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magnificent views may be obtained, overlooking 
all this high mountainous region, including the 
highest peaks east of the Rocky Mountains. 
From here the road follows up Linville River 
and along the slopes of Grandfather Mountain 
to Flowing Rock, another popular resort, alti¬ 
tude 4.000 feet, thirty-three miles from here. 
The road is a hard sand and clay surface, 
eighteen feet wide at present, to be widened 
shortly to twenty-four feet. 
F. W. Bicknell. 
The Travel and Vacation Show. 
Two hundred thousand persons took the 
opportunity offered at Grand Central Palace last 
week to see America first. In the immense hall 
was gathered a remarkable collection of ex¬ 
hibits giving in replica the wonders of the Amer¬ 
ican continent, its splendid railroad facilities, 
hotel accommodations and vast scenic beauty. 
Thousands of dollars were spent in making the 
miniature scenes reflect the grandeur of the origi¬ 
nals. Among the exhibits worthy of note were: 
Adams Express Company.— Evolution of the 
company’s delivery methods from a handbag to 
a four and a half ton automobile truck, from the 
time of Alvin Adams in 1840 to the present 
methods of transmission of money and valuables. 
American Express Company.— Exhibiting 
photographs and interesting pictures of foreign 
offices and other interesting subjects. Original 
wheelbarrow and safe which were used in the 
early service of the company for transferring 
valuables. Display of moneys of foreign coun¬ 
tries. 
Bermuda Tourist Bureau. —Scene of the 
harbor of Bermuda, showing the steamship Ber¬ 
mudian in the foreground. Corals, plants, photo¬ 
graphs and scenes in Bermuda of interest to 
tourists. 
Camp Wopowog. —Information pertaining to 
Camp Wopowog, the vacation camp for young 
men and women on the Salmon River, Con¬ 
necticut. 
Dealware & Hudson Company.— A pano¬ 
rama of Northern New York, known as the 
“Summer Paradise,” covering the Adirondacks, 
Lake George, Lake Champlain and including the 
company’s modern fireproof hotels on Lake 
George, Lake Champlain, Fort William Henry 
and Hotel Champlain. 
Forest and Stream and Sportsmen’s Para¬ 
dise. —Typical of the modern sportsmen's resort. 
Through the aid of the Forest and Stream 
magazine, this scene was created and properly 
was termed the spirit of the exhibition. It com¬ 
prised some 2,500 feet of floor space, thickly 
wooded, with a pool in its shades. A model 
camp was fitted up by Schoverling, Daly & Gales, 
rare and beautiful game birds and waterfowl 
were roaming about by courtesy of G. D. Tilley, 
of Darien, Conn., while two highly attractive 
Russian bears lent reality, thanks to the Reming¬ 
ton Arms-U. M. C. Co. 
Grand Trunk Railway.— Reproducing a 
portion of the city of Ottawa, the capital of the 
Dominion of Canada, showing Chateau Laurier, 
the $2,000,000 Grand Trunk Hotel and the Grand 
Trunk terminals; also a view of the Dominion 
Parliament buildings, the Rideau Canal, the 
Gatineau and Ottawa Valleys, and the Lauren- 
tian Hills in the distance. 
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. —A replica 
of Mount Robson, altitude 13,700 feet, the high¬ 
est mountain in the Canadian Rockies. Mount 
Robson lies north of the Valley of Fraser, to 
the west of Yellowhead Pass, through which the 
Grand Trunk Pacific will pass in plain view of 
this magnificent mountain. 
Great Northern Railway Glacier Park 
Exhibit. —This exhibit comprises Indians and 
eight scenic booths showing scenes from eight 
of the Chalet camps in Glacier National Park. 
These Chalets have just recently been built by 
the Great Northern Railway and are located at 
eight of the most scenic portions of the famous 
playground : 
Two Medicine Lake Camp, Cutbank Canon 
Camp, St. Mary Lake Camp, Many Glacier Camp, 
Going-to-the-Sun Camp, Gunsight Lake Camp, 
Sperry Glacier Camp, Granite Park Camp, the 
Blackfeet Indians. 
Hudson Day Line.— Exhibiting a model of 
the steamship Hendrick Hudson, also a model of 
Fulton’s Clermont, which has been planned on 
the same scale to show the progress of steam¬ 
boat construction. Scenes of the Upper Hudson 
River painted by Raphael A. Weed, to be used 
on the new steamboat, Washington Irving, which 
will be put into commission this season. 
Municipal Terminal Market Model.— The 
model of the Municipal Terminal Market, a sug¬ 
gested plan for the New York City Terminal 
Market, e.xhibited through the courtesy of Mrs. 
Elmer E. Black, member of the mayor’s Market 
House Commission, who is responsible for the 
creation of the model. 
New Brunswick Tourist and Information 
Bureau.— General information of the Province 
of New Brunswick as a tourist, hunting and fish¬ 
ing, camping and canoeing resort. 
New England Hotel Association.—A typi¬ 
cal view of the section of country in New Eng¬ 
land with splendid automobile driveways and 
wayside inns, such as may be found throughout 
that section of the country. 
New Hampshire Hotel Association.-— Ex¬ 
hibiting a typical view of New Hampshire, show¬ 
ing Asquam Lake, together with pictures of 
Winnipesaukee Lake, Lake Sunapee, Portsmouth 
Harbor, Franconia Notch and Pemigewasset 
River, and scenes in the White Mountain Range. 
New York Central Railroad.— The Adiron¬ 
dack Mountains, showing Lake Placid and de¬ 
picting the beautiful combination of lake and 
mountain scenery to be found throughout the 
woods. The Catskill Mountains. A represen¬ 
tative view of the delightful mountain district 
that is so close to New York and is reached in 
from two to five hours. The Hudson River. A 
view showing the Palisades with the Highlands 
in the distance, and familiar to all travelers up 
and down this beautiful river. The Thousand 
Islands. The view shows a group of islands 
lying in this beautiful region between Clayton 
and Alexandria Bay. The Thousand Islands is 
unsurpassed in the world as a river resort. 
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail¬ 
road.— View of the celebrated White Mountains, 
typical of scenes found in New England, the 
vacation land. Mount Kineo House, with Mount 
Kineo in the distance. 
Niagara Falls.— Showing an accurate re¬ 
production in panoramic effect of one of the 
world’s greatest wonders—Niagara Falls with its 
awe-inspiring splendor. The city of Niagara Falls 
is shown in the distance, the point of view being 
taken from the Canadian side near the famous 
Clifton Hotel. 
City of Ottawa. —Exhibiting immense pho¬ 
tographs in black and white. These photographs, 
the largest ever made, show the various features 
of Ottawa, such as the Parliament buildings, 
Parliament Hill, sections of driveway, summer 
resorts, recreation grounds and general views of 
the city of interest to tourists. 
Panama Canal Emblem.— This beautiful 
emblem was conceived by James J. Hannerty, 
celebrated for the “Hannerty Idea.” It is an 
allegorical picture of Columbia sharing her fruits 
with the world, and as a result of the Panama 
Canal, proclaiming: “There is no East, there is 
no West.” 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company. 
View on the St. Lawrence River as seen from 
the boats of this company. 
United States Government Good Roads 
Exhibit. —Exhibition of models of road-making 
machinery, sections of roads, illustrations of 
methods of modern road-making, sections of 
highways, etc. 
Wells Fargo & Company Express.— Ex¬ 
hibiting an old stage coach employed for many 
years on the old Pescadero route in California, 
including historical exhibit, together with illus¬ 
tration of modern methods of conducting the ex¬ 
press business. 
Westchester County Chamber of Com¬ 
merce.— Scenes in Westchester county, together 
with a large relief map showing the contour of 
the county, and a collection of photographs rep¬ 
resenting various sections of the county. 
The show was splendidly handled by the In¬ 
ternational Exposition Company under personal 
direction of E. V. P. Ritter, organizing director, 
and Robert H. Sexton, organizing manager. 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., March 27. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The executive committee announces 
the following changes in the casting rules of our 
club: 
A member missing a contest may re-enter in 
the same on either of the next two contests for 
that event, but not thereafter. 
In the case of any event being postponed 
from Saturday, the same may be cast the fol¬ 
lowing day, or any Saturday on which the same 
event is scheduled. 
In the occurrence of a back-lash, the demerit 
will be limited to twenty feet. 
The extra awards are to be the same as last 
year, but in addition there will be a special trophy 
given at the close of the season, consisting of a 
superior split bamboo casting rod, valued at $25. 
This latter trophy will be awarded to the 
member of any class, attaining the highest score 
the greatest number of times in his class during 
the season’s work. 
In the event of a tie the award will be made 
to the one who, in the cast-off, exceeds his own 
class by the greatest number of points. 
There will not be a spring tournament this 
season, our club deferring in favor of the Chi¬ 
cago Fly-Casting Club. 
That our next dinner, which precedes the 
opening of our season, may be nearer the first 
casting event, it will be given in the latter part 
of April, and an announcement of it will be sent 
you later. J. D. Anway, Secretary. 
