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Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour Atra raproduit an un saul clicht, 11 ast f ilm6 6 partir da I'angia sup6riaur gaucha, da gaucha 6 droita, at da haut an bas, an pranant la nombra d'imagas nAcassaira. Las diagrammas suivants lllustrant la m6thoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 THE] aU'APPELLE, LONG LAl(E SASKATCHEWAN Railroad # Stean|boat Co., 1,000,000 ACRES Of Odd Numbered Sections in the Old Settled Districts between -OF THE- CANADIAN NORTHWEST. -AND- PRINCE ALBERT There are still a number of Even Numbered Sections held open by the Dominion Government. FREE HOMESTEADS TO ACTUAL SETTLERS. 1 -^ Att The Odd Sections in these old settled Districts are for Sale without cultivation or residence con- ditions, at from $2.50 per a'^re upwards. One- tenth cash and the balance in nine annual pay- ments with interest at 6% Osier, H^nirnond & flanton, 381 MAIN STREET, WINNIPEG. " tXtllNlRCUL " PKIRT, WINNlPad; LAl(E \ Co., RES 3 Old iST. 3RT I ruber ed lion :ads ERS. Districts lence con- ds, One- nual pay- mton, IPEG. 1072 .083 a?:HE] aUAPPEUE, LONC UK K>. JlNH SASKATCHEWJLi^ ^c? ((aitroad # Stearr|boat Co., 1,000,000 ACRES Carefully Selected Land BETWEEN IMie Capital Olt^r — OP THE — ;| CANADIAN NORTHWEST -AND — .r\ PRINCE ALBERT OH THE NOIiTH S/VSKATCHEW/VN. FOR SALE AT FROM $2.50 PER ACRE UPWARDS. One-Tenth Cash; Balance in nine Annual Payments with In- terest at 6 per cent. a s plendid inv estmen t wrThahhond&nanton 381 M^l|4 STREET, WINNIPEG, MAN. m Surface. Oontly undulating prairie i rolling op«n prairie with laliea and ponds; rolling prairie interspersed with bluffs of poplar ; liigh rolling country, portions of wliiuli is heavily timbered with spruce, jaolc pine, etc. Climate. Similar to that of Manitoba, summer days long and bright, lengtheniai{ as you go north. The settlers on the North iSaskatohewan enjoy 18 hours sunshine in the long days in summer. Winter days are cold, clear and calm. Tornadoes and Cyclones unknown. Soil. Clay loam to sand loam with a rich clay subsoil to sand, runs in streaks. As CULTIVATION GOES NORTH, it has lH>en found that the rich sandy loams, return quicker and better crops than the heavy clays, grain ripens earlier with equally as good a berry, and docs not throw such an immense growth of straw, as the heavy clays, and it is much easier to work. FDEL AND BDIlDINfi MATERIAL There is practically none on the plains. There are some scrubby trees along rivers, streams and coulees. To the north there are bluffs of poplar, ample for fir:, wood, fence rails, etc. Further north, spruce and jack pine, and the great forests along the North Saskatchewan are reached. Fire wood is worth about 91.50 per cord. The large Lumber Mills on the North SaskatcheMran supply building material as cheaply as in the most favoured parts of Manitoba. There are miles of coal outcrop on the North Saskat- chewan. Water. The Country is well watered ; every one cannot locate on the banks of a running stream, but any. one can get a plentiful supply of good water by digging a few feet for it. Wild Fruits, such as Red Plums, Cherries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Oooseberries, Red and Black Currants, Cranberries, Saska- toons grow wild in the bluffs and sheltered valleys on the banks of the Rivers, Streams and Coulees. Fish. White and Jack Fish are to be found in Long Lake, Qu'Appelle and both Saskatchewans, and Trout in spring creeks running into these rivers. Game. starting on the plains in the south and heading north, the following birds and animals will be found : Prairie Chicken and Partridge, Duck, Fox, Badger, Oayotes, Mink, Mufkrat, Beaver, Otter, Martin. Fisher, Rabbit, Bear, Deer, Elk, Moose. (3) rAf^ A^ ",•, < ■, rs No. 1 HARD. Pi-lxr&oe A.lt>ex>t 'Wl&eat* With a view of letting intending lettlera linow what their prospects are for for 'obtaining good crops of wheat in the Prince Albert District, we draw their attention to the following facts : Samples of wheat grown in the above distrint last year were sent by the Commnrcial to ditferent Milling i'ubliuatiuna and Grain Merchants. ICer«r kome of their aominents upon the camples furnished, especially tl>ose of The Miller, London, England, to which journal three bags were sent. J he Miller comments as follows : " We are greatly obliged for the splendid samples of wheat which have reached us. The grain, which is in very flue condition, is a magnificent sample of North- western wheat, and was shown by the chondrometer to weigh 66^ pounds to the bushel. A sample has been exhibited on Mark Lane Corn Exchange, where it was pronounced by competent judges to be fully equal to the choicest Duluth wheat, and was valued — tuking a mean quotation— at 41 shillings per quarter. Wu Bhall be pleased to forward small samples of the wheat to any millers who will notify their wish to receive them." E. Seckel & Co., grain commiosion merchants, Chicago, write : " Your favor received, and also sample of wheat, for which accept our thanks. We exhibited same on 'change and it attracted quite a good deal of attention. We must say that it is the finest sample of spring wheat we have laid our eyes on. One of our millers here would like to know the value of this wheat in your market, and the rate of freight to Chicago, if you can kindly give us the same." A. C. Buell & Co., a leading Chicago grain firm write : " I have your letter, accompanied by a sample of splendid wheat. A country that can raise such wheat aa that sample will be sought after before many years, as the proiiuci: of Minnesota and Dakota is fast deteriorating." Prom the publisher of the Miller's Review, Philadelphia: " With reference to the sample of wheat grown in the Prince Albert district, my people at the ofKce report it to be something entirely outsijj^of their experience, and they know pretty well what fine wheat and large uropf> of it are. I desire to show this wheat on our i'^xchange, and I will report to you the opinions of some of its members. It seems to me the wheat matures in a remarkably short time from the date of sowing. I will he pleaspd to write you what our dealers have to say about it." Yours very truly, IT. L. EvEJiELr,. Miller' n Review, Philadelphia, l*a : "Among the sam- ples displayed by Hanock & Co., of the Philadelphia Commercial Exchange, recently, was a small one from the territory of Saskatchewan, nearly three hundred and fifty miles north of the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions. It excited consider- able attention, partly from the fact that the Siiinples on the tables of Hancock & Co. usually are of interest to buyers, and pai tly, too, from the f ict that the grain in the little blue box was of an exceptionally fine type of red spring wheat. The letter appended gives the history of our getting it, and as we did not wish to keep the sight of such beautiful stock from the appreciative gaze of millers and commercial men, we submitted it to Major Hancock, and through his offices it was introduced to the Chamber and to the notice of the members on 'Change. The Major pronounced the wheat as handseme as any ne had ever seen, and he was sorry that the machinations of freight combines and tariffs so effectually kept such stock away from millers and grain men in this section and pro- hibited any substantial investment in this tine product of thafM- North;" (4) THE QU'APPELLE, LONG LAKE JLI7Z> Saskatchewan Railroad & Steamboat Go'; Wat o|wi\ed for TrafRo m ilie Fall of 1890. The Commcrnird, {*hfi flnanoial authority of Maaitoba and the Northwest) with itn usual eaterprifiini( foreiight, lent a tpecial ai{ent into thn rlintrict Kerved l)y the n«w railway for the purpose of lonktug up its resources, etc. We take the liberty of copying a few of tiis statoinenta as published by Thi CnmnvrrUil frorir men known to m personally who hKVd Imen ru»iciHiits in the diitriot for a uuinber of years, justly concluding that atiitementii made by actual rcHidents of undinbted integrity will carry rooru weight than anything else : Wm. Millku came from Huron County, Ont., in 1870, and located nuiir Rockwood, ne.ir Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he reiniiuKd for two years. Moved to the Saskat- chewan in 1873 and took up land (|uite close to where Prince Albert now stands. Likes the Siska^uhowan coun- try better than Ontario or Manitoba. Has farmed seven- teen seasons, aud states that his wheat will average about ''.O bushels per acre eight years out ot the seventeen. The remi\iaing nine ynars he estimates thit his wheat crop would average one year with another 25 bu'^hels per acre. The poorest wheat crop he han had was in I8S9, owing to the drought, when the yiuld was IS to '20 bushels per acre. This was the first year he had suffered from drought to any extent. The crops in 1890 were later with him than he ever had before, and he had ab')ut ei^ht, acres of wheat damaeed by frodt. The balance of his crop escaped seri- ous injury. Mr Miller his kept a diary since he came to the country, so that his statements are not madq from memory. He states that his oat crop h^is varied from 40 to 80 bushula per acre in different years, rxctpt 1889, when it was about 20 bushels per acre Ho'ses, cattle, sheep and hogs have all done well with him. As the oldest Canadian settler in the district, and one who has farmed continuously since he arrived, Mr. Miller's tes- timony is of special interest. Chas. Maik, for six':oen years a resident, has farmed for ten years on quite a large scale. His property is within the |>re8ent corporation limits of the town of Prince Albert. He has never had what could be called a failure in wheat. In 1889 the crop was light from drought, but could not be called a failure. Ltte wheat had been affected with frost in some years, but this was usually owing to careless farming. There has always been al>uudance of hay, even during the dryest years, and vast quantities of the natural prairie hay goes to waste annually. Jamhs McAkthur, banker, Prince Albert, is interested in a large sheep ranche. He says it costs less to keep sheep over the winter than during the summer. The region is a great liay country, and hay can be put up for the winter at a co<«t of about $1 per ton. Sheep can be kept through the winter at a cost of about '25 cnts per head, when handle OTTO? WJJ £•«-:; li^-' m RINGE ALBERT DUCK LAK SASK£ M .t all of which points good lo suitable either for business purposes ox 11 the above mentioned Tov now, and will increase in population flow into the Country. 'here is a Qood Opening ii Merchants, and others wishing to inves rise with the Country. w /VN SITES. > Qu'Appelle and Long Lake Railroad, old aad well establiahed towni such as , Saskatoon S Duck Lake ilation and to meet the demands upon them, and the le Company have bad, rnsr sites TJ.AJT1D OTJT .A.T ^.LBERT, saskatoon Mcdowell, loints good lots can be obtained isiness purposes or residences. dntioned Towns are on the rise lase in population next summer, as Settlers I Opening in these Towns for 8 wishing to invest Capital to advantage, and (10) OF PART Calgrary & Edm OF PART OP MANITOBA AND THE NO grary & Edmonton and Qu'Appelle, ] -iia. 112 111 110 109 108 107_ 10( 112 IIL 110 109 108 107 106 fll^A^IP E NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES OF OANADA Tj^ja x^jxraet os* fPEca lie, Long: Lake & Saskatchewan Rai 106 105 104 103 102 10'. 100 106' 105 IM 103 102 "for \ OF CANADA bchewan Railways. V HOW TO REACH Qulppelle, Long Lake Railroad & Steambo PAETIES FEOM .A.XT13 Ts:s EASHRN PROVINCES OF Oan Purchase Return Tickets from an] Railway Stations in the E PRINCE ALBERT, DUCK LAKI oisr xiBsi Pppelle, kg Like 2!i M And grot the Benefit of the I Rates during the Parties from the United Stat Tickets to Gretna, in Manitoba, and Settlers' Excursion Rates to Prince A toon. (15) V\\ '\ • REACH THE LANDS ong Lake & Saskatchewan & steamboat Company. J iS FBOM ONTARIO .A.XTI3 a?B:si VINCES OF THE DOMINION h Tickets from any of the Canadian Pacific Stations in the Bast direct to RT, DUCK LAKE OR SASKATOON Lake h Sashtchevan RaUroad lefit of the Settlers' Excursion 3 during the Season. United States can buy Regular in Manitoba, and from that Point get the lates to Prince Albert, Duck Lake or Saska- m