IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^ /. o .*-> C- #-^ :/- 1.0 I.I ■10 |2.5 U U2 |2.2 IL25 ■ 1.4 IlllJil 1.6 *^. ^r^/ 7a % W v: " m /,. o,^ % Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 fs, :\ V \ -''\ % V '^f- '0"..^v ^"."/ji ^^<^^ 6^ o % <^ CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiquos T'vohfiioal and BU liographlc NotM/NotM taohniquM tt MbliographlquM Th« Institut* ham A*2«mpta' alternate section (that is B40 acres) longs to the C. P. R. Co. The great bulk of the.se lands is still in the ssession of the Company. They are at present being held by them at dees varying, according to location, from S'i.'iO toS'').0() per acre payable follows : One-tenth cash, the balance in nine equal annual instalments ith interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum on the then uupaid rincipal. ITS SOIL. The .soil throughout the greater part of this district cannot be )ale Stable ^S**^^^*^*^ f°^ agricultural purposes. This is true of practically all of the numnnu L'4'6iiy Innd lyinj? north of the C P. R. track (only a vcr>' snmll portion of it hercatid ihcn* IkIiij^ li^'ht ami slotiN i, aiulalsd south oi ihf line- of railway for frotij It'll to twenty inik-N. S;{, where the division town of Moose Jaw is located. The C. I'. R. runs adjacent to Thunder creek all the way across the township. Soil same a.** in 1 (;-•-'")"— that is the next town.ship east of it— " first-class." Taki again the next township north of it. The notes in their reports on it au these : " Tp. 17, surface, .soil, tSic, same as preceding." Then again look at the township west of that last mentioned, that is tp. 17. r. 27, w. 2nd M Of it we read in their reports that it " is undulating with a soil, except a few sections in the south, of a strong rich clay, two to three feet deep- highest rating." This is the manner in which the.se tovvn.ships in the. Moose Jaw district, selected at random and as .samples of the rest, are' described and characterized in the oflicial guide book to the lands of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co'y. I^ENOTH OF SEASON. The season for farming operations is longer here than it is furtherg east, this Ijeing more affected by thechinook winds from the west and yeti far enough from the mountains not to be influenced by the cold from them. In lH V heavy soil r all circuni level that it k'here, l)Ut it well. I,an«l ed than the and many , convenient iwaitinij tlu- A. R. TURNBULL. M.D 4,f ♦ t.iU.J'-.* i f* * * * * M GrmlunU' ot McGill Colkuv, MniitrvaJ. 11 > accnrate le employ ot or classified s so are the rks in thest at random oose Jaw is -idian. TIk ered l)y tw( y, the othir n section 0^5 :. P. R. runs i Soil same a» * iss." Take )rts on it an n again look 7,w. 2ndM ioil, except a | ! feet deep- i iiships in tht the rest, are I lands of the ..I _ J. G. GORDON, BAKRISIKU. ADVOCATE. NOTAHY PUBLIC", ETC. r.W. ROHINSON, GENERAL MliRCHANT it is further | west and yci -| d from them f lay of April 4 MAIN strhe;t, MOOSE JAW, N.VV.T. i) IMMI. Wm. Grayson, fiSi Barrister, Attoroey, ConYeyancer, Notary Public, Etc.j ■ ' %\ MOOSE JAW, N.W.T. Tht< Af^cnf for the Canada Northwest Land Company, Limited, and th>' **'" "* ^'' Trustees of Moose Jaw Town Site. DoDiiDioD Eoverofflent Mniiiratiofl Agency I The tin«ler<«iKiu*(t hnviiiK rchiiU-d over hIx ycnrM in UiIh Dintrii't in in ii poitilioii to ^w fliv |H' jltflulKl Kill ••! tl iithcr (lal< SI'KCIAI, INI'OKM.XTION to InunixrantH nu«l iiitftuliiix hi HOMESTEAD LAND, ETC. Ill II ponuioii lu KIN' ^, I ,^ ... ' ** •ixtd < rop, tth-rj* n-nanlinK \^y of Jul t k. L. ai,i:xani)i:r, \,Jt*l Ihiuiiniou (iovcriinu-Mt IiuniiKrution Akch ^]]at it rri to l)f ttfl i' or Motltiin City Drug STOREi-r;;: E. E. scon, M.D, taan, Mw J», K^ W. T. DKAl.IvR IN IK 111 SUalitifS liriiiK til inarkt(ll> affected l WlicR'as n its tiouri.s orthwes )' DRllGSANDMEDICINE^fe better stoi Bootis, stationery and Wall Paper. Fancy and Toilet Articles. ckcuiKi! to tlk- 1 MMLi BRUSHES jrields l)ri SPONGEST te, *""""' Two Customers will find our stock coin])lete, comprising many articles it is impossible In stITK'rior to enumerate, and all sold at moderate prices. t|lis : Wh B )N, 1S«4. on the 2flth clay of Mnrrh ; in IH«5. on ihr 17th day of March . IHMii. on the »lth tMicc of the grenter UMi^th of the nnnn and tlic less varial)le charniter of ihe weather, in Ichh liahle to frwl tliait in the case elH<\vlure. Oidy dnrin^ one nennon (that i* in \HH\) ,\uk $f\\ damage Ih-ch Htistamed in this diHtrict l>y crops from front Indeed ere i.H no Rrealer hal»ilily to injury fr«»tn frost hirt- than there in in the ore favored parts of Ontario, Lasi season for instatuv, llu* first si^n of )st that there was in the Moose Jaw disiriet (and a very sli>;lit frost it I Was • appeared on the ni^ht of tlie \*h\\ aiirni»i^ of the I'oth *^"'' ; ''"•' ^''^' '"■■^^ ''■"'*^ wlii«h w.is at all heaw fell on \Uv ll^UliUJ ni^Ui of the '2<)lli and iMuiniii^ of tlu- JTth of vSeptetidier last ; and before Jtlier date all crops had U'en well saveature«l and n I'"*'""" *" *<" dbod crop, has ripened ami Uen cut in the district as enrly a' the 'J-lth n n-KanliiiK ^y of July from seed sown in the previous spring?, •It « MIXUl) I'AKMINO. )i:r. lixratioii Ak^'o' W.T. The alxive lan. J— V -1— Uti the natural ^rass of the prairie : and as soou as the snow disappears in ) |— ^ p tbe spriuK. they will eat nothiii); and need nothing hut it. The chief -^ -*- ^ -*— ||ason wiiy this prairie grass retains in such a great degree its nutritive dualities all the year round in this western country appears to he that, 4wrinK the month of August in each year, it turns into hav as surely and •arkedly as it it were cut and properly saved, and is therefore as little Ipected l)y the frost as is the hay which has been cut, cured and stacked ; hereas further east it remains green and conse(|uently loses alnuist all of notirishment after it has once been fr(*/en. Besides the straw in the - -. Y--^x> —brthwest has in it much more nutriment th.in it has in eastern Canatla. \ 1. V #nd then enough hay has easily been oi)taiiu(l on the prairie to satisfy \ 1^ •e retpiiretnents of the settlers for the feeding during winter of their ^ ' A^V. jpock. At any rate the fact is undoubtefl that the raising of stock (and |(|tter stock too than can be raised in eastern Canada) is iji this discrict Wonderfully easy and inexpensive in comparison with what il is and costs ewhere. The first settlers made the mistake of confining their attention the raising of grain. It is uow acknowledged that mixed farming ields better pecuniary results, and is accordingh- being more generally rsued. ' Articles. mm. k impossible htr Sl^PKRIOR GRAZINO CHARACTKR. Two things may be here stated for the puqiose of showing the iperior character of this district as regards its grazing ciualities. One is lis : When the farmers excursion came to Mo(ise Jaw last summer from eastern Canada, one of the most coninion remarks made by the excur sionists was as to the exceeding richness of the milk which had been supplied to them here, that it greatly sun>assed anything of its kind which they had previously tasted. That was their tribute to the richness of our prairie grass their acknowledgment that cattle have more nutritive food here than that which is sup[)licd to them in the places from which these excursionists came. The other is thi.s — and probably nothing can be said that would better indicate its quality in this respect than this— that in addition to what has been shipped by others, Messrs. Baker and Plante, merchants of Moo.se Jaw, have shipped from it upwards of two hundred and fifty cars of buffalo bones, averaging over fourteen tons each, to the east where they are utilized for refining and fertilizing purposes The network of deep buffalo runs visible everywhc re on the unbroken prairie throughout the Moo.se Jaw district and this large shipment of buffalo bones from it .show conclusively that it has in the past been a favorite re.sort of the buffalo ; and this it certainly would not have been had not the grass in it been exceedingly nutritive and the district in every respect an exceptionally fine grazing ground. CHEESE FACTORIES. Two cheese fartories have been established in this district, one of which has been in operation for .several years. They are those of R. K. Thomson, six miles we.st of this, and of J. L. Legare at Willow Bunch, seventy miles south of this. The cheese manufactured by them has been of such an excellent quality that it has always found a ready sale. EARLY EXPERIENCES. It is freely admitted, that in common with the rest of the Northwest Territories and with Manitoba, this district did not for the first few years aftt • its settlement, or rather after 1882, enjoy quite the measure of prosperity which would naturally have been anticipated from the quality v.f its .soil and I'rom the experience in 1882 of the settlers therein. A good share of thi.-' '^ 'oubtless attributable to the inexperience of the immigrants as '.v the bi.st *'v ^iiods of treating the soil in this new country. Not a little of it 1»; • ;o be laid at the door of careless farming, many having pu? ir ih rir .-^c.'J in a v/ay that no intelligent farmer in eastern Canada, or they i.t;( J vc \ts before they came to the Northwest, would dream of doing and yet expect to get a crop. But the chief cause of the state of things mentioned is by very many thought to be prairie fires. In the autumn of 1882 and aftenvards, these fires were deliberately set out, the general opinion among the settlers having then been that they were beneficial to the soil in every way. They gradually came however to discover their great mistake ; that, instead of being a benefit these fires are most detri- mental to the prairie, their effect being marked by drying it up, decreasing the rainfall, destroying the grass, radically changing indeed the character of the soil. This country has thus, where the facts with their causes are not understood, been blamed for what has resulted from the inexperience, carelessness and wrong-doing of those who had settled in it. The un wond Iowa, W 'anadian ivas a sii jtiever liei gbove an learned them, ar ^; So particula ■$oil, hea\ The crop been an t raised in half bush end whic last seaso ' t)f wheat bushels, in any ca put into the distr: Below ar number c bushels t iaM instar ^nd thre children Jthreshers Igrain, ai ^quantity ;^a"e dis] {l^for seed ; ♦fof grain :ps from e ■|to them 1 * -'•^ I )y the exciir icli had been s kind which chiiess of our lutritive food from which litoba trict in every The experiences of the early settlers in the Norths fiin wonderfully parallel with tlK)se of the parties who had first located in Iowa. Wisconsin, Nebraska. Kansas. Minnesota, »S:c. Indeed in the jt^anadian Northwest, the crop failure (except perhaps in ISSd, when there firas a similar failure south of the line and from the same cause) has ! lever been as great as it had for several consecutive years been in the ibove and other states after the first settlement of them. Hut they earned the causes of their failures, .set themselves to work to rectify I tnan inis-- ijj^jj^ jj^tj success of a marked kind did ultimatelv reward their efforts. s. Baker and | vards of two | en tons each, ; more recent experiences. nj? purposes, i he unbroken j g^ things have been tending in the Canadian Northwest, and in s iipment of |,articular in the Moose Jaw district. We have admittedl\- an excellent past Deen a kpil, heavier and richer than it usuallv is in Dakota or south of the line, pt have been :^^^ ^^^^ ^f ^.^-y ^^^^ ^ satisfiictory one. That of the past season has ^een an excellent one. The highest recorded average of wheat per acre Raised in Dakota was obtained in 1SS7, when it fell under sixteen and one- Jialf bushels. It is estimated from statistics whicli have been gathered |ind which are now nearly complete, that the total crop which was raised last season in the Moose Jaw district exceeds one hundred thousand bushels strict, one of "of wheat and of all kinds of grain one hundred and seventy thousand ose of R. K, t)ushels, averaging for wheat twenty-one bushels per acre — a high average illow Bunch, in any ca.se, and especially so considering that much of the .seed had been em has been Jput into the ground in a very indifferent manner. Individual farmers in r sale. |lhe district who cultivated theii lands well have had superior returns, ^elow are given the names of some of them, their post office addresses, the tiumber of bushels of wheat raised 'oy them last .season and the number of bushels they had of all kinds of grain. These crops have l)een in nearly #11 instances raised by them without any help whatever, except in stacking knd threshing — in all ca.ses indeed except where they had a child or ^children old enough to be of assistance to them. In nearly all cases 1 the'cjuaiit^' Jthreshers' measure is given, as only a few hav^e yet sold all of their 'in. A good W"^^' ^"^ consequently they have no other means of computing the ' immigrants i^l^^intity raised by them. It may be mentioned however, that those who itrv Not a l^^ ^ disposed of the whole of their grain, except what they are reserving tianv having '^^*°^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ working animals, usually find that the quantity ti Canada or *^f g^^iii which is being actually realized by tii*^m from last season's crop ^am of doine W^ ^"^^^ eight to twelve per cent, in excess of that which had been stated ite of thines "-W^ them when threshing had been completed, e autumn of -i the general beneficial to scover their ! most detri- ', decreasing | le character r causes are lexperience, le Northwest rst few years measure of ^il II rt f 10 LAST season's YIELD — EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT WAS. Names. P. O. Address. Allison, Robt Pnsnua . . RtrsiUv. J. C MarlhoroUKh Barker,' K.J Moose Jaw . , Carle, A. R Cheikir. Ily " Cudmon, Iv J. Caron DaU^arno. A Moose Jaw . Dorrc'll, Hv Franks, Thos " Franks, W. cS: Jas Gilnionr. H. C Gilniour, Hugh " Gass, C. A. Gibson, Jerry " Getty. Satn Caron ... Hill. J. A Moose Jaw . , Latham, Mrs " Lanil), Geo " Lamb, Chas " Love, KdKerton Pense . . . , Miller, R. O Moose Jaw . , Moore, Robt Mi-ht, H. cS: G Me Bean, Donald Marlborough. McCartney, Jas Moose Jaw . , McConnell, Jas " Ross, D. M " Rathwell, S. K " Smail John " Smail, Geo " Smith. Ren " Smith, JamesW " Svlvain, (ieorgo " Sanders. W. C " Schram, John " Thomson, R. K " Thompson, James " Wilson. Alex " Wilson, Riehard " Welsh, E. B Young, Jos Pense . . . No. Bushels Wheat. 1482 1240 8CK) mo 2;^()o KiOO OHO 9(J« 2100 1490 1300 1000 1000 12.'>0 irjoo T-IO 1500 imo 1000 1000 l.SoO 1000 irioo 1030 2500 1220 2040 880 2070 1325 1400 900 1150 1790 900 8fi0 1400 1160 900 1300 2000 No. Bushels all kinds of Grain. 2082 1775 1600 14.50 3400 2740 2400 1450 2.500 2000 2000 2100 1700 1900 2200 2100 2750 1655 1250 2100 1350 1600 2.550 1.590 8400 1370 2750 1600 3640 1475 2800 1400 2200 2500 1400 1555 1700 2200 1350 1800 3000 lH liVE These figures, taken in connection with the fact that the bulk of the wheat has been sold this autumn at upwards of one dollar per bushel and other kinds of grain at relatively high prices, tell their tale of comfort and prosperity for the farming community better than any words can do so. TOWN OP MOOSE jAW. The town of Moose Jaw is centrally located in the district. It i« prettily situated in a valley, about a mile in width, sli'rhtly sloping to the .south. The land to the north and south of it is one hundred and fifty or' more feet in height. It is the nearest point on the C. P. R. to Prince; i 11 WAS. No. Kushels all kinds of drain. 2()82 1775 1(>()0 14.-)0 34()0 2740 2400 1450 2.500 2000 2000 2100 1700 1900 2200 2100 2750 1655 12.50 2100 1.350 1600 2550 1.590 3400 1370 2760 1600 3640 1475 2H0O 1400 2200 2500 1400 15.55 1700 2200 13.50 1800 3000 he bulk of the )er bushel and Df comfort and s can do so. - DVwdlc'XDOTJa-^XjIL. Agent Temperance Colonization Co., Limited, -AND- EALER iN^ Lumber -AND- BUILDING MATERIAL. WM. WALSH, LiVePiJ, Feed and ^ale ^lableg. Horses. Ponies and Cattle for Sale. Leading Stage Line to Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Battleford, Wood Mountain and Willow Bunch. iistrict. It 1= sloping to the ed and fifty or '. R. to Prince Baled Hay Always on Hand. 14b M) V 19 !!! . JOHN BELLAMY, Contractor aiKiBiiLDEi' DEALKR IN Att KINDS OP '^ 1 In jheld— 1 i these a fhave s( Furniture, Bedroom Suites, Parlor Sets, Baby Cabs, Win- *;^i:'"^\ ' ' ^ ' ichiirch dow Shades, Shade Rollers, Picture Frames and Mouldings Jestablij Jllots in AGENT FOR THE DOHKRTY ORGAN. ORGAN STOOLS AND MUSIC BOOKS CONSTANTLY ON HAND Undertaker, Etc., Corner Main and High Streets, Moose Jaw. In Jeocietie ^ follows Jas. Er ;A. B. ]\ 1 Monda; ^.welcom Ann ablr & CO., ./ NEW CHEAP CASH STORE. DEALERS IN DRY GOOD Si READY-MADE CLOTHING, Boots and Shoes, and General Groceries. SPECIAL ATTENTION paid to FUfflMN& SETTLERS witliOnffl We'll not be Undersold. * It 5 home c ¥ annual] I Besides 'to Swifi . view pi transac (Moose . tjtFrom t^ Ifiarmers J^have be i wareho' ' .paid fbi of navi^ of one ( ^ other g] ^^the east :^ Moose J . Moose J than tw This pli lwIA.I2Sr STR,EET. lyC O O S E J-A.^ ,i^ I V, LDEK Cabs, Win Mouldings 13 Albert, both being in the same range ; and the shortest and best trails to Saskatoon, Wood Mountain and Willow Bunch start from this place. The Temperance Colonization Society transact at this point their business, and from tliis place the settlers leave the railway for the Society's lands. CHURCHES. I 1?held — the Knglish, Presbyterian and Methodi.st churches. In addition to these a Catholic priest occasicjnally officiates here, and the vSalvation Army ■'have some lime ago begun work in this place. Besides this, services are being held at vari(»us points in the district in coiuiection witli these churches; and a Roman Catholic church, with a resident priest, is established at Willow Bunch in it. Th" Baptists have recently acquired ; lots in the town for church purposes. / ON HAND, aw. J DS. ^S« ISwitlOnffi SECRKT AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. In the town there are also the following secret and benevolent "isocieties : Masonic, I. O. O. F. and Orange. They regularly meet as ■follows: Moose Jaw (Masonic) on the second Tue.sday of each month, ,Jas. Era.ss, W.M.; Valley Lodge (I. O. O. F.) every Thursday evening, A. B. McKenzie, Noble Grand; and Western Hope (L. O. L.) on the Monday before the full moon, Wm. Hannah, W. M. They cordially • welcome visiting brethern. MOOSE JAW AS A FARMER'S MARKET. It is a divisional terminus town on the C. P. R., and therefore the .home of a large number of railway employees. About $70,000 are annually disbursed by the C. P. R. Co'y to their employees in this place. Besides this the section houses along the western division from Moose Jaw to Swift Current and a number of the.se on the eastern division to Broad- view procure their supplies at this place, causing a further business to be transacted here to the amount annually of some SI 2,000. This makes Moose Jaw an exceptionally good market for all that a farmer has to sell. From twenty-five to thirty cents per dozen are being at present paid to ifarmers for eggs and twenty-five cents per pound for good butter. There have been in it this season four grain buyers, each with a separate grain ' warehouse, causing a healthy competition to be maintained in the price •paid for grain. During a large part of the season (that is until the close of navigation east of Port Arthur), wheat brought at this point upwards of one dollar per bushel, and relativelv high prices have been paid for other grains. The freight rates on the C. P. R. on through shipments to j^the east of grain are only (per car load) two cents per bushel higher from 1: Moose Jaw than they are from Brandon ; and the price paid for wheat at Moose Jaw should therefore not vary, and ordinarily does not vary, more than two cents from the price that is paid per bushel for it at Brandon. This place is regarded as one of the best markets in the Northwest. i E J-A.^' 14 M SKTTMIS' SrpPI.IHS. Tliese cati be purcliascd at Moose Jaw and at reasonable prices. Tlu advertisinjij pa^es of this i)ainplilel will iulunii the reader as to where hi can buy thetn. We have hardware, tinware, j^rocery, dry jjfoods, bout! and shoe stores, a druj; store, harness shops, hnnber yards, agricultural inii)lenient warehouses, ^:c. — places wheru the innniKrant can readil\ procure all supplies he may recpdre and such as are found to be best adapted to the Northwest. Freight rates on small lots, added to eastern prices will bring the cost of all needed supjilies (juite up to, if not beyond, what they can be obtained for here. TIIK CLrlMATK \ 11 I here is very healthy. Read Mr. Sylvain's statement annexed to this When the farmers' excursion party reached tiiis la.vt sununer from ea.sten Canada, the)- at once remarked that peo])le generally appeared to be moR rugged here, in better physical condition, than there. Sometimes in tlu winter it is cold and the thermometer falls low, but the cold weather rarely continues for any length- of time ; and as there usually is no witu when it is very cold, and as the atmosphere is dry, it is not greatly fell The cold is less steady, not as long continued, as it is further east. Oi; account of the formation of the country, we have not the cyclones tha: occur elsewhere, and not as frecpiently the less high winds as other prairit countries have, notal)ly south of the line. Take for instance our lowes; dip and mo.st stormy week last winter — the second week in January. I was reported as from ten to fifteen degrees lower in Dakota and Montana than it was here and with a higher wind than we had. This autumn ha- been exceedingly fine. A game of ba.se ball was played here on Nev Year's day, the theniumieter standing at forty-four degrees in the .shack As trees are cultivated — and with proper care and attention, they wil grow well — the climate will be greatly modified, and the appearance o the prairie be much improved. TOCC -A iBTABL ■t SCHOOI..S. Six school sections have been formed in the Moose Jaw district, tha of the town emplo'ing two teachers. The Northwest School Ordinance, is, as it is right iliat it should be in a new country, peculiarly flexible and permits the formation and re-arrangement of school districts as tlu needs of the settlers may require. A school district may be formet wherever there are within an area of twenty-five square miles not less thai four resident heads of families and ten children of school age, that i: between the ages of five and sixteen inclusive. And the grant to school, by the Northwest Legislative ^ ssembly is .so liberal that settlers neec not be deprived of educational advantages for their children. It may here be mentioned that south of Moose Jaw (or rather a little east of south) and about twenty-five miles out from it lies a large bed o pottery clay, which has been pronounced by experts to be quite equal t( ,UI C ^ent fc la Ic prices. Tilt IS to where he y goods, boot s, aj^ric'ultur.il t can rea(Hl\ )e l)e.st a(hiptc(l I eastern prices 'J beyond, what . JL.. BJLICEI^ I. Hopkins cK: Bate, ie Rriafl wood llO coul ti Importers and Breeders of rt railvv£ )iistnic the C, _ the E We have a number of Stallions and Mares from the best sires in .Scotlan _ _, im The We invite inspection of our stock. Biousaiu imp, e id to rould SI PRICES LOW. TRRMvS EASY. Correspondence Solicited. E. N. HOPKINS. P. 0. Box 41, Moose Jaw, As^' -fcH m - <¥" J. E. BATE. i . ^^l * intoll ttlemc riculti hey wi e thinl . R. BOGUE, General •; Merchan^I atem LEADING HOUSE FOR SETTLERS' SUPPLIES. Corner Main and High Streets, Quebe( ^IRconsidt' irticului indred rain, 'i ten troii fiove for came In ith little >me for a^OOSE J^'VT-, IT. 'W. T. Tp. 18 I 17 the Bristol clay, ami lyinK M«^'''ir to it arc «'oal deposits which will in the fil'uio make an excellent and cheap liicl. There is yet a (jnanlily of wood here, but the fuel at present chielly used (and an excellent fuel it is) i§ coul from the Lethhrid^c mines west of thih. ra ires in Scotlai, RAILWAYS. The M HpriiiK «>l IHM4 I nimi- fioiii till' towiiNliip ot i;mil\, « ..uiit> or Vii Inria. Oiil. 1 •nyH'i'JK ' Hoil ottiiy hiriii in hi iiv> rliix loam. Il i^ tlir ttaiiu- H)il iii marly all ol Ihi-. ili^trn 'MWJ^iiiHv It i^ well inlapuM lor tlu' Krowlli of all kiii l>u>«lirU ol wlual aiid ihri-t.- thuu^aiKl hix hiitnlr' M ami fon lnihlu'ls ol allkiii'lHoi K"»'". r.iinnl liy nu- with tlK'a«>Hi*tami' «Mily of a yoim)( miu .m a vok( ol t)xi'n, in aMition lo my own tium ; ami jny hon «'.cor«t*, wlu) livnt on an cnllivaUH the otiur half of tlii>. -.rttion, raisul without anv assistance thirti-i-n luimltf antl twenty li\i' husluls of wlirat hisl.Ii-s his roarsi ^taiii. AinuUK other roots I lai Intlian I'orn whiih tiimu'l to ptrlirtion. I n^ i' ilurni;{ the niotitli ot Am-nst. It i-> t:ut hurt by the iroHt. The e.d thrive on it a-^ loii^ a^ tiny ean j.h'1 'i* •'• liuUnI this autMtnn my cattle have so • t{ol mUhiiiK l«nl what tin y |)ii k' il up on the piairie, and they ari' in as j^ooil onl. i i;m UH thvy were last sumiiur, I am well .atisne^(- • John TO Tiiic I can s; P^t ilic lim C§li>>iil)ia, . fti tilt' aurb latt few \( i Mftnitoha a! on the pr.in of Str.ithroN Statement of Henry Dorrell, one of the Directors of the Moose Jaw Agricultural Society. -An English P'armer's Experience. — Has had an Average of Nineteen Bushels of Wheat to the Acrt for Five Years. ■fcj. 17. 27, Mo I. IIi:nk\ Dokui I.I., of .^0, IS, 20. w. 2ml M., yeoni.-in. make the followin;,' statr iiient as to mv \ iews ol ami v xperii nci -. in tin .Moose Jaw tlislricl. I eanie from tii' parish of Ilolt, in the county of Won-ester, I'jij^laml, to Ontario in IKHI ami themt came lo tin \orlhui>l in lS,Si,' aiiurin,!4 the snninh r ol ISS2 1 was ciiully inj.;aj4ed in piospeclinj^ for land aii' finally seleded this district. I h.ive no cause lo re>.;rcl my choice ; allliou).;h I have met with dilVuidlics which had lo he and have iteen overcome such are incident t sellleinenl in a new country. I have never dnuhted the suilaMeness of the land In' both wheal j^rowin^.,' and iivi\/.\u'^. 1 write from a farmini; experience of some tweiit years. Allhou.nh some of the se.isoiis were not as favorable as could be desired aii' ihouj^h lar}j;e results cannot he exj)eiled from this land until the sod is subdued, ni; average of wheal duriiii; livi vears has bei n niui teen dJM Imsliels lo the acre. T!;t exeellenl ijuality of our \ raiife ur.iss is abuml;intl\ jitoved b\ 'die j;roulli of our cattle They can feed oul on tin- j.raiiie for at ka^t nine monlhsoiu ol each year and do wil all the time ; imleed my cattle are feeding onl still. I am .u<'ittJs i"to farminj^ hen as largely as I can and intend lo iiiflmnce my friends to emigiale to this country as! regard it as a good place for all farmers to come to. HENRY DORRELL. 30. 18,20, w. 2nd M., Moose Jaw P.O., Jan'y 12, 1889. I wish t n* views re iWrt Invest i It i2<>. -'. V •ilimatioii, tijlubled wil titliy expei would have •O loose anr' bctn in the totaise. I 1 61k>rses, el( in of April, tai grass ill IttTe not fei bgffal. A fiktt before, dltnale, gri 12. 20. 27, Mo Experience of S. K. Rathwell, President of the Moose Jaw Agri ilu Intel! cultural Society. • ^ I was raised in the couiil>- of Wellington, Out., and lived on my own farm there ]^L J^■A^ for twenty years. After hearing so iii.iny gUtwing accout.ls about Manitol)a and the MW and ha Northwest, 1 reuted my farm in 1883 and came out to the Northwest to see it for ulRve been I the Resul ttiin \n\u\ in tl iiri.i, Oiil. '11 I oi tliit iliHtriif riiouvcli liravs 'H lilt a*iiirc) {\\ iiilr< it I y<)iiiij( son ,\ii llo livcH oil ill: Itiitd'ii liiittiltc itr r»n)ts I rai ■ iisiinlly uood !< ry iiuliitivf iiii )st. 'lllC illlll attk- havf ko t.i; i^tuiil oriKr !U). It nl l!u' Null that fvi'iy v\c! liinst'ir uut hen )nN SMAIL elf. I took III) laii'l nhottt nix t...*.* inmi MoOMjtW (ptfl of 22, 17. 27. w. 2nA Aiti-r liaMii); ^ivi-ii out u t-i)ittra< t to K«t A qUAlltlty of U priparvW tor t rop, I iriHil to Oiitarto aii)l ill the Kpriiix ot IhhI I taitu- tiaik Hitli iiiy I'ntiilly. I hnvr II lien- sitiK- that. My cntp ot |Mh1 \\a« a titt!<' ilaiiiu ;tit with ifoM ittu* oiil\ time thiii^ I liiiil >^t>wii wan .it .ill loin h< •! willi Crost i and the mmhoii oI iHHil wait »uallv liry ; iait I am "^titiwliiil with mv i')(|M-iit'ni(' nimo i tame ti» tliiit conntry, ■||ri tliintw tliat a man ol the ri^lit otainp with !^VNI wliu will roiiiv ti> tluH rniintry ami n|| It )iiihrioii Itcltir tlian lu- wmihl iK) with our jptdrnl ucn-n iii any part ol Ontario tha; I haw M-rii or Ikvii in. •C S. K U.\T!IWi;i,l.. MLjaw I'. ().. Jun'y 14. iHhU ^oo* John 1 W. Mcintosh compares this District with Other Places. iNTKNItlNt. SI'/ITI.KK: I iMii say that I havi' travilU'M scvnal thMiis.iMtls of miU-n oviT tw«» of tin- leading itic lim> ol railwa> in llu rnilid St.itts and ;d--o t»Vit tli«' C I'. U. into HntiHlt umhia, and I haw I'aili'd in all inv ivm iirrhcs to lind a hi'ttiT tiild lor i-mi^ratioii tlif ii^rii nllnral roinmimity than tlU' Mjmwv Jaw di^ttiit ha. pro\«d to Ik- for the li-w yi ars. < hii uIumI li.i-. no cqiial. A>* to olim.ilf it i-< ninch mihUr than iiilolta and it is mnch nuUialiU' to wi sti iii < Mit.irio. C« rtain « lassis ol' stock ^raze tin- irairii- all yiar. 'lln i iiinati.- is most lu .illhlul ofiStralhroy, » oimty of Mitldhsfx, Out., to this pUci I : Moose ]av, •ience. — Has to the Acre '82. 17. 27, w. 2nd M.. Moosf Jaw 1 '.()., Jan. catiu' Irom the tu-i>;hl>orliuo of some twent' he desired aii is snhdued, iii lu- aere. Tl;' til of onr cattli ear and do wil o farniinj; her lis eouiitry as nORRELL 4 onr viewy Ndrthwesl Experience oi W. C. Sanders. wish to rclatt' my exjjerieiuf sin«< iin Mllhinent in tin- Northwest and to ^ivr re>;ardiii^' tlu- (oiiiitiv for a;.'i iiiiltiiial and v;rii'''"v; pnr| oses. I eame to the St in the spring; ol l.ssi from i.ak^ lield. connty of IMerhoro. Out. I seleetcd 18^ 2l>, 27, w. 2iid M., to settle »ni. I Iiavr lived on it ever siiue. The land is, in my •gpm.ition, exeellent. I have lieen fanni;i;., ^inee 1SH4. iiulnsive. I have never heen troidiled with fro^t siin e I ( ame 1o the ilKliiel. .M lirst m\ eroj) av raye was not np toniv expectations : l>ul I I»i lieve that diirin.;; these years whiih were drv, the crops wonM have been ).;ood if the land had heen l(m}.;er nnder enltivation The land was so loose and soddy that it was impHs-^ihli' to ;;».t a firm seed l»erl. Tl,.' loiij^er I have been ill the eoniitry, the more sati-^tied have I heen with the i rops I have heen ahle to raise. I have had eatlle dnriiiL; all of iIum' year^ ; haveat pre-eiit .'{(} head of cattle, 6 horses, etc.. and have never had to feed them nnlil the 1st of Jamiarv, nor afttr the lit of April. The lVo->t in the fall ])resL'rve> instad of killiiiv las it dcjes elsewhere) theK"!"''' •" ^'''^ district. Cattle e.it it in pn'i rnicr to h.iy. .M\ cattle do so now. I have not fed anythiiij^ yet i-ven to my c.ihi'-, ol which I !iav.- thitte<-n. My cattle are beef lat. After the snow leaves in the spriii.^. the ),;rass is just as j^ood as it was in the fall hi'fore. Horses will improve their condition hy lieiii;; onl all winter — unfed. Clioiale, grasses, everything makes this an excellent grazing (li-.triel. \V. C. .SANDERS. 12, 2t>, 27, w. 2nd M.. Moose Jaw I'.O., Jan. Uth, 1«H1). e Jaw Agri- An Intelligent Frenchman gives the Result of his Twenty Years Experience in the District. lown farm there J I, Jran Loitis Lkgark, desire to state as fcdlows : I came to Wood Mountain in nitoha and the liSfi and have for the last twenty years resided at Willow Hunch and neighborhood. st to see it lor I-||ave been engaged in raising stock since I came here, principally ponies. We "W^. 1^, SnVvdllTHS; PIANOFORTE TUNER. V i««»r hii'l K MIK..I til. fllln tlur© O m)|irri i;ii Grmltintc at the Unit fnx Instittitian for the /;//>i*/««^'' '"" SATISFACTION GUAHANILLD. •II kliu fallen <{ riiihi'« III 11 tiKT \\n iun par J". iMi- suMiinsro-TonsTii M Breail, Pies, Gate, WBCiiiBry, L», EIc. Eil OYSTliKS AXn ICli CKILWI IN SEASON, kwhw. UM Itutiah C^or/;^r A/fl/>/ f?/.'i River Streets, MOOSE JAW. N. ]fi ^ Juffalo I LITTLE B I LL'S I. Hi N W«tt ill IN Ht«d oil tl hKre nfv<- luife h.-i'l COnpnr.'ili Meat and VcLretable Par 1( !!?:■!>-•': FRESH MEAT OF ALL KINDS. COStitry fo U|K>r than ibat»i (|uai PoBllrj, FisI aid VeptaWes in Seasoi Coiistantif Kept on Ik I 21 ) \ . (he With I irrt hud a whiter Imnl mnuKh to •miM' nnv I'mm wttrthv nl mrntinn In our Mnrk. l«/^l^ v^iin tilMityo KtNMt till- wlioli- \«'iir roiiiiil llor>>r>» |trt-fcr mir-^ to tlir lonurr itn rv liililt hrrc l.i-^l M-iiMoll. I luivc t»tih«'i| ^ihiI t-ro|m ttf oat«, v%hcut <{oo4t at thry Iml li«rii hrfure Yum ill 1H77 rain fell twnttytlirri' ila>M iliirtiiK llu- inoiith of May, ami all that .naiiiK'r whh wet, ami h4> it wuh from 1N77 to 1NM2 ln«-liiniv«' I roiiMiiliT thU n t{o«Ml ,.^1. .t ..r >t... ........•>.. u.iii. ..•••..ii ...^>.i ....•i..i.u.....i 1.....1 \\\)H part of th«* couiitrv with iiiiu'h K*xxt aurit-ulttiral lami d^ ^N^ Willow lliimh. MiNmJaw V D. jail. i:>tb. IHHII J KAN I.OiriH LRGAKF. :r i •ASON, j Other Statements of Settlers from Ontario. F, lli'i.li C. Cit.Moi K, taiiu- to tlir Nortliwi'Ht, Inun township of Stanley, i-ountv jfHur.in, Out,, ami in ISM.'! Mttlr.l on • ast half .'lO. |H, 2'). w. liii.l M. I have livp«l thtr* ^iiuH- then. I t'oiHiiU-r the I.mhI out litre to la- >{o«i I lan ^011 l(ni;h who la^lll>^ alon^'side of ine tai^-il l,tilH> hushch of III :in{ely throuKh ^l.initol)a and the NflTth-West Terrilt)ries, .ind I saw mithin^ to suit nie until I struck Moose Jaw and tilt Hutlnlo Lake district in it. H. C. (.ILMOUR. Buffalo I.akc, Moose jaw V. O., Jan. loth, I88». f JAW. N. VI u Parl( I. nF.NiAMiN S.MiTH. of W. A 20-17 'J7 W. llnd M., yeoman, came to the North- W«t in iHsa. I came from the Tp. ol" Arthur, Co. of Wellmviton. Out. I have lived on this land since I came. The hiiid out here is uiupiestionahly fine land, I have never seen better or even as j^ood elsewhere. I am satisfied with the crops I have had since I came here with the exception of one year (IftHH), and the comparative failure of that was, I think, . If put fin H' .*4""se Jaw p. O., Jan. ISth Mr. Smith is one of the Directors of the Moose Jaw Agricultural Society. 22 Statement of J. G. Beesley, of 22, 18, 27, west 2nd M. After ticari , six years oxiirriciuH', I am satisfu-d that 110 other cmititry r approach the Caiiadiaii Northwest Territories as a field for aj^'riiultural procUutio; I have 110 hesitation to state that a iiiati who is williiijj; to work and pnt uj) with a t. ineoiivenieiices at fir-.t eaniiot lielp hut succeed. This part is naturally well adajii for j^rain raisinj.,'. I hacl a yi-dd last season of 1,77") busliels from sixty acres. Tlu has hien no frost litre to dama,i(i' ]^rii'u\ since 1MH4. The climate is very hcalll; The winter is sometimes cold hut spring, summer and fall are deli),;hlful. I cat: here from Clinton, Co. Huron, Out. J. G. BKESLEY Marlborough P. O., Jan. 17th, 1889. TOTHR Mc GKNTt tett years. Ojtforii, for acten year.H Moose Jaw milk that w hand has til •Opure hen itirill in Oi Tlu reka V Moose Experience of Donald McBean of 22, 18, 27, west 2nd M. As far an mv experiejice has been, this will be a splendid country in time to com I have been in the country about live ye,-, and I believe that any industrious iii.g»|j|cK AND can here sooner become independent at j^rowinj; }.;rain and raising horses than in a' '; country I have seen. 1 came to it from near Fore.st, Co. Lambton, Out. ' . Mv exp DONALD McBEAN mudred he aperieuce i K>-|kr and al remain jeitven if I MarlborouKh P. O., Jan. 17tb, 1889. !' I. Experience of a Nova Scotian. I have travelled through part of the United States and have had eighteen month experience ^{ firming in Kansas. I came to the Canadian Northwest about eii; Simil.' years ago hk; believe this jjart of it to be the best agricultural country I have secyy^Mfl-^,- i^^^ especially for auv industrious young man to make a start towards wealth, as he c^l^v," ^^^ start on ver}' small c Pictou, Nova Scotia. start on verv small capital and work uj). 1 came originally from the East River '^*^" ^^^ '- ' " naprted fo D. ERASER.^' ^^^"^ nvite out '^orthwe.si he agricu E. h 16, 18. 27, w. 2nd M., Marlborough P. O., Jan. 17th, 1889. Statemeri of Joseph Young, Tp. 18, Rg. 24, W. 2nd M. I came to this part of the Northwest in the fall of 1883 from the Tp. of Caradr Co. of Middlesex, Out. I think this is about the best part of the country that I: between Winnipeg and the Rocky Mountains for agricultural purposes and mix farming. I had 95 acres under crop in 1887 that turned out 4,000 bushels, bushels of which was wheat. I raised last season 3,000 bushels, of which 2 bushels were wheat. I am keeping a large number of cattle and I find this cou exceptionally good for stock raising and dairying. I think any man that comes this country that will start in mixed farming "will do well. HI. Boots. ! Pense P. O., Jan. 16th, 1889. JOSEPH YOUNG 2nd M. her country r ural prodiu'tiu [)ut up vvilh a I. ally well ada|i; >vty acres. Tlu is very hcaltl; ^htful. I cat: G. BEESLEV 23 Dairvini, ICxi'KKiUNCR OF E. N. Hopkins. 'tiir Moosk Jaw Board of Tradb. Gi'.NTLiCMKN, — I wns euj,'a>4e»l in the cheese htisiiies'^ in r)ntario for more than ten yi ars. I made cheese in the Hii^ I'aetory in the Township of Ivast Zorra, Co. 0«foril, for two years and ha I chari,'e of the Hniwusville Clieese Co 's factories for BCIKn vear.s. I ilaini to understand milk and iMu-ese. I have made cheese in the Moose Jaw district ("or three yars and ImmI the .grasses of the prairie will pro(hiee milk that will make the finest flavored cheese. The cheese made here by a skilful hand has that nutty flavor tliat is at times so hard to pro.^nre in i )ntario. The air is so pure here that the milk will remain sweet and pnri for a much longer period than It will in Ontario. This country is destined to become a j^reat dairy country. Eureka Factory, INIoose Jaw, Assa., Jan. I7lh, ISHIi. E. N. HOPKINS. 3t 2nd M. y in time to com intlustrious ih.stock and (^iRA/txc Ivxi-krijcnci-: oi- \V.\i. Riddkij<, Q(''.\ppr:r,i,jc Vai,i