Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba 52 Pitesa in ibb3 grassed in pits rectory Mark Kiel s Battle of 85 Chris Salzen press staff writer by free Saskatoon asians often berate them selves for lacking interest in their country s history but last summer of them give or take a few Hundred americans made their Way to a quiet Bend in the South Saskatchewan River where Canadian history was made 78 years ago in a colourful and tragic Way. Forty Miles North of Saska Toon and 16 Miles East of Rosthern on a Field beside the River. Metis leaders Louis Kiel and Gabriel Dumont fought their last Battle for the rights of their people. Guns blazed and men bled and died at Batoche on that fateful Day in May 1885. To Day a few depressions in the ground an old Frame House with Bullet holes above the door and a graveyard Are the Only markings on the landscape to indicate where the Brief bitter struggle raged. The route yet like a Magnet this pastoral Corner of Saskatchewan draws thousands every year. And no Manitoban who Ever gets As close to Batoche As Saskatoon should pass up the Opportunity to visit the site and drink in a Little of the history that it preserves. To get there you drive North of Saskatoon on High Way 11 to Rosthern. At Ros Thern you should ask about Road conditions the rest of the Way. In Rainy weather one of the two possible routes May have stretches of Axle deep mud. Many visitors take the route that crosses the South Saskatchewan at Gabriel s crossing. Gabriel Dumont was the first operator of a ferry at this site and his Craft like the one you la ride on was pow ered by the Strong current. About six Miles past the ferry you May spot on your right a Large sign which tells you that this is Batoche a National historic site. Don t Stop there. Continue Down the Road about a Quarter of a mile and turn left off the main Road into a churchyard. Original rectory beside the Church is the original Batoche rectory the Only building of the old settlement still standing. In Side is a museum devoted to Riel and the 85 rebellion. Be sure to read the concise account of the Battle displayed on the Walls and examine such exhibits As correspondence exchanged Between Riel and Gen. Middleton Dur ing the Battle. A member of the National historic Sites staff will be on hand to answer your questions and he will very Likely Point out the holes Over the door where bullets winged into the building during the Battle. Upstairs is a replica of Kiel a Post office and a schoolroom both furnished with authentic furniture from the old settlement. Be sure to pick up a copy of the excellent 23-Page Book let about Batoche. Published by the historic Sites division of the Northern affairs depart ment. It s yours for the ask ing at the museum and it s interesting Reading As Well As a splendid souvenir of your visit. You might also wish to vis it the nearby graveyard to see the graves., of the Metis who died in the Battle. Trenches now with your memory refreshed and the incidents of the Battle in mind go Back up the Road to where you saw the big sign. Walk along the Trail past the sign a few Hundred feet and you la see some depressions in the ground. These were trenches or Rifle pits which protected Gen. Middleton s Camp site. The Camp was set up about where the farm House and barns now stand behind you and to the right. The most extensive and deepest of the remaining Rifle pits Are at the Edge of the Field to your right about 45 degrees and 100 Yards away. It was from this area that the English general s Cana Dian troops frustrated by three Days of ineffective for ays and sniping stormed out to fight the decisive Battle while the Story goes. Gen. Middleton was shaving in his tent unaware that his men had taken matters into their own you can return to Rosthern and no. 11 by Gabriel s ferry or you can go on past Batoche to St. Laurent where the ferry is operated by a direct descendant of Peter fid Ler chief Surveyor for the Hudson s Bay company from 1796 to 1821. Speeding Back toward Katoon you May feel As thousands before you have that a vivid Page of our country s Story has been imprinted on your memory in glowing color. Yes much has changed at Batoche since 1885, but you were there. Albania rejects ban Vienna Austria Monist Albania red China s tiny european ally formally rejected thursday the limited nuclear test ban treaty. In a com Munique broadcast by radio Tirana the albanian government called Premier Khrushchev a traitor for concluding the agree ment. Improve fishing the Prince Edward Island government is improving Trout fishing in the province and now has 20 government controlled Angling areas. Plane bombs Cuba Havana Cap cuban dropped two 50 Pound thormities announced Friday a Small plane bombed and strafed a Camaguey province sugar Mill thursday and another flew Over a Havana Bay Oil refinery this morning drawing anti aircraft fire. Reuters news Agency said the plane which flew Over the refinery was believed to be a dc-4 belonging to world wide airlines of Toronto which took off from Havana s Rancho boleros Airport at about 1.30 . Local time. This aircraft makes a weekly run Between Montreal and Havana carrying goods for the cuban government. It car ried a Crew of three and several the cuban government said nothing about the nationality of the planes but the armed forces ministry charged they were pirates organized armed and directed by the Cen trial intelligence Agency of the United the ministry in an announce m e n t published by Havana newspapers and broadcast by radio Havana said a Small plane made a Low level attack on the Central Bolivia sugar Mill in Moron at . Thursday. The plane fired several shots jobs from an Altitude of 150 o 200 Yards it said and then headed northward in the dark Ness. The official account re ported o be bomb exploded harmlessly and the other was a Dud recovered intact. Newspapers said the plane which made the Havana Bay re finery flight flew Over the Nico Lopez refinery a . Esso Plant nationalized by the Castro government in 1960. This was described As a violation of regulations against flights Over the Havana area forcing anti air Craft batteries to open up on 1963 Aloha holidae 15 Days oct. 12 thru 26 includes Hawaii s own Aloha week oct. 2q -26 fun filled Days and nights of carnival and mirth. Phone or write for free folders k travel service we 2-0611 main St. Opp. Ashdown l tourists Cross the South Saskatchewan River at Gabriel s crossing on their Way to Batoche. During the 1885 rebellion a Steamboat carrying troops was turned Back at this Point by heavy fire from Metis and Indian forces of Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont. The Man with the White hat is Harry Tatro custodian of the fort Battleford National historic site museum. Amateur blamed Jefferson City to. A explosion ripped a Hole in the rear of an unoccupied two Storey apartment House in downtown Jefferson City Early thursday in what was de scribed As an Amateur dynamic ing. There were no known in juries. Police said the blast was apparently caused by five Sticks of dynamite set off by a clock radio timer. Worked out the Pacific Island of Nauru once called the richest in the South seas now is worked out of its once vast phosphate de posits. Sief or fran if graciously aboard the . 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To those for whom the Jour Ney is part of the Holiday it is possible to get to Turkey by slightly tortuous but memorable sea or land routes in addition to the straightforward method of taking an aeroplane s354 tourist return from London by train the Simpson Orient express from London to Istanbul takes four Days and three nights and whisks the tra Veller through Paris Milan Trieste Zagreb Athens and Sofia. Alternatively it is possible to obtain berths in cargo boats which sail from Lon Don seven Days or to join the weekly passenger boat which hops along the North Mediterranean coast from Marseilles to Istanbul or one can go by Road a method apparently favored by Diplo Mats Oil Kings and others with Large fast cars. Istanbul the Only City in the world which straddles two continents Europe and Asia is the Gateway to Turkey used by Many Wes Tern travellers. It is a remark Able City. God and Man nature and Art have combined to create the most wonderful sight that human Eye would contemplate on wrote la Martine. The 500 mosques some dating Back to the sixth the ancient bazaars the old byzantine Walls All forcibly remind the visitor that Here is a country with years of culture and history behind it. Long list it was on mount Ararat that Noah s Ark came to rest in Tarsus that Cleopatra met Mark Antony the Vir Gin Mary s last Home was in Ephesus Saint Paul was born and died in Turkey Hannibal committed suicide at Bursa. The list is Long. Turkey s development has been rapid in the last 40 years. Until the 1920s the country was closer to the Orient than Europe. The turks were at least nominally polygamous then and their women wore the veil. From the Scourge of. Europe and then according to tsar Nicholas of Russia a Hundred years ago the sick Man of Turkey has now be come a kind of Switzerland of the Middle East a free and Independent member of the West without colonies or empires seeking Only to ensure the integrity of her frontiers and the Prosperity of her peo pie. The rapid Ermyth of economic stability which followed the departure of the old re Gime in 1960, has allowed Turkey to turn her attention to the needs of tourists. New hotels have been built and transport facilities have been improved there is a Hilton de diesel trains now link the at Ankara and air condition main but the traditional turkish hospitality lives on untouched by change and modernization and is perhaps the most striking single characteristic of the turkish race. Extremes usual extremes Are usual in tur key and the Cost of living can Range from the very cheap to the expensive. In general hotels and restaurants Are probably cheaper than in most european coun tries. A three Star hotel de scribed by the tourist Bureau As of a Good Grade and Well appointed will charge from to a night for a double room with Bath. Din Ner in the same hotel should Cost less than a person. Turkish restaurants Seldom offer a table d Hote menu but a substantial a la carte meal should Cost from to wines Turkey is one of the largest wine producing countries in the world Are plentiful and reasonably priced. There Are no licensing Laws to contend with. In her architecture her scenery her weather and her reactions Turkey is a land of contrasts. The climate ranges from sub tropical on the Southern Mediterranean coast where the average temperature throughout the year is 65 degrees fahren Heit to Cool in Eastern tur key where below Zero temperatures and heavy Snow Falls Are Normal in the win Ter. Hot Summers Istanbul Ankara and the Black sea coast have temperatures similar to Britain in the Winter but with much warmer Summers. Less than three Hundred Miles separate the sunny beaches of Antalia on the South coast and Bursa one of the country s main Winter sports Centre where mount Olympus her peaks perpetually Snow capped Tow ers Over the famous old City. This contrast extends to the country s sports facilities. You can watch football play Tennis or Golf or attend one of the Spring race meetings. Students of the esoteric will prefer a Day spent watching Camel wrestling in the Izmir area at certain times of the year the Winner As in wrest Ling Between humans is the Camel which first pins its opponent to the by arrangement with the Turk ish Hunting and Marksman ship association the adventurous can Hunt wild boar wolves even leopards. Copyright 1963 by arrangement with the guardian Manchester too Many bulls Meun France Andre Pochet was fishing from a River Bank when a Bull from a nearby Meadow charged a him. Poche t dropped his pole in a hurry and swam to the other Bank. But there two bulls chased him right Back in. He climbed a half submerged Trei in Midstream and waited unti All three went away. Where s Duplessis statue Quebec Hunt is on again for a life size statue of he late Quebec Premier Mau Rice Duplessis. The Bronze work completed n Paris by Quebec born Sculp Tor Emile Brunet was ordered y the Union National administration shortly after or. Duplessis died in september 1959. Was completed and shipped to Canada after the liberals came to Power in 1960. But it was never set up on the slope in front of the legis lature As provided by a Law approved under the Union National just before it was turned out of office by the Liber als. Questions have been asked about it in the Assembly. But the government has been non committal. Not at museum the statue was reported to have been left in its crate in the basement of the provincial museum after it arrived from Paris. A spokesman for the museum told a reporter thursday however that it was never stored there. Guy Fregault Deputy minis Ter of cultural affairs says he knows nothing about the Monu ment. Neither did a spokesman for the provincial Secretary s department. One reporter asked the pre Mier. I Don t said a some what surprised Premier be Sage. I am not interested in the statue is reported to have Cost Mackh say if you Are thinking of exploring the South Pacific the Orient around the world Europe in the fall we have a wide Choice of proven Tours and plenty of experience to insure a wonderful and pleasant Holiday autumn Happi coat Orient tour from Winnipeg oct. 18 22 Days personally escorted by Harold Hirose ask for descriptive folders when you think of travel think of Mackie s Mackie travel service 285 carry St. 942-3423 wore than 25 years travel experience in Winnipeg about 400 million persons speak English making it a principle world language. 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