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Dbtden, P.O., Apra 24, 1897. ently'ire of?t wS'tSfirk'S^J^'o^^^^^^^^^^ «'^'«. »PP- which checked its growth l«dy The clovl. f. ..1 ""? ^'^ """"^ '^^'^ ^^^^^her I cannot find any of it killS^S'heaW oT Vh^r'"'"*^ *° ^^f^'^ »«*»»• »°d Halo in Dryden.* Three t^rm^n^^ltfv vT *''^ ""'^ ""^J' '^o lots for South Afilca haveTrch^edTrtwo of wf^^ T*"^ J"*"* ^"»'^'^^» -^d bnild and make their headquarters theTe th^^ '"'* ^'^"^ '^« *'^''^' '''" work'ct'^^^^^^j^i^e'ito^^^^^^^^ T °^ -*» ^^e -n.n.er more are expected to-day The ^oulILn^f n T"^ ^'T ^^''^^'-'^'y »°d two 300 or 350, including^tori The^*Z w^'^?-^'' *°1 ^'«'°'*y « Probably w more a;e surveyld ?he%aw TiH T J^L"^"''"? ? ''"^ '^'^^ ^^^^^^ furnish lumber as t^t as" n^^e? CJh i L°'«? ^^ ''^^ *°d cannot about 116.60. and B. C.^ed"r shSs a! 80^75 (^f,"" '.^'P'*?^ ''^^ ^ ''*d ^r ba.e^«,wn Clover on the fall ^ITeS^" ^^.VL 'wil?ri:': ^^1^ A. E. Annw, Superintendent. Additional town lots will be surveyed immediately. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, lownrtip. of W.m,S? .L vIb H^™?^^. ""^ oontmuou.. Th, origin.! annlifld fnr n {- ? ui P*'^"<'"'a"y good, a considerable portion has been riitXaud^rn'*;^^^^^^^^ ^"' »- --y«<^ d^urinrie'sTMh Up to March. 1897, 20,000 acres had been purchased or aoDlied fnr Ti,.-- represents about eighty-two applicants who will with Zir^^F^mfr u ^^ 055»Mon^,i *i„ .B^ „„i. Of .■To^Jr-.i.t Tllre,n^^^^^ i*tt m Uie town may boMoured undor Ue following condition. • 1. Not more thu one lot on be >old to enr one individo.1. 2. Pnrcl.««,r, mu.t erect a li.bit.ble houK not le» th.n l«x20 feet. taking ,1^0* '~'"""°'°" "'"''™'" •"'» "» ■»»»"•• ««»» «■»• •* The term, of pnrohMe are cash and there are no teai cf any deMripHoD. arm of Irte Wabigoon. f/vo .h.ft. are being°.'ur«r"pil.::t «„'""" pdnf du,Ug the coming ..mme,!' TiS ^U ^IX^tleTrro^S" c'r^Z 1896, the le original ind during 'Ogbyi were th of Eton. 1 has been 1897, both for. Thia ei become numerous, ipring and ent Farm. ilway oom- town will at an early 4JMent to town lots to follow, nith shop mill is in industries on Queen the town Bt. I time of ption. Vabigoon aing and t for the lis. I Home, kken up, western e. ion road built an be oom- loted by for, and various Dryden 3 in direct communication hr watnr .ifk tu x, . Unce to be travelled being^Ct 40 Jl « T'r I?'"'."* '««'°°. *»>« d-' Wabigoon gold fields are of excLd^a 1 • ^^ ^""^ Manitou and Uke employedthereinmininffo^raS . J?/*?"""^- ^^^^ 200 men are now may be trebled. The riv*erKrn jlr »e.«>n tL Tum^T •bout a mile-is perpectly .Tvi^Z '^'^^'^ *°^ ^^^ Wabigoon-a disUn^:; vegetabl^^^^^^^^ produce, fresh meat and fied During the past winter about 300*00?) T^'''*"'P« '•»'«*•'« araply ven° the Jme, and there was abo a Sr camn „'*'''r?y ti«« were takfn oSt^aloSr n.me« were in demand, as weret:; T/tZl ^*°'*°" '"^«- ^^ -«^ -nS KiverX^^-;^^^^ all through the Rainy Conftr " • '""' """"^^r "f «ettlerJ. **' ^^"•"'"^t'on at DrydeJ «»<>"." aboTtU"^^^^^ ;r' '^^•'^'''^ "Dryden" and •' Wahi. Bhould be understood that there is n^ 1 T^'^ «°^ °' ^ke Wabiaoon I name might lead one to suDDoie InH '°?;?^<'''°'» between the two pl3^ the assumes no responsibilu/Srr"' wf aKcrme^'.l ^^ ^ the'S^m 'n -r^n^^^^^^^^ - actual -tir^^^ran^irto^l^^^^^^^^^^ -^^j^--^ " «^^^^^^^ 20 t' rn ^"^ •'^ ^«9« - 'ollows : Fall whea about20.Herrison's aJaLt iS^'k'^'. per acre; Colorado ^^l The clover in fall wheat, sown 8th Aftv at th«'H "''{' * ^^^ "«>? ' <«te. P«o? .1- ?• !; ^? °' *' ^''o to ^^o and oneSlf fei'M r °' ??" °« ''*>«•* was n ful also headed out. The clover was cut twLtt- ^^^' T*»« «°>othy in wheat was ^Uhat i,-.. tomatoes an7lt'Grv:-rbirolt^^^^^^^ natPZ:^' 'Sn:man°rd^!:,tb:f °« ^^^-*«' °' «>« l«nd and rich on October 1st weighed Ullb eLch Thll^" ""'^ '°'"'°°'^ '''^' ^woS wWch The weather this winter win. ^ ^ ''' '""*""** ^P"' ^^'h. '*" eariier and the snow feK?n„ din^r t'ha^""*^^' *." ^*' '^' '^^ closing up weather was enjoyed. In 1895 fhl . """*'• ^""' • S«*t deal of rJSLSf and in 1896 on Ocitr 17th ***' "'"'^ **°PP«^ ''""^^ on NovembeTj?h Z''-'^^nt':lr:7^^^^^^^ modified as to 160 acres or half a lot, inst^d ofl20 .. f '^ ^P'i"*^* '« *"o'^«d to purSaw IS allowed to increase his XilL'mTZ'''^' ""• ''^«. ""^^ '' '^ S^^ The Superintendent of the Pioneer Par' M a^^ " '"" "^''- P«' »<'«•«• ^ds Agent and niay be add^^TcS^e"' ^ O ^' ^ ^'^' " "^ ^'^^^ The SDeciAl P P D j*«o»i ^r. yj, Ofinn^rp"^ "camng to avail themselves of it -Koi^i^i'" ,'""'** ™®"^ of each JL.^ J map, 320 IN §1 1 shown contait .3 .2 s tf ■ta a O "» -^ « (B J3 •£) jg i- ® eS O o a 6 RIVEH DISTRICT. TowMsHip or Van Hormi. fr4^\r.;'l;lf;.iV^^^^^^^^^^^ .tfi^ :^^^ '- HiU. or over 100 feet high ; except two .a,all patches of .prut a "^^^^^^ ^«° de-tro/ed pwt. of the townJhin completely b*™ h^til '•>« -°"t»»r«"t quarter, leaving thick growth of .m.K popOk'p'Si a^d bbch"'" P°'''°" " --'«« '>7 * cUy an'd U^Jtt;L^f The^'o^^^^^^^^ •'^- »' -''^ 'oa- Thi. third of the town.hTp. ^ Siij wTuTink mlil''' F' u "^^ *^"1'^ •»'0"^ o°« ready for the plow, i the ^and . alm^rJ^lIw ',^'" /*'"'°'; '^'^ *° °>*ko i^rnSlg!^- "''"^^'^ -" « ch"«;'rx^'«^!!r :;—' it^^j: Sept. 11, 1896. A- "• MACDOUGALL, Ontario Land Surveyor. Township or Rdobt. few^STl-Vrl'iVt'^^^^^^^ gently filing with a ■Uting chiefly of high hills of rock with l«Jt ^^^ P""* """'^ ■*««»». oon- Thesoiloonristsof afinewhitl«u;^ mushkeg and small patches of day almost clear of timber andl^mo^^JC^^^^^^ '^!. aE.'^ortion. thH The township is well wateT S ^ T'^ "'*^* "^^ '°' *»»• Plo'^. part; the largesrPe"?! ralrlic^pT.: l^^^t' 4 i*^^^ '"^ '^' "O'S-em and extends a Iom wayont oftk^ T u- "' t °"'®*' '°°8 '«» '»»» N.E. corner river a.l„ggi.h%f^^\°^'„°'^'^^^^ ^J^J-tlet of this lake is pIC by which the water is much di^Jored tlJ j^^ ^"^ '"** ?**P ''»'*' °^V »>*nk- E. bounda.7 of lot 1, oon^^^C^^'^oZ^uTtJ''? .*°''"'»'P '"' ^^e finaUy emptying into Wabigoon riy;r in tj^*^ jfp if Eton '" ''"""'°" '' There is no timber of any valii« in ♦!.« ♦ l- i completely burnt and the mt il cove^ t 1T?M ^'^' *."**• P*'' »»« »>««» poplar, spruce and in general from 1 to 6 ln!S;^ dead -econd growth Jack pine, that a large number afe bio Jn down hj eve^ storL thr^. "^""'^ ^^"'^'^' «^ IS in a few swamps and muskegs covered hTJ!^^ ' ! """'^ exception to this Game was rather nlentif^l ^ T! 7 ^ '**'°°** «~'^ """^ ■«">»>. of partridge. aiSpS SlSd jJii:"""*' **' "'^ -- «««- -<> large number. Noy. 20, 18S6. ^' ^' ^AODOUGALI, Ontario Land Saryeyor. i TO TUB ) feet high ; deitrojred, 'ter, leaving vered bj « Mm. Thii aboui, one- ly to tnako nber. The th swampa urveyor. Dg with a ough, oon- • of clay, on, this is ' the plow. northern E. corner, is Pelican ilay banks ip on the «Mion 1., has been ^•ok pine, )cayed, bo on to this Bcrnb. nambers Towmnip or Etoh. With the exception of a l»w >««i,. i nearly the whole surface is undaUt^^ ««evatlons in concessions V and Vr for drainage. *** ^ undulating and rolling, thus affording goouthw«terlvl,^^^^^ V.. .„d RowilgT^ of which Its banks are formed, a^beina #1! / ^ ""pregnated with the dav thirds of the volume of the Wabiiroon \r^ j • ^f" ^*''*"*" "^^^f >• "bout two. features, uniting with it on lot tT'^! i« wmilar to the latter in many ofT*^ with a depth of fi or 6 feet RnTfc ' ' i • .*'" *° •verage breadth of fiO lilt? township is situat^ ontt 5 in conc^Ltri"'' "r™"- ^^« oTule in°the Sept. 19, 1896. T. B. SPEIGHT, Ontario Land Survey or. TowusHip or Waikwrioht Oct. 1, 1896. ^- B- SPEIGHT, Ontario Land Surveyor.