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RECREATION, 



SEE AMERICA, THEN EUROPE. 



Rochester, N. V. 

 Editor Recreation : 



Crossing the ocean is not always a pleas- 

 ure excursion. It sometimes proves what 

 the old lady called a " pleasure exer- 

 tion." Foreign travel is not free from un- 

 pleasant features, and recent events have 

 not lessened their number. If the patriotic 

 American, in search of needed rest or rec- 

 reation, will turn to the advantages afforded 

 by his own country, his confidence will not 

 be misplaced. 



Our great lakes are veritable " inland 

 seas,*' and the trip from Buffalo to Duluth, 

 on such boats as the Northland and the 

 Northwest, of the Northern Steamship 

 Company, offers many advantages of an 

 ocean voyage with less risk, discomfort, 

 and expense. 



From Duluth we soon reach the " Father 

 of Waters," already a noble river, where 

 the twin cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, 

 cluster along its banks. Beyond the Mis- 

 sissippi stretch the fertile prairies and great 

 plains of the Dakotas and Montana, to the 

 foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains. It is 

 to the mountains after all that we turn for 

 the greatest inspiration. 



No less an authority than John Muir 

 his this to say of The Flathead Re- 

 serve in Montana : It is easily and 

 quickly reached by the Great Northern 

 Railroad. Get off the train at Belton sta- 

 tion, and in a few minutes you will find 

 yourself in the midst of what you are sure 

 to say is the best care-killing scenery on 

 the continent — beautiful lakes derived 

 straight from glaciers, lofty mountains 

 steeped in lovely nemophila blue skies, and 

 clad with forests and glaciers ; mossy, 

 ferny water falls in their hollows, nameless 

 and numberless, and meadowy gardens 

 abounding in the best of everything. 



" Lake McDonald, full of brisk trout, is 

 in the heart of this forest, and Avalanche 

 Lake is ten miles above McDonald, at the 

 feet of a group of glacier-laden mountains. 

 Give a month at least to this precious re- 

 serve. The time will not be taken from 

 the sum of your life. Instead of shorten- 

 ing, it will indefinitely lengthen it, and 

 make you truly immortal." 



This northwestern corner of Montana, 

 and the adjoining Pan-handle of Idaho, 

 contain a greater variety of big game than 

 any similar section within our borders. 

 The mule deer is common, and there are 

 Virginia deer, as well as elk, in certain lo- 

 calities. Moose and caribou are still found 

 in more limited numbers. Antelope on the 

 plains, and the Bighorn and White Goat in 

 the mountains, swell the list, with mountain 

 lions and bears of sufficient variety thrown 

 in to furnish the spice of life. There is no 

 possible danger to the peaceful tourist, 

 however from the latter, for even if hunted 



only with a camera, they cannot be induced 

 to sit for a picture, but retreat on sight. 



The whole region, made accessible by 

 the Great Northern Line, is of the greatest 

 interest to the tourist, whether sportsman 

 or not. Priest Lake, in Northern Idaho, 

 with its blue waters and inviting beach of 

 the cleanest white sand, backed by forest- 

 clad hills rising to meet the loftier moun- 

 tains, offers every attraction to the lover 

 of nature. Lake Chelan, in Northern 

 Washington, affords one of the most strik- 

 ing examples of grand and beautiful scen- 

 ery in our land, or any other. 



Leave the railroad at Wenatchee where 

 it crosses the Columbia River. Take the 

 steamer " City of Ellensburg." The trip 

 up the river is full of interest, and a few 

 hours brings you to Chelan Falls and the 

 foot of Chelan Lake, which stretches away 

 North and West for 50 or 60 miles to the 

 grand peaks of the Cascades. Though only 

 1 to 3 miles wide, its remarkable depth, 

 over half a mile, places it among the 3 deep- 

 est bodies of fresh water in the world.' Its 

 shores change from gentle-sloping grassy 

 hills at the lower end, to the rocky bluffs 

 and cliffs rising abruptly thousands of feet 

 from the water's edge, which mark its up- 

 per borders. These cliffs are the favorite 

 resorts of that bold climber the white goat, 

 who may often be seen gazing calmly down 

 from some narrow ledge, or point of rock. 

 Who shall say he does not enjoy the grand 

 view spread out before him? 



The mighty current of the Columbia 

 makes our return trip to Wenatchee a short 

 one, and we are soon amid the wonderful 

 scenery of the Cascade Mountains, none 

 the less wonderful that we can view it from 

 a car window. Indeed, the elegantly fur- 

 nished coaches of the Great Northern are 

 provided with every luxury known to mod- 

 ern travel, and whether it be in sleeper, 

 diner, day coach, or buffet-smoking car, the 

 service is of the best, not omitting that of 

 the tonsorial artist, who shaves you without 

 a slip while rolling along 50 miles an hour. 

 It is perhaps needless to add that road-bed 

 and rolling-stock equal to this test are 

 built and cared for in a way to insure 

 comfortable traveling, and this without 

 a dollar of government aid in land or 

 money. 



Let us hope the American globe-trotter, 

 who visits every other land, will soon be- 

 come better acquainted with his own coun- 

 try. The result will prove beneficial to 

 both. 



Chas H. Kingsbury. 



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