. m. Here we enjoy
motor r.des through the parks.
view the Manitoba Parliament
buildings and its great Hudson bay
store. We leave Winnepeg via
Great Northern railways, $40 p. M,
and again traverse a prairie farm
land, viewing thousands of acres of
level black and seemingly rich soil.
! Shortly after nightfall. we pass the
border line and once more pass in
/ spection of United States custom Of
/ ficers.
Aug. "a, 7:15 a. m We arrive at
the twin cities, have short motor
I trip, viewing the cities, and leave
st. Paul via C. B. & @. railway. By
! special arrangement we leave the
| touring party at La Crosse, Wis.
The tour manager refunded an
amount equivalent to meals and
| Pullman service, but turned over to
us railroad tickets for transpOrta-
tion on through to Columbus From
La Crosse we motored AZ miles to
Viroqua, where we visited relatives
over the week end; and at the home
of Jerre Dawson, we were joined by
Mrs. Carrie Ady and daughter Ger
trude, sister-in-law and niece of
Mrs. Ewing Many Morgan county
residents will remember Charley
Ady, who in his later years resided
in Omaha, Neb. Charley Ady was
the only brother of Wilmerta (now
Mrs. J. H. Ewing). Eva Ady (now
Mrs. William Niceswanger, Poplar
| Ridge, Maltal. Nellie L. Ady (now
Mrs. Geo. Rouanzoin, Chesterhill; !;
and Clara Ady, (now Mrs. Edwin
| Mollett, Mena, Ark). Mrs. Charles
| Ady, formerly Miss Carrie Robb, was
born and reared near Viroqua, and
Charley Ady when a young man
taught school and later entered the
insurance business in that neigh
borhood, and won the heart and
hand of Miss Carrie Robb.
Cousin Jerre Dawson proved to be
and we enjoyed an extremely pleas
ant week end. One thing may be of
interest to you Ohio folks, sur
prise to me, is the fact that Wis
consin is fast becoming an apple
state. On Sunday we visited the
orchards of the Kickapoo Orchard
Co., 1000 acres of apple orchards.
and the trees were loaded with
fruit.
On Monday we proceed to La
Crosse and again journey home
ward. We stop over at Chicago,
visit c. L. Ricketts,, native of
Morgan county, and brother of
Mrs. Media Smith, Stockport, and
Mrs. Ricketts,, formerly Hettie Mer-
riam, also of Morgan county, who
made our visit enjoyable; they have
a beautiful home, but | am sorry to
state, Mr.. Ricketts, is in poor health,
having suffered a partial paralytic
stroke, leaving him unable to en-
joy the full use of his limbs; how
ever, with a cane he is able to nav
igate, and I am happy to state that
he takes his misfortune bravely and
seems to get much enjoyment out
of life, having a cheerful disposition
and enjoying the company of a
charming family.
We again enjoyed the wonders Of
the Worlds fair, Or Century of
Progress. Upon our arrival at Co
lumbus, we visited a few days with
relatives, visited the state fair, one
ball game, few shows, then mo-
tored home.
And thus ends our great adven-
ture, our trip to Alaska. Thank
you.--The Ewings.