IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) .^ c ^ js^ ^ ^ V T) j^ FREE HOMES FOR ALL. IN" THK a 11 K A T p» n ( ) \- r x < ^ k > OK MAMTUIiA. \SSfNIHOI.\. SA,SK.\T(Hi:\VAX Wli ALBERTA. U I so or' wi "I I); the rof >ii\i fira X ofl (lo/il n AVi:s 1 I]irx (AN ADA AM' ITS gri:ai^ im:s(>i; km i :s. I . m ir I'l !,l mvii mm' MMXi ii/ir HiiiM iliu LETTERS FROM SETTLERS, FARMERS' DELEGATES AND HIGH AUTHORITIES. \\'|N\IPI:<;. M.\\i'((»ii\. 1st Maicli. iN'.fj. Tlif ii]))('rt ill |»ul)li.-.hiiig t liis |i;mijilil('t. is tiut ^n iimcli tn ui\f ;i (li'tailt'd (list ri|»t ion nt' Manitnlia and tlif Noitli \\r>i, tiuw known as " W'cstrrn (Juiuula, for tliat would lie inipossililc in so slmrt a sj>acc ; lidt our dt'sir<' is to la\ Ix't'oi'f tlir AuitM'ican t'anu'f as well astliost- in I'^astfiii ('anada and clsfwlit-i-t', a few tacts coiKM-ininu- this ifuly ijCfat foiintfv and its wondcft'ui frflility as a liiain and rctcal inodurcf. as ufll a^ its uniiacallch'd ada)ital>ilit y as a stock laiscr. 'I'lic extent ot' lii'ound to lie co\>M"cd, t lie di\ ctsiticd ccsoufccs, (dimat c. soil, landscajx' and other int»' ot' the nuud»ei' ot' t'afiiieis tfom Minnesota, the Dak(»tas and other portions ot' the I'inted States, who last yeuf \ isited the countr\'. many ot whom are now happily and cdint'ortahlv s<^rtled tliere li ievoiHl a narrow s tlT)> aloiiL;' the Ked luver, ni the \icinitVot w her*- the city ot NNiniupcL;' now stands, this oreat ]>rairie region stretcldm;' t'oi- nearU' l.OOO miles trmn east to west, from the Itoi'der of tho I'ed |] [vvv \ alh'V on t he ea- III the |{(U'kv Mountain^ in the west. wa> practicalK' a f<'rrii iio'ix/iiitii wy to 1S70, when Maidtoha and the N'orth West became a portion or the l)oiiunion ot Canada. TJii- lieinu done it now remained to Mpen this ^reat wi-stern country to sett h-ment iecel? % 4 i:i:soii{('i:s n|- w kstkun ( -ana da. IiV tilt' fnlislnirl ifiii .it" r.iilways. Mini 1,(M)(),()()() llailway milea-e 1 ."lO 1,000 .\uml)er of elevators 100 Klevat..!- capacity '.1,000,000 Numl)er of post otHces ITilJ tlOO Numher of 'Schools 85 720 These tiymcs show hut little of what has aetually been at'i'(»inj)lished in the past decade. Still, lliey serve as an index, though incomplete, as to what may and doulttless will lie ac(.omplisli(Hl in the next few years when tiie country s ( apahilities are Wetter understroviiioes. These pi'ovinees are : .Manitoba, Assiniljoia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Th(^se four )>ro\ inces are wholly within the fertile juairie region, and contain an area of some HO.OOO square miles, or about l!«'^0,000,000 acres. In contemplating the hewildering extent of this realm of prairie many h;i\«' pictured it iii their minds as a dreary, loue.some expanse of a dead sf a !< vel. Xothiiiii- can l)e more erroneous. The cMjuntry, though termed praiiie. is hy no means a treeless plain, devoid of hills and other topographical features pleasing to the eye. The surface varies fri>m a gently undulating to a high-rolling prairie and belts of hills se\eral hundred feet in height aiul clad in forests of the evergreen spruce, pine, oak. elm. birch and poplar, whilt^ bluffs of timber dot the |{KSn||;('|> ( »r W i;sTi:i;.\ ( ANAhA :> iilnliiliit iliu >m't')in' nt tlif ';iiii>. Iliscfs and tiffk"- ;ili|ilinL; ilown a liill>i(li' and tlifii -.low ly fffliny its way llnuuuli \all«\^ ti» it^ |Uiii'tii>ii uidi >itiii(' :;ical)M' >Iit'aiii. Lakrs aii' |>|tniifnl, and \ai\ in sr/f tioni Lake W iniii|)«'if (^rmnd in ^i/.t- iniiy !<> Lakr Sii|iim ini) to ilir lakt'lrl (it a t'cw acn-'^ in fNti'iil. Siirji, nindi'ii^i'd intli'in ( 'aiiada. few lien ridl- >d in inces tour in an Tn many dead s and •ai-ies hills |;j;reen .t th<' The Future Possibilities t't' tlii> y;reat jirairir reninn an- t'ai lieyond tlir L;ias|i of' fven the y;reulesi mind. Tlir wmk a(riiiii|>lis|ied in tli'' |ia^i eleven year>, tile lie;;iniiini: yeai>, eiiuntiiii; t'niin llie ad\eiil ut' railways, i^ I inly ;; real . The increase in tminher nt" Inislieh nt' i,'rain lai^-ed t'inni 7-<), ()((() til ").").()()(),( l()(). III it\er; the increase in nuniher nt' head nt" cattle trolll snine .')(»,(»()() tn nVi'V (iOO.OOO : tlie (•nii>st met inn nt" neailv I.UOO miles nt' failwav ; the hiiildiny iip nt' tii\\n> and eilie> nt' t'i'nm •_'.()()() tn ."lO.OOO iiilial»ilanl>. all this is a leenrd nt" elexeii year>. and yet this lernrd can seareely he taken as a standard hy uhieli tn judyctlie future, as e\ eiyt liiiin' eaniint he undertaken at niice hy a enmparatively small |>inneei- |in|ndatinn. Tlius the |irinei|ial umk sn far has heen de\nted tn aurieiilt lire and stnek-rai^itiL;. these heini;'. and always will he, the chief industries. 'I'he de\ (■ln|iiiient nf nt her resnurces has lint yet heen undertaken in any L;reat e.xtent. willi t he e.vcej)tin!i nf juiuheiinn and coal niinini;'. Ihit it is tn he hnrne in mind that, while the prairie cnuntry is l)y nature evidently intended as a stnre- Imuse fnr hreadst utls. it has nt her aiul almost limitles.s resnurces as well. Timher is )»lentiful, and at tlie present time snme N(.),UO(J,()U() feet nf it are yearly cnnxcrted intn hiuiher. K.xcellent huil«liiiu .stone is found in many places and limestnne (|uarrie.s can he had in almost e\ery district, yielding: lime of first class cpiality. (Jold, silver and iron, nickel and copper are in the hiifhlands horderin.if the lied Itivor saliey on the east ; iron \ti excellent »iuality and in immense tjiiantity is al.-so fniind nn islands in Lake W'iiniipen'. Mica, amher and othei- \alual»h- minerals are found in tlie Lake W'innipeu' i;i:,snii:('i:s ny w iistkiin r.\\ \i>.\. lii South \N'«vl«'rii .\|;iriiti»l(a. llir linU r\i»'iiiliiiu « f>t Wiiitl far Ih-suihI I li»- ItiMiinlary ''t' tin- |»rM\ itirc, atxl i In- inal ti'-lds at I )iiimiMn'. Mcdicim- Mat iihtl KiliiHiiituii ,ir<- illiiiiital)!*-. ultilr ilif aiitlirarit** coal ticlds in tilt' t'uothilU of' tilt- Kdikv Moiuitaiii^ mi the Caiiailiaii I'acitic main lilif. and Mil iIm- Itrd hrci |{ i\ «'r t'tllt lirr imrtli. air r\t«'lisi\»' ••ilunu'Il lo Mipply I lif fiiiit iiii-iit t'"»r Imiidrcds nt' \tai > to t thr «hit't i']M'ii(h*nt twr ihf iiiiisi |iail lit' I hr oiitsidf \\ply ■ii-e !' ilii- |iiaiiif ii'i-iuii tli»' wiiitn^ ai«' iiiijiifi' than MaiiitnlMi. A>sitiilH)ia aial i*ast«-ni Sa^kati-lifwan. Itriiii; iindn' thr (iii-«M-t iiitliM'iirr ut' tlii- .iapaM i-nri't'iit ami ( 'liinoulx wimU \sattr«l acrosv ilir niicki«'s trniii I lit' I'arilif. Tlir cjimatr and rtiimtiv is tilt* ni.t liraltlitid on tlir runt jncni, nti otlicc divtrirt lii-ini; ai)li' !<• vliiiu a (li'.itli rail' as low as MaidtoWa, "croi'diri^ to rar«'t"ully t'oni|»ilril ( io\ ri nnirni iciokIs. Malai'ial tVvci's aic md<:no\\n, and .no dist'a^t- \N liat«'\t'i'. jHTidiar in ilir rjimatr of t In- coiintfy, «'\ists. nnd many ftim'H ini;;lit Im tiled \\ liiTf resident >• ••!' malarial districts liaNesuu^dit and t'nnnd Imtji licaltli and wraltli un tjir |ii'aii'ies nt' western Canad.i. The Truth. Tt is only within the last teu years that the truth foneerniiiLT tlii- •.jreat cMiintry ha^ lu-ennie jifenerally kimwii, if" indeed it can even iio\^ }»e said to l»e l\sii ; hut this niiieli, at least, is an e^tahlished faet. that now lu'ie else ill the world to-day is there such a t|iiantity (»t' rich arai)le land o|n'n tor settlement, so Itlessed l)y nature with all the ea|»al>ilit ies of' marvellous richness and wonderful j»i"odu('ti\eiiess, as i- found here in ue>-ierii Canada. That this faet is taking hold upon t he |»e,i|ile, the jarne iiiMuNof fanners froni eastern Canada, the old country and the I'nited State> duriny the past year, and the rapid increase in population, as certieis in North and South Dakota, Minnesota and «ttlier western States, askiny f(a' particulais and information ahout this country, and statinu' 'liiit owinu' to repeated failures of crops they were ,s KivS( )(• ih:i:s of wkstki? x./'ana da. (M)in|M'llf(l to iiKiNi", and ti'o wIumv tlu-y cduld l)ft tcr t lit'ii' ciiciimstjuu-cs. 'riic-t' Irttcrs wt'ic |,r(»ni|itly replied to, and tin- iicccs.sarv int'uniiHtiuii, sril. and as a rt'sult of their \isit not less than ■_',00U souls ha\e left there, and \\n\v come and settled in this couiitr\'. On the first of .May last a whole train load of settlers from South Dakota arri\ed in Winnipei;, hrin^iny- their stock, im})le- ments ;ind efteets al<»n,ii' with them, all ready to start farmin*;'. Since the arii\al of this j)arty othei- parties ha\e l)(»en continually c(»min,u', until, as has heen ah-eady stated, we haxc receixed o\cr '2.000 souls. And they are still coming-, not otdy from Dakota, hut from Minnesota, Nehraska. Kansas, and also Michigan, ajid ai'e rapidly tillinii up (»ur rifhest and hest lands in fhe ditt'erent sections of the countrv. The Arrival of Farmers' Delegates. While this was heiiii;- dohe the Dakota })apers, with the ohject of pre\entinin' these people lea\ ini;" the country, puhlished a aiT now priiitfil in tlii>. paiii[)lilft. 'I"ln' laiiniwinr ('iiuld not Im- pluiiuT. 'Vhvv li;i\<' l)tM'n one and all drlinlitt'd witli tlir couuti'V. and stn»n,H'lv advisr all their tVi«'nd> to coiiif hcrr. a> ali'cady many of tlu'in lia\(' done a lai-yo nundxT of tlirin li.ivin^' sficctt'd their lands and made their homesteaay : — The following is the report of the party of Farmers' Delegates from South Dakota, who visited the Can- adian North-West in company with Mr. W. A. Webster, during May and June, 1891 :— We. the undersiii'ned farmers of South !)akota, owiny to the repeated (and i.dmost total) failure of eroj)s. had maile up (»ur minds that we must endurate somewhere, and after heariiiL; the (l(\srriptioM (»f the agricultural resources of Manitohfi an/•// iiKdi;/ of our neiuhhours. AcconijianicMl l»y A l)ushels jKiacre '. His teams and outfit l)eing the lest we ever saw .Xftei- dri\ii ig <»\er this district and meeting .some old friends who ha\e made wealth farndng here, wf went west to Moosonnn, dn)\e o\er this district, which is u splendid section for 10 IMCSoriU'HS OF WKSTEHN CANADA. niixefl t'finiiin;;. Visited the t'ufins (»t' .1. K. Nfti' iiiid 'Plicts. iVnihier, \vli(» have UctMi tanning Ii^mc for tin* jiast Mine years, i,'ro\viji,<;' •_'•") to 30 J)iishels ni wlieat per arrc, nats dO IiusIihIs and potatoes 300 l)ushels, Kroiii luMt' we went \\>'st to Moose .law ; drove ovci- tins district ; splendid soil, yotd ;;'i"a>^<. stock livinu' out all the year. N'isited several HiH' farms and {ii-oNj»er(»ns farniei-s in this district. From here wt^ went to Calijary. a tine town of 4.UO0 inhahitants ; many c(»stly huildings of freestone, (|uai-ried u_i;hIy ; no I'icher soil than here. Xoi-th .iiid south of here ai'e tine stock sections, stock living' out almost the entii'e year : we hear nothing of hard times hei'e. hV<»m here we went north L'oU miles, (»\ei' a tirst-class railroad to Pi'ince All)ert, in the Saskatchewan \alley : we exannned this dis- trict \ery carefully : we find here plenty <»f timber foi" all j)u»poses ; water in al)undance ri\ers, lakes, and well watei" of fir.st ijufdity at de)»ths of lU to ] .") feet. Iiich, mellow soil, producing a luxuriant iifowth (»f grasses of the most nutritious kinds in shoi't. a tirst-class country for un'xed farmini;, liaxin*;" now ^oseil line of roa.d to the South Dnkotii I'oloiiif {\\\\\i:\\ now consists of 200 s(nds), the mend)ers of which settled iiere durinu tiie la^t few months. \Ve visited all of them, most of them beini;' old acquaintances, we found them all V)u.sy building' houses and breukiiii;- land. We examined the country in whicli this colony is located as carefully as possible for the time at our dis- posal, and we find a tii-st-class so,i, plenty of small, l)eautiful lakes, pure water. )>Ienty of timl)rr for liuildinic, fenciiii;-. ami fuel for all time th ni':s(>ri{('Ks of wi-xprijn (\\nai)A. u ouV>iei', .") to .SO )ushels, istrit't ; several ,-e went lings ()f \ iew of jiere t(> it is a timber, / Xortk (if Free ina, the lily ; no sections, \'d times railroad this dis- 11 r poses ; lality at ixuriant irst-elass ties, and )i'(i(lue'ts. enowned mpletely :^w years. the way •ospei'ous ermiiius. 1.(1 to the members ted all of I all V)usy in whicli our dis- ml lakes, ir all time to come : liav in rinted and eiivulated in the |)al(ii'ficiihii\ as we found e\ervtliing l)etter than they I'cpresented them to us, and we wish here to tell the farmers of South Dakota tliat they can })lace coiitideuce in their statements. Signed at Winnipeg, 10th. lune, jS!)l. « ). W. PASHOLKE, Glasston, Pembina C<»unty, North Dakota. FJ5ANCIS IJ. ME(tAHKY. Leola, Scmth Dakota. .IA.MF:S CAMERON. Aberdeen, South Dakota. F. .1. PiANDALL, Conway, North Dakota. WILLIAM HILL, Le. .la. South Dakota. NFIL McLEAX, Koscoe, South Dakota. The following is the report of the party of North Dakota Farmers' Delegates who spent a month visiting Manitoba and the North-West with a view to reporting to their friends in Dakota the facts regarding this country : — WiNNiPKo. ISth June, 1 S<) j. ^^'e. the undersigned delegates from North Dakota, wish to make the following iej)ort for the l)enetit of intending settlers. We ha\ e \isited the country imrth and west nf V(»rkton for o\er -"iO miles, and found a couiiTiy which cannot be surpassed for mixed farming. There are numberless good meadows, and it would be hard to find a sectidn witli- out a nice ))oplar grove in it. Tliefe are also many streams of fresh water, and the soil is excellent in evei-v particular. W'e spent several days at Prince Albert, Duck Lake, and in the Shell Hi\er country. The iieneral ap])earani'e of the country around Prince .\lbert is parti- I'ulai-ly desiral)le (»n account of its gro\ es of tamarac, sjn'uce and j)oplar timbers. The \alley of the Shell lii\ci' is a \ eiy beautiful country ex- tending for a long distam-e east of the 'I'hickwood Hills; the prairie is com|,»osed of a dark loam with hea\ y clay su)>soil, with numer<)us lakes and springs. There are millions of acres (»f thi^ land unoccu}>ied in the vallev of the Saskatchewan. The countrv in man\' places resembles parts of (ireat Britain. Weabo vjsjted the cinintry ma'th of Calgary for- more than 100 miles : the Poplar (lro\e and Pied Deer count rv is a KKSoriJCKS OF WESTERN CANADA. very (l«'sii'Jil)le |iuiiit t'<»f any one ulio (Ic^iccs t(» euiigrjitc tVoiii I>Hk<»t;i. There is iiWuiidaiice of wmxl and water, and lunii>ei' can l)e i^ot for •SlH.oO per M. One t»t' our l>arty lia^ already located al)out «^ miles from Ked Deer. We lia\(' seen several herds ot" cattle that inner wei'e fetl any hay or had shelter during the winter ; in tact, it is the country fo)' a gi-eat many people wh(» are getting poorer evei'v year in Dakota. We also desire to state that on our visit to lU'andon wo had the pleasure of visiting the (Tovernment Experimental Eann established at that point, and we wric glad to find what a great work the Govern- ment was doing here for the Ijenetit of the farmers of the North-West. Mr. IJedford, the ma»iager. is a fine man and takes great pains in v\- plaining everything to those who visit the farm. Experiments of all kinds ai'e cai'ried on at the farm, arid farmers can always i^et the l)est and most reliahle information as to what is best to grow and liow to prepare it. In conclusion, wc have n(» hesitation in ad\ ising all «)ur friends in Dakota, and any others who wish t<»l)ettei' their condition, to come to the Canaf Ediid)urgh, also accompanied us on our whole trip of in.spection, with the exception of Yorkton district, and will corrol)orate this stfitement, TNKEHMAN DAVIS, Park Iliver, North Dakota. JAMES BELL, Latomi, North Dak(.ta. AP>]IAHAM SxMITH. Tnkster, North Dakota. BENJAMIN CODE, Park River, North Dakota. WM. CODE, Park Kiver. North Dakota. E. CODE, Park River, North Dakota. The following is the report of the party of Farmers' Delegates from North Dakota, who have been on a tour of inspection of Manitoba and the North-West in company with Captain Bliss :— Wi\MPK(;, Sth June, I SOI. We, the undersiii'ned farmers from the counties of (Iriu'i:.*?, Foster and Steele, in the State of North Dakota. Tnited States, beg to ask the pi'i\ilege of thus laying before our bi-othei- farmers in ourdisti'ict in N<.>rth Dakota this report of oui- tnur of inspection of land in the Canadian North- West. i 111 oil Bit Til « IJHSonu/ES OF WKSTKIIN CANADA. 1:5 I );ik<)t;i. <^ut for S miles y liay <»r a ^-ivat luul the ished at (jioverri- h-West. [IS ill ex- its of all the best I how to lieiuls iti ooine to . Chaley, ion, with iiteiaeiit, •;iki»ta. I. cota. irmers Q on a ^est in , ISOl. ;s, Fostei- g to ask listi'iet ill hI in the We ill-rived ill Wiiinipe!; on tJie loth May, and started west next morning. We 'ook the Canadian Pjieitii- Railway at Winnipeg, and passing thriaiirh very fertile lands at Portagt^ la Prairie, lirandon and i»the!' points «»n that line, we ejiine to Calgary, our rirst stoji. W'e huind Calgary a wonderful town for its age, being lighted hy elec- tricity and lia\ iiig go(»d water works, tire and })olice l»'igades, and tiivt-class hotels. A large harracks of the MfMinted P(»lice is als(» at t Ills point. From Calgary we proceeded north on the Calgary and Edmonton IJaihvayto Red Deer. Aliout 'M) miles north of Calgary we got into first-class land, well wooded and watered. At Red l)ecrwe found good land, but ratliei- too much wood. Through the kindness of Land Agent Jessop we got full information as to land open for settlement, and proceeded to Poplar Crove. L'O miles south of Red Deer. IFere we spent three days and thoroughly inspected the land. AVe found the -:oil very good, a rich loam, and c^asily worked, plenty of wood and water, and from conversation witii some settlers w(^ belie\e this to be as good a locality as a fanner could wish. After a cai'eful inspection of Poplar (ilro\e, we took the train again ind proceeded to Calgary on the way t(» Prince Albert. Passing Through TIegina, the <-apital of the North-West Territories, a town of western enterprise and the headri!('i:s ok wkstmkn caxada. llicir litcjitinii. W'c went as tar as i.)u'\\\ Lake, and t'oiind tlic land and cuiiiitiv ^jt'iu'ialU n'odd tor iMi\»'d fariiiiii:;. Tlif i-rops look well, jj^rass H(M)d and |)lt'iity. W'M. H()W|)KN, ('(.<»j)t'isto\\ II. (Jrii,',us (!o., \(.rtli Oakota. FJ.LKF (»T.S()N, Ottaw;. do do PKTKI! IJ. IIKr.LANI), Sliairon do «1o (M'lKMrXI) (M'DMrXDSrj;, Uomncs, Ciii-irs (',,. d,, .IAS. IMIALKN, Korrcst lliwr. (irand Forks Co. do I J . I { I "r I j: I )( i !•; , PuI k c. >. do .1. .\. ROLF, , Foster t:o. do nil \\'i\N(ci;<;. Man., I SO I. W'c t lie tindfrsiniifd. after liaxiiin' hccn rlirce weeks cxaiuiidnu' the occupied faniiin;^' lands in the \iciiiity of Yorkton, Prince All)ei't, Pvcyina and (»tliei' paits of tlie Canadian Noi'tli-AN'est, do hereby cei'tifv that the representations made to our |)eople hy Mr. Martin McDonald, iiinniy our personal examina- liou. And wcliaxc no hesitancy in sayinn' that the intendinLf settler cannot find a more in\itinii country on die American continent to-day to estahlisli a home than on the line <»f the Araidtoha and Xorth- Westert\ Kailway in the vicinity of Yorkt(»n. or Prince Alhert. .lOlIN HFXXESSV, Dele-ate from Nelson C^o.. North Dakota. J). McDOrfiALl. do do do IMCHAKD CAPxIl do do do Letter from Port Saskatchewan. [)i:.\i{ Sir. -1 arrived here on the iStli of A])ril and found thf^ spring well advanced and grain that was in early up and looking tine. Rented land fr(»m I'ohert ]\[cKernan : put in 2n acres of oats and ll! acres <»f Itarley and 1 acre of potatoes. The spring was drv and no rain till lOth .lune: then got plenty of rain, and threshed TKi sacks of oats; weighed some of the sacks and they weighed from 106 to 1 10 lbs. 1 had (>00 bushels of barley and oOO bushels of potatoes. T considei' that I had a good crop all round. I have been threshing all fall, and have seen some better and some not so good. James Port, on south 'JS. township l.").",, range 22, had 12 acres of wheat that went o-lj, bushels per acre; that is the ])est T know of. I feel UKSoriJCKs OF WKSTKIJX CWAhA I.-) 11(1 iiitd )iikMtii. 1 1 I SO I. unti the Albert, / ceitify •DoMJiWl, I, water, 'xaniina- il settler Lt to-day I Nnrth- )ak<)ta. < I < > and the inu; tine. s and 1 - and no sacks of no lbs. coTisidei" t'all, and acres of .f. I feel .>iir»' tliut \\v can rai-^(• a- yuud wheat .i-- .iiiy |ila»'f in .Vim rica. .\ > tor nat> ami liarle\, we arc aw.iy alicad. I'otalitc^, (•;ilil)aut'. I inni|i- . oiiinn^ lifMii.-.. jtt'asc and rhid»;irb arc bt'ynnd dcxript ion ; nuniaii w^uM bcli»'\»' it till lie •-et's it. I lia\«' seen sunif tine (if|(U ot' tinmtliy. Ma\f seen t lit- t'attt'st cattle lnfc 1 ever saw. SImm-jiiIo wt-il. and tlicr.- is I(it< of money in hoys, as wc can l;1'o\\ bailey and not half try. and tlicir iv a L;(Mid market north ^ov mort; [idik than will cxfi' be raised here. The tfiowth of t,'rass is xtmethiiii: wntiderful : on the liiyli land it wa^ tiij'ee teet liiuli, ndxed with pea \ine: Ix'tter pastiirea man coidd iutt a^k for. Anv peixtn wishiiiy' fcr more |iartieular< can write me at l''urt Saskati-jiewan : I will an>wfr all (|UestiMn>, a> far as my e\j>ei ienee will carry me. I r'emain. yuurs t rul\ . .lonX .MclJ.LbAX. Koicr S \sK.\i'(iii;\\ AN. i »ec. 7. ISDI. PRINCE ALBERT vs. SOUTH DAKOTA. f>i;.\l! Sii!, In return for your kindnes.-, in assisting Us to ^ct here. I drop \(>u thi-- letter to let \ii since we left llrow ii county. South hakota. On (Uii' wav" u|i we sto|i]ied two da\s at |{<'u,'ina. and the ci'ops there w ere '.lomethinn' enoinious. Tlie iSrowti llros." wheat went •*).'^ bushels, Collins ."I'J, and a 'ierman neighbour's went ."><) bushels per acre! oats ■_'.') I)iishels. Itoot- and \'eu'etabjes were astoiushinu ! Her*- at Prince .Mber't crops are splendid : wheat 'MK oats i\() busiiels per acre, and not a jiariicle of frost. I ha\e cut and stacked a ii'ivind lot of hav since I came. \\'e are iia\inua great deal of rain lately: ground is now ploughing in tineshape. My nearest neighbour has Just dug one acre of potatoes — yield. +00 busliels. .1. halin. his family and car of stock liavf arrived all safe. They like thi'< c()untry \ery much. I hasc rented a fine farm t'>se miles from town for one vear : \sill then goon my own claim. Since counng here I ha \ e been around a good deal, and escry farmer I meet is in lo\e with this country, ("at tie here are rolling tat, and bring good prices. The railroad from here to Yorktoii will lie tinished iie.xt sunnner. I expect then to see a great ru.sli of S !\i\d i''aiilk cuiiiit it-s. ,iihl tlifv art- all w ritini; hack tor t lit -if tVifinU t(i (111 III- lnTf a I II I -hare t In- aiK aiiiayrs of t liis count rv with thciii. I f'lii^ot \i> ti'll Mill iliat tlir weather is (|('lii(litt'iil : t lirrsliin,!^ i^oiiiL;' on ill r\t'v\ (jiicction tliiiiy lui^licl> to tlicaei'e- No. I hard. I am, voins t riily, .IAMh>< (JA.MKIioN. PiMNCK Aiju;i;r. < >ct. i'.".. |s!i|. Mr. John Klein, of Warner, Talks. Sii;, llaviin: liccn apiMiiiitcd l)\ a lai'uc iiuiiiWcr of my nci^lilioiirs to \ isit the ( 'anachaii N'oit li West and to cxaiiiinc its a<;fifultin'al I'csoufces and report on m\' return. I will -^ay on ilie outset that \\ e li;i\-e Ix-en farming' here in South I'akoTa for nine yeai's and hetween the rejiejitcd and alin(»st total failuie of i-rop-:. coupled with e.\cessi\e taxes uiid hi,ii:li rates of interest, and low priees of fai'm jiroduce. we tind it impo.-> ihii^ to supjiort our fiUiiilies ]{>■]■{'. Accoi'diiiLrly I left Aberdeen, lOtli Hctoher, arri\ed next day in W innijieL:', a tine city of L.'S,OOU iiihal)i- tants, full of life and l)n>ines<. l''i'oui here I was inet Itv .M r. Cauipliell, ( ienei'al I iiimi^rat ion Ay'oit. |-Voni Wiiinipei;- west I passed throuuh Porta;:t' hi Pruii'ie, Uraiulon, (iriswold. X'irden. .M(.o>omin. and sucji crops of wheat as 1 passed my eyes ne\rr saw hefofe, l-'ariiiers were liu^-y inresliii)i>' out ."JO Ijusliels of wheat {ler acre. i:radinu' No. 1 hard, and selling' at cSQ cents per hushel. All otlier urain crop*- were in projimt ion. As foi- roots and \ei:;eral»les, they are sjuiply woiidei'full in due time I reached Priiu-e Albert, a tine town on the Saskatchewan lii\ er. with a j)o[)ulation of 1,100. Here everyt hiiiL;' seemed prospei'ous. 1 found that a number of South I)akota jieople settled luM'e this summer. After exa)i)iiiiiig tills distrii-t tiiorou^iily \ pronounce it a tirst-chiss country for mixed farmini;'. the soil beinu rich and }»leiity of timber, water, <,'rass and hay, and wliere j^ood jiriccs are obtained for all kinds of farm produce, (.kittle ai'e easily n'l'ow n and brinij;' splendid jirices as compared witli South J)akota. And 1 tell my friends I am coming' to Prince Al]>ei't to make my hom(\ And 1 tell them fui'ther that they will inake no nustake if they do liki^wise. I heard of no chattel mortgages, oi' two ]ter cent a month here. On the contraiy, farmers all .seemed prosperous and contented, and all beiii!;' in love with this country. Taxe.s are \-ery low. and interest likewise : <:ood schools, churches, etc. The peoj)le I met wei'e all ci\ il and oblitrinL;'. and ga\"e me all tlie assistance possiljle KKSolKCKS ol" W KS'I'KIIN CANAhA. ti'oin ifk t'ov y w itii llUfl. l)N, ours to ■.OUlC«'S 1(1 hiiili i(issil)le 1, lUtli iiili;il)i- A.u't'iil. raiulon, ;s(m1 my Itiislu'ls ■iits per »ts and l^ riiK-H ition of ber unn bininiiu; mix ed In d hay, jrodiico. Id witli All>ei-t akc no )!• two IX'l'OUS Ire \e H)]) le I 1)1< III I'M.iMf iiir to [losst'ss llic iiitoiiiial iop I ua> ^fckinu- Small tVllifN •^idu in idMindaiicf. Ii->li in t lir ri\ crs. ^jinif in I lie luisli. I n conclusion. I tell iii\ t'lieniU .inti neiyliliour^ lli;it at'tcr a caiet'iil i\aiiiin;il ion of' ill!' coiniir\, and tor tlic aWoxe iea-oii>. We^iile-, nian\ othci's. that I and lil\ t'lliilK are ;ioili^' I lie re to llialati->lied uitli lii> success, cannot do l»et t er t liaii -ettle III llie I'lilice Alheit di>liict of the ('an.iiliaii North West. I am, yours t ruly, JnllN K ld-:i N. ot' Warner. South hakota. Aiu;i:i>i:i.\. Soinh |>akota. L'-Jiid '.t|. hr.xi; Sii;. We have rccfiitlv returned tVoiii t he ( 'anadian North Wesi. where s\e>|>eiit a month ill exaiiiiniiiu t he aL;ricull iiral resources of that countr\. \\ c toiind W inni|ie^ a --iilendid city, t'lill of life anil Ipijsiiiess. |''roin here we went west |o Prince .\|l»ert. t'lfMI miles. 'I'hjs I ow n is >il iiat ed on tin- Saskatchcw an ri\ er and conta iii'- 1 . 1 . --chools. colieues. churcher. saw mills, in fad well e(|iiijijied in c\ er\ t hin;^ re<|uired to make up a L-ood siit)slant ial tow n. Steauil»oats run on ihe river. Any amoiinl of lo'^s rafted down I his ri\ er and sawn into liiiiiher at the j'rince .Vlliert mills, nixiiiy lots of eiii|ilovment . I lot h winter a nd summer : liiiiilter here is chea]). .\t"ler dri\ inn o\ er a-, much of t his (list rict as I iinc jM-rmit ted w e |ironounced it a first class coll III I A for mixed farmiiiL;- and a stock iiiiin > paradise. Pleiil \ of t imliei for all |tur|ioses, water, rivers, lakes and s|>rini;' creeks ; iio limit to the lia\ and 'ji;!- I'loiil here we Weill west to Ivlliiolitoli w e examined this district I honniiililv. .\fter driving over il for several davs. and V i sit in u' ■! number of farmers .•iiid stock men, vv e pronounce f his t he best count rv w (■ cN el saw for mixe(| farming, and especialK for stock raisin^;. StiK-kmen here are all iiiakini: moiiev. steers sellin;^ for four cents ! oiil\ ;^('l one to twii cents in South |)akota. Taxes are w hell vv.' can V e|\ low here i- vet lots of Homestead land vvhcre aiiv i nan over iiilileeii (an lake up a <|iiarter .section . timber, water, coal, liav and iiass without liiuil : ^ood laws. o l)OSSll)l< 1.^ KKSnCKCKS (>!' WKS'IKIIN CAN \l>\. nii>iii^ wf l)«'li«'Vf' tln'ic is tm |il;i(r on tin's <'«>MtiiiS(».\. Ciotnii. S. DiilvKta. H. L. \\< M)|). (li.ii.Mi. S. hakuta. KKi'oKT or A .mi(III(;a.\ man. W iNMi'Kc.. M.\N.. Mm 1 1 .\iiii., |S!t|. Sm!. Maviiit; visilrd Maiiituha and t lie Nnitli Wot 'r<'nit(tlirs in tiir iiit('i-»'-.t.> uf r'ai'iiHM's now living' in Sairinau »(Minty, Mifli.. I ti*-;; icaxe ti) siilmiit thf t'olliiwin^i i('|>(»rt : I aniwd in W'iiinipcii ;liin«' _*!> and on til*' f«»ilu\\ inii day ju'occdt'd to soutln'in .Matdtolta. Tlif country is \civ -uitalilf tor niixt'd tanning. Tlir soil is a Mack, sandy loam, with ('lav siih.soij. and iii\t>s evidence of yicjit fertility in I he wdndeftul crops it |iioditcc-<. Many of the farniei-s I visited c.\|iected the wheat to yield :{.') liushel- tn t he acre. Oats. I)arley and all kind- of yardcn \ eye tahles \ser<' -howinuan excellent yrowth. I \i>itcd the Tnrtle .Monn tain><, alony the south of .Matdtoha. They are cit\cred with tindiei' (iioplai". sc?'uh oak and ash), which yield a n'ood sujipiy nf tiiewood. A yreat Mianv creeks run out of the mountain^ and numerous marshes in the \icinitv i,d\e an ahundance of hay. There is a \eiy heautiful lake of ]iuic, clear water at Killarney, and a laruer one at \\'hit<'\\ at<'r. (ienerallv speakinu. the well-water is excellent. Near I )e|oi'aine ijuite a ]>roducti\e coal mine has lieen (tpeiied up, and chea|icnal is expected in t he near future. 1 visited the FortaLje plains and the l»randon district, and was as far west as JJeuina. I venture to say that alon;;' the main line of the Canadian I'acitie, from Hiyh Illutl'to N'inlen, there is one of the most product i\i' cereal uiowiiuj,' districts of the world. Some idea of the ei'<»j» car l)e ohtained from the fact that it was found nect'ssai'V, this vear, to im[>ort I.7<><| farm labourers t(» assist the fai'mei's to harvest their yrain. anfCt«'u,u;hly. ndou and ay loam. Miat it is kahles it |.r(Mlu»'t'^ T'l I h«< soiuh <«iiiil"»i.i !■< suiiH-whai iiitfrcstin^. Kariiii'i'^ ha\»'«hii; 1()() t«*«'t •l tVrl t'lMiii the lir'-t wrll all aldiiidaiit sii|i|i|y lia> Immmi ulitairu'd at a depth i In have lieeli ilitliniitN ill '^ettiliL.' water, an e\eelletil llitwiiiM well has Iteeii stiuck. I \\a^ \ery inileh plea-ed vsitii the appearatiee nt" the I'liiii-e Alhert di->trii't. The ruuiitry in the immediaie \ieinitv i> a«hiiiiahly adapted tn stuek raising. It is liilly. and eiditaiiis nninerniis small lakes, and liiarshes where tlie hay i^niws tV'>lii t w n tn three t'eet hiliL;-. The hills, tnn. are en\ ei'-d with a \ery luxuriant urnwtli nt' urass, pea s ine. \ eldii'^. ete. Theie is ;i ii a I »U lidaiiee nt' t i III! ler ( sjirilee, nak am I |inpla I ). tnr tent inu anti tirewnntl. Ahnllt •*)(» miles t'rtHII Priliee Alhert. alttlli; the Siniiy Creek aiitl the ( 'airnt Ki\ei'. there i- a loeality uiisiir]»as.set| ill the tfiiitnries for iiii\et| tanning. Hniiiesteads can he hatl in this |nialit\. nr I.'ind ran he purehaMMJ tm •'^l!.')') an aere. IJeturiiiiiL: east, I tnnk a trip on the Manitnlta and Nnrth Western llailway, tVnin rnrta^e la I'ralrie tn Saltenats. Themuntry llimuiih which tlii- rnatis runs |irc.sents a u'cntly uiKhilatiiin' surface. It is neaiK all aralde, anil e\eellent for iiiixetl fariiiinii'. The snil is a rich lilack Inaiii. ill some place.s iwn feet ileep. with a clay siil>snil. An ahuiiilaiicf f the \illa,i!;es that are spriiiijini,' up alniiii lli*' liiieare scry jileasantly sit uatetl. either ill .some .secludett tiell ay t>ii a .sheltered hillsitle. Fii cniiclusinii. I wish to ex]>ress mv uratitiule tn the ntHcials ttf the 01 •-M) KKSOIIUKS n|- W KSTKIIN CANAhA. ('iiimdiiiii I'iicill ll.iiUv.iv .mmI llir MiinilMha .iidI Nurtli W'cvrcin K.iil w.iN . iilid hi I In- 1 Ins t 'III In <• lit n;,'»'iit>, iill ut \s liuiii f'atilit.iltd ms iiiiilsiiiu lis I liurinii,'li fxamiiiai inn <>t tJH'i'i iiiiiuiiirHt'iil ruiuitiv as lln'fiiiM' at iii\ )liN|M)>al u iiiilil |ii>i'init . ^'ltlll•>< \ t'i\ t imI\ . A. KNKririKL. Mr. .laiiM's I'., 'riiisrnli. an nid if-,idciit i>\' l-'aiilk itiinify. Iia> just rcl Ml iit'tl tVniii the ('aiiadiiiii Nuilli West and nv rites a loiin and • •lit linsinst jr It'titr ic^artliiij; the fi»iiiitry. Wf ari- |M'riiiit tt-il ii> inakf tlif t'ulliiw ini^ t'\t racls. llic wlittlc Irttrr iH'iiiL: <'t' a siniilar iin|Hirt ; IM!iN( i; Ai-ih;i;t. N.W.'I'.. Cwahv. titli Auuiisi, \s\)\. hi \i; l''iti r;M>.s IN |)\i\('L;. w lu-ir I ariivi'd in ytiod tiiii*' and wlicn-. Irt inr tell vnu. I hict with a rt'N rial iiiii , tor. insirad nf tindinii' a jioor. mist rahh', scat l»'r- iiiU- |n»\ crt V St liclo'n. < Itid tttr.sakt'ii jihict'. as innst ut'iiur [lajM-rs wmdd Irad 11^ In hcht'Nf. I hmiid a iiinst lirautitul, cha rniiiii;', ht-ahht'iil and (•III crprisinu city. |iw.ssi'ssiiii; a|ij)ar('nt ly f\ cryt hiiiii' that can We t'nuiid ill any la rur city. At ■-'.."•(' |t.iii.. Sat iirday, Isi Aiin'itst, thr train |>ull«'d ntit nf the d»'|)nt and awa\ wr s|m'(I tor thi* wi'st. After passinn' nvt-r ahniit niir hmuh't'd iiiih's ot' the liest rnuntry I e\er saw. we arrixed at CarWerrv. w ith t he SUM alxiiit niie hniir hiyh. a nd then tindiiii;' .Mr. Win. Mc.Milljiii and present iim my letter of iiit rn(hietion that yeiit leiiian rushed to the li\t'ry staltle. i;ot a horse and l»UL;i;y and away we went nut tht'ouyh the enuntry ; and nh. nli. what fields of ijrain ! I i^dt out of the hu^ii'v and stood auaiiist the posts of the railway fence, hut tui at teuiptiiin' to take an ol)ser\at ion for a line from the top of the fence jtnst to the top of a ])ost on the other side of the field, found ! was uiiahle to dt* so. the wheat lieinn too hiyli. hiylier than the fence p just lii illiil I iiiaU)' Milt : S'.tl. nil' and nil W . Ii \s Imiii tcil for I yon. I scatln- •s wiuild it'ul and tr t'i)\llid .f llif Ixilll (ilir \il)fnv. r.Millan II to tlu' ltlii'v)uuh l(" Imuuy Ijtt iii.u' t'> It to 1 hi' |l«' to do It he field >\Sl' in |iel( 1 and Ihe s;iliie ller than ;livon,i:;h it . and ihi I Sfis not only ot on** field Kiit of inanv I In ii' ;iit' hiin dnd> of t III- >ann' : it i> f Im- hi^toiv of t In- roimt i\ . ( Mit on th« ||o|M- faiiii I -iiw oiIm'I \\ondt'i>: hni uhal i> tlir iim- ot df^t riiiini;. h would onl\ In- i'<>|ifal itiu what ha"* alieatU Ihm-h >aid. Siilhi'f it lo >ii\ that Mr. l|o|n' taint' to lii> |»rf>tnl hoiiif in J^T'**. Iiiinyinu \>\\ lilt If |iro|ifrl\ with him. ami now ha^ .'I'JO ;i(Tc>. ( Mie lifltl tif .1 7" iMii's tif hisulieat uill I in n titf ftiil \ lai^lnl-io ilif.itrf; tjiiilv atji's of iiaf N will \ it-Id .i littiit ^fxt'iit^ tixc Im^lifK lo the afif : ami a laiuf tifid of liniotliv lln* ln'st I f\fi saw. ami I na\e ^fcii uood in Nis\ ^cl|■|<. Nt'w I lainpshii'e, Nfiinonl ami ( 'onm'» I iiiil lif flailiit'il •'• loll-. |ici aiTf. lie took nii' to a ft»it V aiTf li»'ld whit-li yifldi'd ( ro|.v ih.it in the last thn-f \ i-ar^ ^old for SUOO. .< I .(MM • ami ■■^I/JOK I f pict i \ f|\ . lif aUti lia^ a liiif lol of liorsi-v. latllf. A<-.. a -|>li'ndid lioii. I think on ^mne he is low. liiit his liitsiness lieiiii: an i'\|irriim'nta I oiif. sonif of lln- ;;rains run low. thus l»riii.ui",U down I III' lii'iifial a \ I'lai:"!'. \\ hi-at. l'7 Itiishrls pfr mvt-. < >at-.. 7 liarl eN, ■•■• 1- fase. I'O Timoi hy. I ', ton H ed I'lovi-r • iicfii iKin fodder. I'i tons |ifi aeif. La-l yi'ar oin' ki'int'l of forn |irodiicfd foiirii-rii stalks, thr iinitrd ■iiutli of which was ci^^hty-tiw fret. M r. 'r. < >. I )a\ is. a resilient of Print 'i .Mht-rt. took me into his garden. here I could >ef thai no --iieeial jiuins had heeii taken to foree an\- lliiiiu. hill still tlieiii'owth was w i mderfiil. .\ii aprieot tree tivefeet w hi-1 I : m ft. t; ill. luMh. will yi<'ld about *">() bushels per aere. Oats, sowed ]!lth .luiu', 4 ft. ]iiu,li. will yield about .10 bushels [ler aere. LadoUJt wheat, •') ft. Iiii,di, will yield about 'iO bushels ]ier acre. Ladoiira wheat, 4.1 ft. hii-h, will yield alxmt 40 bushels i»er aere. Kife wheat, 'M, ft. hiiih. will yiehl about L'7 bushels per aere. IJarlev, ready to rut, 4 ft. hi«>h. will \ ield about ")() busliel> per acre. .Mr. Miller came here j>oor 17 years auo, but he is now well ofV, ha\iiii; a l)auk aeeount reaehiiiu' all the way to W'iuuipei;'. He says he iiexcr misseOt): sold this year 10.'>fat wethers at •"?•"). r)0 each, and o.OOO lbs. of wool at 12 cents a pound, besides ."iOQ lam))s, which can be sold at any time tor S.") each. Mr. McArthur is imw a banker in town. .Mr. .lames Mair told me that in one year he had from '.10 acres 2..")00 1)Us1h1s of wheat : from S acres OOO Imshels of })ai'lev : from 12 acres 1,1.')0 bushels of oats. He has always had in'ood crops, except two y»'ars. which then yaxe him about l-") bushels per acre eai-h time. He came her<' in 1 SSO. And now. Dakota farmers, friends and neighbours, you who haxc had the courage, hope and life nearly ground out of you throULih th(^ 1 ; i:s() I ' K ( " Ks ( ) V w i:sT k k n v a n a da. •)•> wl lojiL! suu who mu.st iiiak»' a mnvc \«mv • tn ill*' wall, pt'ihaps iirxcr t»» rtH'ove!'. why not r(»iiH' tiii-^ wav .' Tliis )»hu'«' is near you ; tlic |)t'(»]iU' aiT the iiinst cordial, liic iiio^t hospitable. I rxt-r iiu't. They iutt only want you to ooinr, l)iit with oiit-stivtclied arms they Ix';,^ you to i-onu' find Ix- on»' of tlu'ii happy and ])i'nsperrMis group. The eliniate is mild and healthful, the land is fiee. the liarsest is sure, and the profit is I'ieh. With one aeeord, the )ie(»ple here all say. (■«»me. They will meet y oim' .»f their (•omj)any. .I.\.\IK> P.. Tlir SCOTT.* M(i.i.\i{i>. Kai'i.kC'o.. Sol 111 Dakotx. dl otn L'.:>OU ■.' aeres >t two He o ha\e ^h the Extracts from Report of Delegates from Spink County, South Dakota, from Aberdeen Station, November 18th, 1891 : W f left Alierdeen oii 1 Ith Sept•"' '" •'" bushels per acre. aiMJ llions,iii(|s of acres of it. We wcni oil to P.randoii and \isited the Sandisori farui. Here wf found three steam threshers at work and were infoi-meil by those in cliart;c that the section on whic-li lliev were working had turned out o\cr 40 liushels of wheat j»ei' acre, and in a circuit of eiirht miles it) tlii- \iciiiit\ w<' learned that the \ ield was from (.") to ."')0 l)Ushels pir acre. Prom P>raniloii we weni lo j'lince .Albert. We found this to lie a mauniliceiil L;i'a/,iiii; count r\ along the line of road. At Saskatoon w e ^aw four CM loads of tlin'c \ear old steei'> for- which the buyer |>aid >'1U e.ii'li. \\'eani\e(l al Priiic' .\lbert on the iii^hl of the l!Mh Sejiteiiliier .iiitl fi>und tlit'\- had as \ el no frost. Toiiiatoe^ and all \ eLfctaliles i;ieeii. Their tirst frost occiiiied on the L'lth September o\er a month later t lian in Spink county. Mr. 'I"i\i>ic>tt In ii'iw settled ill I'liui I- Allieit. ami mi aui- pn^" w ill !"■ t'lunni llis re|Milt iif the eilUlirTV. •J I KKSoriJCKS OK WKSTKHN CANADA. <)ii the tollowiu^- Moiuljiy uc ^nt tcjiiiis for the |.iir|»osf of looking o\fr tli<' Prince Albert country. We went on to Carrot l{i\cr and laniped tor dinner. Here some of our ])ail\ took up k'-tid, as we found it excellent for nii.xed farniin.u. After dinner we siai'ted on for Stony Creek, arrixinu at ■") j>.ni. We camped liei-e o\cr ni-ilit. and next day made a .selection of a township of land to which we intend ti,\ together with the letters of other partie^ from time to time, and we heartilv endoi'seall that thev contain and add that the story has not Iteen half told of the hidden w<'althof th<' Canadian Xortli-West. (Si.oned) AV. .1. Tl'KXKIJ. W. 11. IIOLCO.MII. ('. C. KLLIoTT. T. .JOXKS. ,M i;i-Ki'ii,. Si'iNK Cot N IN. Sol III Dakota. rriie al)o\e-)iiciit ioned gentlemen spent o\«m' a montli in the Cana- dian Ns hither and thither for tin' j)urjn»se of seeing the country preparatoiy to taking' uy» a homestead. Ma\ in^- done so 1 am hound to confess that in all my travels, and they ha\e hcen xcry extensi\'e, I have ne\<'r seen anv country sd adnni'ahU' adajited to the re(|uirenients of inimi<;'rants who are desirous xi eno'ay'in.n' in nnxed farndn^- or cattle 1 treed ii !,<••. The country hetwcen t-he rixers. with its hrustjue undulations, numerou.s lakes and picturesque hluM's ; the Wroad slopes of the P>irch Hills, and heyond the ('ari'ot llixcr. where the wide prairie studded with tind)er helts and intersected liv ripplinj;' hrooks seems to cr\ aloud for the settler. .Ml ;ire u'ood ; wood, water, haw are in ahund- ance. The exceedinu' fertility of the rich dark soil is e\ idenced hv tlu' luxuriant growth of the wild pea \ine, natural t^rasse-s :ind other l)epf- h;r tl>> thd sec lie of con III All the tha A^ IIKsoCIUKs ol" W IXIKKX CANADA. lonkitiu solllf nt llill.U'. .III. loll lit a •an iiiily soil and Wf coll ic Sfar. . and wt' has not Wst. > he (.ana- Mii'hboiir- f. Albeit . ISDl. 1 of this ticuhir, T LHfl about itluT iind baking uy> in all my seen any rants who dulations. the BiT'eh ie studded IIS to cry in abund- L-ed by the »tli(M' beot'- I'lodiiciny lierba-e. nv liile -ardei, v.-etahles of inaily e\ eiy descril.t ion can be l>rou<;lit t of >iimnier the heat is lcs> ,,),pivssi\e than in lMiro|.e. w hile t he night s are co..l and ).leas;ii,t . Of the winter I cannot yet speak from e\perieiice. lait no one seems to complain <.f the low temperature, and s e aj.pear act ual ly to .•on>ider wint'-r to be the mo>t pleasm;d»|e season of the Near. I liave c.mverscd withsexcral farmer-, here and elsewhere rejatixe to summer frosts, which I had heard spoken of as the b-igd.earof the .N'orth-Wcst. S ■ mm tell me that they never had a failure ..f their wheat crop from that cauM- ; others c..iifes> lo occasional damage, hut all agree th.it the best fariiH-rs suHer hut little, and that when failure of a croj. occurs it is to., fre«piently owin.n' ,„• other avoid- .d)le cau.M-s. Thi.^ year sumiiK'r frost jias l)een conspicuous b\ ii,s •'''^'■"'■'•- '"iiid the crop of cereals ,,f all kinds has been superb. I am. Sir. yours faithfully. (Signed) S. ||. S('l!(K;(;,s. PifiNrK Ai.I!i:i;t. Samx \i( iiKw \\. Sth No\.. I,s!)l. I tht iiiMicisioMed wish to iiinke tin- following report for the benefit "f intending settlers. ( )„ tli.' loth Mny. |S!»I. | |,.ft South Dakota and made a thorough trip of inspect i<.ii o\er Manitoba and the Nortli- \N est, and. after s|H'iidliig six weeks owrthe princij.al j.arts, I made up my minil to locate in the I'rincc .Mhert district. I went back to Dakota and took otf what croj. ! had and j.icked up (as well as a great imuiy more) and cmiL^rated t(. Prince .Mhert. I lia\c now- heeii heiv about two months. I have seen considerahle yrain threshed. I ha\f not seen any fro/en urain. the si-vi] heiny- n'ood ann cattle that lia\e ne\( r oeen f,.(| on an\ hay, or had any shelter, excej.t tli<- p(.plar -roNcs. and they were tat and looked well. There is an ahiindaiice of ura.-s, w 1 and .^ood water, and the land is good, and is in uoo.l (•onditioii for next s.nlsoh's .toj.. 'I'he weather up to date is \ crv tine. In conclusion. I would s;iy to the farmers in Dak. .la. (S.nie to Prince AllM-rt. where you will find a countrv that will so..ii repay v..u f.,rall ^'"'''""' l"-f ill Dak..ta. .\l,so. you will find a class. »f p.M.ple here that will do what they c;in t.> h.-lp \«iu. (Si-n.'d) JA.M KS CA.MKIIOX. •_M) ' KKSoriU'KS OF WKSTKIIX CANADA. PlUNCK ALMKIiT. N.W.T., !>th Nu\rnil)rr. 1.S91. y>\\ Dk.MiSius. \nu III) (Iniiht uduhl lie ,:;lji(l to lit'M f tr< »iii US in oit. of the coiiiiti'V from us at this dat^'. The chiiiatv hei-e, so far. is drliifhtful : w«' ha\ <• iu> w iiids, as we used to iiiidt'i'staiid them in Dakota : \vf' have had some (h'cidod fi-o;sts, witli a tluiiv or two of siiou. hut thr i;vouiid is ]»«M*fe<-tly hare )io\v, and is hkclv to he for a niontli \('t tri conir, out hriLfhhour s cat th' taking' can' of theniseheN. ('ro)is of the last season cxcct'dcd the most s;»ii'4uiii<' ('\]i('ctations. the yield of wheat a\ era^ins;' around on all sides of 40 hushels an aei-e. oats T") to |(J() husheN, and harley .")() hushels an aere. whilst eahhane, potatoes and other garden produets are simply iuunense, potatoes yieldinif at the fate of 7 hills to the hushel. and oh! what heaut ies : tlu'y would jtui Ireland to the l)lusli. Wood here, for fuel, is vcvy plentiful and cheai): we are now ucttinii' all w e n(.'ed tor t he taking". riioiii:h the crops yrown here are surpassiiioly excellent, yet, judyinj; from the numhei' and (piality of tlie horses, t-attle and sheep we see around us, we are forced t(t the conc'lusion that tliis is tlie sfnckiiiti if ■•< l„i rail i!^i\ here Keim; found the \ cry hest of pasturau'e and meadows, the he.st of water, and natural shelter without Hunt : whilst other shelter, such as harris, sheds, iVe., can he put uj» as c!iea[ily as in any pai't of the Wdild. And as experienced, practical farmei-s. we who ha\e made farnnn^' our life-lahour and studv'. we who lia\e owned and worked in i;ood countries as well as \y.\_i\, W(»uld say that wf are well pleased with our new home, and to our l)rotii(^r farmers in other parts of America, those wh(» seem to he stiu.ii'gliuL; au'ainst fate, to \ou. we. in all sinceritv, earnestness and t rut hfidness. ad\ ise you to come and cast vour (h'stiiiies in this niovt honntiful of houiiliful ctitat»K' icaiitu's W 111 ttm; t. ju ep we s('«', •focknicii, s meadows, ilst. other as m anv f tarnunn' in i;<)0(l 1 with our •i-ica. those sincerity, r destinies ^()TT, TEHY, l);ikota. '/'(> nil/ Frii'inis •i,ni \i ii/Ii/mu rs in linm-ii Ciuntti/. Smifl, Hiikitta. I left Aberdeen I Ml !th Oet.iher for the iMii-|»nse of e\;uninin a^ficultural resources i.f the Canadian Xort li West, Thos. (5re,i,% of ('L-irke e()iintv. Xext d; ^A tl U' ni eonijianv with IV we reaelien W inni|teu\ a splenchd city. Mr. CainpWell. (Jeneral liiiini,or;iti,,ii Aijent. met tisat tli -tation : sli<»wed us the aifricultiiral exhibit, then uoinj.;- on. Ileiewe -aw tlie j.iodiiets ..f the country from Calvary to the Red Hi\er. The (hsj)lay of nraiii. rn<.ts and stock was emaiirh t(» nladden the heart of any farmer. The horned stock w eiv the bcNt I (>\er saw in anv rnnntry. Kiom Wiimijx'i'- I went west t.» (,)u .\).).erie, whei-e I stoj.j.ed tw(t days, visitin«.j fi'iends wh<. showed nieoxer the beautiful <,>ir.\|>i>ell.' \ alley, and I wish to say that fof wheat u' io beat. .After ].artinn ^^ itli these kind friends we pushed west t. Cal«,'ary. a splendid irrowin^- tow II. h'rom there we went both to th^ IJed Deer, where we stt»))ped twoflavs look pronounce this a first-class stoek countr\. I- rowinu' that \allev is han inii over t he eoniit i\- W join there we went i( Kdmonton. Here we looked over l he count ry for twentv miles around, where e\ cry farmer t(.]d us tlun' wciv uiorc than .satistield lilinii' fee onl\ sjo. Donald I \('ars old ran file on a ipiarter sect ion »oss snowed us o\ cr l he Kd iiionton ills trict. He showed us lim(»th\ hav and -garden >luH' that excelled anv n iim.' w (> e\er saw Stoek of :in(l w itii S(»nth Dakota. ItriiiL;' 1)1!^- prices a> compared In conclusion. 1 t,cll niv friend-, that I tound tli c country mu<-li i'liat faiinei> better than the ayents at Aberdeen described it to me. desiring- homes cannot do l»etter than settle in the Canadian North West for the a.bo\ e and other reasons too numerous to mention. At \Vinni]>eu' ''^ c \isited friends who haxc farmed tl lere />.) vear and lia\-e iiia, so tar a> the >oil i> coneerned. althonuh it is mttre )»rokenu|>than the|»lHinsot' the lied |{i\ei' \ alley, it l»einy all more or less rullini;-. Now | j)le tldnk that they must .yo to l.ake W'imnpey oi- the Hudson l'>a\ t'oi- tish. hut we stayed hetween 'J and .■> hours at the creek that runs tVom Snake LakeloSwan Lake, and eauu};' in that time 2.'>L' pikes, with no more t'ormidaltje weapons than some willow sticks and onr hands, and it' that is not a i)iy cateji, I am sure tishing cannot he carried on with a less expeiisixe outlit. .M V opinion of' the climate, hased on the ellects it has had on me, is. that for healt hfuliie>s it cannot l»e >urpassed. ^'ours t ruly, Pkmiiina Co.. I)\k feet lU inciies. and will \ i*'!d on an a'.t'raii'c from l^.') husluds to •")."> l)ushels j)er acre, and much of the crop will, I helie\e, thresh o\er (i.'i hushels per acre. My ludthcr anil myself ha\e 1, ■*)()() to 2. ()()() head of cattle, princi- pally three and four-year-old steers, a choice herd. I find cattle do rcmarkahly well here. We haxcahout I •"►(,) head of horses, and as a horse country I Ixdievc .Mherta has no etpial. We lia\e also from 1,000 to L'.UUO sheej* iwar Calvary, and they do \ er\ well. In fact, taken all rountrici as a urain-L;rie oi' less »<'U' or tile the ci'cek time -iM-J tick.> find •aiiiiot l»e fill me, is. KALL. 1, isvn. (1 aj^fiin ill ^(1 to make Miiee tlieii ss as stoek Mirtunities that the re it must '.\[)erieiK-e. , as I ha\e Iso wheat, state that 10 inches. r, per aere. Is pel' acre, itle, princi- (1 cattle do s. and as a • also from In fact. e(]iuxl the L-k count rv. Hl'LL. |{KP(H{T()I" rnKNCII C.WADIAN I H: L K( ; AT Ks n:nM |)AK(»T.\ (..N THK (WNWDIA.X .Noinil WKST. l>i;\l;S||;. .\.'rnr,|i,m to .an- piolliisr. Wr furuaid Voll ;, ivpuft .»f '""• 'np to ,he (•.■.nad.an North West. W,- u,.,v to ivport impart ialh -Mil sal isfarlioii as \\««|l as oiir appoi nt iiifiit . We uriv not .loul.tilli: vour -ood faith. I.m as vol, u.-iv .eportilli; "II locahliesNMth uhich von ueiv i,.,l i„ all cas.-s |.,.V.s<,i,,., || v ar.|,i;, i,,t ,.[ we must coiif.-s that we cnterta in.'d some donl.ts. ''"""^^'"- "• '!"■ l''n.T voin ;,dvi..,.. wi. .•omminnraied uitj, .Mr. •^'''I""''l<"i- <""^"i- cut a-viit at Cal-arv. u ho placed hiiiisrlf ;,t 1 1 i>pi isa I. oiir '''■'"" <'"I^''IV ^V.. ,\vnsr ;dl the WaV to KdliMMK-.ti. Wr coiild havr usrd ihc railway vvhi.-h i> ahoiii .•oiii|.|..ted. hut u r pivfrr t.Mlri\ v. t" licticr jiidi:t' of thi' coiiiit i\-. Wc.'otdd iM.t sny that all .vr havr s.-ri, is ni.iformk ti,-s, ,.|ass land -■"id ..Mni.diy pr<.pitious tor mix,..! fanniim ; i,,,, l,ni what w.- ca,, with- out -■xao-erati-.i, afiirm is. that from iji,. |!,.<| |),.,, |{ iM-r to Kdmoiilon ■■""' ^P"'''".^- ''" '•""I'' l{i^c|■al,d lli-avvr Lak.^. .„, a dista mv of ox rr M»'> miles theiv iscoiiMtrv Nvhi.'h is ,.Nr,.||,.d iH.nhere and has all the ie.|nisii.'s fors,ir,-..ssf„ltariini,-. Th.' soilis imitormly ri<-li : every uh. 'le n\o.hI and prairi.- a v al.-.nt ii, e.|,ial pr..p..it i<.iis. |';,.si,i,.s such lar-c iiN-is.is the Ked he..r. the l'>alt|candth..Saskatchcsv.-,n. lliercis.piiic " '"""'•'''■ "^''-I'-cks and lak<'s: s c. like the Hufl'aloand l5<-aver lak.-s, '"■■ ^''■'"" I- '•• '•'' i"il''- l"'i',U. in H-iiich tish issai.i t.. he pi mit iful. And s\liat sh--iild count tor something also, t he app.-arance of th.. coiinlry i^ .|"'<'' i-'viM,,;: and pi.-t urrs,|ue. It is -'v.-ry where hut a sii, -cession -if line sloping hills, diversified with -r-.s-s ,,f w-.o.l ami lakes, which -ive I" ih,' whole cuntrv t he appeara n.v ..f a park. .\ltliou,uli the poplar '^"'' 'i-'''"'l"i of :; ilea. I are predominating vt iheiv is e\,.rvwhere enouiih spidc- for the ordinarv wants -if the settler. N\c mi-ht say that .dl the -•.m.itrv around fal.-arv and as far north as tlie Lon.' I'ine isa spl.-ndi also lai-vi- in Manitnl.a, and lai-ei' yi'l in the Saskiitehewan \alle\ . The spot we h.Mve selected for «. Ill' ef.iony is l'.ea\ef Lake. anrisin,u' as it may Mpjtear, all the cattle we have seen was I'c.lhii;;- fat. althout-h most of it had not l.een staWled durino- the winter'. Another point in favoin- of the country is the total absence of the hot winds sometimes so disastrruis in southern and western Dak<»ta. The pact of Dakota in which we live, that is. the lied lliver valley, ranks hi,uh as an auricnhurnl country, yet tor those who have children to settle, or those who want to yo into mixed faiMnintri.-t ,|,i. .,.,.„„ I.as I,,...,. .Ureat. iH.tl, as.o.,ua.,li,y ,ui.| .,ualitv. <),... tan„..r near .1,,. ,„un tl.reshed ]-JJHm l„..|,els of .rain fr..,,, -Jj:. aere.. his u h.-a, ,ivi ..w-r 10 liusjit'ls til tile acre. This, rip s.,s.,isfi..d ,„.. ,ha, I iM,..n,lat .nearivdav ,.. ...nv.. n.v taiiiily and etiert.N ,., I'Mmoiunn. ViMirN \erv truK. U(')iJi:K'r iiKii). .I\()r> r.isr < )|.-ircK. Kittscn (',,., Miw. Winmim;.;, -^'Anl X,,\ |,s<)| Dkak S,,: llavM,;, l,....n del.-^ated hv a nn.nherof n.v „eii.hlH,urln..- -mhes u, M,..hi,,.n ,.. u,sp..,., ,h.. ue.,..rn territories ..f ( 'a„ada I lyt, Mu-hiuanhUein A,,;,,,., las, . arriv i,.^ in K,hn..n,..n ,„, ,h.. |Uh NHpte.nher. Fron, that tin,e| ren,ain..,l in ,1,. Kdni.M.ton distH.-t to "■''!•;";" '"^•-'^'^-t.nnu,h..s,. ,s n,hs(t,-ave||,.da .Meal '" -"'v h...l ,hr..shi,„. The -n.pleof.,.ainis,.xn.||..n, an.l,h.. viel.lfar '•x.-v.ln.u ,!„. tarn.ers own e.xp,...,a, ions : uj.,,, u..,, U> ,o :„) hn.heU '" ,"• '"■'-• ■^--Xi";, ahou, i:,: l,.rley lo ,o oO. an|..androo,sshou.Mlas,il| v reniark- •'''l<'^n..th. I.au H fanner di,,in^ up l.H)lM.dH.U of potatoes uirh 1m:> .nan.Mv fork, and so di-l eaeh of his a.Ms,an,.. an.l I saw n.anv a ealtl.aiic wciohinn- IT) (,, oo ||,^ 'n.,-so,lis,,.h,oa„.x.raordiuarvde^re...as ahov. n.entione.l ,„o- ''•''•'-""H,^ -nfs. \V-t<-.-is plentiful and of tirst, . lass, .nalitv.s.'.all l'-l<"- iHMn. tound ,n many plae... a> w.-ll as running' streams Tin.l,er |spi-.t,ful for tann u.. an.l l.u.ldin^ purposes, and hesides a never tad,n.suppK "^^.-...Kleoal.whieh a fanner ..an, aken-ouMhe hanks of 'l->H-.atehe.anandloa,l his u aoo,.„ ^Vee of ehar;,e. All , hes. pro,, ••••t'<-^ <";iil'im-r(riiili.f. |S!t|. l>K\i.' Sii!. Il;i\iii;f jiist rtliniit'd tVum a v i>il Im tin- ( ';m;i(li;iii N'tiitli W't'vl. iti t<>iii|i;iii\ uitli .Mr. W in. Ililcliir. nt ( J lat'tnii. vvc. the iiiiili'isi;;iM'(l t'.iiiiit'r^ i>t Nitiili hakni.i iiml .M iiincvuia. ui■^ll to iiifikc I In- tullKU iiiy ir|iin'l : W'f \isiira.s,>^rd tor yrain-i'aisiny; or nnxed tainniiy. 'riifir ai<' iiiiinlicilt'.>.»; yuud ni<'adMU>. and it wuidd Ih' liat'tl td find a t'aiin willioiit a i^nod ^luxr uf' |ii)|ilai'. s|»iuiT or laniarai' in tait, all ilir unnd n^'l•t•s^ar\ tor laiildiny |Hir|Misf>. riicrr i^ an aliinidahfr ut' rjrar. tf('--li water in all parl^ and Liood Itnildini; Inndifr <'an In- IdMi^lit fVoni s | .") tiiSJS |K'r i.Ottt) tret. I''incr cattle and v||f('|» we Iia\e ni'\er seen. The climate is al that can I "c desired, a.s it is not nearl\ a-- cold there in l>ecendier as it was in hakota and Minnesota in No\end»er. when wi' left the lied IJiver \alle\. ( lood coal can lie had all aloni: the l>anl\s of' the Sas kalchewan and StiirLii'on rivers for the takniL; out, nr can l»e i)oii:^|it at the |iit t'orahont •'"^1.7") per ton. W'e lia\ e no hesiiai ion in a I \\'i\Mi'i:i.. Hit h .1 line. IS'.il. The following is a report of three gentlemen from Cooperstown, N.D., who spent several weeks last spring in inspecting the Canadian North-West : < )ii arri\ itiii' .'it \N'innii>ey w e t'ound a heaiitiful citv ot" L'7,00<> in- hahitaiits. with lariies(»li. ot* |io|ilar. Iniililiiiu I all i»ail< |.ri- l.IMM) mat*' is ;il •mltrr as it t tin' liftl it' tlif Sa^- Wt" hoiiuli' ■ t lirir foii- ; I'l'oadv it-u . wliicji s\jis a>. t'ai' N\f'>.| as davliLflit Would )M'lliiil olir xft III;; lilt- collllllN, Wt' tlicil | iioct'tdcd to llryiiia. idr rapital of ijic (treat North \\ evf Tci lit oi'ie>. and lier<' s\ e found a ^ood aLii'ieidi Ileal country for mill > aioiind. W f also noticed tlie fine siili-laiit ial linck liuildinj;^ jn tin- town, uliidi vliou-, that enier- |irisin;^' luisiness men ha \ e fait li in I lie low n a^ w ell a-> I lie >ii 1 1 oimdi iil:* country. l-'roiii lirre we look the •• IJei^iua and Lonu' Lake Itailwav " to Prince Allierl, and after reacliiiiL; Saskatoon, aiiil from tliei' north to I'lincc Mliert. we found a counliy that cannot lie excelled for iiii\ed taiiiiinu. Noll can -i;M-cel\ tiiida section witlioiii lot,-, ot lia\. tiiidier. fie-h watei and aralile land ; we were told that that same sirelch of country extends as far west a.s t he ilocky .Mountains alon^thc \al leys of t he Saskal chew an. We iiesl |irocecded to ('al;^ai\' ; there we foUIld a heailliful town. ;'p.')tK) of a )'o|a;lat ion, with liiiildinu's i hat would lie a credit to a town I hrce tiiiie.-^ its ]io|)ula t ion. with a tine countr\ surroiiiidini: it. I'ro ccedini; noithward on the " ( 'a lL;ai\' and I'ldiiiontmi mad. we also found a country that is hard to heat. I'rairie dottetj with i;ro\ es of -,|iruce. jioplar and |une, also nllmerou-^ small lakes and creeks of fresh water : a |)ark like coiiiitry in it s ajipea ranee. The soil is from oiH to four and adialf feel in de|illi of Mack loam with a liea\ \' sul»- *■■ soil ill fact, we think this and the rriiice Alltert district t he yarden of the N.irlliW'esl. We w ish to e.xjiress oui' a|)]ireciat imi of t he kindness and at tent ion shown Us iluiinuoiir li\edays \ isit to I'rince Alhert. where we were Will iecei\cd and uixen escry facility to insjiect the outKini;' districts. I", l;. K INC. .1, !l. .M( Donald. A. T. I'.oWDKN. ( 'ocqieistow n. ( J I'iiiiis Co., North Dakota. rUK CANADIAN NOimi WEST. Siii;iio Laki:. AssiMitoiA. L'nd No\.. 1S91. \N c, the u. ndeisi;.;ne(I. formerly from South Dakota and now located ill the \ieinily of Slielio Lake, .Vssiuilioia. arc well satisfied with our locations, and tiiid it to he as ydod as leiiorted hy the agents at Aher- deeii. ^\ e windd ad\ ise any man who wishes to l;o int(» mixed farm- ing to ciuue and se,. this country, as Mc think it is just the jilace to make money. 'I'liere is plenty of timher for hiiildini;-, fencing and fueL :u Kfc:S()l JICKS Ml W KSTKIIN ( ANAKA. TImT'- iilf ^oiiir iM'filll it'lll lal|>lillU>. ;i U'xmI lirli soil flliil j>l«'iity \\ In\. .1 ACdIl M \l IIKI{. Ku. .M \l liKlf. W\i. .1. M \i iji.i;. h'li \\i\ Kr( III i;. II 11 \i,si'i;.\h, |{. T. ( 'amm \('K. Cm \\< ^ II iNDs. .Mkimmit Ai'.stiv. CiiiMsr. r.i i.K. W. A. .Mu|;|■:^. A. h. M(('i.i i!i:. (i. r.. W if.Tsi;. I''i{i;i). I'\<;i;. ( ;i;o. \'|MII ((ST. .1 . ( '. M \i;kii \m. ( ). ( '. M AltKII AM. I » \Mi;i, ( ' wii'iii;!.!,. ( iii,r,i;i!i ( 'ami'I'.km., 'I'. ( "(tltM;!!, John |)|{i:!i;i;. J. I'. I )i{i:ii;i!, W'm. Ilni,s('iii:i;. I'Ho.M 1511 ILK ('(»rN'r>'. A lilill.K ( ul N TV I \|{\|i;i! \l>l»S SoMKIIIINr; in illl, I'l! MSi; or TIIK Nokiii w Ksi'. Ill; IS sA'iisi'ii;i) iiiai' riii; r\N\i>i\\ noici'ii-svivS'I' IS A r.iM.n i'i,\<'i; I'oii A ii(>\ii:. mm.; ^(>l m; m w's si rci:ss in f.mmi- |\t. IN iiiai CnrN'IKV. ( 1 i;N'ri,;;M KN. I'lrin^ (ni iii\ way tVoiii tlif Si«iitli haknia coldiiy, Assinilioia. Canada, I just ilr(i|(]»c() oil' licrc tn tell you as yoii kimw I wi'iil troll) r>nilc coiiiit \' last >|iriii!4' I t'aiml tin- country imich hcttcr than v^int:. A car t'ron Alieideen to ^'ol•ktoll will cost me sr'"^ : hilt slock is so muci) hiulier in ManiloWa than South J)iikota thai I he dill'erence will more than pay the c()st of transjioi'ta- tiou. Cows in .\ssinil)oia are wdrth S.iO toS|U ; all other stock in jiro]>ort ion. < )n my claim t iiere are fort \ acre> of nice luish : the soil is as ^(lod as is t(» i)e found anywh ''e. and thi>- is j)ro\('d hy the enormous L;row t h of oats, l)arley and rooi s L;iown on lireakin^ in the «-olony this year, Ne.xt .summer. I lieliexe, a railmad will runtiirouyli the colony to Prince .Mhert. 'i'he settlers wijl then have a railway at their doors. I tell ail mv friends in Ihiile coiuiiv that I have settled nKSnrilCKS n|.' WIISTI'IIN ( .\\.\h.\, an -nil aixl ,1 im;. SK, HMT, II \M. Ul AM. MI'lli:!.!.. OII'llKM., llltli'. In'li<\ illy it I" Ik' lll^l ill"' pl.lif In limki' il LTtMid IliiliH'. Mi\r(| till iiiiiiu !'<•> ^ s)»li'iiilif mk t'liiint i-y I in'\ n >.i\\ i In- ii)iiiil ; Iiuiidrril-' of >t<'t'i«» '.old f|ii> t'.i" ri^lit n|] iho ;;niss t'oi' t'oiir fi'iits mi tin- Imnt Nt'Sl Aiiiiiinti llicii' will l)c lot v ,,t' wiiik on ilic lnuldiiiu ot" I ill' lailuav l'!\ fi \ liod V I uh-I iImmc "•••niii'd roiil rnti'd. Moiii'V s\as pl'iits. and ilicif ai'' iio iwo jM-r rent a imiiitli lifnd^ llii'i'i-. Taxes ai«' vt'iv lou, and mohfs onls riylil jici (riii jicf iniiuin iio l>oiui"«. ^ oiiio I rnly. n;i:i). moiiii. ( 'il \\iia:i;i,\iN, IiIM i i: ( 'oim ^, S. i ). Kl!. I a;, iiKi; <\: ol" TIIK OllTII-WKS'l' ;s IN KAIOI- ita roloiiy, (ai know 1 uch Ix'ttcr ct iiai near plenty ot' 1 log house ()\\ on my a\e there orkton will han South t ians|)orta- r stock 111 1 : the soil ed hy the ing in tlie un thi'ougli railway at a\-e setti«'d WHAT TWO W i:iJ, KNOWN SolTII l>.\Kn'|\\ I'A |; M i:i;s SAW IN Tin: I'ANAIH AN N( MI'lli W liS'l'. '/'(/ /)///■ /'/•/' iii/s It ml .\ ' if//iliiiii I's II/ lli'nti'ii ( I'll nil/ : We let'l Alii'i'di'eh. S. ] >., '.I( h Se|il. I'ol llie |>UI'|io,sr nt" esahliliinL: I lie aui ienlin I al i exairees itt' t lie ( 'an;it suhstantial '•it\ ot lt^-^i/.e w f e\ ef >,i w . N'egetahles and small tViiit ot ;dl d<'^eri]i lion.'., I'letween W'inni]ieL:- and ^'mkion. a distance of i'?'.' mile-, we s.iw ihe linest clops that wre\cr saw in onr li\e^: nats, wheat and l>;iile\-. I'riiin ^'oiklon we ilrovf into the Smith i'akoia culonv. a (li.>- tiiiiee <>t I •'» leile- We e\amiiied this ciainliy cai'ctiilly. ami t'mind it ,i \er\' tine giaiii ;iiid ^tock country. ,uid plenty ot wood, water. Iia\ and grass. We met the '^l'e;iter nUMiher ot" the South hakola coloiii'sls. and tailed to find .'i sinu:le one di,--,it i^lie(|. We returned t'roiii t here to Poila^e, .ukI t'lMiii there we went wi'>l to Kegina, passing immense lields ot' \v hciit iilonii' the route, witii e\ idences ot' prosperous t'aiiners on all -idcv W (■ spent two diivs in the Ileginii distriri. and |ironoiince it .1 lirsi-cla^s soil t'or .igrieult ural purpose.-. S;iw some of the tine-.t cattle aid --liecp tli.it uc e\er saw. Three veji r( ild heifer^ that would weigh 1 ..llMI 1. 1 I. 100 |>oiinds. selling t'or .-^."iL'.Oi » each. I'liiin here we \vent to Prince Alhert. a distance ot" L' I 7 miles, a prosperous town of 1,10" inhahilanls. contaniing sa.w mill>, gi'i-'t mills, schools. cliurche>, and sleaiiiiioat laiidini;'. Krom tlii< pl;n'e we dro\i' sixty miles south-east in ('arret lli\er settlement ; found e\er\l)ody prosperous and hard at work secnrinL;' their innueiise crojiof grain. Mr. iicattie stated that he helped .Mr. Cameron, one of jiis lu'iii'hhour.^, tlire>li •"> 1 7 liushels of oats from >i,\ u 36 HKSoritClls ol' WKSTKIIN CAXADA. acres, and t'r<>iii tliirt v t liiiM' lojids of slioaxcs lie tliicshcd HOO liiishcls (»f wheat. We t'fiuinl llie t'aiiii! rs ,d' |ir<»spei'(>us : llioroiinhly >atisti»Ml witli their jil'<(Sj)rets. The jhmjm' w c met all lonletter than we expected from the descrij)tion i;i\('n i>y the ayents in Ahei'deen. \\ f desire to say to our friends and neiyhhours in South hakota who are not satisfied with theii' success here, that tht'V can make a siu'cess liiei'c. with a little means and theii' own labour. HKi). WKNTW'Oinil, \\ (i. wKNTwoirni. 28th Sej.temlxr. IS'.) I. 7'i' otir I'^rn litis utiil .\ I Kililioii rs m flu' nninfi/ <>f .[hirdn n. Sinith l)iil,i>f(i : I 1 coui})liance with your sui^iicstions that we should examine the ('aradian Xorth-\N'est n(»w open for settlement, and especially that jior;ion known as th<' Toachwood (hstrict. where our former iu'ii;']i- 11- )a 11' h(»urs ha\(' located durini;- the ])ast three unuiths, we wi^nt to Wini pe:i'. where the a,uents of the C anadian Pacilic llailway and Manitol and North Western Railway kindly iia\<' us i i-ansporta,tiori o\-er the respecti\e lines, and went direct to Yorkton, the javsent terminus of the latter road. Heic we were met hy friends who to(»k us out to the l()c-iiti(tn <•■*■■ the Dakota colony at Sheho Lake and showed us the settle- ments, together with the unoccupied laiuls W e ha\c no hesitation in 11 n<;' we have saving' that a finer spot foi' a poor man to d(» niixiMJ farii never seen, containing-, as it docs. j)l('nty of timber, water and natural hay, with an <'le,ua lit sandy loam, with wild fruit in ahundance, yanie noose to a prairie chicken, and an abundance of of all kinds, from a i fish in the lakes. It is not (uir intention to write a book in re<;ar(l to this country, but we do say to all th(».se w ho know us, that tliev can confidently acc.-j>t the representations which lia\(' been made to them of as I W (I Olll th ti> su Co« i;i:s(>(i;('i:s of wi'xrKKN ('.\n.\i».\, •) I i) l)iishcls tied with if hciiltli, (' t'ouiid it [ when we 1 that tlu' H'V looked 11(1 uiidei' (1 u'ct I tilt lieautit'ul id it iiim-h aye 1 its in •s in South t they can Olll'. irm, KTH. /re II. Si 1/1 f It xaniine the 'eially that inef neiji'h- t to Wiuiii- il Manitoba I o\ef theii- teniiiniis of s out to the s the setth'- lesitation in inii' we have and natural dance, ijauie hunt lance of in reirard to iiat they can lade to them l»y .\^l•Mt-^ W fUstiT aiid llolnie^. that t Iwir dt--cfi|»t ion (\,)r> not come tip to the it-ality, ;iiid s« . far as we could learn there iieNcr has lieeii a failure from droiii^ht in that couiHry. and im croj.s lia\e Keen lost tlirouuli frost, where the uraiii has been im: in in a reasonable time. In fact, we foiiiid ( vrvy inviwi^y prosperolls. >\itli the prospects of a ^ivater crop this year than e\er hrfore. We can only add that the Canadian ( >u\ ernmeiit ui\es i (lO acres under their homestead law . w liidi for slu tijini;' fee eiial»les a man toobtain a home in three vears ; where inierest is oiil\ S per cent ]ier annum and taxes are (»iil\- for school puiposes about S| per year on a (juarter sect ion. and *iio personal pro]ierty tax wliate\er. W'e recommeiid to tlio.>e wIk* ha\e not l)een aMe to make a livini; in this country that in no part of this continent, can the\ obtain as yi.od ;i home in as short a time as tlie\- can in the ( 'anadian Nort h West . WM. H. CII.VP.MAN. THOS. MKrFKLFTXCF.n, WM. IIFFFKLFrX(;FJ{. .\m;i;i>i;i-,\. I 'tih .hi!\-. \x\)\. WI|.\T TWO SIMNK CorXTV F.MJ.MFIbS S.\W I N ASSIMF,()L\. A|!HI;I)I;kv, S. I>., Kith Septemhei. 1S<.)1. by sou. We went direct to Sei-. b Tn. .'SC. Ibiie-'e !) west of L'n(i .Meridian, as recommended to us by (apt. Ibilmes. arul were more than pleased witli it. ha\in<;' found it to he a beautiful natural park, containing; excellent soil, fine i;ro\es of timber, and a lake acc(-.Ml)le to every tjiiartcr of the section, containing; ei^•h^ v acres of lira tirsl to examine, as every one so tar is well satisfied. The first frost was tV-lt in the colony on the b'itii Sepieniber, and we saw excellent wheat which was sown the first of May, and for \ei;etal)les we belie\e no country on earth can surpass it. Tiuu' does not permit us to further en la rL;e on the It.'aiitiesof this country. Ihil we sum it up by saying' that we have located on See. :38 KEsorPvCKs OF \vi:sTi<:i(X ( anada. 1 ill the t-olniiv, and hclicNr I hat uc liH\(' stru'.-l< a jxTt't'et. country for mixed t'anninii'. 'S'oui-s \('i'v trulv, \\ V. LAHAIK, ('. s. iiii;r(;iv\. WHAT A lilJOWN CorXTV KAiniKi^ SAW. ^'<> nil/ l'\'ir)i>h nml ^\ iii/Ii/xi/i rs i n lirairii ('oniifi/, S.D. : I left Alx-rdccii L'Ttli Aiiu'ust, ii^v the [lui'jxisc <»f cNamiiiiiiu' the auriciiltural resouircs of the CaiiadiaM NoithAVest, with a \'w\\ of .settliiii;' llici-c. Next day J ani\<'d at Winnipeg, a iiiaunitirent city full of life and business: here Mr. Hdeii kindly i;'a\e nie t ransoortation o\('r his road to 'N'orkton. the present teiMuinus ; fi-oin here I (h'o\-e forty-ti\(' miles to L:do I called llKSoriiCKS (»|' WKSTKIJN CANADA. ■M\ uiitrv t"(»r A IK, HJKX. iiiinn' the I \ it'w of 'uviit (.'ity -collation (' I (ll'dNC colnny is I luc \vitli t'lKi »lr(»\e •t take Die m (III tlic H". l^h'iity Wiiiiiipou' r\('st was ices. 'Vhe dp lusidii, lliaii the ;■ llu'r<' t(» tinii. • i:ii:i{. us. and in lilt' til the )ii lookiiii; staleiiH'iits (1 failures. o' ti> their h Dakota. ;■ coloUI'S, I . >M I called on .\! r. \\'( listc!-. 1 iH' ciniyrat ion ai^eiit at .\l»('reL;'. .Maiiiltilta. ()ii iii\ arii\;(l in N\ innipi'i;. a tiiir, sul)staiit iaily laiih fity of L'S.OdO inlialiilant>. I iiniiifdiat ••! • callod mi A. V. Ivleii, l'!st|.. land coiiiniis- sinncr iif t he Maniloha and Xoi'tli Wf^icni Kailway. who rcccix cd mc \fi\' kindly, ami after jni'scnt iiiu' my let teis nf int loduet ion I wa^ijixen free 1 1 ans]iiirtat ion to the )ii'eseiit terminus nt' t heif I'ail way "J?" indes and return. < 'n leaving' W iiinijieL;' the train passes throimh a fine s\ heat -Lirowiim' e's. I had t he plea- sure df piclciiiL!' nil the trees and eaiiiiu'. WC had frust in Sduth Dakota twd weeks liefdre. and I was surprised tn learn that there had heeii no frost out there, and Id prd\f it I lireimht lidiiic a tdtiiato plant, which e\t'i\ one knows is \ t'r\' sensiti\t\ that slaiws not the least >i;.;n of lia\ iiiii hecn alVci-ted. I also liroun'ht home a tine sample dt wheat, oals and ]iotatoe^. the wheat and oais standing;' in the field up td my shoulders. ThcN' ddii't k iidW wli.at la-aders are in that cdimtiy. I ^isi^ed sdmeof the didcr s<'ttl(M-s ui the \icinity df ^d|•ktdn. and I eiKpiire fi'din i hem the prices thev L;dl fdr cattle. .\l r. I'lrnie sold o-year-dld steers for ."->•")•'»: .Mr. I{eed sold i' year-old >>t<'er> for SIH). (Last sjii'in^ I w as ( itf'ereil. in W'.al w mt h county. S. D.. Sj.'lper head for .H'ood cow^. I Mr. I'\'rnie's wheat last \ear went tliiriy-ti\e iar-hels, oat< sixty Wushels. Mr. Deter W'under has a lake dii hi-, farm df nice, clear watc". odt a \-i-i-{\ or a ru>.|i near it, and nice ^'lax el lidttdin. (Idiiii;- out on the ice last winter the hdttdiii cdiild iidt he found with a •"')<) f»^)ot pole 1 met with a \ounu mao out there who had pist arri\ ed frdiii Pdi'tiand, ( )reL'(iii, .and he said that j^art df t he ( "anadian Ndrt h West w as just like < h'eiidii. diily laud in < )reii"dn was SJOl) jier acre.a nd it had tn l)e cleared df St umji-.. hut thei-e land wasffee. He was so charmetl witji 40 II KS( MUCKS ()!• WKSTKIIN CANAhA. tlir coiiiitrv that lie 1 t'Icuiajilicd t<» l'i(liiiun(is (•duiity. S. I ).. t'nr liis t'atlu'i" and Wrotlicrs to renin' riulit away. lie lius clioscii a ^('l•ti<»l) ;iihI n-lialf for tlicm and Idnis.'lf. I niyx-lt' lia\c not seen such a nice coun- \vy since 1 left Kn^land. IwciUy ycai-s au'o. I am so well |>lt'ased with it and liaxc so much coiilidciicc in the country that I haxc taken a half section fof mv son. who is |S years old. and myself. Any citizen of Walworth counsv desirin;:' inforniMtion and will call on me, section ."»•'», lownshi)) \-\. raniic "(>. I will w illinuly iii\'e it. I was near forget tin, u' to say that the wind does n<»t prevent [)Uttin;;- u|i liav, as there is Ncry little. They sow two husliels of wheat to the aci'e. and thi'ee Inisliels of oats, so j)eo|ile who have li\ed in Wisconsin will know what the country is like. \VM. I )K AY TON. r»ant;or, Walworth Co.. S. I ), WHAT A W'F.LL. KNOWN I'.lloW'N Col' NTV rAinilvI{ S.VW. iSth SepKMuher, 1S91. 70 niji Fi'ii H'ls din/ .\ ''/'//i/)"ii I's ill Ih'Dirn Cninifji^ Smith Diikufa : On the "jth of SeptenToer 1 left .Xherdeen for the purpose of examining' the au'ricultural resources of the Canadian Noi'th-W'est ; next day I ;)i'ri\('d in W'innij^ej;', a l)eautiful 'ity containiiii;' niai>nitieent pul)li(.' i>uildinii's and eleizant stores. On the Winnipeg market I saw roots and vegetal )les that cannot he surpasse(| in an\ c()unty. I jirocui'cd tiirouyh A. V. Eden, land eoiii- niissioner, fi-ee transportation to Vorkton, the[)resent terminus of the )ailroad. I'Vom Yorkton. we dro\e I ■') miles tii Lake SheluN where the South Dakota colony is located. I examinee! this district earefullv. and pro- nounce it a tii'stclass section for mixed farming' and especially for stock-raising'. There is wood and wat<'r. hay and i^'i-a-ss in al)u idance. The .settlers are all hiuhly pleased with their new homes. The colonists told me they would not return if uiadea pi'e.sent of tluir farms free of mortua^cs. Returnin;;-. we sti)pj»t'd utl' at Nepewa, a nice town, and examined I he country north t(( the Ividin;.;' Mountains. This place is a stock- mans paradise. |{KS()ll!('i:s OF W KSTKIIN (ANAhA. 41 t'ol' 1 lis rtidii and lice cnUll- iised willi" If :«'ii Ji \\ii f (.'itl/Cll <» ('ft ion .")">, Ill (•(tiiclusioii, 1 till iii\ fi'iriHJs I t"(»iiM(l tlic r(iniiti'\' lifttcr tli.-in tlic ;i|Ct'iits ,it AlM'fdt't'ii icjirivsciit cij il In inc. and a> •^niin .is I I'aii r(im plftf arranufincnts. I ,'iin U'linn' to xltli- in that ciiniilry. nil. \iim> I I'uh .1. 11. \\IIJJ.\.MS. ( )nl\v;i\. S. |). it i)Uttiii,u' eat to the W ISCOllSlll Co., S.I). Il SAW 'jIV S91, />- oj'IMoN. (1i.\I'1,i;mi:\. Ha\iiiu- heard u ureal deal in le^.ird to the Nnrtli rejiresented liy yon. and ha\iim li\cd tor the ii;i->t nine \e;iis in West Fan Ik count y. Sou t li I )akot;i. I decidetl to ^o to t hat count r\' and invest i l>;ate it. with ;i view to settle there if suited, and to >/\\r thclteiielit of my iuNCNt illations to my iieiiilil jours, who. with me. Iia\c Inst their lalioiii' in trying' to raise cro|is in this State. The fojlowini;' is the r<'suh, which can lie relied on. and is tiue in e\ f\v part icidar : I Ict't Alicrdecii on the inorninL;' of IJie lOth of Sfpicnilier. arri\inLt' in \\ iniii]»ei:- on the lllh. wliere I stayed o\-er a few hour.-, to sec that maii'iiiticci't city of lio.OOO people, and arrived at ^'orktoll, the ]u'esent terminus (?+■" the Manitoha and North- WCsteni l{ailwa\ on Saturday ni^U'ht. -At this point I not a team, and droxc out to the hakota col(»n\, a distance of |(> miles, tiirou^'h a lirst-class country for mixed fari.iiiii;', and y'oi there on Sunday excnini^'. H ere I found a settlement of some I'OO iieoplc. all from the \icinity ow of Aiicrdecn: (hey left there on the iJltli of .\])ril last and are n settled in \iciiiity of '•Slielio Lake, "" li;i\iiiLf each more oriels acres in crop on sod iiroken this siuinu', with a yood prosjtect of !<• to •»(> of oats to the acre, .'iOO to 1')') husliels of potatoes and turnips, which will ^o 'M) ton-, to the iicre. I found the settlers all jU'ospercuis. every (Uie lia\ iiii;' a ^dod lo^- house and out 1 mi Id in LI'S, pleiit \ of ha\", w eicli run> on the prairie one and a half to two tons per acre, and in the natural ineujows three to four triiii.; ci^'cks. or hy diifuinu' from ](> I J KKSoriU'KS oK WKSTKKX CANADA. In .")() t'ci'i, and till' soil is rich IicmukI hrlict", li;t\ iii,u' an a\(M'a-i;e depth of ] I it» l'O inches of rich I'lack loam aw in Miv life. Corn, tonialoes, turnips, celei'v, [)ease. cahha.u'e. and in fact all kinds of ^'arden stuti", are sinipJN' wonderful. 'rhe\ must he seen to lie pr(»|)ei'ly a))pi'eciate(l. Cattle hriiiL; hi.u' prices as compared to what they fetch here. T saw ■'i-year-old steeis aiM,' heifers which sold for four and fotn- and a-half cents |iei pound on the hoof, and wciiLfiied from twehc to fifteen hundred pounds each, (lood cows are w oil h forty to fifty dollars each, and hoys are worth six tosexen cents a pound. Horses w ciyhin!;' thirteen to fourteen hundred | ounds each are worth S2.")0 if sound and not oxer ei^ht years old. In conclusion. ha\ iny Itet u delenated 1)\' my neinhhours to see the Canadian North West, and report things as I saw them, I shall close this \)\ saying' 1 \\n\v no intention (tf lioominn the country. ! do not intend to conxcy the im)^re-^sion that ;i le.'in can L;d there and li\eon t he hest wit liout woi'k. I am free to state that the c(»uutr\ has the drawhacks incidental to cNcry new country. I Uunw that :f a man does not ,i;et his i;rain >own until the 1st of dune (and there are u)any there who do not) he may e.\j)ect fr(»/en yi-ain. I>iit this I Ai) state without feai' of contra- diction, that a man can i^o to that country with a uood team either oxen or hor>es. Wxc or six cows and a few head of yoiin,u' stock, and with iiood health, and he can lie a rich man within the next ten years. This may >eem like a l>i,L;- statement, hut so far frt)in t'xa,ii:<;-eratin,y' 1 h;i\e not told them half of what I saw. It is truly a wonderful country, and when the railroad is complettHl next year, I do iu)t l»elie\t' a secti f (!o\('rnn;ent land can he obtained within "JO inih'> of the road. I remain. ( ientlemen. ^'ours vi'vy truly, H. K. HOHTON. 1 he toUow iuL;- Is a copy of the testimonial signed Ijy a number of former residents ot the State of South Dakota, who. liaxin;^ been un.siu- cessful there. rec.Mitlv left it tor the Noi'tliAVest Territ(.ries of Canada. i!i:s()(R('i:s OF \vi-:sti:i;n tanad/x. Al] age (leptli li()p}»ing a \\ ()\er two lomatot's, 1 stuti", are L-iated. !•('. T saw and a-lialt' to tiftoeii t'tv dollars ^s wcigliing sound and to see the shall close ! do iiul and live on s incidental ;et his grain 1 do not) he ir of contra- team eithef ; stock, and Ki ten years, aggerating 1 a wonderful v, I do not hin "JO miles lOHToX. a nunihei- of g been unsuc- es of Cai\ada. Most of thru, were ongiiially from Kl-i,, ('.„,, ity. ()nt;iiio. ,,imI the I'lMiiaindt'i- ;irc A nicrican.s. V«>|;kTo\. N.W.T., iL'tli .May. |S'.l|. Wc, ihc und.Msi-i.rd. fMinicrly ivsi,!..,,t > of the State ..f S,,„th ""''^"^'^- '^"'' ""^^ locate.i ii, Touiiships ;;o and :!|, Kan^cs 11. | u. || Mn.l IL'. west of the I'n.l I Vi , u-j , ,al Meridian, hein.u uhat Ts kn'ouii ;». th.. T.Miehwood dist.iet. her.. hy eertifv that tli,- representations ,„ad.. ''>■ V'-rnts W. A. WehsK-r. Alfreoll. And ue drsire that thi^ testim..nial may he printed and circulated um.Mi- or,r torna-r neighbours in llrown. Macphers,,n. K.hnun.U and Marsliancounties.il, S..utli I )ak..ta. anii( -1. [-; ()i>|.:(,i„ A. L. ( 'mil;. l-liiW Ai;h E. ( 'llAI'M AN. If. .M( ( "on\i:m,. recommend • II made ind -M i;s. ( 'ovN, II. W. Lkavitt, Im;ank Lean ITT, •b'llV .MAIiSDIN, ('. S. \'an Dvkk, <:. 15. VouNo. Jamks Sc hi; a.m. I". .1. [•hick. II. N\ (tonw oi t rsl ify, nftri' (■\;iiiiiiiiii'4 the 1.111(1 ill the N'l 'it li AN't'st 'rt'i'i'itdfij's, that I hf Tout'h- wnixl (li-^t lift, in the \iriiiit\ of Slicho Lake. i> in niir ()|iiiiiuii a iiinst (|r-ii'al»l<' locality t'nr ,iiti'ii(liii^' srltlcrs. The soil is of a I'icli hiack loam, and aliniiilaiifi' m1' hay. with liinhcr for laiildiiiy. tViiciiiu- ;if\(| fuel. l*lt'iit\ (if water \'\i^\\\ iiiiiiicr(»iis hikes and creeks. We also tiiid ir to !)(• a splendid (•(Uiiitr\ for niixcl farniiiiu' and stock raisinii'. W,. find the [ I'lc from Sniilli hakota well satislied and all (loiny well. (Si-ncd) ('MAS. II. KINNA. CKolKiK |{()IJINS()N, .lA.MKS (iHAXDIX. .IKSSA .\KKSS. iior.Kirr stfj:n. f K.i'frurf I'l-oiH ('/lifdifn ■' 7'inns. . li''/ ■/'> luni r//, IS'.).'.) We produce the following from the Chicago " Times " of 3rd January, 1892, which will be of value to the reader, emanating from so reliable an authority : '• Not w it li>t andiii;,^ his |>i-o\ erhial shrewdness, tlie axcrau'e Aiuerican is at fault when dealinu with the resources and 1 eri'itoricil extent of central ('anada. The ureat majority of writers and speakers in the I'nited States are iPione to c(,iisi(ler the aral)le portion of the territory a mere >t)'ip runninu' aloiii,;' the international Ixiundary line. Why tiiis is it is hard to ^ay. hut ]iartially |)rol)al)lv because of the recent entrance, so to speak, of t he>e districts into the society of cixili/.ed communities. A-, is well known, the C'anudian Pacific road was not completed fill I SS.'i ; hence t li( i^rea t er jwii't of this wide reuion was not thoroiiLrhly accessilde to explorei's and settlers until that time. li. view. then, (tf this prevailiiiL; iu'in . .nice, it inav he interestini;' to' cite ;i few facts re^ardiiii:' the area and iialural resources of this north western portion of the continent. ■'A line running I.OIHI niiles from north to south, and riiothor (tf e(jual length from cast to west, does not n^ach the l)or(' ts of thi> rolHiiii'. park-dike plain, whose unitorm adaptability t(» ai^^'iculture and stock-raisiim is now scritied l»y cxpcritMice. I>ut we will not in thi- article L'c liehind the points reached by that yreat western pioneer — the railway train, and acc(.idinuly fully accessible to settlers. The district thus .'(luii.ped einitraces an area of nearly -"iOO.OOU siptart.' miles. What m\ i!i:s()ri;{'i:s oi- wiistkun c.WAhA, 4.*» . is'.il. it'y, after ic 'I'ourli- of it ri(-li ;•, f«'llcill.U' We also raising, all (loiii^ NA, DIN, ;n. 'Times" 8 to the AivuM'icaii extent <>t kei's in tlie u' territtttv Why this the reeeiil )f ciNili/etl 1(1 was not )ii was not time. Iti vj; t() cite M liis liol'lli ;MH»th01- «'t' M's of thi- culture am! not in thi- ioneer -thf The district iiil(>s. NVhnt fllJA ;\\r!\ iiU'Miis is liiiuje |i|;iiii liy I lie st •( t enni it IJiat niit i>t'il iiiiuilt lie carved iii> less than eiijjit States, each the ^j/c n\ llliimj--, ,ii,(| then a n'ood oil of Maiiitolia (area. I I'.'^.L'tUt ^«nian' inile-) and. with local exceptions, siicli a'- morass nv a helt of' hilU. the same applies to the whole territoiA al)o\i' desiMnatc.l. The \ jejd of wheat per acT'e has run from twcnt\' to forty and fnitv ti\e iMisheK, uf the world famous ■•^hlnitol»a hard wheat, while the harvest of the pn'seiit \ ear ma\ he dcscrihed as t he crow nini: cM'ort uf a record l)rc;d< in^' soil, lifly to sixty l»n.>lie|s to the acre liciiiL; recorded in many case-.. This w ondioii- felt ilil \ . coupled with the \ast extent of tcrritor\ etjualU' adapted to wheal laisinu'. warrants ant lioijt ic- on wheat lulture in pro- ji|ie-\in;4 'hat inside of lift \ _\eai.> central ('anada will lie the worlds lireadiiiaker. •• ( I will n-adily lie niide|-,>tood l hat a soil sd fert ile nat n rail \' produces ^■rasses in 'ireal varietv and un-iirpas>e(l in i(Uaiitity and ]ily of iinl lit ious u'ras.-. the jilent ifid supply of pure, iininiiiL; water, t he -heltcrinii lilutVs of limher. a< well as immunitv from c\ clones in summer and snow storms in w int er. com I line t h" pro- jierties which make Alhcrfa le reputation on the l'airo)'fan market." srcCKSSKCL I'AliMINC f A'.'7/v/c/ /'/•(//// Alxril'ii, -'Stiir. ) I5kI!1>I'(U;|). .M.WIToU a. ."h'd t )elolicr. IMIJ. S(K. I catne to Manitoha in . I tine. I^S], troin Ih'ussels. Ontario, where I had lieen foi' some time cni;'aL;'eL\ i-^.-O w-r, a\\ iii;n yt'iii. and runt iiiiit'd m Itrcak t'lmn snw \t> yrar. and li;i\c !)i'(m;;'lil iiikNt (•ulti\at ion Miysrlt' n\ cr L'.OOO acics of Ifind. I liavcasa iidc liiid excel lent (•io|p>. In I SS I and JSS'i my ^lain was .soniewjiat dania^-ed hy t'losi. I)iit as I had none e,\len>i\ el\' into cattle raisinn' it pioved no yicat los>, as I ted the daniaifed i,M'ain to my stock and realized a ha n(Uouie price tor my licet'. .M \' |SS7 crop w a^< prohahK' the Iica\ iesi 1 lia\e had, l)nt I made more inoncv out ot'that ot' ISSS. tor I had a y'ood return. al»out l'"> l)iisliels ot wheat to t he acre, and I ^old it at -"^ I .<)•"» jier huslicl. I expect to hase this year nearly ;is ;:ood a yield as in |SS7 and a much iaru'er (plant it \ ot'^iain, as I had ;i urealcr ai'ca under croj). .My wheat is ot excellent ipialits'.as is all !lie wheat in this nei^hlxturliood. I hasc ■emploved men tVom t inu' to t ime in ' )ntario lo wdrk on my farms here, and aftef they have heen en,ii[a,ned tor a lime on wa^cs, I Iia\t' sold a numlicr of t hem small farms, and ha\c <,;i\en others land on shares ; and t hey are all. wit houl except ion. |iro>perin,_>,', and are pleased that they came to Manitolia. as t hey ha \ e 1 lettered t heir circumstances \ fry much. I lia\ e now altout lOOlcad of purc-ltrcd Sh(»rthorn and Hereford cattle, raniiin!' in \alue from SjOO to s.iiM) each, .")2 head of horses, including, II ]iure hred ( 'lydes(l;traw, as many farmeis do, hut feed it to my cattle and draw all the manure each year uj)on my sunnnei' fallow. It would not [)ay me to sell my straw this year foi' S|,{J0(». I am satisfied that I ha\c done lietter here than I ccadd lia\e done in any ot her count i'\ . '^'ours truly. .JOHX K. SMITH. A. .1. ALLKN. 'I'm; MoDKi, i"\i;mi;i! ok j'.kown <•o^^■'^^ wiirif.s ri' 'riii'; uiXNiPt^t; iwiii. KniToi; Stai!, 11. 're \ am in Winnijen-, tlie cajiital city of Manitoba and commercial hca (•!■ \\i:s'n:iiN can \i»\. 4' ^■\U'^ yt'in'. f\\\ umU'V lijid t'Ncfl- .nui^cd i»y l»l((\<'(l nil r(';ili/<'tl ii Hit 1 mad*' alM>m ■-*■"» 1. 1 ('Xl><'<'' lucli liir«i«'r whciit is of I. I have farms here. iji\t' sold a on sliai"«'s : il tliat they NtM-y mucli. 1 llcrcfoi'd 1 ot" hofscs. jiortcd from no rai'li. 1 (1 woidK(; K.Mi:. )f ^laiiitol)a (•(Mitral and uiv mind n •('fore, if v<'H can. m\ Mir|'ii>>o at liiidinii it a »'il\ of ^onn- ."lO.IKIO inlialtitant ^. nict |\ lioiisi'd as a w liolf. and cotilainiii': a ninnliiT of -«| nict ini's <-utli as w oidd Im> an ornanifiil and |io|iiilar piidc in a rity of icn tim-'s it^ ihc^ciiI |»o|>ulat ioii. 'riic sirct'fs arc wide, ni.iny of ilirm |ia\c(|. and all lit at ni^iit wiMi clcliir li'^lii- It i- a iit\ of jnn-li and |iio>|iciit \ . Tin' fit i/.fn-< aft' full of cncrLiN and tMtri|prisi'. and liavc iinliniitc*! failli in thcii' city's future and -" lia\c I. after ins|irct iiiL; it. Mad I tlic capital to s|)arc, here is where I would in\e>t. S.. much for W inni|ieu'. The fair ( know n as i he VN'innipe^ Indu-trial lv\hihition! is now in |iitiyrcss, and it is wurth \i'-itinL;'. The fair grounds arc souie SO acres in extent, con\enientl\ siinMicd in the noit h western ]part of the cit\' and a hlock nr i w o oil' tlie('anadian Pacdic main iine^. Thc'^idunds are laid out in an ideal manner for e\hiliition |iur|)oses, e\ ery t hinn needful lieinu' |>ro\ided. The 1 lui li linL;-« a re lirst class, and so planned astoadndt of extension at will in any dcsirctl direct ion. Lca\ ini;' t he main I udldinii. with ii ^ di\ ersitied ( xhihii -. the liuildiiiLfs lia\ iiiu t he greatest at t ract ion for me and m\' I )akot a friends at tend in u' wer(> the auricult ural and the halls, and the ditl'crcnt stoek^heds The slock show II is niaiiiidiceiil as ^(hmI as the world has i^dt.and s]iedl llit^h- lands, etc. Amoii^ the sheep l'otsw, Southdown-. Shropshire I )ow lis, etc.. etc., and all, w it hout except ion, are ma.i^niticcnt specimens of their class. .\nd wli.it of the atiriciilt iiral ;ind holt ieiill ural exIiiWit-.' In one w ( ird. t licv are iiiar\ clloiis. It is not a frost liliuihted or a heat scorched wheat thai meet s i he sjiectator's naze in tli-- auricull ural hall. What he looks on i>aii endless \arietv of a round and |i!uuip Lioldcn lined U'rain. the wheai grower's pride, known as '• Manitoli;! No. 1 hard. I never -a\^ the e'|Ual of (he maniples shown, and thev ai'c lieither few Jlor a small alVair either. The same description can irutlifnily he a])plic(l to ,d! other sain];les of yiain sIio-nvii. The tiejds roots and garden \ ('•^■etahles of all kinds shown in the horticultural hall are evi-w more astoiiishiiiii' t hail the wheat and ot her Lti.aiii. Their ui'owt h is such that were I to >tate their si/e ami wciLiJit I wdiild not he bclicNcd. Any one seeing- this exhiliit and notiiiL; the fact that they come from all parts of the \ast territory west and north west of here ,-.-*!''' ^H i!i:snni('i:s nr w kstkiin (',\n,\i>.\. can Ci.llH' In lull lrnn'nt s, t'ic. I will siniplv sav thai farm im|ili'mi'iits of all kinds as shown arc of a kind and (|nalit\ vri'V nnich tli"' same as oiii^ in hakota. < )ni' t hiiii;' \ct surprised nu' urt-atly. and that was to sec so many lioiK'v l»(M's l)U/zinLf ahout as I did. and riulil licrr I wish to say that the nicest hoiit'v in thccond* I ever saw was shown meat this fair. I'Voiii what I lia\c already seen. I fidly helicvc this "land 1 )!it viieccs^fnl farmer in Sniil h l»ak Sfnr fur ihr |itii|iii^i' nf wrifiiii^ a I till ht'iil ,ii' ' mill (4 t III' t';iir. WivMlTC. 'nil .l.iiiiiarv . I >^\^'2, Last \ear I l( fi 'rniuni.i fur .Manil<»lia f(ir a tri|i. inerrly in ^.n- ilie riiiiniry, .iiwl after (hiving for >i.\ days umt tlic dillfifiii tiiuns|ii|iN I railie In llie i •ninl ||^ ii ii i t|i;il ihi- was llie ci inii IIU (•( Mint rV aild llie plaee fill an\ man v\;iniiiii;' In :.:t't ;di»ii;4 liy work and industry. Ms lui^ino.s ill 'rdinniii fni till' past five MMis Iia> heeii e\|i<>rt iny faltle in |'',iirn|i.'. Iiiii I iiia\ lell \nii. after Innkin^ rarefiilly iiitn ilii> cniinirv \'ital»ilil S iK\' ijic slmk lill-ilie>S. I have rnlirllldcd in -clllr lirli' .ind make it niv fnliire Imiiie. Tie' farnle|•^ I met in my liascU urre all satislli'd wiiji tlic ennniry. and Anuld imt leiinii In where they left al all. I am lirre nnw |iiii|in-|\ In ,mt wlial it i'~ like in winter, and I ma \ lellynn I am iimre i ha n di'linliled willi il. >n fai a- I he enld scai .• is I'niMTrniMl. il i-. \ ei'\ nmcli ( xaijui 'iled in 'Milaiin. \'nnrs rfs|. tI fiill\ . II. .\. Ml LM NS. I 7 Si all'nli I ,S| .. Tm-nliln. WiNMi'ii.. 'nil .lannaiN. ISHi'. I lia\i licfii ill Maiiitnlia t'nitlii- jia.st Irn years. I cainefrnm <)wfii Sniiiid. eniiiitv (!i'e\, and -ettjed at Minnedn.•^a. tin- tiardi-ii <>{ Ldeii. Wlii'ii I raine Ih'Ii' I |>nt in l" I»n->lie|. of ^lain. I lia\e also mi hand from •')i) lo SO h«^•ld of e.ittle and a nniidier oi -^l|ee|, | |(l head ami 'JO lior es. and I think aii\ iiMhi^trimis man can m-t a Ion l;' and |iio-~jM'r here. I lia\e known men come into our \ieinity without a dollar and are well otV to-day. and a- for ou'' winter weather here it is deli^-ht fid. and far aliead of < )iiraiio w intei' weatjier. I hasc ne\er >i'eii an\ hli/./ard. -o coinnioidy s|iola 50 lIKSol'IICKS ()K WF.STKl^X CANADA. I<:XT1{A(TS nio.M LKTTKliS l!V HoN. C. H. llAKlMSoN KXMAVOll OK ('liK\\(;(). 'r<» THK ('HICA(}0 J/.l/Z. M. inituliii IS a t;i'aii(l }>i'ti\ hum I'lMiii the l»(»uiitlai'v, stretchiiiii' iKtrtli aliout. 1 •')(.) itiilt'^ l)v ll'O iiiih's cast and west, it is a s})leiidid Kiiiall-<^-raiii coiintrv. 'I'iu '-iiid is not held l)V ui'cat individual (»\vnoi's or l)y syndi- cutes. hut III small lHildin,^s, cai-cly larj^cr than a ><'cti(»n, and generally not laru-cr than a halt'. The farms ai't- nnu-li hettcr >'ulti\-ated tliiiil in Miinit'sota. TIh' ticlds arc much tVccr from weeds and the crops hettcr than anvthinn I -^aw in the States. c\cc|)t a small section near ("look- ,ston. I was told the cxjtcctat inn was an avcrayc ci'oj) of li-*» bushels to tlic acre. Some fields. I ihouyht in passim;, would nearly t(»'".cl: Ml hushels. At Winnipeg we hoaidcd the Canadian Pacitic. Kor a consideraltic distance the count ry is perfectly flat, hut the soil of i,'reat depth ; ditches will make it all finely arable. l-'rom Poi'tfi<;e la I'rairie west, the sm-face of the prairie is undulatiny', often hiyh- ro llinu'. aiKl iMi to \'irden. 10!» miles, is a^ Seautifid [)rairie as one cou Id wish to see. North and south in this belt the same t'haraeteristics, 1 was told liy a well informed gentleman, extended from the Tnited States Viwo to the nurthern limits of the ]iro\ince. "What en nninu' chaps the HudM>ii |'»a\' company pe(»ple were ! Vnv ion i;" years they told the world that this was a region onl\' lit for ftir- bearin'4 animals. .\nd no\* that the ii-on horse has snatched the I'cins from this ^i-cat cornK.rant. we tlnd in thi^ ureat North West a countrv capable of >upport in^' millions of hapjiy a^i-icultural peo)i|e. l{i\e drained W ood is not ^o far oil' that it cannot be had in sufhcietd (luantities tor donu-st ic pur) loses, and coal ileitis lie so close to the watercourses that it can be transported by water if the rail fails to do the work. in the suminei season tlu sun pours down a flood of heat. .My alpaca, coat was ijuitc sutticiein when standiii;;- on the iijat- form, and from |0 to .'> j \\a> iMUistantly tempted to unbutton m\ \esl. The ni,i;-hts arc cool iMtw. and. we ai'c told, are always so. The people are thrixiiiL;', and the Canadian Pacific Comjiany has built a road with which none of our transcontiiu'ntal railroads can comijare. It is thorou,u'hly laid, smooth, and finely ballasted. 'Hie depots or stations are bui't with taste, and the bridp-s are ere.-ted with ureal streiiu-th. In the far west, expeiimental farms are worked .>o as to yixc tlie emi- grant actual knowK'(li;c of what the soil is capabi" of producini;'. Cattle ranches ar<' scattered over tht (••miitiy. After leaving' the heat land, near N'ii'dcn, I saw farolTun the prairie a lad y gallop IIU iJKsonu'Ks or \vi-:stki{\ canada. S< )N, tiortli -•••fain syiiih- heralh hail III hett er K"i (»T ool iH^arly IPaiMfii-. on ;i liKisr w r. I witli lony- skill s('aT'('<' and raiiclu^s t'cw . Maiiv lal I I'aii.ucd t.iil. ilaliitatii.iis I ((■caiiic ca|i (' ronnt ry i> jilrasant l\ At Me(hc'ine Hat, (KiU miles west of W inni])ey', we crossed t he xmi li fork (»f tlie Saskatchewan l{i\fr. Here, and f iia\ iyahle, tine stream, some lUO vards w ide oU t(» a IdO miles are tine coal fields. Tl or a lonu distance, n i> a A I >o\ e t lll> )ila ce some le c(ial looKed \ery pure and one look assured me it w a> the hest cnokii III .\ iiienea. IJefore ni.n'ht we should ha\e see.i tlie Itockies. hut did not. l>ecau.>e of the smoky atmosphere. Sixty miles fioni their foot lie.> Cal^arN. a tctwn of 'J. 000 people, the centre of the ureat ranelie district, where randies of iiianv thousand horses alxmiMl 'j'l le yiaziiiu' ciiuiit rv is said to be \-erv fine, and extends far south d here are \'erv Hue and the l)unch ur own inin M oiitaiia. le lilaili- INS ]s pret t\' uree 1 1 nr; i\\>, ^( H K I heat l)Ut better urass. KXTKACT KKO.M A LF/rTPdJ liV rMTIH) ST.\TI> CONST L TAYLOi; AT W IN .\ I PKC To many of the farmers li\iiiL; in the western and middle States. the se\'ere oli)nate of the Nort li-\\'e>t. the "cold winteis." is a serious (|U(>stion. They cannot under.->tan(l how a counti'y so far north as thev seem to think it is can be suital»le fMi- mixed farinimi'. wheat Ljrowiiiu' or stock-raisin;;'. The reports i;i\('n in this pamphlet of those whu ha \ e \ isited the country will doul)tl ess satisf\ most jH'rsoii^ on this point, hut should there still beany doubt in the mind of any a> to this (pics- tion, we would refei' them to an able and exhaust i\e letter froii the U'ifted pen of no less an authority than the I nited States consul at \\'inni[)e,u', the Hon. James W. Taylor, which was imhlished in the .New Y(»i'k Stilt in May or June of last year. In tlii-~ article the esteemed consul y'oes to proxc that in thi>- '^^reat northern and western country not only is there millions of acres of rich arable laml. hut that beitause of its noi'thern latitude it is more especially ada]»ted raisiiii-' than the more sou w lieat- itherl y situated land S }»ace will not permit a full jiublication of the Hon. Consul Taylor letter, l)Ut we i^ivv below a few extracts from it, which perhajis will h of \alue to the reader. i k.i;Kn 52 I { Es( ) ( ' 1 { ( " i:s < > I' w KsTi-: i { x Canada. Tht'iniisul opens his l(.'tttM' w iili t!i ■ t'nllowiTig sii;'iiitic;iiit j>;ii'aj;'i-;i})li :— The ai'i'a of the wheat (h'-;trictot CViitral Canada, hetwt'cn Hud son mis t'( )!• Ilav and Lake Suix'i'ior for its eastci'ii and tho Hockv Mouiiti its wcsttMii l)(»undary. and latitudfs '){)^ tn (iO°, has 1)e(Mi ascei'tained to he of uniform iii'oduc-ti\ i'Mcss : and 1)V no means a iiariow selvau'e Iteyond tlie international houndary, as intitnated Uy Mr. C. AVo(»d l)a\is in a recent contribution to the .J/v/^r/. The summai'y of this <4fa,nd i>ai'alleIoi;'i'am of cereal iirowth and matui'itv is a series of facts and infei'ences which is the result of consi(lei'al)h^ experience and ol)sool. Dublin. (Ilasoow. P.dinburgh, Copenhagen, Stockli(»hn, !>ei-lin. St. Fet(M'sbur,u'. Moscow. Ni jni-Novuon ,d and Aivhanu'el." And then, after (■itin^• a laryv nuud)er of important facts, and ,i'-ivin<;- tlu' e\i)erience of the hiirhest authorities in the countr\- as to the fertilitNof the soil, the nutritiousi less o fit s ir rasses.its pre-eminent adapt- ability to wheat-i-aisini;, the consul u'ixes the (»j>iinon of the 1, ite 1) Sauuit ■1 F irrv. a writer of emin<'n ce in the .\i nei'ican Journal ot ( leoloo'v. as follow: If e states as a uni\ m-sal fact that the rultivated j. bints vield the greatest product near the northermnost limit at which tl Mis illustrations embrace nearly everv jilant known t used either for food oi- clothinif. ('ottoi lev will <>T0W o commerce am best staple in the temperate latitudes. Fl t, a troi)ical j)lant, yields the thrmp are cultivated iu southern latitudes. 1 HKSorilCKS OF WKSTKIIN CANAKA, .-.;; ci})li : — lulsons liiis for ituiiiod AVond .f til is tf t'iicls (•(' juk! rst con- )i)(l the i(' in;ii) IvA 170° iiitiiH'iit >t" Muni- liaUasca, )i'v and I ))l'('S(Mlt this \-ast an f'(|ua! natural West (if at ions of Ireland, most of Londoji, (K'khohn, ivl.-' id ;;i\ing iS to the nt ada})t- latc Di'. »ui'nal of yield the rill grow, lercc and ields the ultivated latitudes, forced into premature niatui'iiy. ari|uirr> ncitlirr cMiisjstfncv or tenacity, and we must go to tin' north in hairoiM to tind tliest- plants in i)erfectioii. Kice is trojiical. vet Carolina and l''l<)ii-ti-o|>ical plant. l)iit it produces the heaviest crops near tjic nort li< cnniost limits of its range. In the \\'est Indies it rises :',{» feet, liut pi'uduces only a few grains on the bottom of a spniigv cnl). aiid is reyarded onl\- as a cough provender for cattle. in the rich lands nf the mipe or America. In thi' sjtrin.i;' it is not forced too ra[»idl\ into head before it has time to mature fully or concoct its farina. <>ats grow in almost evevy country, hut it is in northern regions only, or \-ery moist (»r elevated tracts, that they till with farina sintaWle for human sustenance, liye. barley, liuckwheat. millet, and other cul- niiferous plants might ))e adduced to illustrate the above principle, for all their habits require a more northern latitude than is necessary to 'heirnun'( growth. The grasses are in perfection only in northern oi- cool regions, although they will ^-row anywhere. It is in the north alone that we raise animals from tneadows, and are enaliled to keep them fat and in good condition from lia\ and grass without grain. It is there the grasses acquire succtdence aiul consistency enouyli, not oidy lo mature animals, but to make the richest l)utter and cheese. TIk- tuberose, bulbous ami other roots cultixated foi- human and animal subsistence are sinulai'ly att'ected by climate, and maidfest habits in corrol)oration of the abo\"e principk^ The Irish potato, altl ou^li from or near the tr»»pics, will not coiiu' to perfei-tion luit in northern or eool eountries, or in moist insular sit uat ions, as m Ireland. ft i- in such climates oidy that its roots acipiire a farinaceous consistence anil have size, flavour and nutriment enough to sujiport animal life in the eminent way in which they are suscejit il»le. In the south a forcing sun brings the potato to fructification before t he loots |ia\e had time lo attain their ]>roper (jualificatiiuis foi' noinishment. '• So for the suggestive illustrations of I »r. I'orry. luit I wilMenture to add a further instance from the central wheat distrirt of North America. At its southern margin in .Minnesota and Iowa seldom more than two well-formed erains are found in each cluster or tasiele I :>\ HKSorKCjvS OF WKSTKKX CANADA. tmiiiiim the n»\v : in iioit licni Miiiiirsota, I );ik(tt;i and Manitoba three Itccctnif tialMtiial ; and tVoui lit-ads of wheat l»rouu-ht to me fcoui I'i'ince AlWert. on t lie Saskatclitiwan. and l''oil \'<'rniilion. on the Peace ^ranis er or 11 lii\ei'. I lia\»' separated tixc w <'lI-t"oniied nrains tVom eaeli elust i^rouji t'onniim the head, which !•< dei-isi\e evidence tliat the perfectio of the wheal plant is .itlained near ihe most northern limit of its siiceessfid i;i'o\\ t h. .mi;. T W. ('1111.1). '>K MKI.LKTTi:. SPlNK C'ol'NTY, .SOTTH h.VKoTA. IWLKS. I!(litei;' was a liiu surpise to u>. Nearly l(H) miles norlii of .Mel- letie (and .Mellette is ;i trilh' further north than ( )ttawa or .Montreal). I Ml ean- tlie oCth parallel nf latitude, in a region -^upposed l)y most Ameri- tn he loot-old for aiiNthiu^' Imt l-'.snuimaux, reindeer and white Wear, wf touiid a eit\- of ."{(i.ddO people, liuilt mainly of l>rick and ^liMie. the priiieipal street t w o and a-lialf miU^s lonu' and L'()(3 feet w i(h', electric car>. lieautifid j>arks and i;roves, both pul)lic and private : streets paved with plank, stone and macadam. The city lanldinu's are elegant, and the market, an institution wantiiii;' in so maiiN' American I iW lis. Hot onl\ lai'ue out a model of ai'ranu'cment, UesKlcnce ot three \ears s ecure> patent on (loxernment land, I nat urali/at icii is not necessary) and railroad lands are sold .at •'^o per ai'ie, line tent h c;is|i. \ \\ e oalaiice i lit lull!.;- time at ti per (H-n t. Tlu railroad lands coiiipii>t' e\ery ahernate seciimi, the Hmhon l'>av C'oni- panv lands one t wninet 1; of the land in ex'ery township and the school 'amis oiu>-eii;iiteenth. Uet urnin i;' ti' ^'orktl n >aturda\. we remainf d tl lere tl M i»ntlav Here art> ;i tt>w market i(Uotations : Mct'ofinick t>inders. .Sl't'Oon rime a Canadian l>ituler. which lookeii t o us as ^iM.ti. >!-'ll. (iiocelles ahout the saiiu' ,is at Mellt>tte. iait the ( o\ernme'nt eti'ectuallv iiivveni aUuitcration ot ^i wt't or tt'v. All :rai| 't w-(-»ollen uoods at ahovit otu> h.alf of our [aices. ami cott«in y-oods a little hiirher. Spr uce tiiuoer. slo. .\ -ood voke of oxrii. .^i:'on. -•^11.) T, 1 mm I Poita-'c la Prairie last vear wheat a\>-ra:.'i-' i.> hu diel- o.its .*.ii ousiu'ls. t.ai-'a.v |n to on la.Khels ; \r^ husheis i< rim lowest a\er;iue ever known in the counrtv. (irass n,,w stands in manv place-, IJKSorilCHS <>!• WKSTKUN CANADA. .1.) »a three lie tVuin le Peae(^ ister or rt'ec'tion it nt' its ^()^TH the hest ed l>y a ui Mel- Kiiti't^al ). t Ameri- ul white _)i hriek ■200 feet private : lin.us iire Viiierieait 'lU land. It s-'i per nt. The *ay C'nni- he srhi Mil Monilav. I (111 rime : ■ie>- aViout prevenis ^■ini(:l>; at Spriu-e r>(j ; t'anii } l)U>iieN. liH h.wt'-r mv plai;e- .': t'eet hif;'ii. Instead nt t enipnr.nv shanties we heic s.iw lim' t'aiiii laiihliligs ; the jieoph- were well clad, with mmd clullics and an air ot' prosperity, and enntirnied the e\t raordinary claims as to riop yield in times past and jtresent. In tact.excry kind nt' laisiness seemed i)i'osper()US -with (»ne mai'lo\. that lie followed im l)usiiiess other than farming, and is now worth .-= JijD.dOO. Ourhest. iud,ii-ment j)laces the yield of wheat on his farm at from :'.() t[r. Ldeii. land connni:>sioiie)- of the Manitoha and Nori li W e-tern liailway. courteously furnishe.l u- Nahiahlc informut ion. and on th-- r.'li w wcnl to ^'orkton. the terminus in .\-MniWoia. Tlioii-li n<'W. the roadhed is smooth and the rollin- .tock ex.-ellent. From \\'iniii[M>w to Portau^e la Prairie i- a continuati.m of hountifui cr.qivand ••oiint less herds. The san.Lfuine e-timate the crop .at :',<) to ((.I hudieU. Land rent- at S-') cash and . in., and iicM iiioiiiiiiy' started l)\ train tor the " |)aki»ta St'tllcmt'iit . I") inil.'s nnrt li w ol «»f "S'orkton. on tlif sur\<'v of tlir line to Prince Alltert. 'Hit' conipaiiy's charter compels it to liuild 10 miles of this road in 1 S!)i'. The lii'st 10 miles, tlitmnh excellent >oil, seemed I'cst adapted t(t ura/in,u". The rey'i(»n called the "* Dakota Settlement " is most l»eautit'iil to the eye, jn'airie. timl)ei', lakes and meadows internnnu'led. There is timber enouu'h for ime to come, to say notiuny' of uildiiiii' stahles. fences. ( ■tc. for all t fuel. .Mr. Holmes, the innui,>;ration auent at Alterdeen. had desci'ihed lo us his own (|uai'tei--.M'ctioii l)ef(»re we left home, and .Mr. P. B. Cole recoi;inzed it at sii^ht. \\ C aii'ivcd at t he hospitahle home of C^)nn llrotheis at •.•:.■'•(> ji.m.. jiist at sunset. They nnifrated fr'oin \\'estj»o)'t. P.rowii ci>unty, the pa^t spring', und now haxc the timl)er all ])repare(l toi' crt'ct nil:' a n'ood lo^' hou.>e Tl lev are \ ei\- cut liiiswist ic. as was everv hakotian we met cNcry man ha\ ini;' the " l)est (|U;irter-section in the country." The hominion (io\ernmeiit pays ;i percentau'e of teachers" sahu'ies iiccfirdin^ to u'rade of cei't iiicate, and su[»p(»rts the courts and police, and the latter are not the farce and sham with wliich we are too familiar. Sjtecial in(|uirv l)r(»unht out the fact that around Y^»rk- ton last year t he total tax was .Si'. (iU on aipia iter section. It will never he lii^her until there is a sutUcient popuialio • that belie\t's in taxation as ii source of wealt h. .Vfter two weeks of close persona! ol)sci\ at ion I am satisfied that I have fniiiid the cdunt ry that oti'ers a refiiue to t he man w ho has, after years of c(»urai;'eoiis lal)(»ur and slru;j,',yie. found t he odds against him to»t liea\y. I would ad\ise any man who tinds himsidf ini))elled to leave d)our that will repay his I >ak(tta to loo at Assinilioia for a held of I; tol' .\t Winnipeg;, [irandon ,ind \'orktoii the ( M)\ ('riniient has pro\ ided i»u ildniu's where immigrants upon arrival may not onlv lodu(.^ |)ut jnjiy lemjiorarily set uji liousekeepinn-, f,>iit free, thus avoidiuo- the lmr(U'n- le expen.se of |i(i,e| l,:ll>. The hllildin.us ;tre kept in uood order. clean and wholesome. T. \V. (TIIM). soil AXoTIIKi; .MiCHKiAN PKPOPT WiNMi'r.c, htth Pehruary, lSi>2. hi:.\i; Sii:. .Many of my friend- and acnuaiiitances asked me, wIhmi was ahout to come out to .see Vdiir coniitrv. to writ( low 1 f(.tund the climati a report as to in winter, how t he farmers were y-ettinn' alonii' itid what were the ]irosj»eets tor the future. Complvinu' with tl lis KKSoriK KS ol" W KSTKKN ( .\N.\h.\ 'U K-.iucst, I tak.' tliiso|,|M.iiuiiitv tnwiiic. a> it i,ia_v wr a lirlj. K-iiitciHl iiiL;' set t It'i's. in-ixcd ill \\'iiiiii|M'u i<\\ the .".id nf ,lai mat \ N '.salkcd (»iit tlii'ouuli tlif ^iiii was shiiiiiio' lii'ioiitly ainl the d; article of farm produce on the market, e\l iDoriiiiii;- I tow II ; It was •_'(! deHrcfs I.elou / ero. 1,111 til,. V w as pleasant. I t'oiind e\ ITS \ I/. Iia\. wood, etc .s m\- hnsincss here was ti inters iewed these tanners, ami tdiind l.\ their pork. Iieef, w heat. oats. • look uji a t'lit lire home. I >\\ II statement that the\ \s ere all well satisfied, the crops \\,.|'e udod. and thevall to liasc ome (»f tlieir wheat here was fi HiHiiiiWle, as their lai'i;'e \ie tl ozen and .^Inun 'lit t he\- did not id w as mak inn' u|i • fi <)■ all mishaii- mii;lit .>ay tiie weather was pist as cold here as in Winnipei'-. I had a -ivat desii'e to l(.arii of their Itli/./.ards. that we so often ivadal.oin mthe east. I made stncral eiupiiries. and h.-re are two of the answers: can tell volt I came hei>' in he tir.'^t scar I Kiiiit a w ood pile from my liou.se to my staWles. I left it there rl for the storm, hut tindinu it did not come. I \oii, sir. that that storm has not come set." woi' years, waiting iisci I t he wood a 1 1( ! I t. M-coiid farmers answer came liere \ery )»oor. anil had tociit and draw w ood some 12 nnles to town to su]>port m\- faniilv, and fiearin^- initol)a I carried •ih axe, mat cjies and so mueli al)out sii<»w storm-- in .M kiiidlinu N\<»<»d for three years. Wut tindinu no storms to >top me atn none tliat any man could not yet tin matches no lotie'er. ' Another farmer said oiil:'Ii carruMi iii\ wood and I'leiid iMse made a mis takt he iMizzards are o\ ■ in 1); I K: o t a tell you. \dii I li\ e(| t here. la \ >■ seen none I lia\e heeii in the l)randon district for three Ncar^and of our wild Dakota storms here vet." I might say while at llrandoii I drove (nit in the count r\- and \ i.-^ited the Kxperimeiital Farm. Here I found .Mr. i'x^dford hiisv makinucMit ii!s annual report. Four farm iKMghlxturs, to \shom I was int rodm-eil. came iiere, and these fariinMs declared to me the erand succi-ss that they liase had in farmini;' ;ind the siicce.-s of their nei^h hours. 'I'hese fanners came to the faiJii h^' the purpo.>e (tf d isciissi ml:' cxj leri- ineiits tried that year, which Mr. I'x'dford evpiaiiied t > their satisfac- tion, [iei" wc \ isiied the harii and stal»lev. and saw horses, catt le and UKS()n!('i> of w i:sri;i;N c.wai* \. Lji'i'in. wliicli were l'ul!\ ii|i to tip' -Ijhm l;ii' lit'iid "f >;nrf cit til 111 ciil s1r;i\\ ;iii(i •■li(i|. were L;aiiiiii.u I < M I | .1 Ml inl< jwr im »iil li. alsc I ( lrii\t' user t lir rclcUrat r SaiHli>i»ii ranii. niid lit'i-r aw t lit' hca\ icsl w heat si iihlili 111! I lie I L'I Ii. ^tal< Lakf. N'iidt'ii. .M (II iNoiiiiii an I II.'- ma, mil I iiiil:Ii1 sa\- 1 hat (lining m V sta\- lAci- ill Maiiiti'lia t liat I iit'\ rr I itt' t'ariiitM'^ as I'tTc wav raisi'd caint' aci'Mss as tlirit'ty and liJipl'V a In in Nurtli MiiMlc^i'N, and I lia\c travi'lJcd t lii-uii;:li a Liical many ut t Im- ^t In N'fw ^'ink. wi'^t tn ( 'uluradi) and mmiiIi ti> Tim^ atcs. \ i/.. ra I lessee anv I 1)111 the tanners here are the nii». milder here that e\eninii', -ii-'W aii< I Till. Mere t lie\ had aliollt .") iliehes 1 if in the eastern tnwn^. where they had ue.id and it eiiinmeiiied to stonii l)|nw. I went niit with a friend that eNcniii^' ill the storm, and I did not e.\|ierienee any incoiix eiiienee to travel. It eont iiiued to snow till noon next dav: w lien t he sim eame out it was Inbuilt Imt cold. On the eseiiin^- of the P.Mli one of t heir warm winds set in. and on th'' morning of the L'Oi h there was no snow . 'riiisira\-e me a L;ood ehaiiee to see the country at the eastern slojie of the l\oeky .Mouiit.iins. I then made a tri|> to Mdinonton. stojijiiim oil at inter- mediate points to look o\er t he ronnt ry. Here as in .Maiiitol)a and Assinilioia there is .■^ome choice prairie dot ted with timlier for ,'ettle- meiit, with an al»und;uit su)ipl\' of water and coal, 'hi my return I \isited Prince .Mherl. where I fininil a .other lot of prosperous and i;i])i»v tanners. niice .\1 iiert 1- L'o ) iiiilev north of iie^ina. hut round it much milder at I'rince AllM-rt than at the lattei' town. This counir\- is pleiitifullv sujijilied with timlier. I miu'ht state, to show how enthusiastic the farmers are. tliat evervone thinks his tarm lu- he uai'den -jiot : and from one end of the count r\' to the other can l)e found the liap|iiest and most jii'os- peroas farmers on the emit ineiit of .\nierica. The ;.;'reatt^st fault that T I ia\(' to liiid with the countr\' is that it is so imiiieiiseK- larne and so 111 iliiv choice locat ions t o choose fiuin t hat it w u almost liewilder v oil. There are miliions of acres of the choicest a^riiailt iirai lands, free to home seekers, that is on the continent of .\merica. in western C'r.iiada. Here T ha\'e cliosen my futui'e home, and am now on mv wav east for my family, to return in the sjiiini:. ^'oiirs trulw W.M. DAVIS, Merrill. Saginaw Co.. .Michii^an. MKSorHCKs ol' WKSTKIIN CANADA. .)'» V I -<;iw '.rant tilt- to Tcii- rit'ty <»t' u'i'i\ iiii;' icht^s of 1(1 t:t .)<1 ^t<»i"in ■avel. It it was m w iiids "lii?< pi\ •' (• l\o(ky it iiitt'f- .ol>a and ir rt-'tllf- it'turii 1 rolls and I. l)iit I n. This ire. that OIK' f'lid ost pros- aiilt tliat H' aud so Ider yoii. s. tret' to 1 (';.na(la. ,• cast to)' •Inii-ai) President J. J. Hill Talks. Mkmo. or Ea ii»i;\(K ui\.'n l.y Mr. .lanirs ,1. ||i|l. I'lv^id.'ni ..t" the (Irrat Northern llailway ot' St. l*aul, .Minnooia. Iict'oit- a idmniiticc of thi' Hoiis(i of ( 'onnnons of Canad.i in .Mai'ch. 1S77. .\ftcr (hsciissinu at L-rcat h'liytli t hf ([tir-^t ion of i ranvpoilal ion aid ?'atc,> tor thccxiii.r tation of wheat lo the scahoard and for thf t;irr\inn of settlers from theseahoard into the N(»rth West eounli'x. Mr. Hill proceeds toeunijiarc the hakotas and Minnesota with the Canadian Nort h W'e^i . In answer to a (piestion put liy .Mr. Ilain. .Mr. Mill said : "Take at tjie present time the place where the .Mennonile> .x't- tied at New ( )(lcssa, in Dakota, just north of ^'ankton. The\- went tip there at the same time that your .Meniionite,-, wcni to Manitol),!. A nunil»er reinained in the I'nited States .md settled in -ouihern I )akota. and the place where (hey settled t lie\ called New ( )dessa. It was named hy themsel\>'s. They paid •_'!» cents to carr\- iheii' wheat to Duliith. That is the rite to iMdiith from N'ankioii. Thai section of the country is heiiin' rapidly settled up. and it i-^ a rich auricultiiral section: l)iit they have not a> i;-ood land, and tliev lia\e not the same amount of ^ood land that tlie\- liaNein the l*ro\ ince of .Manitoha : it is not as u'ood. I ha\e hcen oxer the countr\. and I am familiar with it : I know both .Manitoha and that eounlr\'. Thev are also more lialtle in I )akota, hein^ closer to the saLi'e hnish i-oiintry, to \isitati country is also more casil\' allected hy drouy'ht than Manitoha. and Ity (\]'\ stjisons : it is a prairie count ry. and the }*ro\ince of .Manitoba is jirett\' well watered. " Jl// Mr. Iliiiinr : ••(). And the soil is not cijuai to the soil on Ked 1»ivef.' A. No: you will not^ Hnd it in any other place on the American continent as U'ood as it is in Manitol)a. unless it he in a little place on the \\ ai)asii. a short distance from Miami, nearly ojipovite St. Louis, called the Illinois bottom : but anywhere else I ha\e ncxcr seen any soil so rich as il is aloiiii' the lied liixcr. '* H// flu' ('/mi riiKi II : •'(^). You ha\-e tra\elled very extensively.' .\. I have been in cAcry State in the rnioii, 1 think, exeept in the Pacific States. " .\n(l for a settler to make a coniforlable home for hiuiself. you (iU i{i<:s()rK('i:s o I' '\ KSTKIIN CANADA. would I I Id pn-t'tT .M,iiiit iiii\ (.tlirr |ilaiM' ? A. Tli.- s(.il in ilic Krd II. \\\^'l• \iUl< «\('l' SCfll. \ '\>. I . Ill\ llllinl. I llf I H'll' >t t'aniiiiiL; ciniiit »'\ f hat I lia\t' It is not onl\ i'i«li. lull it lia> als.i luiylil i>niv|ii'cts. AFtcf siifalsiiiLi at ^■wiiif It'iiirtli n|M)ii ilic ^ l;|o\\ \er\ sueet'sstu II \ there. sUeli .s potatoes, tur- .\. I do not kiiov. thai I here is aii\- eoiiiilr\' that liilis and hect. iVe oes. will stiipass Manilolta tor the L;ro\\tli ot' root- ha\ e e\ er seen. ('\l,(; Ain. L*7lli .lanuary. iS'.'l'. .M \ hrother and I came tVom j'eterl»oid. Out., ;ind settled in .Mherta '2U miles s here sinee wliii h time \\t' ha\(' Iteeii <'ii'4a,ii'ed in almost exehisix-' L;rain-raisin^'. having;' no iiiean.> to inxcst in stock, until lately. In 1 SS I we had lio crop, exeept t'or pot.ltut'S : 'li ISS.') we sowed I ;ieres and raised '2'M) liuslu III |SS(i we sowed I •"» aiM'es. weiu'hinL; I" pounds, and iiiised I, DIM) imshels ot' oats; in ISSJ we sowed .">() acres. weiL;hini;'. I '_' ])ouii((s. and raised Ll.oOn hushels wheat ; in iS.ss we sowed (>l» acres, raising ll. -'>')!) hushels ot' wheat : in lSS!l we sowed (lO ;icre.->, i-aisin;^- L*. [00 hushels ot' wheat : in jS'.MI we sowed 7'» acres, a 1(1 raised :\J){\() huslicis of wheal ; in IS'JI we sowed I 10 acres, and raised .S. 1)1)0 hushe|> uf wheat. I'acl I \t'ar oui' w heat weuid :r;i(le No I 1 lard. and yieldeiiiu'. < )ur tai her joined u> iiKS(»n;('i:s oi" wkstkiin cwAhA. ill l'^<*^r w iii lllr'^»'^ illK I llfJUl (It r;iltl(' iiiiiil('r>. f Jll't' tciu't'. N\ <■ own .■»•"> iH'iH. lit' I and \aliit' i»nr slm-k and iiiiplcmcnis ai nnt less than •-'■."•.OUU. W ♦Mitircly nut nf dclit . W't' arc nioiT than sati^licd wiih AllM-iia. f\cii to rai's, ^rain r\^■\u •>i\t'ly; l)Ut tor stock i' lia.> no ciiual. W'c teamed most of oui' oats last uintcf in Maclcnd. Ml mil ('^ aw a\- ;Mid diii'iny' l)cccnil)cr and .lanuaiv >lf[it under our u aLmoii> and nnr liorscs past nrcd > >\\ Lira- (Si-iicd) Sllljdd* I'dlo.* [ came h'oni the l*ro\iiicr i it (hidi witli inv taniilv in I W'iien I landed at l-JiierNon I had onl\ I •'» <'ents, and a small t'amih of leti ( llild ren. I wi I Ml, Mill lli^' le construction ed with the Cal^arv sc lion that I located there in iSSli. since which liiiie I h l\c l)i-en enc'aiied ill mixed farmiiiji. kce|Mnu a dairy and raising ^laiii. M \ vield of oats has l)een o I l)Usliels, w ei^hiii^lil^, Ihs , wheal .">•") l>Lisheis, weiuhin^' <) 1 ,', ll)s. Ill 1S1)0 I raised L',(.)()0 husliels of -rain ; last year I was a suHfrer \i\ hail: nolw it hstandiiii;' which. I had a protitahle croj, of - rccn feecl. As a family we own !)S() aci'es of land. tilO of which is fenced and IlM) acres under ci'oj). We own 7o head of cattle and Ht liorses two teams of these hoi-ses are worth SlOO eacji with all farm imjijements iieet'ssary to farm my land. 1 owe no man a cent. When in (^)uel)ee I had hard work to make a li\in^ : hut since mv arri\al in the North-West. and under Lireat expense in raisin<;' such a lai'o'e family, I hcl^■e ne\ei' know n tlie want of moiie\-. S' nee 1 liave been on mv farm 1 lia\e on an a\erai;'e sold m\- huiti ir ■_*.") cents \ Th tei' U). ; e,y',<;'s, for 'M) cent^ jier d ozen. winters are very mud indeed. >o tar, tins win ter, I lia\t' on |\- ii'd mv milk c<»ws, and l,;,v.- t"..ur a.T.> l.r..k.'ii, Tlii- I snurd iii I^SI. ,11,(1 tlnv.>|ir.l I'L'.*! lill^lirJN. |i;iil .it' lii\ flt»|i liriiiL; .^|i.i|I(mI. in IS.S."). I M.ur.l I I. aii. I e^tiniale tlie \alue dt' IKill a.Te.teiieed a I •- 1 1 ) S'.>,<' <><» ): ciiintry. "'itlier to make a |iers(inal exaiiiinal imi dt' it 1 lieiii->el\'es liet'ore tinaily deeidinu to settle. or wild, heiiiii salistied with the iiiiiiii|>eaelial)le lot iiii. my dt" so many w ell-.|ualified parties, desire tn .•.mie at diiee and settle 1st. IJ.'ad earet'ulK' the staleii eiils e.mtained in tlii.> painjililet and note what tli.ise ha\f 'aid wild jia\t' \isit(,'d the cduntry. ■Jnd. Write in aii\' dt' the addresses yi\('n liehiw and ask f. ir cdpies .if dther publicatidiis, am.iiin wdiieh are the tdll.iwin^'. \ i/.. ; ('anadiaii Pacific liailway ]iaiiiplilets I'ttr IM>'J, and aeeoinpanyinu maps, Maiiitol)U ( Id\eriiiiient maps and cnip statistics : North W'esl Territories ottieial pamphlet, eti-., etc. After readiiiL;' these pamphlets, whieh contain full and reliable iiif.iriiiat i.m iipdii the cduntrv, \du will tiiul that alm.ist all (piestioiis atVectiiiL;- the .•oiintr\ are fuIU' and clearly answered. IIKSoriK'Ivs OK W I'STKIIN C.WAhV iVA h, Imu cN ("I . tl iflf iriiiuili Miiiir |H,i||t■^ III. I Iliad. • iltMi. ,1 lii,,. I,, jiiiv \>t' the !Ml(li't'ss«'s yivcii will l»iiiin tlif nr.rssaiv iiit'i.rniai lull. :'>i'r. and \»lii.|i h litis IWKl III list- III. I I. -v. Ill iiii M\ iiiiiiitlis |iriiii' ii. |fa\ii|M t'..r ( 'aiiada, \^'" '"' .•idlllil It'll /"/vr ,,/■,//,/,/. 'rids llpplirs IM sritlris i-U'rcls. ||i,t|s,. 111. Ill Mi„,(U. t'.illlliliy lllnisils, rlr.. Iiiit it is not dilriMlr.j In |.<'|'|||il an\ jM'i'suii tl. I. film' ill ynuds fi.r ilir |.ii rpi is., i.f sclliiiLj tlii'iii at'lrf aiiival, IM'risil iiilfiidfil tn nt\iT laiuc lifliU lit' sti.rk. wlii.'li \v..iild 111' Itn.iiulll ill fit her t'nr tin- |tiii|M»sf i.t' staii iiiu' a ranrlir i.r tur slaiiulit rrini;, I nil ii is iiitriidrd III i'n\cr cmtM liitiL; wliicli ill.. si'itltT has had. and which he still rt'i|iiii'('s fur his own usc. All st I >r I in myiil III nnist Itr rxaiiiincd l)\ a \ rli'i'iiiai",' iiisiMTtor lict'ui'f cnissiiiu till' lilies, and his rciM itira Ir nf hrallli (.l.taiiird h-r ihr sjiiiit'. This is nut a (|iiai'aiit inr. luii simply a \ i'tt'riiiai\ iii.^|.iTt i and if till' aniinuls nn' all riiilit lliry aii- |iriiiiii ted tn I'lilrr at unci'. hh. Thi' '•(!fiii!i(la Si'ttlrrs L.iaii and Tiiisi ( 'ompaiiN." ut' uliidi Messrs. .\llaii. r>fV(l,ui'.s A' ( 'u. aiv the agents at W innipi'M'. make small loans tn the extent ut' tVuiii s-_M)() tu s |l )( ) . ,r s.'iOt ) t(i parties in the Ciiited States and in thr old eminlrv \vliii desiir it. and uliu w isl settle alniiu the lilieut' the .Maiiitnlia and Noit h West nn |!ail\sa\ I In and any persnii wishinn ttia\ail leiiix'l \ es II full p irtieiilai-s liy wrilinn the ayenrs asalmsi t I Ins pn\ ileije ean i^ct This is a \ i-yy desir nil alile aifaii^eiiient fur 1 linse wliu. tlmu'ih iim >d farmers, and t li(iruiin|il\ nest and upright, and with all the necessary impleiiients and ('H'ects III eiiahle them tu make a yuuil start, yet lia\ e imt the means iieeessarv ineiiahle them to niiAC The euiiijiaiiy are vi-vv particular tu ulmm t hey make aihanees, almiist e\erythinn' ilepeiidin^ U|inii t he per,>unal Huud character and staiidiiiu nf tlie settler wislnMn the a(l\ances, and liefure makiiiy any caleiilatiuns un this, ur in aii\ \\a\ depeiKlinL;' Ujiun the liiaii. it will he necessary in all cases tu cuinmiiiiicale with the euiiipaiiv III" its ;,ut liiiri/.ed aii'ents. /)n mil (h in-u'l njnm ni I'di'iihiI lOII I h I'l-fri ri'ii I I'din I mni iHif Iml th tr ('niil j>il III/ "/■ //> l. T company's teinis are \i'ry rea.suiiahle. The rate of inteiest is milv •'^ per cent per annum, and the settler is yi\eii three years hefore he has to pay aiiN'thiiiii' hack to the company, and I lie loan is made p,i\al»le in tifteeti years hy instalments, with pri\ ilenes uf payin;L; in full at any Iniie ;"')th. It is not necessary to liecoine a Canadian citizen in order ti iMiniestead land, hut in order to \ote a person must liecome a citizei li\ natiu'ali/.ation if not alread\ hv oirlh. (W i; i:s(nit('i':s oi' \\'ksvi:i;n can a da. «;tii. A II V |i»TSii|| 1 ||f Ih'JkI (I t ;i t'; ,111 1 \' "!■ ;r i\ lii;l ir ilL;ilti'i'ii \cars nT an'i- iiia\' liMiiifvi cai I a im a) jMi I iii>lM'(l. "til. Arraiurcnicnt -- arc niailc w i |ia\ini: >l" <'ritry t'tM-. I.a\^ s ' and '" Land KcLi'ula- aiK W w \h I) til the •• IVt'i' I |(ini('-tiad ( 'iMiiiianv I tlif "Canada Sctt'ns Moin.'-irad C'(aiij-aii\ " tor ivdu'-cd rates to inni|»<';^' a nd oi h'-r )»onn s i o \s jni'h ^I'tl liM> w i>li to ii'o in lie Nortli t'Sl ncsc fairs \\;i; he a\ailaiili' tV\ Im'i' points alon^' nil crnai lona! houndarv line w licit' It is iiio^i CI in\ en tl l\' .■^Ct I Id's t I I Cl'l >>■ Sth. Wc arc ot'lcii asked the ijuc^tioiu -'Wliat ])art of t lie eou nt ry would \ on ad\'ise. ine |.( >ettle in an.--\\'ei'. and one that can oiil\' Ite s;i ' " Tlii-- is a ditlieiilt i|Uest ion t\\ered 1»\' the settler Ids of t lie scit Icr, as to liiiiiself. Si> inueli dc|ii'ntK ujion the rc(|aircint uha' l.-.ind of conntiN he would like, vhctlier In would like mixed fanning, wheat farnunt:-. or sioek-raisinu' : whcihcr he \\n^ a faiiiilv and wouiil 'iKc a dis( isiiict tairh' well x'ttlcd. wdli cliurclie>, school 'tc. o!' W lel her he would •jiase railway or jirixatc lands. If !iitead or ) m)' vn\\ a re in di >i!i)t on tin-- itoint . t he DeiK V \\n\ IS nol to decide untd \ou reach \\ inniju'i; W w here \ (lu wd soon de adie. wn li t he ad\ice and assistance nt' the |)ro]»cr authorities, to- make a ihoice. oi' where, if nee(>>sar\\ \oii can casih' take a run out and s"e for \elf liefore deciding'- All train-- ai'c mel on arrixal at \\'in.ni|»ci; d\ jirojierlv aulhori/cd olliciais. \slio will direct \^m to the jiroper nariies for information. Am|ile accoiuiiiodatioii ■> |iro\ided for all who w ivh toa\ail t lu'insclres of it. in the Dominion ( lo\ t'rniiient imiiiii^rat loi! jiall. winch is close neside the (jejiot. W e i^n e \-ou a I ieart\ imitation to line and --ee for \oui' M'Kes. and wc wiil accoi'd \du a warm wt'lco.ne upon \dui arrixal. I'or furiher information am! partiiailar-- apjiK to the part\' whose name and adiu'css will he wrdteii or staiii) cd on ! he face of tl lis pam[>lilet. or to any of the ( ioveriuiient land oi iiiimiuration apuits in .^ia^itoi)a or the Xorth-West : tothe hejiartiiieni of I iiiniit;'i-atioii (>f t he Dominion ( !o\ erniiieiit . ( M ta w a, * )ntario : i o t lie land department, of the('anaMian I'acitic and .Manitoha and Nort ii- Western lvailwa\- companies, \\ innipee : or to ihe under-io-ned. T ;i(ltMlci' I'V t'ff. lany •atfs 1i> N..rlli ■kvillc, .sf\ ," ill, lint', I mill ry t iiMI tn sett Iff r, as to 111 i x t '(I family scliuols, or ])Uf- int. tilt' \(tu will liorit ics, run out •ri\al at 11 tut 111' ided t'or 'rmufiit. If yoiif- \al. y \\ host' of this LCiits ill •atioti of artuicnt. I'ail\va\ an. HKLO\(;iN(; TO THE |1 ■i- 'I % .V '■3 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. (These regulations are substituted for and cancel those hitherto in force.) The Canadian Pacific R^iilway CJompany offer for sale some of the finest agricultural lands in Manitoba and the North- West. The lands belonging to the Company in each township within the railway belt, which extends twenty-four miles from each side of the main line, will be disposed of at prices i-anging FROM $2.50 (10s.) PER ACRE UPWARDS, TERMS OF PAYMENT. If paid for in full at time of purchase, a deed of conveyance of the land will })e given ; but the purchaser may pay one-tenth in cash, and the balance in payments spread over nine years, with interest at 6 per cent per annum, payable at the end of the year with f-ich instalment. Payments may be made in land grant bonds, wiiich will \)v ac(.*epted at 10 per cent premium on their par value, with accrued interest. These bonds can be obtained on application at tlw Bank of Montreal oi- at any of its agencies in Canada or the United States. GENERAL CONDITIONS All sales are subject to the following general conditions : 1. All improvements placed upon lands purchased, to ho maintained thereon until final payment has been made. 2. All taxes and assessments lawfully imposed u])on the land or improvements to be paid by the purchasei-. '\. The Company reserve from sale, under tliese regulations, all mineral and coal lands, and lands cimtaining timber in (|uantities, stone, slate and marble (quarries, lands with Wfiter power thereon, and tracts for town sites and railway purposes. 4. Mineral, coal and timber lands and (piarries, and lands (xint rolling water power, will be disposed of on very mo i llcli.ATloN: ■!; inllMiX'l'''' I ■tiling "f MuriiMiliuf. ;iliil. lA'-c ,1111" > ;iiiti :\-r " ■< ,|, I'm- lMiii''.-^t(';H ( ,'iil r\ . mile ']• ;UiV |-''-i l'\ cii 1i If ^' 'im tiilifi' y ■ i"»"'. i:nti;v. IJV ;.t the Inr.il ImIuI n|!l.r ill v.liirli ill." j-.utrv may 1). UM.ir p.Ts^MMi . ... ..'.m- .1.-mv> lir uimv. --n "f !'■•' '••" '''"'"-• ' :" 'v,, uiir Tlirf-. i..r..nlivi.sl<). ..;. rjir piv>."«ii lav.. li(Hii.-n'a r, .!.■:• 'iir 1 max ill' pi'ri''»!!iu-(i in 1 hri !• 'A ;iv~- ; , , , . , •1,1 , I-,,,.. V..H-- ."!.;>.,.:..., -^.! .v..M,n,v. ^hM-m, v;i,„.i, |...,■,...l.l„• „,;„.;;,:;a■i,..^ 1 „. f.. ,„.. .iK.n .„x V -■" N\it!!"ii; tMi'tritinu tli.' .'D'ry. i ', -iiirlirc l't ^1,,.!, Iv^ul.-iK-.. n.-.M Ik- 1.1 a j,!c-U'a( wit 111 1 1 twi' niil" (,I till' llOlllt'SllMU ti'iat ! '1 -1' t |i Ml. ill ll;ililt,'!)li- 1 ;h-,..- ill lilt' 'nil'" ?•'■'"■ ■ I) ariv- 1m !>»• Ill I'fii'' t hr .--»'»■< 'ii' I '.) a' !■>'- ill-' tllll'il Vi-.iV. :; V,.n!r,-,n.vn.^iu.'Hn\w!,enWo,MlK.tirs1 twov..ars,>MiliM.r.t Near iiii- ] ti aiTi--~. ai^" liiHKliiiU "■ "•'•" I" t the i'Xpifat ion <'f hfciU;!!-- aiitUiioiiai ^ ,„,i:.u!l.va.e his l....n..t.-au lot at Ira.- MX .,..aah> n, .arli y-ar for tiiiv'f vrars. Ill Six 7} of Do ArrLKWi'ioN i'' 'i'v r.\'i'i:NT av iM- nwuK- lu-t-.P' th.' i.M-al ai^.MU ur aux lamustea.l itisi-eclu, . • ynonths' notice mast he given in ivriting to the Conmissioner omimon Lands by a settler uf hisinteniion, prior to making application for patent. Al! runmiunirutu.ns liaviu- ivfrtvur.- to latul^ umlrr .•outr..l uf thn Dominu.u Ciowr.nnent, lyin- hrtuvci Hh' .sisiaM-n hou.ulary wt MfinitoWa .mil the Pacitic coast, shouia In.' addivs.s.Ml U> The Secretary of the Departmeul of the Interior, Ottawa, or the Commissioner of Dommiou Lands, Winnipeg. Manitoba.