Show fi 0 6 aw 1 A I 1 r bif lra t nul 4 arf al ellk A a if 4 sl asi d k auksi i vi 45 9 d by I 1 JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN HE dominion of canada r n Is I 1 to have a canadian hall lint of fame in to the pala ual new federal parliament buildings at ottawa the builder builders have just fit made way tor for the tors in thie this national TS pantheon there li Is an I 1 impressive marble vest bule 80 30 feet wide leading from the main entrance at the base of lie the moot SOO foot memorial tower aad azid run nice across the entire building to the library at the rear which overlook overlooks the lovers walk with the gatineau mountains in the distance and the Ottaw ato which arthur S Bour bourinot friot thus sings 1 great river flowing broad end free ift i ft around our city a rock base 0 road that march marches to the sea in powerful rhythmic pulling pulsing pace I 1 bear your voice maJest leally above the trite strife of creed and place chint chant nf ng it a nation nations minstrelsy 0 lyric singer 1 of or our race rac bold rolt voyageurs voyage ur have braved thy tream le L caron champlain Champl aln alp verendrye Veren drye discoverers Dl coverer driven by the dream A pathway to pacific e sky immortally your paddle paddles gleam la unison you singing cry old chansons ch anion and the water waters eem seem faint raint echoes when your voice voices die dle it Is planned that perpetual llast rhall here shine down 0 01 i the faithful departed servants ler er of lie life state and benefactors of mankind hlll memory last lasta the corner comer stone was as laid by the prince of waler wales in lull it li Is on either tide side by the house of commons and the senate chamber the high window at the end of the court Is in called in flanders flodsand fit ids show shows the lions eons of ue the DomIn dominion lAn going aa into action at st julian aliete gas was first used by the he Ger germans A special chamber in the memorial tower will contain the namen names of the who ho he ile in flanders and of the entire expeditionary forces from canada the old aid canadian hone of co commons 0 ll 11 mons and senate opened at era er atlon tion in 1807 1867 was vias destroyed by fire mysteriously la in february 1916 it was charged that emissaries of the central power powers had sprayed the cor rigors and floors of the reading room with an inflammable OIL the ministers sp eliker and the members bad had to rush from the building to cape cremation had the galleries been crowded as usual instead of almost empty there would have been a creat great tragedy that would hare have been added to the long list canadians are proud of the fact filet that the material for be he treat great new structure on parliament hill was found exclusively within the boun daries of the Domin dominion lorl the only materials are trips strips of teak test wood from india ebony from africa and email small quantities of tennessee carlle anil ant ohio stone for blending of or color colors fc 1 l the ile canadian Cann dinn llau hall of ot fame will be ile peu veo to industrial leaden leaders and tuven laven I 1 tor tors as a ell oell az ai as statesmen nod and national heroes men slen of wide culture unerring judgment and high ideal will be chosen to act ai as a commission to decide who ho hall shall and who hall shall not be among the first to be honored here prime minister All alster W L mackenzie king Is much interested and during his ht presence ence at the recent imperial conference in london made a special study of westminster abbey undoubtedly his ideals are high for here are some fine lines by his friend ellfred ll fred campbell now dead about the discoverer discoverers and explorers of the new ew orld by which alch he be sets great store they feared no unknown aw saw no ila horl ion son dark count counted ed na danger dreamed all sea ai their road to possible future futures truck struck no craven gall all for sloth or indolent cowardice steered the gieir r keel keels 1 oer wax es of heaving ocean league leagues of brine while hope firm kept the tiller faith in dreams saw coasts of gleaming continent loom ing large beyond the ultimate of the sea ea a 1 far rim een eien a ninn man of the united states can give a rood good cue as to some of the names which will be approved by tte 11 such a tentative ilat 11 includes sir 1111 wilfred fred laurier who Is in addition to have a great memorial on parliament hill bill sir john macdonald aldard blake sir william osier oster darcy mcgee john IL booth and ad am macdougall Hac DonealL it ie Is interesting to know what will be the decision as to several sons of the he dominion who rose lo 10 fame on this side of the border there Is for ex ample james J hill a son of well inktum county in ontario who built anil orbed more nilles rulles of railroad than any canadian who aho stayed at borne home 4 I 1 and there Is franklin K lane million millions oil 0 nature lovers on this side of the hod lind would applaud this selee ion tion ile II 11 was bom born la in prince edward wand and it was for that reason that tunny of hie his admirers OR on this side wont to salute him a aar impossibility sir I 1 fine became secretary of flip interior in the trot alnio ll nio lipovan lipo vax ina iti first sei u ettli it it ili the idon to the he Imp importance ortonce of ili he nil ad tanil lierk ark the he aritt in we in the ili national parko a natural rc re ourlie v of the flip first fl ret runk anti a vust asset it ui as fit li ho h a lintl mrk park coolley find II 11 uni its with lili hilt rii ri fro i rul ion flint la tie army if coture lover lovers indart I ir gress to 1111 the h national purk 1 crime new notional park parks and oa 01 lines legislation and lie flip of lie the bluit honorable baton say ric enily in it I 1 Is that be lie should b be loft iut out let vt ho lie ax born in ili iho ll 11 BI mill of A plot ill iles r wao anini ie do flip old jit liall it in a fit if hallm should if ito of lo 10 IN people 11 of life sta St 4 14 vor lr pit it will olit o 0 it prem liniments of aimin ahn ho in lit a largo irne nrc fire Aint ricans miller alinn or ian I 1 if it kit alime are persa biall s of life curly early dails iiii mien ali re n no stairs and no amadu ulion rance uni mas striving to WW build up a new world empire alone the st lawrence larence and the mississippi and angland as vi working from the atlantic seyboard sen sm board when it as hew liew france against new eng landane lan dand devil take the hindert floetl le caron named aimed in verse one cannot place verendrye Veren drye national mon monument ament in north Is the val united states memorial to the explorer who may hove have been the first whiff man to see the iran trans ItI missouri surl territory hut but there are larger figures take father fattier marquette for an example ettee fame rests large ly j on viliam he did in the valley he ile was the trot european alth jollet joliet to travel the for and wisconsin wint diers and the mississippi to t tie file arkansas lie ile nas vias the first to ascend the illinois and find make tho the chicago portage to lake michigan he taught the illinois indians at peoria he lie lived one winter on the bite site of chicago he ile died in michl can and as burled there lasaile lasalle a great man with he the vision of an empire builder Is in another personage of the early day days whose fame Is based on his activities this side of the canadian line in 1082 he explored the tte mississippi to 0 o its mouth claf claimed nied all of the vast mississippi basin for louis XIV and named it louisiana the united states in 1803 bought from napoleon the part of this louisiana Lou lalanA lying between t een the mississippi and the Ito Il ocklea ckles champlain Is a third historical personage of the first rank in whoa whom the people of the united states are greatly interested hut but his case li Is more complicated As every well read man known knox the french and british struggle for supremacy in the new 1 orld lasted from IM to the capture of quebec in n now it was as champlain who unwittingly vi I 1 was in la no small part responsible for bringing about the final triumph of the british over the french the french occupation of canada began with champlain who entered the st SL lawrence in I 1 in 1009 be he explored to the south of the present international line discovered lie tte lake that bears his name and used are arms on a band of indians from the mohawk volley valley in central new york thereupon the powerful erful iroquois confederacy xvi a ore eternal enmity to the french carried the tomahawk and scalping acal ping knife to the french and their indian allies along the SL lawrence blocked french advance southward and for ibo years was in effect a x buffer state in the rear of the growing english colonies colgate of the seaboard the iroquois confederacy nas so powerful pon po erful in abe seventeenth century that it collected collect eI tribute from tribes as far east as aft and as far nest est as illinois historians are agreed that its geographical location and pro the iroquois confederacy an ira im portz rit factor in the h final outcome of the french english tt st for supremacy |