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IT IS r.o lonrjor necossray to eii poy iifoniuients toconvi.ice
(h ' tleuizt'iis of tlie t)ver-popii»(it(.';l Lusi less ceatres r.nd
couutry (listiicts of the old couutrios, and tlx,' older
sections of the F'];ist;n'n Provinces (jf Cannla, tliat enii;^'i'a-
tion to the West is the onlv relief for disadvantages nii h-r
•\vhicli many of their nuinher lal)or. There AVf'.s a tnuewl-en
convictio)! on this qucsfion was unsettled, hut tlie ra^)ld
How of settlement Avest'.vai'd duriuii;' the last ten years, ; n<l
whicli is incivasing raiii<lly every year, has settled this
point in the min.l of every thudviny' individual. The as-
pirant 'ior professional life sees the tield s;) ci-o\vded
ahead of him, tliat notlun;>' l)ut (Extraordinary ahiUt}-, an
amount of wealth or influence ihat hut few can conunand,
can place him in a position to earn even a n siiectahlc live-
Hhooil in the callini"' of h:;-, cliolc;'. So, also, it is with the
mechanic or the commercial niaii, — Iih iin<ls competition so
keen, capital a;4'ainst him so strong', and the Hell so occupied,
that to venture means to court disastei'. Nor, ai-',' tlie cir-
cunistances dilierent with the agriculturist. If lie happens
to he one of the favored ones who inherit large means, or
through other exceptional circinnstances, 1)econies possessed
of capital consiileiahly in excess of his neighhors, he can, no
douht live comfortahly and do wel! ; hut he is the excep-
tion, and is not generally for whom this pamnhlet is intend-
ed, although it is safe to say there is no country upon the
face of the earth in which an accumulation of capital vwA
and wealth can he emploj'^ed to hetter advantage than in
developing the latent resources of the Canadian XortliAvost.
Everything touched with capital here has a growtli in it
which is not true of the oldei- parts of the M'orld. The pro-
fessional hian, the artizan, the counuercial man, and the
agriculturist, in any part of Europe, and in the older por-
tions of Canada, with hut limited mean.s, knoAVs but too
well l;hn.t ruioco.ss in tho East, c\'en in the most diligent ser-
vice of a life-time, is but rarely achieved, while it i.o but the
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naked truth to >-ny it may l)i' the i-iile in any p.;'v. f » uibJT
witli tlie natural ami (!t'\ cloinng n<lvanta;^VH ol; t.'ie iVau., A
\)u\t\in\H of the J'lovince oT .Manitolci.
This Province is e-jsentiallv an aLricultnial cDrjitv^;, hut
the demand for aU otln'r ela'-^^es oi liu' comiiiv.iiitv must
be in ratio witli tiir ineri';;se ol: a_L;Ticnltui'i!-ts. 'IT.r.t is, that
while nianufaeturiii"'. in manv lines, and coiiuueieitvl i.t'iots
in iiarmony with it, eaiuiot he jis succe^srully c.inieii on .is
in some o-l' the ii dusti'ial districts to ti;e Kast, tlic scope Tor
a'j;i-lcnlture and its !\'ii''.ied industries is unliuiiti-d; >v.v\
wit;) its develop. ii.eiit i'oilo.vs an incri'.'.si;!v; dit;:i!a:'id ior tl.^;
protVv.sioutd man, the avtisai), tiie dealer, and all other
classes oi" the C(Minnnnitv. This rear-;oninij lirst c.r'.ls I'.jr i\m
location of the former, and while, as we liave !-aid a! eve,
there is no limit to t!ie lield here in v/hicli cnp'tal c:;n le
ja-olitably employed in farming; the memhers nl t'.d.-; cla^-is
seeking- locatio)is are posi-'esscd of smaller means, and if the
emi'i'rant hut isosse-.-es tlie e'.u'rp'v and resolution essential
for success in anv new countiv,— at all on a y\iv \:\\.\\ t'le
pluck of the eai'ly settlers of t!'.e Ivi .L-.n [;a;is ol' Ai.i.'.ua,
— success is as cei'tiJii r.s exister.ee.
Tlie average larmci' of the old v.\>:v.', ''■.
hut too well th;it he is working j'oi- I. is
land.lord ovdy. Xo n'.attei" vv'luit land ::e
carefully he may operat > it, tlie r^'.argin
paying his lent, does little n:ore, if any at all, tlian suj"p)}'t
his familv. In the EiiKtern Provinces of Canada ac^'ain, th.e
gi'eat hulk of tiie present tlsy fiU'mers are v,()r!;ii;g' hut
small sxib-divisions of tlieii' parents' and gran.d-i^areuts', —
in many cases but 50 acre lots, and oft.'U snn.iler. Eut a
liare living is to be made on these at present, and as th.e
land becomes nio. e and n-.ore v.orn, tlie pro.-.pects are on tin-
decline. The great (piestion is, v.diat ore they going to de-
• ni^' M'ee, l:;:.);', s
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sibility, un!e!-s Wk'^ }-.nrcha,ser is sunounded by a gnr.vn up
fav.tily, witii wi!!ii;g hands.it is an absolute impo.'- sibility —
tlie ii'teiest on tlie j.rice cits up eveiy cent, and often more
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It is for these men and
on small fanr.s, who aiv civi-eful and industrious, that
Manitoi.a offers nu' xMiallcd inducements — the men v\l;u are
l;l!.\MKiN COl XTV X FAV(.KE.> LOCALITY. (^
siin'oiiiiilc,] w'itli fainllii's oallirfj fur onvo, nn<l v, ho can.
liriii;i \\illiti!.': liiiiuls ;!iiil a littlr capital for a slait, until a
ci'oji can l.c src'uri'd. 'riic lariiicrs of Ontario aii.l ctlicr
Eastci'ii I'i'o\iti('i's. \vl:o li,i\<' linl (.s-pcricncc on a luisli <"a iii
or will) ha\{' heai-tl their |iai\'i.t> I'lro-.uit tlicir cxperiiMic in
C'Ioarin.<.>' thcni, must 1.'> coinincr.l tlmt tlu'sc laruis IriVf ro t
cvi-rv (!i)!!nr I in'V arc Vioitli, »'\cn '.vlicn lii:;lilv cultivat mI,
to lii'ii!;..;- ti.t.'ni to tliat stat' of po'ft'c^ion — the choppin*,:', t'lc
flcnvin:.;. tin- <litcliini;', tlir ;-t<'nin.^' ami the IViiciii^^', ncccM :\r-
i'y in tlic Kast, lirxr c) t, tolli'ctivi'ly. {'yi'vy ccjit thi- uvr.)
is woith: Ko tlu' fa'hicr, wlien lookin.;' around upon tlio
th" tVui::. <)'{ a. life's !al)or, y.i"-.- he h.i'.s i.otiiin^' acouHU'l;;i', i!
iir.L ]iay 'i\,r his days' \v;iy'es, and o'ilvw i n.fc ]:oor])ay at that.
/.t is lo t:ii'. V /acts, tliiit i;- •■ro\ !;),'.•; a farm in KastO'U
.'an:i''.';, : iii'/y*-; la;t a p'ayu'.eiit lor hibor, and that that V';i;,--
ing f(i;' cvi i\r._'i(>ved l,'..n:! o'.it of t'.i;' j^rol't^ of thr,: t'arr.i, is
tni n'-; o'ute :rl]•o^•sih:;it■y, Vv'e want to Cfvll tiie attention cr'
th' i! .■ritu'ituiisT/, at th'' ontset, for a coiitrast. The circrji)-
!-t '.:;ces aiv vastlv ditren nt in !-;!in:ti>' a. All tlie lal or thrt
cads for a life of di"id_ir'ry iii the east is saved the settlci- in
'■ the iM^v \\'e,--t."' Me !'Ors on to ids f'anii ent'ielv clciiicd
or st;e;;s ami stoiies \ty nalvr.e, ai'd fiovii the r.atnie i^f
thnir s, recjiiivni;:; foi; years, fit hr.t. Imt litt'e fencin^f, and
at ;n:y time l>nt little drainnu'e. Ail lie lias to do is ])iteli
]\\- tiar.i ((> tlie ]")!o\v on ali?};iit:nn' t'ioni tlie cai's, liavii ;;.„•. of
C(U"iis% tiist secui'eil In:, lot. and coniiaeuce lireakin^' foi"
Id-; ti'op. iSiadi honanzas weie unheard of by our voro-
i'aiheis, hut tliev ai'e the realitv liei'e. ^^'e do not ox cour:-.
■want iiny one to believe tliat some capiial is not re((uiref' U>
eo i;!;:e;iee sueee: -r.fiil farmino' li(ne. and that euorfi-y r-m!
plncl-; ,"ie not refjuii'ei] ior pioneei'iii'i' here, as well as cIm'-
wheie, for tliey a.re : but. the fact is, vvdiere both are <:::i-
i)kn'ed, to anv (>xt:'nt. success is assuircl from the start, rnd
■Nveaitii follows in a vei'V fev\- >-(-ar.--. as testiuioniaL Aoia.
['!; (.t ta! iren in t!'.i.\se fj^^'ivs fully sliovr.
KRANDON COUNTY A FAVORED LOCALITY.
Althouo'li tlie province as a whole oiicTs Gxccpti( nal
inducements to the intemlin.o' enn'm-aut, .some localities in; it.
as IS the case in older countries, are more highly favored
tiian others, and a careful pcrus:al of wdiat we have to ,s;;y
a
.,i;ani;.».n m.Nrv a rA\<»i;Li) i.m; a itv.
in tilt'-; ' ]'.'.:;<',s. iiiusi: cowiiicc any <n\r t'lcrc i.-i iMMf nioio
siKcliiliy !;;v(ii(' 1 liy ii iuirr iiiHl <•: :■•!• rnciii,>.iH.n'<'.s tiiiiu
tlK' ('ouiity oi' lirai'i-lon. Altiiou.yii cio wludi- coiimry, iV<»iii
a fi'W mill's I'.'.si, of Wiiini) "'X to the Ik'.sc of tin- Kocky
ilnuiitniiis. is pi-iu'ticnlly |»ruii-ie, C'Xc-t'[)Liii,u' Miinll 1»1oi'Uh (if
•NVdiilrd hiHis, tluTo lU'c (iiild'eiK-i's in jn-'iirii-s lor n^ricul-
turv'i MU'cc-s, ii'. rliciv' arc (litii'iViu'c.s in otlii-r soils, k.iiI wo
tliinlc it can liesliown tiiat nfturo luisdoui' its shai'u fortniH
pu; t, while tlie Moi-k oi' man lias a!-(» hecn an a"tive ay'ent
tVo:a.tlie days of the liist railway train, in the year iNNl, in
its (levejoiimi'nt. Tiio sni face is un(luhitin<4', presi'ntin^
Iteautifiii waves of liiu'li himl, exceed inyly well adaiitud I'oi*
l)uildinir sites, iiardeiiini;', a. nor cu'.tuie, nnd nil the var-
iou-< kinds of proihicts, in the moister s. i (»us, with ^^'I'lulnal
declivities, until the lower ]/i.-iri"s of the cotnitry are
reached, thus ,ui\irj4' aln.t :-t oeiy fiuni every variety of
soil to he found in t.ie coiuir//, r.il [).v-eminently ensures
su<ce^s in all crojis and itroduets, no matter Avhat kind oi' a
seas in tlie country may experience. It is principally
liecanse ol' these nr.tural a:lvanta<.;vs, tlie (ioveiinm nt has
locats'd tile experimental iiirm for the Province liere. And
while a icl'erence is liein^f made to this institutiou, its advaii-
taue-i to the sui-roundin>'" settlei's mav he lirietlv referred to.
The tV.rm is situated on the north side of the Assnnbonie
Eiver, jiartially within the city linuts. It is composed of
one section of land ((140 aeres), and will be <levoted to
exiierimenting in crojipini;- in every form — cattle raisiuf"',
tree culture, Hardening' iVe., in every form tliat ingenuity or
curiositv mav suiiU'^^st. The Manaiier, ih*. S. A. Bedford, a
most ellieient, courteous and agreeable gentleman, always
willing to give any information at his conmiand to visitors,
kee[)s a register of his experiments always available to the
puVilic, so tiiat tlie results of his lali(jrs \ni\.y bo available to
the public without the expense of experimenting themselves.
Thus, in a word, all that is known, or from time to time
may be learned of successful farnn'ng on approved plans in
the country, may be learned by evei-yone without a cent of
outlay Ol- the expense of a trial. The southern boundary of
the county is 8(J miles from the American line, and its
eastern boundai'v is 120 miles west of a j\Ieridian, tlu-ouefh
the City of Winnipeg, and is an exact square of 8() miles
on each boundary. It emliraces six municipalities, or >vhat
are known as townships ii Ontario, viz.: Elton, Daly,
Whitehead, Cornvvallis, Oakland and Glenwood, each pos-
".S^gK'- '■: '■;;i«ia&,i;*i«-.*.«-p;
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sossii",' six towiisliips tlu'insiNVi's six itiilty !-(|un'o. Tn
j)li;'.-u)il iVatiuos these nnmicijidlitit's Viiry .-onicwlm!. Itoiii
tail- ntiotlicr, as tlu*y me tiaveix'il liy the vwoiiobK' sticjinis
the Assinii oiuo uin) tlie Smiris Uivfis, thnt Wn'j;*- their
Hfi'i.iMitiin' cdurst's !vif;'\ili»rly )Hi(i>> tlicui. Imt nil |in-sc>sin<;
tint uii'hilatiu^' surface, vaiyiiiu a.ni iVrtile Mtil, that j^ives
t<» rhi- etiuutiy that espi'ci. lly lii;ili stMiiiliii<^' \vhei'e\ ci" the
iiu! its of the proviiiee are fully known. The uu<hilatinfj;
sui fac(! and the winding' streams ;;i\t,' n full su]il'ly of the
lief-t of water for all the rt.'(|uirenients of man and heast, au
jidvaiitac-e that is of paramount imj ortanee to the inteiid-
in<:' settler iu our new eountrv. lint their advantaiies do
no!, end here, — they ensurii conniarative iiinuunity fi'om
early frosts and other l)li<;hts that atHict, in vuryin<jf de<j(ree.s,
nil new countries.
iJeing one of the oldest, or ralhei", we should say, the
bej-t settled County in the I'rox iiiec [\,y its a;;e, the success
of tht.' fai'miiK' connnunity, more esjieeiixUy related hy them-
Helves in later pa^'es of this pamphlet, ai'e no expei'iment,
Imt the realities of successive cn)])[)in<.;', which is an alisolute
assurance that all intending settlers
search of.
fire so eai^eily in
KAILWAYS, &c.
In addition to these natural advantaoes. the country is
possessed of these connnercial privileges of sucli ispccial
importance to the settlor. Sinct; the first .settlement was
made the main line of the C.P.R. has heen in oi)eration
directly ac]'oss the centre of the country, from east to west,
with an efficiency of management that is not exceeded by
nny other i-ead upon the American Continent. The main
line of the Northern Pacific is to make Brandon City, in
centre of the couiity, its head quartei-s, entering the county
at the south-east angle, rinining northerly to the city, and
with another branch projected and to be .shortly con.struct-
south-westerly to the south-west corner of the comity. This
locality is also to be traversed by a branch of the C.P.R.,
having for its object the developeiiient of the vast coal fields
lying about 100 miles to the south-west of the city. iJesides
these roads, the Great North-West Central is already
graded across the country in a noi-th westerly direction,
*nd will be in operation this season, thus bringing even the
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most roinok- srttler of the counh' witliin fiftoen or sixtoen
xiiJL's oi ii ij'.i.u.iy. ciiJiiiiiui.;' i.iti U) ivaeh his niai'kot, dis-
pose oi liis V, aivs, aiid iiium the name day, — a state of
adviiiu'ciiieid. tliot is not yet readied l>\ many localities of
the o!(hir nrovinees, nnd certainly not l»y theWestei-n JSti^tes
of A)n(!vica, that Itoast so much of their connnereial pr:\a-
le'?:cs. The iiiiniodinte lieneHts of tliese natural and de-
V('lo))i'(i advantages are the highest ])i'ices for all farm pro-
ducts, l)e(;anso ol: competition in railways and the lov.est
cost in mari: 'tine', i\\„[ tiio cheapest markets in which to
purch:).; " all tiie nefcsifiries oi' life to lie found in the coun-
try: 'imi-.o the rr>r.lt Ol" competition and le^'itimate husir.ess
rivairv TIk- i> tsvo <i<lvanta.c>'es make m a few years all the
dittci'Mre in price hetween the most impi'oved fiirms in the
connr-,",- iin<i tiie tree homestead in tlie most remote povtions
of the j rovince. In other words the ditlerence in the ])rices
on the !ij'ai:.;ou County markets resultino- from sales of
prodiu'; and the pui'chiises of the necessities of the hus-
baudiiinii will in a vorv few years make the ditlerence be-
tween the free laud in less favored districts and the most,
improved ffirms on the market in this country, to say noth-
in.e- 01 tlie other advantai^es of livin,^' in a developed country
to wliieh we will make reference in later pa^-es. But per-
haps to :.,:ow the QTOwth of this coiiutry, iu wliich the
(V)Uiitv o.- jjrandon has shai'ed, it n;ay not he inappropriate
to taiv.- '.ouie statistics of a <:;eneral cliaracter :
In i.-)o1 the/e wei'e, for instance, hut 2,8S4.'537 acres of
land occiiDioi^ in the vrholo province, or a little less than
three tiu; .s tiic area of this county, and to-day there are
6,240."' '0. Ol- r'Too- fold in seven years. At that time a-so,
there -. . > I. at 2:10,704 acres under crop in the province, or
aitont r'ie area, one-third of this county, and to-day there
are neinjv tixc times tlint quantity, which is unpi-ecedenteil
in tiie ]^:.-,ooi-y of any otlier country In 1880, there were
hut 0,7;; ISO bushels of wheat exported from .Manitoba,
ajid in th(,' following' year there were 14,000,000, the county
of Bramion ])ruihicino' more than the one-tenth of that, or
neai-ly a ((iiaiv -r of a million Inishels more than the whole
of Mo..!C ia. ayross the border, pi-oduced the same yeai'.
But her.' ai: the most detinite fio'ures of all — ti<j;'ui-es that
ou.o-ht to e.a 1 i y conviction wherever read T)akota but a
few years afju. when it had a ponidation of 25,000 more
than tiio wi!')i<'of Manitoba to-day, produced but a ti'itle
more than twiei; what was ^Town in the County of Brandon
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ill 1887. If we produced no other aifjuinent tlian this, it
alone is suffieieut to show E'-aiidoii County of all other
localities is the one in which the man who desires to huild
up a profitable afjricultural Imsiness ouoht to pitch liis tent.
The yield for Brandon County was a little over .'}21 Ijushels
per acre. The names of a few of the chief procUicers of the
county for last year with their postoffice addresses, so that
all desirous of crettino- information direct can secuie it for
themst'lves : Geori^'e Kod<lick & Sons, Bri'.ndon Hills,
10,000 Imshels, snld' at Sl.OO per bushel ; D. CalU'ry, Kran-
don, 2,000 bushels, after payintf a'l expenses in conneition
with his wliole crop ; George Halse, Brandon, raised 1,700
bushels, and has 1,000 after ])aying all expenses in eoin:ec-
tion with cropping ; I). W. Shaw, Brandon, 1,800 bushels ;
Allan Young, Griswold, netted 82,700, after defraying all
expenses; Percy Selwyn, Hoimthwaite, netted !r^l,oOO;
Samuel Hanna, Griswold, sold -So, 500 worth, and retained
1,500 for his own use : Jas. Young, Griswold, cleji.red
8:^.400 in wheat alone ; Bobt. Hall, Griswold, S2,()00 ; ^>■. J.
Good, Gi-iswold, 82,000 ; Geo. Stewart, Strati i erne, 81, OoO ;
Jos. lIcFadden, Stratherne, liad 7,000 bushels and so on
with scores of other resiclents of the county.
The average Ontario farmei- would har<llv credit this, but
it can lie proven on cveiy hand. This, too, is an average of
over 1,000 bushels for each and every fannei' in the Inisi-
ne^-s in the county, some of the numbei', of course, gi-(.)\ving
more an'l srnne less. But there are oLlu-r statistics to show
the marvellous gi'owth of this countv Last vear, for in-
stance, there were imported to the city of Briindon by the
d.'alers, 110 car-loads of horses, oi- about 2,200 head, while
it is rcasoiialile to su])pose nearly half as many moiv were
brought in b}'' settlei's tliemselves at all railway depots in
the c<.>untv. At the time at whieli we write the ruling
mark(;t (j notations are: Wheat, 81.00: oats, 25c.: liarley,
2S: eggs, 15; butter, 20 : pork, 87.00: beef, 8!. 25: hay,
8(i.()Il and otiier marketal)le -jvoducts in pi-oportlon, sliowing
the:x; are rea'ly sale and g'on,! jirices for all iriin pi'oib--"ts.
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i'OL.iK.Ah AXU MU.MCIPAL IXSilTUTIOXo
THE Political xVXD :muxicipal ixstttcjuoxs
of Manitoia ai-e inolcltMl after thoi^e of Ontario, tlie l>e; :
features in force in tliat province 1 eiii<;" almost in every
instance adojit^'d. Tlie provin.ce l:as tive repre; entatives iu
tlie House of Commons, at Ottawa, and two Her.ators. Its
local parliament consists of thirty-.Ive nie:iiliers and Imt
one cliamlier, and tive calpinet niinisten-;. When we nay
Bi'a'.idon Cfunity lias tlii'ce of the tliirty-iive representative.;,
and one of tlie Hvc C.iltinet Ministers, it niai'ks its irapor-
tanco. As v\-e liave already siii'l, it comprises six Munici-
palities hesides the City of Brandon, and each one o'i these
has its own municipal o-ovennnent, unrestricted and uncoi-
trolled liv Ctrj.ntv Qnuieils, tlie same as are in vo;nie in tlie
otr.er Provinces. Some of the functions of the Ont.ino
Councils are discharp'ei] hv what are known as Judicial
Hoi.'d (J ii_'la!s, under the control, v,":T the exception of tlie
Ju'1-2'-', i>/ t!ie Local Li'rnslature. Tlie Judo-e, as is the case
in any yortioji oi' Ca.ui li is
a;)pointed hy the 1 do-
minion (lovernni'nt. The i^resent oMicial is the Hon.
D. M. Wa'ker. Tiiere are Init three Judicial centres in the
whole of the Province, and Brandon is the second in im-
poi t:inee of that nuniher. There is here the tinest Gaol and
Court House, without excejition, in the Province, and cost
upwards of SS(),()()0. In it are located the Judicial officials
for one-third of the Province, which occasions a it>'reat deal
of Inisiness here, in fact all the judicial for a large portion
of the country. Each of tlie six Municipalities, and the
City of Brandon, has its r)\vn municipal oi'pmization : con-
sisting, in tlie municipalities, of a Reeve and six Councillors,
and. a Clerk and Treasurer In the City there are a Mayor
and a Board of Aldermen, a Clerk, a Treasurer, and other
minor officials. These Boards liave fall control over all
local assessments, and local expend: tuivs for public im-
provements, and schemes within their horders. The hvi^jer
brido'es,\ ^md other lar^i'er public structures, being Iriilt
wl.M>lly or '11 part out of Provincial funds.
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The nre-ciit offic'nls of the several ^[unicipalities, vrith
their l^)>,t '.I'Mci' . lih'esses. v/e i^ive l.elo.v, uiid they will at
all times rcad.ily o-ive any information at their connuancl to
intondinfr .settlers :
■Js.-jrtfiiWsff? ■ •paBKtev'Si,^,;
OUft SCHOOL SYSTEM.
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Xcune. Ri-iiili iicp. Po<t OJJfce.
C. Fraseu, Mayor Biandon City. . Bmiulou.
C. Kerh, Cleik"^. „
J. Pentlaxd, Reeve . . . Elton Douoks
G. AnEV, Clerk , Ch-iter.
GliAMA.M, Reeve Daiy
T.Westw()(MJ, Clerk ... „
XlCHOL, Reeve Whitehead
AHMSTUoxn, Clerk ....
RoiiDiCK, Reeve Coruwallis
H. Halse, dei-k
XlCHoL, Reeve Gaklaiul . .
. 8. MooDV, Clerk
E. Hitchcock, Re&vi
Do,.:.:age, Clei-k ....
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A'U'X.iiuler.
Dal toil.
Brandon Hills.
Bi-andon.
Souris City.
Rouiithwaite.
Gle'.iwood 8ouri.s.
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
This IP. ;i't! vevv _;;istly, oallcd one ol' the noblest institu-
tioiis of th'.' <'ii;:iit:';.-. Cnder h <nv youtli may derive all
tlie iione'its oi:' tae el.U'Mtional institutions of other coun-
tries, iv\'\ at no cost to the student, tjie Government and
tlie I'reeliold lu'a -ini;' ;\11 tlie expense of the school system of
the couatry. In tlie city tiierea:-c all the facilities found
in i;ia,ny oi* t'le cities in the old ■;• countries. Thei'e are
common sclsools i;'raded tinij".' suitable teachers for all
dei'Toes ()!' alvanceiiiout, until the cla isics, higher mathe-
niaties, i\:e., ura i-eaclieil, and tiiey ai'e under tlie charo'e of
a hj'ad !;i.i.-;ti;'r, who lit.-; Ics st;i.i|e;)ts for the colleges. There
i.'r also in tiie place a Roiiian Catholic Convent, where all
the hrauch.es tan'i'ht in such institutions a.i-e tau!;i'ht tho-
ro']:j,'hly and w- ]. In the Country nninicii)alities, too,
scliools iwe -withii! ':'u'ee or ''oar Uiilos of each other, for the
most ]")art under ^ujrmal ti'ain<» d teachers, and in most
instances o^ion the year round. The 1 luildin^-s are all com-
fortable, well seated and well ventilated, accordiii'f to the
I'enniremerits of a strin^^'ent law. A.s tiie sum of £85,000
was last yt^^^r ".la'd by Covfri'ument towards the support of
corire.to)! schoo's in the Prov:nc':>, the balance to be collected
for teachers' sal iries is coiaparatively liii'ht, an<l such as
it is is collected fi'om all lan-ls within the S'.;hool Districts'
v,-itho;ifc e. c .nt of tax upon the pu];ils.
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IIOAD.S AND IJ11ID(;E.S.
Comni(i'lii>u>s G1miiv'!i(>s of tlio various <l('noi)iiii:\t"i(v.r-. —
Episc'oprilifui, Priv\<liyrT'i'i;Ui, Ba]>tist, Mcthoilist, Kuiniin C'atli-
olie iwil Salvatiuii Avrny, nrv I'duikI in tin- city, aiitl though
the sfliool hous'ts :vn' to somr; cxt^-iit u.fd in thi' iluuici-
palitivs jis placas oi" \\n)i'.s'iij>, coiiirort.ilili' cliurcli 1niil(linQ;s
uv to !'!■ lonu'l ij> ail iiiiuortuiit ccntri's, tlius (^'ivinu' tiie
settler oi' the country all the a(lvanta;.;'os in tlicse iv'sitccts
tluil arc U) Ito met with in connti'ies si-ttlcd for a cont'ary.
A few coiii-pai-ative iigurus, niulcr this head, also may
not lie roail witLout ]>rolit. In 1871 the Pi-ovinee lnvl hut
sixteen Pi-otostaat aii'l Hevcnteen Roman Catliolic schools,
and to-day t!io nu;.iher in this coinity alone is coi'.: '.d.eiahly
in excess of that, and nearly all Noi'mal trained at tl'^'.t.
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ROADS AND BRIDCJES.
As we ha,vo ali'oady mentioned, the hridovs acrops the
laro-ej- streamn oi:' the Thf^vince are huiit hy (jovei'inaent,
and the latt(^r always lias ami^lo means at its eonnnand for
Iniildini;'. heing in ieci'ii)t ol' over half a million of money a
year, mostly froju the ] )onunio]i Govei'ument, and tl:e rest
of the necessary woi'k is done by the Municipalities inter-
ested. As, huwevei', the country is not cut \t\) in e\ery
direction hy strtvims, hills and ledges of rock, hut is either
level or rolling, tlv work of hiidgijio- and road-huilding is
comparatively lij»'ht, an<l will ever remain so, for natural
reasons. In the Hr^t pla«ti the soil, and ('specially that of
this cuunti'v, n.>.Adilv ai»sorf«s surface water, and is, tliere-
foi'e, in itself always C(^mparati\ely diy : in the second
place, our rains ai-e piincijKdly in the months of ihiy, June
and -Inly, just wh-a tlu; growing crops rerpiire them, the
escaping of frcwt iVom the ground in the earl}' spring se)'v-
ing th'i purpose of e;irly irdns. <)ur snow-falls, always
light, comparovi with tliose in thii other Pj'ovinces, melt
at once in cho spring, aiid the roads dry up accor<lingly.
As there are hut few i'Us;hes, no timber fences, and no cuts
in the ro;ids, we ne\ or have hh^ckades in the winter, and
fi'om all causes explained we have good roads the year round.
They all lead into Ih'andon, thus giving the fai-mei'. no
matter in what ]>art oi' (he country located, ahvoys ready
access to the Ixisl market for all kinds of jn'oduets ho may
have to dispoao oi, 'and the clieapest place in which to make
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his necessary purchases in the Province. The intending
settler should carefully note all tliese advantages.
POSTAL FACILITIES.
Next to railways, good roads, schools and churches, con-
venient postal facilities are a matter of uuich importance to
the agriculturist, as dining the »usy se^isons of the year he
finds the least time spent away from his daily duties the
better for his success. Convenient P<i;;o Offices at these
times are quite an assistance, and in thi,s n-spect there is
scarcely a county in Cana<la, even in the older Provinces,
that surpasses the County of our sketch. The whole Pro-
\-ince is carefully dotted with offices, hut IJrandon County
is especially so, there lieing no less than thiiiy-tlve offices
at which resid(aits get their mail. From tlie nature of
things, the office in Brandon serves a large area, and that
has daily connectit^n with the east and the west, as also
liave the offices at Gi'iswold, Dalton, Alexander, Kenniay,
(liater, and Douglas Villages, on the C.P.R., and Rapid
Cit}', a thriving town to the North. The offices at Souris,
Souris City, Roseland, Stratherne, JMilliord, Rounthwaite,
Brandon Hills, and Carrolton, lia\e a service twice a week
on sta<je lines from the Citv of Brandon, and the other
offices once a week each way. At Giiswold, Alexander,
Chater, Doiiglas, Souris and Souris City, thei-e are Villages
of considerahle note, where marketing in nearly every form
cnn he readily done. All farm products readily and a good
sale at these places, and all the necessaries can he pui-chased
there alK), at veiy moderate prices. As the railways now
under coutract ai'e completed many of these places will he-
co)'AG import;int tov.'ns , and grow into centres of very con-
si'Ierahle impoi't:ince, giving a great impetus to the value
of canning lands in tlieh- locality. The lirst who purcliase
will of ouite Le the better served.
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ELTON.
'i'lii:; Munic';]iaHty is in ihc uortli-oast corner o; (lie
('(i,,ni\" (iF i>raH<l<»ii, nmi is ooinposnl oi* Townsliips 1 i find
12, in RfUi.f^i's 17, 1<S an 1 I!) Wiv.t, and contains an area of
]8S,24() acres. ( Jeooiajhically it is noitli ot" Biandon,
and extends eastei'Iy and westei'ly from it. In l.SiS!) its
popnlation Avas less tlian fifty mhiIs. It was organized
into a jVIunicipality in iSSl-, as were tlie other Munici])ali-
ties in tlie County, and tlien it was found to possess a popu-
lati(»n of 7(i(), with 11. Si:} acies under cultivation. In 1NS5,
that po'pidation was s:}(), witli 10,871) acres under inipvove-
nients. Jn LSSi) the ])opulation was <S8(), with 18,825 acres
culiivated. In 1887 the poipulation reached 074, with an
arcii of "22,487 acres uncU-r crop. In 1888 the populatiou
rose to 1,()!)5, with 24,785 acres under settlement; and this
year the proo-i'ess is e((ually gi'eat.
l'erha])s tive-si.\ths of the laud eacli year, under cultiva-
tion, was also in cro]), ml cro] ped each j'ear, £i"om the
hrst, tlie i-emainder hein^f fallowed, — a feature of farming
tliat is found to work adniiral)ly in this coiuitry, as it
cleans the soil of weeds, gives it a I'est that nature appears
to call for, and ahv.iys is ready for the seed whether the
season is late or eai'ly. Ahout two-thii'ds of the area under
crop has generally lieen in wheat, and tlie remainder m (j.its,
barley, and other coai'.e grains. In 188(5, the average of
wheat was not more than twenty Inishels to tlie acre, m
other years not less than 28, and in 1887 it ran up to 85.
The Municipality is most admiraldy situated, heing li'a-
versed by two i-ailwa^'s, — the C.P.R. and the North- West
Centi'al, and lia\iMg the .M. and N. road in close proxiuiity
to the north and the west. This gives it several first-' .ss
markets, viz.: Ihandon, Ixapid City, Chater, Douglas iuid
Minnedosa. At each of these places there are first-class
elevatoi's foi'the storage of giuin, large geneiul stores, shops,
boarding-houses ami hot<'!s, and, in fa fc, all the acc(jmmo-
dations of the oldei- Pi'o\inces. In the centi'e of the Muni-
cipality, besides, tliese, are two good stoi'cs, kept ly Keeve
T. J. Pentland and Wm. Madder, and shops, post offices,
schools, elnn'clies and halls, i]otring the ]ii'aii-ie at crniven-
ieiit distances. No]:aitoi' the nnuiicipality is more than
ti 11 to twelve miles from a railway or seven to eight from
a store and post olUcc.
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All |i'i:'tini'.s oi' ilu' Miuiii'ii'ality arc prc-eiuiiR'Utly suited
ti) nuruniltiiie, wliutluT croi'piii^' puro uiid simple or mixed
i'armiii;L!,".
Th.' CM\R. Co. liavt' alwint eleven seitions (2,720 acres) in
Elt )ii, at an avera^'e of aliout i^t.OO per acre. Their teinis
are (Hic-tenth down, and the halanee in ten e(jual annual
instalments. The Hudson's Bay Company own four and a
((uarter sections (2,720 acres) of the very best land in this
Municipality, at pi'ices from So to SS par aci'e, on tei'nis to
suit piurchasers. Capt. Wnstie, Brand.on, will i:rive all in-
formation to intendini;' settlers. The North-West Land
Co. alxnit 7,040 aci'es more. The terms of tin; N. W.
Land Co. ai'e ahout S.5.00 per acre, payahle in the IkjikIs
of the company, that are now puichasahle at 70c. on
the dollar, heino- S:^.o0 per acre, one-tifth down and
lialauce in live e(jual amnial instalments. As the ]3onn'nion
CJovei'nment holds about 2,000 acres more, all comhined
control alumt L'),000 : ami as there are ahout 115,200 under
settlement, this would still leave ahout <S,000 acres in the
hands of sundry residents and non-icsidents, who do not
crop it, an<l with whom, as well as the com[)anies named,
suitahle arrangements could he made for purchasing.
No one, in search of a good farm, on advantageous terms,
and wdio desire^ all the advantages of an advanci d countr}'-,
Avith the ))est facilities for comfort and success, should pass
the Municipality of Elton.
DALY.
Although this Municipality is not as well supplied with
railway facilities as some others in the uonnty, it is
none tlie less a veiy desii'ahle one in which to locate, as the
progress it is making fully demonstrates. Li l.S8(j it had
but 501 of a population, with l.'},501 acres under cultiva-
tion : the next year, LSS", it had (525 of a population, with
14,075 acres undc' cultivation: and this year its pojuda-
tion is <S75, with about 17,000 acres under cultivation, show-
ing a marked advance every year. Al)out three-quarters
of the ^ai'ea under impro\'enient is under crop, with the
ditt'erent kinds of pi'oducis oi' the country.
It is in size the same as the other Municipalities of the
county, and possesses the same a<l\antages as to schools,
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cluirclu's., I'ost offices, «Src. It 1ms excellent markets at
Bramlon, Alexander and Gi'iswold, on the C.P.R., just to
the south of its boundaries, and at Rapid City to the
north.
The soil varies, from sandy loam to heavy chiy, and is
noted foi- early ripenitio', an<I the excellent quality of the
grain produced. In lScS7 the average yield of Avlieat M'as
upwards of thirty bushels per acre, and of oats and harley
upwards of fifty.
From a stock-raising point of view the Municipality
oifers s])ecial inducements, as it is traversed by beautiful
.streams, such as the A.ssinil»oine, Oak and the Little Sas-
katcliewan Uivers, the lntt(;r crossing the Miniicipality
nea}'ly centrally and diagonally from the north-west.
It offers almost unlimited water-power, the mills at Rapid
City to the north being operated by it. At Pendennis, on
the river near the centre of the i\Iunici])ality, the fall is all
that can be desired, and there is almost an unlimited quan-
titv (if stone on the surtVice of the ground for building
purpos"-;. There is here the best opportunity in the coun-
try to build lai'ge water power mills for various purposes,
at the least possible expense to the builder.
The celebrated Ayer farm, owned by A. A. Ayer, is in
this Municipality. In 1S.S8 it produced 15,000 bushels of
wheat, avejugiiig over thirty bushels to the acre, and large
([Uii.ntities of otiier products, to say nothing of large profits
from cattle and otlier st(jck.
The Miniicipality is settled principally by English, Iri.sh,
r.)Cotch and Canadians, an enterprising connnunity in all
that the term implies.
'^rhe 2sorth-West Land Co. have still about thi'ee sections
of land in thi-s Municipality they will sell at an upset price
of about S.'3.00 an ;;cre, p;\yablo in bonds that can be pur-
chased at 7()c. on the dollar. 2VII information can be had
from H. J. Skvnnei', Brandon.
The C.F.R. have about 2(i.0S0 acres, to be had at from
82.50 to '^S.OO ])er acre, one-tenth down, and the balance in
nine c^ual an.nual instalments, at %. All information as
to particulars can be got from the C.P.R. depot agents.
The Hudson Bay Company have five and three-quarter
sections (3,(J(S0 acres) for sale, at from i?5.00an acre upward,
according to locality, with one-eighth down, and the balance
in seven ecjual annual instalments, at 7 % interest. All in-
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formation flcsii 0(1 \>y intotuHug seitloiS'Can be h.XvI from
Ca[it. VVdsiic, Pirandon.
Bisidos tl;i'se opporlunilios llicre are several available
fections held \ty niort;;a^(' couipaiiios, speculator!-', pi'vate
individuals. tScc, that can lie socui 0(1 at tiu^st a<;var(..';^(M;ua
terms, thus olleriufif . idu(ei:.t iits to the indiuvti 'oi f man
^vh() desires a home in whitli he can mal c hiii self con fort-
able in a fev,- short years, be should not fail to look after
without delay.
CORNWALLIS.
This Municipality, from the nature of things, is one of
the n'.ost Id^hly favored in the County, in fact one of the
best situated for the enterprit ;rg faniier in the v, hole Pro-
vince, as it has the City of Urandon very neaily in its
ccntie, and other advantages that follow as a conf.cqncnce.
The lirst settlers located lieie in the spiing of 1870, a
year and a half in advance of the C.P.T>., under tbe (guid-
ance of the Rev. Geo. Poddiel:, from Nova Scotia, vrd fiom
that small commencement there is now one of the most
prospeious farming communities on the face of the globe.
From that small commencement there is now a population
in the Municipality of about 1,^00 souls, with loom for
quite as many more, without placing more than a family
on each half section in the Municipality. After fording
the Assiniboine, near the pre: ent site of Biandon, Mr. Eod-
dick procecdecl to his present farm, very beautifully nestled
in the scene) y of the supeibly [icturesque Biandon El ills.
The first year he raised but little ci op, and the whole country
around him was one unbroken prairie, without a store
nearer than Poitage la Praiiic, eighty miles to the east, and
Rapid City, thirty miles to the north. Now, in the almost
incredibly short period of l(>n years he has a city of 4,000
inhabitants within an houi diivc of his liome; tcad, that
possesses every advantage of the cities of the east ; he has
railways passing his door, school -houses and churches almost
within a gun shot, and a Municipality, as we have raid,
with 1,200 population, about 75,000 acres under cultivation,
he and his sons having themselves grown, even inlaf>.t year's
unfavorable crop, upwards of 10,000 bushels of wheat,
which he sold at $1.00 per bushel.
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WHITEHEAD.
The Municipality is peopled by settlers from all the
other Provinces of Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, and
the United States of America
For years after Mr. Roddick's settlement there was no
raunicipal organization, and now the Municipality is assess-
ed at nearly three-quarters of a million. This is one of the
forcible illustrations of the weit, and shows most eloquent-
ly the advantages the country pre3ents to an industrious
settler.
The Municipality is well adapted for mi.xed farming, on
account of the different elevations of the surface occasioned
by the streams passing through it, and is certain to produce
good crops, no matter whether the season is wet or ary.
Another special advantage of the Municipality is the
proximity of a lasting supply of timber for fuel, in the iJt-
vines of the streams and the surroundings of the Brandon
HiUs.
The Hudson's Bay Company still hold six and a quarter
sections of land for sale in this Municipality, at from $2.00 to
$10.00 per acre, on the best terms for payment, CaptWastie
Brandon, being able to give all information to intending
settlers.
The North-West Land Company, H. Skynner, Brandon,
agent, hold about twenty sections for settlers, at from $3.50
to $4(.50 an acre, on a cash basis, and plenty of time for
payment.
The C.P.R. also have about 1,920 acres for sale in the
Municipality, on favorable terms, the agent at Brandon
being able to give all particulars.
Besides these. Mortgage Companies and speculators Irnve
a quantity to dispose of, and all information can be got
from their agents in Brandon.
The incomer who has a little means, and wants to secure
a property whose purchase he will never liave cause to re-
gret, should not pass the Municipality of Comwallis.
WHITEHEAD.
It is not saying too much to say that the Municipality of
Whitehead is one of the best situated districts in Manitoba
for mixed farming. As it has the C.P.R. mnning nearly
across its centre, from east to west, wath the proposed
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Bi-andon and Souils roads to eroHH its soutli-east coiiht,
and liavint,' two enteipi-isin^' towns, — Aloxandor and (liis-
wold, — tlio foniuT in its wvy contro, to help it alon^ in its
onward march, with the vt'iy host of agricultural soil, wrll
watered, and all the other advantages of civilization, its
futui'e cannot be otherwise than the most ])rogressive and
satisfactory.
Besides the villa^i^cs named, there are elevatoi-s and stops
on the C.l'.B. at Komnay and Dalton, adding much to tin;
convenience of the public.
The soil in the north is very considerably of a heavy
sandy loam, and in the central and southern parts made up
of lieh alhn-ial deposits, giving the variety of soils to suit
varied tastes and ditt'erent requirements.
At Kenmay there is a post office, telegraph office, school
and grain market. At Alexander there are three elevatoi-s,
offering all the conveniences for shipping the country will
ie(]uire foj- years, two stores, blacksmith shop, churclios juid
schoolhou e; while at Griswold,to the west, there is a town
of very considerable importance , embracing, as it does, half
a dozen stores, thiee churches, school, grist null, elevatois,
hotels, and in fact everything the necessities call foi-.
'Iliere are, in this Municipality, seventeen and a half
sections of land for sale by the North-West Land Comptuiy,
— H. J. Skyi.ner, Brandon agent, — at from S5 to SG an
aci'e, and can be paid for in Company's bonds, now at 70e.
on the dollar, on favorable terms.
The CIP.R. have in it some 8.1 GO acres, at from S2.5() to
8S.00 an acre, on the easiest of terms, and all particulars
can be got from the C.P.R. agents.
The Hudson's Bay Company, Thos. Wastie, Brandon
agent, have still three and a half sections for sale, at from
.^5.00 an acr-e upwar-ds, on the most liberal terms.
As is the case in all the other })arts of the country, mort-
gage companies, speculators, and other jirivate parties have
sundry farms they will sell to the borra-tide settler-, at prices
and on tei-rns to meet all necessities.
The Mrrnicipality has prospered immerrsely the past foirr
or five yeai's, and still there is room in it for a couple more
thousand people to prosper as well as they can iir anj'^ part
of the krrown v.'orld.
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GLEXWOOl).
This Municipality, when })roi)eily settled and cultivated
will be, par t^xceileiict!, the wheat y;iowiii^' district of tho
county, as the soil is for the most part alluvial de-
pwit, and the whole surface, is comparatively unhrokcn,
in fact wholly so, exce[)t hy the valleys of the Souiis and
Plum Creek streams, which unite at the picturesque and
solid little town of Souris, in the middle of the Munici-
pality.
The first settlements in the Municipality were made in
1H79 and 1880, hy colonies from Millhrook, Ontario, in
■vdiich the Sowdens, the Kirchhoflei-s, the Fallises, Wood,
Kells, and many other residents of the town of Souris were
leading spirits. Thej^ saw the feitility of the soil an<l other
natural advantages of the district, and being assured hy
the C.P.R. Company that a branch railway would be
speedily built from Brandon south-westerly through the
site of the town of Souris, to the coal iields, they concluded
their location had the very best of prospects before it.
Already there are nearly 50,000 acres of the Municipality
under cultivation, ])y a population of about 1,000 residents,
and still there is room for thousands more.
The town of Souris, in the centre of the Municipality ,has
upwards of 200 of a population, and is one of the hand-
somest sites for a town in the whole Xorth-West, the con-
fluence of the Plum Creek with the Souris forming a
crascent-like area of a valley that is simply charming in its
natural simplicity, and wouhl be made infinitely more so
under the artistic hand of civic improvement. The place
contains thre(i or four first-class stores, tluee or four of the
most conmiodious hotels in the county, a giist mill surpass-
ed by none in the Canadian North-West, livery stables,
lumber yards, churches, shops, and in fact everything that
can ])e desired in a new country, with stages every other
day to Brandon and return.
The town is an excellent grain market, the mill consum-
ing nearly all the giain the Municipality can spare to keep
it in constant operation.
The settlers of the Municipality are mostly from Ontario,
and are a most hospitable and enterprising connnunity.
The first settlers, named above, were of themselves com-
panies for colonization purposes, and they now hold large
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blocks of land — some tweuty-five sections in all — they are
ready to sell on the hest of terms to incoming strangers.
Mr. Sow Jen controls a large area ; Wood & Kells, of Mill-
hrook, and Mr. Kirchhoff'er, agent, of Brandon, can put the
new coiner in possession of all the facts necessary to locate
hiinsolf to the l)est advantage in the Municipality.
The Hudson's Bay Conij)any own eight and a quaiier
sections in this ^lunicipality also, their agent being Capt.
Wastie. Brandon. fi'Oin whom all particulars can be got.
The Noith-West Land Company have seven and a quar-
ter sections in Olenwood, — Mr. H. J. Skynner, of Brandon,
agent. — for sale, (m terms suitable to the settler.
The C.P.R. Company have 8,000 acres also, on good terms,
the agent at Brandon being able to give all particulars.
Loan Companies and private parties also have areas for
sale, and full particulars concerning them, as indeed all
matters )'elating to the Municipality, can be got from Mr.
Kirchhoffer, Biandon. ,
OAKLAND.
This Municipality is in the south-east portion of the
county, and though the last dealt with is not the least in
impoiiance, Its southern portion is crossed by tl»e Souris
River.which gives excellent milling facilities, in its northern
paii by the Assiniboine. In the north-west aie the Brandon
Hills, and all three combine to give the Municipality various
elevations, and therefore excellent capabilities for mixed
fanning and stock raising, or any other branch of farming.
These streams and hills also provide a good supply of
fuel for the settlers, — a matter of much moment.
As the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway is to cross
the county diagonally, from Souris City in the extreme
south-east to Brandon at the noiih-west, with another
branch westerly from near the centre of the Municipality,
the Municipality will have unsurpassed railway facilities,
and therefore the best of markets. At present Gregory's
Mill, on the Souris, the mill at Souris City, and market,
without the Municipality, have to furnish all the fac^ilities.
but before another crop is marketed things will be changed.
The far-famed Elliott Settlement, near the centre of the
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THE FUKL QT'ESTroy.
Mniiicip!tlity, is uiisin-])assed for wheat luisino-, and all told,
tlu^iv IhikI. in 1iS87, protluccMl tln-oo-(|uartorH of a million
luisliols, and art tlu^ area bein;^' sown this year is much
liU't^'cr than over, the Mnnieipality will give an excellent
accmuit of itself this sivison.
In lScS7, Thos. Nichol, tin; present reeve, \vhos<! P.O. ad-
dress i.s Souiis City, raised -18,000 hushels of grain for
oxjiort; Jos. Bremiier, 20,000; Jos. M. Faddon, 18,000;
JaiiK^s Elliott, 14,000, and so on of several othei-s.
At present there is hut little more than a third of the
Municipality actually cultivated, so there is room for twice
)is jiiany more people to go in and prosper there as the
jucsent settlers are prospering.
T\\o Hudson's Bay Company hold eight and a quarter
sections of land in the Miuiicipality, at very low prices, and
Capt. Wastie, Brandon, is willing to give all particulars
ahout them, free; of charge, to intending settlers.
The N(irth-W(!st Land (^ompany, H. J. Skynner, Brandon,
agent, hold fomteen s(!ctions, also for sale, on liberal terms.
Thfi C.P.R. C^ompany have 0700 acres, also for sale, on
g«'od t(,'i"ms, the agent at Brandon controlling thoi]* manage-
ment.
fjoan Companies and speculators also have lands in vari-
ous parts of the Municipality, for sale, on good terms.
THE FUEL QUESTION.
Although this is one of the pi-iucipal problems of the
Canadian North-West, if not the chief one, with Biandon
County and Brandon City it is practically solved.
There are but few sections of oui' western praii'ies in
which the local supply of wood can have any permanoncc,
it suffices for the time being, and the futuits is to be pro-
vided foi'. Even locally the county is as well supplied as
many other parts, but a permaacnit supply, at a very low
price, is at our doors. If we I'cifer to wood as fuel the
l)ushes from twenty to si.xty mih^s to tin; east have an
abundance for half a centuiy to come, at a modei-ate Hgure.
This y(>ar an abundance oF four fcnU. coi'dwood, at S-l.OO per
cord, was laid down in the city by th(5 (IP.R., and it is not
likely the price will advance on this foi* many a year to
come.
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But wood is not the penuancnt fuel of Manitoba. The
couiiby will have to fall lack on coal, and fortunately
there is an abundance for all time, of a superior article,
close at hand. It will not be nunc than a year before the
N.P. and M. line will be built in the Souris coal regions,
about sixty miles to the Foutli-west of Brandon City, and
perhaps the Souris branch of the C.P.R., and by either of
which a fiist-class lignite coal can be laid down in Brandon
City at S4.00 a ton, and even less. In the southern part of
the county the price, laid down, will be even less, and but
little more at any of the railway stations to the north, east
and west. This is a point all intending settlers, whetlier
farmers, mechanics, manufactiiiers, or business men of any
descii[;tion, should look at very carefully before locating
elsewhere. Cheap fuel means cheap living, whether for the
farmer, the artisan, the laborer or the manufactui er. and
means a considerable sum to everyone in the course of
twelve months. The faiivier knows by it his operations
cajr be run much more successfully, the manufactiu er knows
it is the cheaper operation of his machinery, and the lower
wages to employees because of cheaper living. Let every
intending settler remember Biandon will have cheaper fuel
than any other pai t of the country, and it \\nll be one
potent element in influencing his decision when seeking a
location, no matter in what branch of business employed.
THE CITY OF BRANDON.
Although rapid growtb i^ a leading characteristic of all
w&stein towns, the progiess uf Brandon is simply phenom-
enal when all the ciicumstances are fullv considered. In
June, 18.S1, as it was knowii the C.P.H. was going to cross
at this point, and some months before the railway was
gi-aded, the fust slnictriies wore ei ected, and to-day Brandon
is a City nu]iil'oring 4,000 of a population. Although the
railway did not reach the town until September of that
year, tli<- intervening tlnei^ numths was a period of almost>
unequalled activity. On the 2nd and 3i'dof' June the C.P.R.
set the bulk ol' the townsite up at auction, and bidding was
most spirited. Some of the buyers were actuated by specu-
lative motives, — the great cuisu of all new countries, —
"while thf^ bulk of tiiv buyers purchased business and resi-
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T h(]( c]e in 11 )C riiflcc e": ' t as lar<.fc Lfcr.eral f/ioros a:j ai"e
to Ic Iciii d Ji) a:y [.lace in Canada of the h:>;o of P«i-an..lon,
each cair^'lpg full rine:i of d^.y i,X)ods, groc v '.e-., c och'.vy,
cloMila^-, !iaL.5 and caps, O^c. ; seven giocenj v.'lio coaQne
tluli." opaa'jloas wholly' to ^^■oe0l■ie3 and p!Ovi,i!o;:is, and
ciih ,j e ;it'ed llO a cA\\.' [o ^rxivob w'dli the Lest in tho
liii3.; t!iere a^'o live fiMiL ail coafee'.Ioiiery dealers, wlio
car y inoro 0." I333 giOC3i!o3 ail pi-ovis'ons as v;i'll ; thc.e
a\'e Ih 22 uhi.va.-e ai'l .3'ov.3 doa'e -5, who cirr/ mo c leys
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one one of the largest houses in Canada, in the wholesale
and retail line ; live jewellers, carrying good stocks ; tliree
stationers ; four printing offices ; two wholesale groceries,
doing as good a business as any two houses in the country ;
eight livery stahles, always keeping the best of hoi-sos and
rigs for hire ; three harness makers ; ten or twelve rrvmn
and produce dealers ; two wholesale liquor btor' two
breweries doing a large business east and west; three
chaitered banks, ofleiing every facility for })UKiness men
with either large or small means ; four restaurants ; tliree
niiUiuers; four butchers' shops, where fat 'animals are
always bought at fair tlgiires ; eight or ten horse and
Cattle dealers, who are always ready to buy or sell horses
or cattle on advantageous terms ; nine licensed hotels, all as
large and as well kept, and charging as moderate rates as
any one could wish for, and in fact everything in the line
that the re(iuirements of the public call for.
MECHANICAL.
As has already been mentioned, the county being agri-
cultural, the mechanical interests are not as largo or nu-
meious as are found in some eastern cities, though all are
fairly represented for the age of the place. There are seven
elevatois, with a capacity of about 200,000 bushels, giving
excellent facilities for the handling of grain as fast as it
may be brought in by the fanners, and for buyers who may
choose to purchase. The number of the latter already on
the market ensures good competition on the market, — a
matter of much importance to the faimers. There arc five
blacksmiths and two machine shops, always ready to make
repairs of eveiy description ; tluec planing mills ; two
pump factories ; four carpentei s' shops ; a saw mill that
cut 8,000,000 feet of lundier last year ; an aerated water
manufactory; two or three boot and shoe making and
repairing shops ; a gunsmith ; a sewing machine repairer;
and in shoit a repic/;cnlation of everything requisite though
not a full compliment in nrany industrial.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In professional men, besides the clei-gy and the school
teachers alluded to elsewhere, Brandon has two dentists,
four medical men and six lawyers ; land offices for the
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THE CITY OF BRANDON.
North- Wost Land Co., under II. J. Skynnor ; for the Hudson
Bay Co., un loj- Capt. Wastlo ; for the C.P.R, Lands, under
the (1 1'. R. station agent; it has a Custom Office,
under Mr. Ilosjon ; an Inland Revenue Office, under Mr.
Girdlestono, and Dominion Innnigralion Agency, under
A. J. Baker; it has tliree photograi)li gallei'ies; an art
gallery ; offices oF tlie C.P.R. and G.X.W. Telegraph Co.
and exp-.ess office ; a telephone sysletn, with 125 changes ;
four or live insirance a;j;ents, i"epre.seiiting the best com-
panies in Canada; coal and wooil offices; employment
agencies ; three oi- four luuiljer vaivls, furnishing all kinds
of builliniT mate.ial, at the lowest liifures : a tent and
awiiiiig facioiy. The city has an excellent fire brigade,
and M ill in a \e\y sliort time have an efficient system of
uatei Viorks that will add nmch to the healthiness of this
alieaily o;;peciaIly healthy city. It has now a system of
clecl; ic li^'ht, organized and owned }^y residents, that bids
fair to bo a gi'cit a^'piisilioii to the place, making it ex-
treiiol-^ well lit, and cheerful in the fall and Avinter
evenii^gs.
So iiiipoitaut a ceiiii' 's the place regarded, that all the
Oniai io, and .'•■oine of ih^ American, ag'ieultural implement
manui.;cl.ureis have i'epresen(alivc3 lieie, there being no
less than ci^rht shOi^s in full blast the year round, and it is
well l:r.o-,\n (liat iiiore impleip.enls are sold hei'e, in retail,
the year ih!0u^,ii, than are disposed of at any other three
placoo couibinel in the Canadian Nortli-West. This is a
diicct evidence of tlje great importance of the place as an
agj'iculLiual and business centre.
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REQUIREMENTS.
Though the placo is faii-ly well represented in most man-
ufacLui-ing lines at the present, yet there are some capital
opening,-; for manufactui-ing industries, and as the coiuitrj'^
aroun<l becomes bettei" settled, and tlie jdace grows, those
now in existence can be profitably multijilied.
Theie is no better opening on the continent, as we have
aliealy rne!itIone<l, Foi' a large flour and oatmeal mill ; a
woollen Jnib, a tanneiy, a boot and shoe manufactoiy ; a
foundiy, an agricultural implement manufactory, a binding
twine manufactory, to convert the flax that can be readily
grown in the country around into binding twine, of which
an immense quantity is consumed annually ; and more of
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the losal industrius alrea iy lo'j ito<l, as the cmuitry im-
proves, may ba cj:nm3iiej 1 an 1 asiarcl of success from the
atjirt, a3 the plac^ an J tlio coaiifciy aronntl grows year after
year. Capital in any ani all oT those branches may be
safely inveafceJ without an hour's delay, and the city is
willing to encourage y their lojafc'on in av^ivy reasonable
wfur. ;^;,,
Another great requirement is a building society, with
sufficient capital to be expended, a safe and yet profitable
way the hundred that would buil/l rjsideacos and business
places to miet th'3 demands if capital wa:4 available. Bran-
don presents a fine opening for the investment of several
millions of dollars this way.
Con-e.spondence with the Mayor, or any of the leading
business mou, with a view to supplying any of these re-
quirements, will have prompt attention.
To consider the present of this county, in any of its
features, as an in l3x to tiio future, is vory unjust, unless
by comparison. As we have already sliown, the first white
settlers located in what is no.v the County of Brandon, in
1879, and to-day, after a period of but ton years, in develop-
ment, the population is but few if any sliort of 10,000
souls. In the Municipalities, by placing a family xipon
every half-section (320 acres), there is room for at least
19,000 to 12,000 more ; and as the city is destined to be a
supply centre for the whole west of the Province and the
eastern portion of the Ten-itories, its population might
advantageously be increased indelinitel3\
While it is true that Winnipeg, by being the capital of
the Province must always command a certain prestige, yet
the locality and surroundings of Brandon are such that it
must be the' distributing centre for the entire business of
the west, which means a great deal.
Those acquainted with the history of New Brunswick
know, that though Frederick ton is the capital of the pro-
vince, St John's docs the business : also, while Quebec is
the capital of the Province of Queltec-, its trade, compared
with that of Montreal, is but a more bagatelle ; and the
same is true, to a large extent, the whole country over.
Toi'onto, in OntArio, is considerable of .an exception, but
none the less London and Hamilton much nearer to it than
Bi-andon is to Winnipeg, do an immense trade, and have
grown to be centres of large conmiercial importance.
The five railways under waj^, centreing in Brandon, give
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tho puMic easy access to till jjorllons of tlic west, anrl as
tlir(M'<;li freight.' froiti llic ci^l aw (nai-iically ik) more llian
to Winnipcji'. tlic city [.hmmiIs onj oi liiiiilics lor \vi «)!i-a!inpf.
joltLin^' and niaimiV'ctui injr, lIic ohsciviiio' ea[)ilalist shovld
not lie slow to api'M'cialo. Alrt'iidy Mtcic ajt lv.o cxchi-
Hiv«>ly Avliolcsale ^loceiy oslaMisliiiK'nts in llu; place, and
all tfie i(>lailci.s in tlic dilHicnt lines rcjirou^ntcd do inoio
or Il'ss jol/l)iii^, \\liicli .slio\\s t!.<'iv is room 1'or exclusively
wholosale lioiucs in all tlie otiier liranclies of coninicicc.
The liist who locate and sccuie the connections will he
likely to retain the trade.
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THE FUTURE OF BRANDON COUNTY AND CITY.
Vothinpf liolds out inducements to a per^'on contemplat-
ing enii,piatln<i- like the piofjccts for f>unvth ol' a locality.
W liethei he he a hilorer,. a mechanic, a merchant, a farmer,,
or a llnancial man. the piorjcots for frio\\th of a ijiven
locality invariahly diaw hi-, attention, as Ik; knows develop-
ment in a home of hisadojt'on means hetteiin^ his circuni-
starccs "without a cone; | ( nding- expendituie of lahor,
liiains or capital. Ass-ure him that a town or a ?ural local-
ity is goirg to develop lap'dly, and he knows it means a
coriet [ending ii^.ciease in his v, ealth without a propoition-
ate tfoit on hi put, — in a word, that whatever he touches
turns to gold. — that theie is an cxjanfion in all his invest-
ments, no matter \\hetl'.er fmall or laroc, or of whatever
cliaiacter, with.out aconcs} onding eil'oit on his part. If ho
is a laloier he knows tl at f;;lo^\th in a place means con-
stant em] leymcnt at fair V, fif OS. ard the lietter opportu-
nities for hettering his lot in life. If a fainier, lie knows
growth in his leading town moans impiovement in markets,
with hetter pi ices for pioducts, with a coiresjonding en-
hancement in the value of his real e: tate and all expendi-
tures mode thereon. If a hupiness man, oi' a mechanic, h(>
knows it means an expansion in his husiuess that, with the
usual care and precaution, assures him a conipetency in the
end ; and if a capitalist, an improvement in all his invest-
ments that eventually leads to wealth and influence
With these points cstahlished, we have shown to the
intending immigrant, of the majority of callings in life,,
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Tin; Ki Tiiii: itv uuandon.
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cniiclusivt' rcnsoiis why lie or she slioiiM iiinkc sdiiir |i<)i'ti<»ii
of tliis country his or lin- t'lituit' hoiiir.
]t' tht' p'lrty lu'rt fiiriiici', ii i'nnii hihorcr, or ;i jxisoii who
(lesiics to locntt' in any other 'msintss in the country, that
Brjindon County otters exceptionnl inchicenients, cliances
that iii-e not surpassed, ii' indecil they are e(|ualh'd in any
otlu'r county in the I'rovince.
?''roin the productions of tlie past, it is apparent there is
no more fertile soil in the ccnuitry, if indeed there is in the
woi'ld, for farniiufT operations, and that so foi- not more
than one-third of the land is yet fairly occupied.
'J'he ccainty is sutHciently crossed with huf^'e sticams U>
I'ender the hest of draina<,fe readily available- — the streams
with splines, and other water su])ply yielding' abundance
foi" all the ie(juirements of man and beast foi" all time.
The railways already built and now under construction,
with the existence of such a centre as Brandon City, in the
heart of the county, and other villages to shortly <;jrow into
large towns, assure the best of markets and other civic ad-
vantages for all time ; and the existence of schools, cliurches,
post offices, &c., are advantages the settler can ttnd nowhere:
else; and compai-atively light nuniicipal indebtedness, with
many public improvements already made, immunity fiom
those heavy taxes that are the (head of so many localities
in the older province.s.
Anothei- matter of gi'eat importance to the intending
agricultui-al settler is the high state of horse and cattle
breeding in the coimtry, through the agency of the agricid-
tural societies, and the public spirit of many i-esidents. It
is conceded to-day that Brandon C<nintv has as fine horses
and cattle as are to be found in Amei'ica, and even these
will be improved on by the many clioice importations of
male and female animals from the premises of most noted
breeders in the known world.
Just the other day there was an exhibition of stallions
in the City of Brandon, witnessed by judges from many
parts of the Province and Northern States, and it was ad-
judged to be one of the finest collections ever seen on the
continent.
The enterprising farmer knows it costs no more to raise
.superior stock than it does inferior grades, and the advan-
tage of living in a locality where the former can be secured
at the cost of the latter, must be to him an advantage
I'eadily understood.
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With tlifsc adviinta^fcs Ihtc, mik! ':nn\vi!ii;' ImihI ciin Ik;
H(!t'uri'il lici'c at tli(! prict's of otlicr lo'-. 'tics, with tht- hi,<;iit'r
li^'ures for all hn has to scl!. lower [n ccs of all he wants to
])Ui'(rhas(', and all the othi-r adxanta' cs at his door, we ha\('
truthfully and faithfully s|M'ciiitMl, tin- cntcri)! isin;; fanner
and loser of ciMintry life will sec it is in his iiit*'H'f;t socially,
inmitilly and phy.'-ically, to locate on some of tip' fa' oied
.spots of the Comity of Urandon.
The man of to-dav who niiii'lit come to a diflerent con-
c'.lu-;ion as ren-nrds this city, would !i;!\i' had tl.e s,".;.:c
opinion of Toronto, when it was called "Mud<ly l^i'tle
York," liut a sin<;le general ii»n ai^o.
'i'lieri' are no two opinions. ainon;L;st men whose o])inioiis
are worth considering', as to the future of this j^',,.,|^ |>,,,-
vinci!. Kven nianv' of the iie<;"islat(trs at Ottawa fiom ili(>
far Kiistern I'rovinces, do not hesitate to admit Maii)t( I a
will, in a very few years, liceome the hri^htest oriianifi't,
asa])roducin;^ province, in the diadem of (air fair l)omiit'oti;
and this cainiot he the case without ha\ ieii' manv t'oui isli-
mo- ill id !ar<;'ely pojadous cities.
The Province contains 1,'} I (i townslii|)s. , .v h of thiily--
six secti<ais ((J4() acres to the section), or 47,87() sections,
and each one is capahle of settling" at least twenty | lop'e
to the section, or (aie soul to every thirty-two acres, makiu"
nearly one million of ;i^riculturists alone, witlw ut in a-.) •
way over-populatin<;' the Pro\iiice. This means at li.v ■; ••
many niort,' ])o])alation in tlie cities and tov^ns, in t\\, v
dinary cx)ui. of events, which will oive the ohserviiii '':••
miiifant a ylimpsc! into what may he expected of our i o t
favored towns ail,! cities: and l^randoii of the lattei' "•-
tainly is a neck ahead of all com})etitors in the race )■
su])reniacy.
The county, and the whole surrounding- country f.-; ■ ' '..■
matter, that is trilmtory ti it. and will only hecouii' ;.••;.•
ai 1 more; so, with the pro^ressof our commercial h".'/'?' • \
is a.;kno\vledo-cd to he luisurpassed, if indeed it is e(| r ', o.
infertility and inducements to the skilled a^'rici, !■ ' ; .
The luilways of the west all centre hei-e, and cross nv -e
cross those leadin<4' to Winni|)e<4' '>•"! otlur | .)i .'• ^s
l)rin;]jino- the entire west trihutaiy to it. in the co .: , ■ •'
meaning of the teini.
'I'll is, to tlu! thiiikiiif^' mind, yields arguments ■::'.' <> >
unx iswerahle.
We have alre.idy sliown that, in the short space of e'.!;i
riiK rcrriu-; oi' i!Iiani)<>n,
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ycais tlif ]ili\cf has ^rnwn IVuiii n ilo/cn cinivns tents, with
It'ss tlmii a Iiiindrcd |)<t))iilntioii, to a jdacd of nearly four
tlionsiinil |if(i|i!c, with a trihiitniy poimlMtion, varying tVuia
a few units in iSM, to |)tThn)>s 'iO.OOO, and wliat then hut
the I'litiire Wf ha\t' outlincil may hf cxjw'cted, when the
sinr<ani(linf; eountry |io|)ulation ncars a inillion, aH it eur-
tninly will in an almost incii'dilily short itcriod of tinie.
Although the a\ crafi'e ohscrxer mi};ht sayj'or tlu!])resent
HJ/i' of the ))la('e, and the settlement of our sunoundingH,
there fire at ])resent a reasoiiahh' supply of husirtess uitiil
lud loiid mnnufaeturine' concerns in tlu^ place, this is hut
tor the presei;t, and will not he true of u year hence. 'Vho
city 1ms added a fifth <tf its population during tiie past
year: the surrounding country has done the same, and will
continue to do so ammallv. The j^jiowth of the ono must
go hand in hand with the other: and those who secure the
ti st loeation iire certain to he those who lenp tlie I'ewaitls
of the futui'e.
The present laisiness houses and manufactufing concerns
must he eidarged, and capital will h<' recpiired to enlaige
them.
New hrandies of industry, some of which are Init very
I'are in the l'ro\ ince, and others so fai' aIto;:ether urdieaid
c' will If ri'(|ui!e(l, and now is the time to locate tliem, and
\ 'lere ! ;U in the- centres that an* certain to command tlie
, .1 trona.<.'( "f the lari>'est tinct of (Manitrv.
As V e )ia\-e sjitisfactoriiy exphdned. Brandon is un-
i. .ailed ill this respect.
As the city is locati'<l high and dry, oi; an elevated table
1 nd, oviilooking the heautiful v.dley of tlu; Assinihoine,
I oni a satiitniy point of view its location is unsurpsssed.
Its w.-.ter i.> excellent, and a su[)})ly foi' all pinjioses for n
. ystcii: 'A' wtotei'works, on as laige a scale as may be desire<],
is icndi'y availahle from any one of tlu'ee veiy promising
Koujces.
On account of tln^ fall, sewage and drainage of the mast
etfective character can he olitaine<l at a verv moderate cost;
aiu' any of the three at any moment, opens a profitable in-
vestTuent 1 > capitalist.s. On ac<:'ount of the nature of
the soil, it heing sandy and giavelly, we can always have
the host of streets at the most moderate expenditure. Tliis
will .save the city an outlay that is often the cause of the
financial ruin of many places ditlei'ently situated.
In o;n' ( laol and Court H'>use, Registry Office, and other
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public l)uil<lin^s, we luiw nsany stiuctuvcs tliut will u(jt
want i'eplaeiii<^' foi- iimny a ilay, and withal the debt has
been kept well ill hand, and is in no respect oppressive to
the people. This is in striking contrast with most of the
otiier towns and villauts in the Province, tliat have had to
compromise thcnr liabilities incurred in creating much that
nature lias <lone lor our fair citv.
In a word, Hrnndon has now all the pultlic nnprovenients
that will call for taxation of th(^ jieople for some time,
and their conse((ueiices are in no way n. buiden co the tax
payer. The others, re(|uired for a reasonable time in the
ruture, will donbik'ss be constiucted by corporations or
companies vvithonf, increasing the people's burdens, after
the mannei" of our electiic light system by a local company,
and which visitoi>; to the place unhesitatingly say would
be an ornament to any corporation
ITie place now operis a field for larger institutions, in
kindred with those already in existence, and in many others
whase necessity i.i deve'loyed by the growth and progress
of the Province. To enumeiate and specify these is an
umiecessary task for tlu; careful observer, — he has oidy to
look through the most advanced iSt^ites of America and the
Older Provinces of Canada, and see what are there, and the
future call in OS of oui* own country, to decide what are re-
(piired hei-e.
There will, for all time, be an almost unlimited amount
of farming machinery reipiired to develop the pioducts of
the soil, aji<r in time they must Ite produced here. At
present wages are somewhat against this step, but as the
cost of fuel becomes diminished by the construction of rail-
ways into the nn'ning country to tlu^ south-west, and as
agriculture becomes nioie dt^veloped, this v.ill bicome the
cheapest country to live in umler the sun, and as a result
wages will become corresjjondingly low. As a result, the
chief, if not the oidy obstacle in the w»iy of extensive man-
ufacturing in the Province, ^vill as lapidly dis.vppear. The
fact that ther<i are now more agricultural implements sold
in retail at this plac*; than at any othei' three points in the
country, shows how pr(>-eminently Brandfin is already a
retail centre, and with the projected railways completed, it
nniat become an erpially good c I istributing centre.
Then agitin, there is an unef|ualled ojiening here for a
fcwtne manufactory. The demand will rtlways be innuense,
and the raw material may be as reiulily [>roiluced hei-e as
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in any otlier pai't of tlie fjloLo. There then the freights on
imrorts, a largo pioportion of tlie local nianufactoiy. All
that i.s necessary to i--iv is, "The eai-lv liiid catches the
worm." There is also a splendid opening here for a woolen
factory. As yet there are hnt two veiy small concerns in
the North- West ; hut as the demand will always he exten-
sive, and as sheep can he as easily moved here as in any
part of the glohe, time will piove the wisdom in estahlish-
inf'- ^\ooIen manufactures in JManitoha, and at such a pro-
mising point as the City of Brandon,
There is now a piessing necessity for tanneries and loot
and shoe factories in the coinitry, and no point in it offeiw
better facilities than Biandon.
At present there is a large export of hides from the
coimtiy annually, and as Manitol)a and the North-West
is especially a cattle-raising countiy, the output of hides
will giow annually until the volumes Itecoines immense. To
a local factory there is the ]n'otection afforded hy the
fieiglifc on liides easterly, and that on the manufactured
again westerly, the two heing sufficient for a large })i()fit.
Then again, the countiy will soon call foi- a large amount
of the different kinds of paper, tarred and huilding, wi-ap-
pings, &c., used in the country ; and with the raw mateiial,
straw, to he had for the gathering, the introduction of paper
making machinery must become profitable to the fii-ms who
undeitake the work.
Foundries and Machine shops must also dot the country
very thickly in a very shoi t time, for the manufacture of
new goods and rejmirs, and Brandon at present opens a
most promising field.
We might go on enumerating, going ovei- the whole field
of human iiidnstry, but to the practical man it is useless,
all he has to do is visit Brandon, look around, take in the
situation, and form his own conclusions. All that is re-
quired is a visit from capitalists and practical men inseai'ch
of iiehls for investment, and we are fully satisfied to leave
the opportunities afforded by the City of Brandon to speak
for themselves.
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FARMTX(} IX MANITOBA.
FAllMEllS IE .,:)ST PROSPEROUS CiriZEXS.
'riu> following interview, clipped from The Braxuon
Snx, of the 24th Jaimary, ISSH, gives a fair idea of the
iniportanee attached to farnrni<.>- as the principal industry
in tlu' l^rovince.
" Mr. Feigusoa, of the Mei'chants Baidc, was pleased to
Le aMe to state his opinion, and he did, about as follows :
" Fannin,!;' in Manitoba is a positive success, and while I
believe tliat any man with ordinary ability and sound
physical constitution can eai'u a good living at farming,
tlio.;e b!>st fitted for this countiy are experienced fai-mei's.
As a rule the men who accom])lish the greatest lesults in
business, oi' attain distinction in piofessions, are those edu-
cated to soi!i(> particulai' business or calling, and I think the
saiii:> j)i'ineiple ajiplies to farming. Land can be purchased
ut veiy I'easonable prices, and upcm easy terms. For tliose .
who have 8 !■,()!);) or S5,000 I advoeate owning a whole sec-
tion ({i4() acres), and am satisfied that from a crop of 800 to
400 acres a net profit of $2,000 to $.5,000, exclusive of
living expenses, could be realized yearly, allowing a fair
average price for wheat and other grain, and I maintain
that the same i-esults can be achieved proportionately to
the aveiage under crop. The prices of good wheat this
season ranged from 50c. to SI. 18 per bushel. A man must
a])ply himself assiduously, take advantage of the earliest
opportuniry of seeding, reap at the proper moment, and,
more im])nrtant than all, prepare his land duriiig the sum-
lU'V and fall for the following year's crop. Let a man
apply the same energy to his farming operations and
ininage i.s judiciously as the merchant, who locks up
thousands of dollars in storekeeping, has always liabilities
in lis stock, wh) is depending entirely upon public patron-
age and who suffers many hours of financial woriy through
times of dullness, while heavy expen.ses are quickly absoi'b
ing liis day's receipts, and bankruptcy threatening his ruin.
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;iii(l I say the farmer is a inoiiarch in compariHon, his Ilvinj^
is eained 1)V his own hihoi-s, and witli connnon sense man-
anenient lie nevei" fails. The farniei's are destinea to he-
eonie the wealthiest portion of oui- eonirnunity, and many
<»!' theiM in this district areaiteumulatiny fortunes. We hav((
the fj^iandest ai;rifultui'al country nnder the sun, and in ten
years from now Bi-andon will he surrounded by i-ich and
independent agi'iculturists.
'■ Mr. Jukes, of the Jmpeiial Fjank, who has heen in
char;(>'e here since it opened, said that farmiiiij was one of
the pursuits that should be encoura;,a'd. It was the main-
stay of the Province, and he knew of very few farimn's
here but wei'e successful. There were instances, but in
pi'opoition to the number there wei'e fmver tluui in other
countries. Here the farmer reached comfort and aiHnence
at an earlier date than in any other countrv of which he
had information. Althouo-h this district, takinjj it for an
example, was only opened up to settlement a few y(?ars,
a drive through the country reveals pleasant homes, with
e\'erv comfoi't and luxury, oood fences, Avell laid out fields,
splendid stables lilled with tirst-class stock, many cases
thorouivh-hred. Every api)ointment about the place in<li-
cates thi'ift. Many of the farmers have accounts in the
Bank o.i deposit, drawing- interest, while others have lines
of credit, if they wish to nse it, and it was no iiifretpient
occui'rence for the farmer to pay all his account; bycheijue,
showin<^' that with increased means, business habits aj-e
formed that would othei-wise not be thought of. He also
spoke of one .ection of this district in which he was intim-
fite with every farmer. None of those, six years arjo, weve
in more than very ordinary cirumstances. To-day their
fai-ms are clear of debt, they are clear of debt themselves,
and have balances to their credit in the bank, and in some
cas;.'s jj;-i'ain in their granaries" They have lots of^ stock, and
are contented and happy. This is not an exce})t!onal case.
He spoke most encouragingly of the prospects of farmers
and farmiiiff in Manitoba.
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FARMINd IX MANITOBA D()K8 IT PAY?
So iinicli has l.ci'ii written ujon the sulijc/t of "Starting"
on till' '■ Homestead," oi' i\Innitol:M t'ami, that every intend-
ini,;' setth'i' of onr fair I'i<nince. even ilie ni< .;t casual leader
knows (oi' fancies he knows) just Iio'a- to })i(iceed for the
lirst three yenrs, if he is of the chii-s most writers take for
their heroes — yoim^^ nien (liatehelois. of course.) with little
oi- IK) means, hut plucky.
Rut the trouble with them has heen, they left the y(>uiif>-
man at the end of ahout three years, Avheu tiny had irot
him married and settled, wit!) stock, team, implements. &c.,
ahout him and pai(' foi-. and 100 acies leady foi- wheat
cro]). just as he had re.^.ehed a point whe?e lu' was ^'oin^' to
make it pay, and so we piopose seeing' the young man
further.
From his 100 acre whoat crop, wliich he should have the
fouith year, hesides, oats, &c.. necessary for feed, and can
handle without hiied hel]). save a month and a iialf in hai--
vest. at cojst of .S4o, he wcadd have, at a low aveiaf>e, '2.500
hushels of M'heat : after deducting- seed, 2,*?00, vvoith at the
lowest 55c.. ()!• 81. 2(i5, leaving, aftej' wages, twine, thresh-
ing. &c.. is pnid, SI. 100, and tliis amount to he supplement-
ed hy sales of cattle, hogs, &c.. <»r inci'ease in gi'owth and
con.seijuent value. And so we hase our calculations on this
demonstrat''<l fact of Sl.lOO i)rofit, save one man's wages,
S2.0() foi' eveiy 100 acres wheat additional, oi- for the man
wh.o faims 200 acres, lti^2(10; :}00 acres. i»;2.J)00 net, and so
on, only keeping within the limit of actual availahle means
autl ]H'rsonal oveisight, with thi'ift and good farming.
Witli ten years' experience in Manitolia fainiing, and foi-
nuich of the time under gieat disa(h'antages, we ai'e con-
vinced that it does pay, either in giain mixed, stock oi"
daily fanning, that undei" (a<linarily favorahle circumstan-
ces it is handsomely remunerative : and under the worst
known in late vears. — with anv degree of judL'ment. — it
vields a good livelihood.
It is the light ]ilace for pusliing, energetic, enterprising
y<^)r.ng men of good sense hut limited means to make a start
in life, and 1 think we can safely say that nine cnitof every
ten of the "solid" successful farmers in Manitoba to-day
are the men who had small beginnings, but in an almost
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position, with a very proniisiiiH' futuic.
Manitoba has rich trcasuies Foi- the horny-hanilod sons
of toil, and it is this class oF people wv invite here.
Brandon, April 2nd, l.SS!).
Geo. a. Lekcii.
WHAl CAPITAL TO BRING.
This question has heen hashed and )'e-hashe<l, and as yet
no one appears to have found the proper solution, and no
one is likely to find it, as the encunibrant't>s of the settler,
liis liabits, and experience, entei- more into the eltMnent of
success than actual capital itself.
If the settler is a farmer, and wants to purchase a farui,
we have shown he can secure most valuable farms at from
$3.00 to $5.00 per acre, by payin<>' from one-tenth to one-
third down, If he has, besides this, enough capital to pufr
up a small comfortable houst\ buy a team, a cow, and keej)
his family until his first crop ripens, and is industrious, he
is as sure to succeed, and be worth cis nmch in three years
here as he could be in twenty years in any of the eastern
provinces, as tlie sun is to rise and set the samt; day.
He should l)ear particularly in mind that in settling on a
favored portion of the province, such as Brandon County,
with its scliools, clunches, railways, anil all the other re-
sults of civilization around him, he is just one o-eueration
better off than were his forefathers locating- in Eastern
Csnada ; that two yeai-s or so after settling down, he is
possevssed of a cleared im])roved farm, with Imildings and
other conveniences around that it took his father a life*
time to secure in the Eastern Provinces ; that in locating
here he has a farm whose producing capacity is practically
unlimited; that h,' is compai-atively fiee from ta.xes, and
has not to face interest on liability that is more than the
resources of his property can possibly overcome.
If the Farmer wants to engage in cattle raising, and there
is nothing more profital)le, the sunnner feed for his stock
costs him nothing, as lich grass is to be found in abinidance
from the first of May till the end of Octobei', and native
hay is to be had anywhere foi' the cutting. There i's no
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liKASHNs F(t|{ Sf;M:(TIN(; THK CITY.
m-ct'ssit; ,11 tlif ("(luiity of IJrninloii for slaui,'litt'rn)^' stock
in ilic full to i>rc\('iit st«iiiiatioii duiiny the winter, !is is
lint too often tlif cnsc in the older provinces.
If. anfiin, tlie faiiiicr wants to enya/ie in (lairyiii<r, <>r
cheese making".— the county jiresi'nts the hest o)i)-ortiniitioK
the woild affords, cattle can he reared so cliea])ly. and the
products so readily tind an e.\tensi\i' and |>i'olitahle niaiket.
The value of yood markets, such as Hi-andoti affords for
the othei' miscellaneous |ii'o(hicts of the faiin, are so im])()r-
tant it is uiniecessary to ilwell upon them, to the ordinary
ohserver. To him it is hiit ni'ccs.sai-y to say, tlie h(;tter
]>rices in Hiandon for all the jucxlucts of th(! farm, and the
lowei' cost of the necessaries of life, will in a siioi't tijiio
make the pi-ice of a farm, so that puicliasinjj here at a
reasoualile price is ])referal)le to f^a-ttin^ a farm in less
favorahle localities for nothiu^' at all.
If, aeaii). the incc ,er he a merchant, a mechanic, or a
manufacturer, as much dejiends on experience and bu.sincss
coTMU'ctions as on an\thin<'' else : hut at all events the
c.a])ital that will start one comforta'tlv elsewhere will (^o
the same here eipially well.
HEASONS FOR SKLiaTIXC; THE CITY
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It is in the memory of many a one now livini;' in TcrorU),
where land could have lieeii '•'(•t on the hnsiness tlioroiuh-
fares foi- as many cents as it wcndd recpiire dollars no\' to
pui'clwi>-(' it Had the visitoi- to that city of half a cent ivy
aj.'o .seen this, to say nothint^' of the money he mipht have
n;ade in commei'cial and othei' ])uisnits in the interval, tins
<^". .iwtli in the value of real estate alon.e woidd have icey
sufficient inducement to have led to some investments. W*
have eveiy faith in what has ]iio\ed ti'in; of Toixnito. t) *
(^)ueen City of ('ntari<;. will ri(i\-e true of the Queen C"^v
of Manitola in an cduallyshoit jjeriod of tini(>, and i] '■•
alone shsmld he a sntficient incentive foi- husiness men jr •:'
capitalists to locate in Brandon.