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 New Ontario. The New Northwest 
 
 The Colonization and Immigration 
 Movement in Algoma. 
 
 An Appeal to the Ppess. 
 
 DEAR SIR; 
 
 This gi'eat District of Algoma, (misvCiillcil u Dinfrirf, in ;irea and undeveloped 
 resoui'cos ii Proriuce), although it onitiiins niilliims of acrcH of the finest 
 agricultural stock raising and fruit growing lands in tlio world, al- 
 though tlierc is room within its conlines for the surjjlus population, not 
 only of older Canada, and of the oldor of the United States, but of Europe, and 
 although it is the nearest and most accessiljle tield of Immigration and Colonizatir^w 
 in the world to-day, lying as it dt>es in the very centre of Canada, and being 
 within twenty-four hours joumoy by mil or steamer from almost any jwrt of 
 older Ontjirio or Quebec, has never attracte<l any attention as a field of imiuigratiwn 
 or Colonization. Governments have given it the "go by." 
 
 Manitoba and the Northwest Territories have been largely and expensivi l\ 
 "boomed" an«l ad\ortiscd, but not a M'oi'd has been SJiid about thiw great count* - 
 
rich as it is, not only in agricultuml stock raising, and fruit growing lan-ls, but 
 in minerals timber, and fisheries, and lying within twenty-foui- hours journey from 
 Toronto or Montreal. 
 
 Not only have the Governments of CanaiLi and of Mjmit<)b:i spent inmienso 
 sums in advertising the Canadian Northwest, but the C. P. R., and other corpora- 
 tions and Cohmizatitm Companies have for years been " booming" that part of the 
 Dominion. 
 
 As Loyal Canivdians we are glad to see our sister Pmvinces in the Cana- 
 dian Northwest prosper anjj progress, but is it fair, has it been fair, to say all 
 that has been wiid about their resources and inducements, and to say nothing 
 about Algonia? 
 
 And above all and as loyal Canadian.s we deeply deplore thw fact that thousands 
 of well to do Canadians are and have been for years leaving the older Provinces of 
 Canada and emigrating to the United States. 
 
 They are and have been for years passing over the various lines of I'ailway 
 by the carload, and by the lakes and rivers, by the ship lowl, going away from 
 Canadn to foreign states. 
 
 This is the "exodus" politicians tell us about. No matter what the political 
 cause of it may be, (we leave that to the politicians on both sides of the House) 
 this "exodus" does exist. Canadians go away thinking they will better their 
 condition. As a fact in the majority of instinces they do not better their 
 condition, but greatly the reverse. And in connection with this "exodus" we ask ' 
 the Governments at Ottawa and Toronto to call the attention of Canadians to the 
 many and groat inducements which this part of Canada, — "Tlie Now Northwest," 
 — this part of Ontario,— "The New Ontario" — offers to the intending coloniitb 
 or settler; inducements and oj)portunities whioli lie so close at hand. 
 
 We are confident that if public attention were call'jd to these facts the 
 "exodus" would cease and not only tluit — i\ large innnigration would conu«ence 
 to come into Algoma from Europe and older Canada, and better still, many 
 Canadians sojourning in the United States would come back to Canada, to "New 
 Ontario, the New Northwest," and so help to increase the wealth and pnwperity of 
 Canada. 
 
 Are we asking anything unreasonable? Should it not be the object cf every loyal 
 Canadian to fester a national sentiment, and try and keep "Ciuiada for the 
 Canadians" — and the Canadians in Canada. 
 
 As to European immigration: 
 
 There are thousands of tenant farmers in England, Ireland and Scotland, who toil 
 
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 can got on, and then all their lives 
 
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 they remain lanpless. It is a fact that any English farmer cimi bu y out and out — 
 own abHolutely — and stock — a good farm in Algoma of one liundred and sixty acres, 
 with the same capital it would recjuire simi)ly to stock a farm in England of one 
 hundred acres. After stocking his Englisli farm he would not own it. 
 
 Would it not be well for the Governments of Canada and Ontario to make this 
 known in Great Britain? 
 
 We have room within the confines of tliis great District for tlie landless folks, not 
 only of older Canada, but of Europe. Would it not pay the Dominion and Ontario 
 Governments to advertise this fact throughout the world? Is it not to the interest 
 of both Governments to do so? Is not Algoma "The New Ontario" part of 
 Ontario? Is not Algoma, "The New Northwest" part of Canada? 
 
 In addition to help us attract immigration from England, Ireland and Scotland, 
 would it not be advis;i,ble for both Governments to help us publish literature and 
 pamphlets about the agricultural, stock liaising, and fruit growing resources of Algoma, 
 in the German and Scjvndinavian languages, and help us circulate them in Germany, 
 Norway, Sweden and Denmark? The Germans and Scandinavians make 
 excellent, hard working settlers, and have ixrgely aided in building up the 
 American western arid northwestern states. 
 
 Recognizing the fact that unless we made ourselves a big effort in the matter 
 to help ourselves, we would never get "fair play" from the Governments, 
 and recognizing the fact that being weighty, ponderous bodies, they 
 move slowly, and that it takes a big effort generally to get them moving at all, 
 a few energetic residents of the District met together last winter, and decided 
 to take vigorous steps to bring Alj^'oma prominently before the attention of th© 
 world as a desirable field of immigration. The gentlemen who thus took the 
 matter in hand, were prominent men in the District, and all connected with the 
 different Agricultural Societies and Farmers' Institutes in the District, and froui 
 their number an Executive Committee was chosen consisting of the following 
 gentlemen; A. G. Dunam Esq., Late Crown Lands Agent for St. Josephs' 
 Island; License Inspector for the District. D. Bole Esq., one of the License 
 Commissioners for the District, and Fred Rogers Es([., B. C. L., a Director of 
 the Eastern Algoma Electoi'al District Agricultural Society. 
 
 Since then everything possible has been doric to help on the good cause. 
 Large gatherings or mass meetings have been held all over the "District, both on 
 the North Shore and on the large and fertile islands of Manitoulin and St. 
 Joseph. These meetings were largely "experience meetings;" — old settlers told 
 of what they had successfully^ accomplished in the District, and compared it 
 
wibh other localitioH in Ciinnda, Europe or the United Stjiton, where tliey 
 hivd forinerly lived. Vahuible fncts, figureH and HtatisticH were thus gathered for 
 publication. One goo«J effect of theno ineetingH has been tliat great intercK* ia 
 the cauHe uf ininiigr.'iiic>a and coloniuition has been aruuHod all over tlie 
 District. 
 
 To prove this we may call attention to the fact that the grand juries iit the 
 
 recent A.sHizeH and General SeHsions hold throughout the District, have in 
 
 their several PresenttnentH referred to the movement and heartily endorsed it, 
 
 and recited the injustice done to the District V)y tlie neglect of the 
 
 <TOvernments in the prcMuise.s, and strongly urged upon the Goveriunents of the 
 
 Dominion and the Prcvince at once to adopt a vigorous immigration policy witJi 
 respect to "Algom;v, the New Onbirio; the New Northwest." Certified 
 
 copies of the.se Presentmejits as well as of the strong leaolutions pa.S8ed at th» 
 
 different nui.s.s meetings, have been forwarded to the Governments at Ottawa and 
 
 Toronto, as well as long jtetitions, (setting forth all the facts in Cf)nnection with 
 
 the vHIioId matter) froni and signed by all the Public and Representative bodies 
 
 in the District, the different numicipal cori)orati()ns, Agricultural Societies, 
 
 Boards of trade. Farmers Institutes, etc. 
 
 If petitioning I^y public and representative bodies is of any use Algoma 
 
 should get "fair play" in im migration and colonizatiim matters at once. But as 
 
 we say Governments .?.re slow to move, and there are no politics involved. The 
 petition from the [tublic bodies to the Ontario Government amongst other 
 
 matters .sets forth a?s follows: 
 
 "Whereas t]M District of Algoma cont-iins millions of acres of valuable 
 agricultural and .st..i.k rn^ising lands, 
 
 And whereas, v)wing to the District being situated along the great water 
 liighway of commerce, farmers and .settlers in Algoma am never be at the mercy 
 •of railways or of "v.'ombines" as in other jKU'tions of the country, and in this 
 respect alone Algoma offers particular inducements for settlement, as, in addition 
 to being on the route of .several lines of steamers and sailing vessels (the tonnage 
 •of which is yearly increasing) the District is traversed by two main lines operated 
 by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (the m;un line projxjr, and the "Sault 
 Short Line" from Minneapolis to Bo.ston), and several other railways are 
 ■chartered both by tlie Djminion and Ontjirio Govermuents to nni through the 
 District, 
 
 And whereas there is and always will be, owing to the large public works 
 in the Di.strict, and to the lumbering and mining operations, a g»K>d and very 
 remunerative market riglit at the farmer's own d(.>or so to speak, a "homo 
 market" for all the farmer or stock riiser can grow or raise. 
 
 And wherea.^^ the Fairs held annually not only by the Ejustern Algoma 
 Electoral Distric^^ Agricultural Society at Sault Ste. Marie, but also by the 
 different township agricultural .societies throughout the District prove conclusively 
 that Algoma pjiinosses t!io greatest possible agricultund and stock aaising 
 resources, 
 
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 farniH and wnikcd iiiduMlr ously havH d«.!io oxcoodingly well, allhougli, unlike 
 other countriiH, no fannurH »r sttn'k riiinerH hiivo over of».iio to tliii Di.strict witli 
 any incanH or oujtitil at uU, »r willi any piiiCtii al knowledge of .m^i iculture or Htock 
 iitiHing aH a Hcitnco or jtrofe sion, 
 
 And whi rcuH Ali^'-inn uttV'i'.s the |,.it;'vrx)st poKsible indiir. nents to terumt 
 faniierH and otlicrs from iMer lands wIkj have a lit! lo uiuana -u ripital, however 
 ctMupamtively wniall, and a pra«^tioa) knowlurlgo of farnung. 
 
 And whert'us any settler in AI/iiiii,i r.m testify to thn follow! hl, fuctH: — (1) The 
 abundance of ^f»ood water all tJiroiigh the District — creeks, R;tiiii;TH, rivers, etc, 
 (2) The abHt!iii> of drought or t.f siuiuiier frosts; the abficin* of blizzards in 
 winter, and Inuricanes in summer or yi'if^shoppers, which are sin !i ;roivt dvawlmcks 
 in Dakota, tlio Western and Nortliwfstern Srates. (.'{) Tlie l.i; ility of the soil 
 and the rapid fjrrowth in sununer. (4^ Tlio abundance of good *■-(. od and timber 
 of various kinds all over the District. (5) Tlie fact that dinHii> the snow goes 
 oft' in the spring, the grass is green, and that sheep an<l ovttle i" pasture outride 
 in the wo<Kis and c<»uuuous, etc, till very late in the fall, oi <.■ n\y in the wijiter; 
 that the grass and herbage does not wither or get brown f •. ! parched through 
 the summer as in other countries, and that cattle and shec) '.Ic extrenu'ly well, 
 and will thrive running wild anywhere on the wihl grass n^l herbage which 
 grows so luxuriantly through the District everywhere; thui/, im addition to the 
 large profit which can be made here in the pui'suit of geri;:.! agriculture, this 
 country ofters the greatest inducements for cattle and sheef 
 high lands and the rocky blutFs and ridges wliicli, liere an<i 
 the Disti-ict, .sheep can be successfully pastured all fiprin : 
 without any cost; that the rocky ridges and bluHs, wliich i i-'. 
 
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 are covered with grass and herbage very suitable and nourl^'Iiiug for sheep, and 
 that white clover is indigenoi to the soil and grows everywhere, and tliat there 
 are tliousjinds of acres of magaiticent lands along the dilPronfc riveis suiUible 
 for ranching or pjusturing cattle. (t>) That wheat (spring and f il'.) does exceedingly 
 well here, and yields large crops; that oats, barley, peas an I other crops also do 
 extremely well and yield largel}'. (7) That the hay crop is tnonnous. and that 
 we know of no country where lirger and better crops of hay cjin be grown. 
 (8) That roots of fdl kinds — potatoes, turnips, mangolds, i-tc. -do exceedingly 
 well, better than we have seen anywhere else. (9) That K"''*Jeni"g P'ly^ here; 
 that everytlung which can be, or usually i.s, grown in a gard n < :;t,n be Hucce.s.sfully 
 grown here, and with a largo profit. (10) That fruits of 'iliit i-ent kinds can be 
 grown here in abun lance; that the strawljurry, raspbi rry, hucklt bej i y, cranberry, etc., 
 grows here, wild, in abundance; that currant:; of ilie diPprent kii«ds do well here, 
 also plums, cherries, apples and ciab-apples, a:iJ that .v f '.rnier or stock raiser 
 coming to AJgoma with a little means and a practical knowle lr>i' of farming would 
 l»e better etf in Algoma in tmo ywvrs tlian he would be in l.'.ikotft or the North- 
 we.st or the South or West of the United States in ten ycnrs; and further, by 
 c >ming here ho would e.ncape a groat many hardships and privaUons an he would 
 
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 have coino to thin contjiiunt frou) Great Britain, Germany and tlie Scandinavian 
 CountricH, and have built uji tjjo Western States and TerritorieH, and the 
 Westorn Provinces and Territories, 
 
 And whereas these settlers and oniigranla aro otill coming by tliousands 
 yearly to this continent, 
 
 And wlioreas tliore is in this groat District of Algoma room for the surplus 
 population of Europe, 
 
 And whereas tliousands of the young men of Ontario, the flower of the 
 country, besides thousands of older men have M'ithin the last few years l)oen 
 induced to leave the Province of Ontario and settle in the Western States 
 and Territorit;s, and Manitoba, and tlie Northwest Territories of Canada, 
 
 And whereas they are still leaving tliis jn-ovince every yeart;) the great 
 hurt and detriment of this Province of Ontario; this Province of Ontario is 
 in this way getting dej)opulated of its best and strongest element of strength, 
 the young and middle aged farmers. 
 
 And wliereas there are thousands of the young men of Ontario, 
 f",rmor's sons who have become unsettled thiMugli reading, and hearing so 
 much about the Western States and Manitoba, and the Northwest 
 Territories, 
 
 And whereas the District of Algoma contains a vast area of the finest 
 agricultural and stock raising lands in the world lying right side by side with a 
 vast area of rich mineral lands. 
 
 And whereas this great District "New Ontario, the New Northwest" is ])art 
 and parcel of Ontario, the "Banner Province" of the Dominiim, 
 
 And whereas these young men and middle aged men from older Ontario 
 by coming and settling in Algoma will not be leaving the Province or 
 breaking up their old homes, as they will be within a days journey by rail 
 or steamer from their old homes, 
 
 And whereas by coming and settling in Algoma they will become a largo 
 source of strength and wealth to the Province of Ontario and largely increase 
 its prosperity instead of leaving the Province and building up a foreign or an 
 alien Stiite, or adding to the wealth of another Canadian Province; as the Algoma 
 Advocate recently remarks: — "Manitoba is attracting settlers in largo 
 umbers from OntJirio. Tiiey are evidently appreciated, for the Winnipeg 
 ibune remarks: — 'After all it is the trained farmers from Ontario that 
 Manitoba wants, and we are getting a good slice of them this season. One 
 ?(iod Ontario farmer located in Manitoba is worth a dozen English emigrants who 
 know nothing about conditions hero> and who, after failing to make a living, 
 generally leave the country with a curse. A hardy Ontario farmer who is able 
 to battle with the difficulties encountered in pioneer farming, is just the kind of 
 settler Manitoba needs.' Why is it that people will go thousands of miles frou. 
 
tljcirold hoiiioH iind Jissociiitioiis tj :-.t;t,fcle, when tliuy ciu sufure goorl homes for 
 thomsulves ami fiuiiilies at t!u is- i,wn du(jr.s (in Algoiiia) is puzzling; Ontjirio's 
 lot.* Ih Manitoba's gain." 
 
 " And wli'jre vS all that neods tJ bo dono t > lex\ t j this District being thickly 
 and quickly sattled is tD advertise throughout t}ie world it-i niiny, and great 
 agricultural, and stock raising advantages, iruluejmont:5 and res .urces." 
 
 Tho one t.> the Dominion G )vernme!\t am >ng othui- matters cmpha- 
 
 sizjH the faot that there ara in tlio District of Algoini belonging to tho 
 
 Do;ninio;i Govarnmr.it a groat m my townships both on the Main Land 
 
 aid the Great Manitoulin and CocVburn Islands, Surendered Indian 
 
 Ljvnds, (Dominion Crown Lands) all containing as tino agricultural stock 
 
 raising and fruit growing lands as tho sun shines on anywhere. 
 
 Yjie Executive Committee have also encouraged tho Hottlei-s throughout tho 
 Distiict to stnrt and write letters to tlio difl'event newspapers and joiu-nals i)ul)- 
 lished in the diti'erent loadities in Europe, Cailada or the United States, from 
 wherever they cjime to Algoma — letters stating their personal experience and 
 success in Algoma. ^ Tho result .of all this agitation has been thit a feeling of great 
 interest in tho matter [is beiiig'awakcned all over Ontario, Quebec and the Mari- 
 time Provinces. Among a gocxl many ctliiorials which have recently appeared in 
 I)rominent newsjiapers publisihed outside the District, the f<jllowing shows what 
 the Toronto daily papers think about the movement. 
 
 CHEAP FAIIMS IN ONTARIO. 
 
 TORONTO DAILY NEWS. 
 
 "Those who are casting about for a new |)1 ce of abode should not loso 
 wght of the great territory i. !uded in the electoral district of Easlern Algoma. 
 
 Enormous advantivges are oHered in this new territoiy. The Climato 
 is inisurpasse<l; the c(»tnitry is well watered; there is abundance of tind»er; 
 tlie soil is i>eculiitrly well ada[)ted for the production of routs and hay; fruits 
 of the liardier vari 'ties yield abundantly; and there is, owing to the largo 
 hnubering and mining industries carried ttn, always an unlimitetl demand tor 
 labor and a home market at high i)rices for everything a farmer can 
 jn-oduco. Owing to the abundance of water and the adapbibility of tho 
 soil for rovtts, coarse grain and grass, the district is pai-tieularly well suited 
 for stock raising and dairying, antl already this industry has reached consid- 
 erable pro|)ortions. The means of counnmiication with the outside world 
 are good, the Sault branch of the t'anadi.in I'acitic running right through 
 the territory, and several steamers touching at the various ports. LiUid is 
 cheap, good faiuis being obtainable at jtrices ranging from i-oDO to ^1,500. Al- 
 though, as stated, the schools are nei-essarily somewhat bai^kward and roads 
 luit of tlie best, still both are far nliead of tliose pi'ovided for the early 
 •stittleis in tho ohler parts of Ontario. Few of the resideiius are more than 
 throe miles from a school, and it is a couiparativoly common thing to drivo 
 a bucklxiaid over sixty miles of the country r<.ads in a d.iy. 
 
)od homes for 
 g; Outxirio's 
 
 )eing thickly 
 .'uicl gruafc 
 
 tors einphii- 
 [ing to tho 
 Main LiiTKl 
 ered Iiuliun 
 Itural stock 
 
 •oughout tho 
 
 ournals jmh* 
 
 States, from 
 
 cperience ami 
 
 iling of great 
 
 id the Muri- 
 
 ippeared in 
 
 shows what 
 
 (I not lose 
 Ljoina. 
 
 10 Chmato 
 
 of timhcr; 
 
 hay; fruits 
 
 the hirgo 
 
 cniand t(ir 
 
 uiaer can 
 
 ty (jf I ho 
 
 well suited 
 
 ed consid- 
 
 side world 
 
 it thr<m''ii 
 
 Liind is 
 
 1.5(M). Al- 
 
 an<l roads 
 
 tlie early 
 
 more than 
 
 to drivo 
 
 Altogether, '.Ik.-u }•'•.: • uht- n^m .n ■ turning their oycs to Mani- 
 tf»l)a might do well to ! lir.st, a!: . a ilLstrict that can be reached in 
 
 twenty-four hours rroni Toro:r And it is a (|uc.-.ti(m, too, if even some of 
 
 those who are rushing away i!i<>!n the cities in search of a boom in Buffalo or 
 Chicago, coidd ii)t better provide for tlieir familitis bj' securing a farm in 
 Algoma than thoy car. bv >, lunging inhi iho big centers of the L'nited 
 ►States." 
 
 wir. 
 
 I 
 
 •NTO !t.\ii. 
 
 \Il WEST. 
 
 .1,. 
 
 "When HO many, f'tni^er^ ai'u leaving Ontario to go westward it is 
 worthy of note tliat this V- ■ ice lias a few acres still unsettled. So far 
 the district of Algoma [■.■ attracte<l iuunigration to a large extent, but 
 in the opinion of those wlio liv here it can offer u(>'xl inducements to agricul- 
 turists. At a recent pul)!i^ ting in (Jore Bay the advantages of the locali- 
 ty for settlers were TUiani iKrmeil by resolution. 
 
 The district was dcclareti t\> have an innuenso area of fine agricultural 
 and stock raisinij; land.s, besi-ios vast minernl and timber resources, easily 
 reached and con^ enient *.o gond i '.rkets. The Domininn .and Provincial Governments 
 were uiged to assist the ..pi.;;.! eltbrts of the residents in securing settlers. 
 The prayer shouLT fall <iv. » dling ears. Those .who do not know that 
 distant lields alwa\1? look tho ,'.;reenest will not bo deterred from going to the 
 far west, but rheve are otb-ts who prefer not t-o go far from their old 
 home, and to such Algoma may '■»fev teu^pting inducements. 
 
 ■ iloi'ijiis 
 
 ■jn-.uing in the different leading 
 
 Every day ■ ■. i ••' > .sii •■1:1 
 newsi)apers in t 
 
 The Execut isunittee .u-e ftlau (jreparing and collecting exhibits of grain 
 
 grown in the I'istiict showiiig the st:'i¥ Rjid , also exliibits of the woods and 
 timl»er grown i ■ :^!' ni-.tvl-f ." ;■ e.xliiltitii'U m Great Britain and at tlie Wirld's 
 Fair in Chicago. 
 
 The Connn ■ u tiering prizt>» to be competed f(jr at the next 
 
 Animal Fall S v. ■. ili lliistern Algoma Electoral District Agricultural 
 Society which wi.i iie held at hanlt Ste. Marie on the4th, 5th, antKJth days of October 
 next for the three 1)est essays Avritten by tlie farmiii-'s wives and daughters of Algoma 
 descrii)tive of ''Farm Life in 'AlgouKV, The New Oiitario, The New Northwest.'" 
 "Algoma as a s. iniblo linld f(j!' Immitiration and Colonization, and the home 
 of the intending - :l ^ a(^Vanhi;{es and inducements. " 
 
 During the . : ivv\ : i.s tlie Executive Connnittee have been busy 
 
 collecting fact i fiffHrpfl fruin farmer.s, .stock raisers, dairymen juid millers 
 
 all over the ! •.. .aid the lnrg6 attd fertile Islands of St. Josephs 
 Cochburn and .Manitolilin ;uid the iiifoiiiuitiAm and statistics they have gather- 
 
 <h1 is something 1 ; 1.. [..Ivisively that Algoma offers 
 
 givater induce unities to tlie intending settler ur cohmist 
 
 than .-my other t world c.ir. jtos'ulily oUcr. 
 
10 
 
 li I 
 
 VVliat the people of the District ask the Dominion and Ontario Govern- 
 ments to do is to grant f)ur Executive Connnittee at once sufficient money to 
 enable them to print and circulate throughout Canada and Great Britain 
 pamphlets containing the information and statistics they have gathered as tho 
 result of their labors and to furnish them; also siifticient funds to publish 
 and circulate French, German and Scandinavian editions of tho same 
 pamphlets. 
 
 Circulars asking for information and statistics have been sent to every 
 settler and other person likely to be able to give reliable information, and 
 a good many settlers all over the District have been interviewed personally. 
 The letters and staten)ents thus obtsiined are all in the settler's own 
 language and their very wording and hinguage prove the sincerity and truth 
 of the writers one would almost think. The collecting of all these statistics, 
 letters statements and information of one kind and another, and the holding 
 of public meetings all over the District and the large amount of other work 
 done by the members of tJie Committee in connection with the Immigratio'i 
 and Colonization movement have of course cost a large amount of valuable 
 time and money. . , . 
 
 Among other printed matter circulated through the District a document 
 •jntitled "Algoma Farmers Testify" has been filled up signed and returned 
 to the Executive Committee by hundreds of settlers. 
 
 It reads "we have much pleasiu-e in stating that we sincerely believe 
 .Vlgoma to-day otfers the best and greatest inducements possible to farmers 
 and colonists seeking to make a comfort;ible home for themselves. We con- 
 fidently believe that any man willing to work and having a practical knowledge 
 of farming or stock i-aising can do well here, and get on even if he has no 
 money or very little, there being abundance of work in the winter months 
 in the lumber camps, mines, etc., and especially do we believe that the fertile 
 District of Algoma oflfers the greatest possible inducements to a farmer or a stock 
 raiser having a little means or small capitjil however comparatively small, and a 
 practical knowledge of farming. There is, and we believe always will be a 
 good home market here for every thing a farmer or stock raiser can grow or raise. We 
 believe the market prices here are and always will be higher than any 
 where else. We all of ".« can testify to the following facts : 
 
 TljienfoUows (l)to (10) as printed above, (.inte pages oandO,) and then it proceeds: 
 We have much pleasure in stating that we will bo willing to answer 
 
•ntario Govern- 
 ent money to 
 Great Britain 
 ithered us tho 
 (Is to jjublish 
 f the same 
 
 ent to every 
 )rmation, and 
 d personaljy. 
 ettler's o^vn 
 ■'Y and truth 
 ese statistics, 
 t]ie liolding 
 other work 
 Immigration 
 of valuable 
 
 a document 
 id returned 
 
 Gly believe 
 to farmers 
 
 We con- 
 knowledge 
 le has no 
 |r months 
 he fertile 
 |>r a stock 
 
 11, !Mid a 
 
 'ill be a 
 
 ise. We 
 
 Mm any 
 
 |i'ocoeds: 
 answer 
 
 11 
 
 any enquiries which may be made of us us to the great agricultural and stock 
 raising resources of Algoma. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 r. O. ADDRESS 
 
 & TOWNSHIP 
 
 (ALGOMA.) 
 
 HOW LONG IN 
 ALGOMA. 
 
 WHERE ENGAG- 
 ED IN FARMING 
 BEFORE. 
 
 RE. MARKS. 
 
 8tate Huytliuig you 
 think may be of in- 
 tf rest and not cen- 
 tal fied in above. We 
 "visli yoi^ to state un- 
 der this liead any- 
 thinjjjwhicli ni;iygive 
 information tothein- 
 teiiding colonist oa 
 immigrant. 
 
 The inf(jrmation gathered from "Algoma Farmers Testify" alone is very 
 
 interesting and conclusive. The people who have signed it hail from 
 
 all parts of the world. Under the head of "Remarks," there are scoras of 
 people who write in this strain in their own handwriting : 
 
 "Land fertile. Yields wheat, i)eas and oats. Roots of all kinds do 
 well. Have made more money here in half the time than I ever made in the 
 county of York, and the climate healthier." 
 
 "Land fertile. Grows good grain of all kinds, grows good roots also. 
 Tlie very best fruits such as cherries, plums, currants and apples. Cattle and 
 sheep do extra well here. Have a large number of bees which do well also. 
 T liavc handled bees for forty years and never seen them do as well." This 
 man also hails from York county. 
 
 "I like the District better than I ever liked Norfolk. Have done well 
 here. Made more property in one year than I ever made in my life. Want 
 more settlers." , . , 
 
 "I am getting along well for a man of small means. I don't know where I 
 eould go to get alonj better if T was going to farm." 
 
 "Like the country well. Whicli is the best I know for stock raising as 
 well as grain of all kinds. Came from Tt)wnship Vespera. 
 
 "A miller says: "Have been running a grist mill for a number of years 
 and tind the fanners doing well in this j)art, and also find cjuality of grain 
 gi'own lir8t-cla.ss. " 
 
p i 
 
 A man from Pickering, OnUirio, says: "C;in grow y<<o<l crops u( grain 
 and roots or garden stuflF. Have )n«do a go^I liviiicr froui th(^ tirst." 
 
 "I like the Island well for il« ^'i>od diinato, uiul its t/roat' grain growing 
 facilitcH." 
 
 Another says: "I like the rslaiu] well. Cun do Lk^Uov Iiero than I ever Wid 
 before I came. I came from Sihiooo county^ 
 
 "No place a good man cai. dr. better in that I kiiow of. Came fr*»m 
 Artemesia." 
 
 "I am sjitisfied with this jiince for farmint; and sroi'k i osing. [ grow 
 
 &s go<xl fall whejit and copn of all iciiuls , - m the county of York 
 
 which is supposed to be t!\u fitast f;irniing county in tho Province of 
 Ontario." 
 
 "Came from the county of \V<.'!lingtnn. T;i.".t coiiuiij is ntited for 
 Stock raising and farming in ^i-ntTnl and I tl:i ik ih-- is equal to that 
 county." 
 
 "1 tliink this District s '••.ml to ix.n.- in i!)u v. oilil fov mixed fanu- 
 ing." 
 
 "Came from county of •iiicr', Towiisljip i.f Ainmabel. '. now live in 
 Ro.se Township, Algoma. R-o Town.ship is exi ellent for boih cattle and 
 sheep raising, .any amount ' wild pasture. J rlnnk Jsheep raising would 
 be very ])r<»titable in Rose ' >wnshtp. Sheep an ! cattle oan ru'i wild through 
 the wootls and wild commoi and boavor meadi a . Tiiei-e are any number 
 of little springs, and cree.^ ' (cont^iining spec led trout) all over Roso 
 Tijwnsliip, Algoma. I havt two orchards plu tel, both d-.l ig well, big 
 healthy trees. Applets are ' .ng xn be a great success. I believe in a f»>w 
 yeara Algoma will be a go- apple eountiy, ij fhe. fanners will stait and 
 plant out orchard." 
 
 "My expenses left m in clt^ht uluti I eauie heye with 
 
 my wife and five childi ,xi. Jsuw 1 am /ell oli*. Thar.k God for ft. 
 N. B. : I have a horse and buggy fj'co for tiy own ust Came from 
 \^*arwichsliire, England. Add'^.ss, Tenby Bay, St. Joseph's Tslan i." 
 
 "Come from Hastings, ' itaiio. 1 am we 1 .satisfied ni^h this place 
 for fanning and stock raisi' -. (\mo. hfero wit ■. liardly any money afc all, 
 and would not take less than -l.tMM) for sf<K.'k and ; ropert-y. 
 
 'Came from Wollincton ..uoiv. ^'. .1' 
 
 S^ .ioseph's Island 
 
 and doing well." 
 
13 
 
 f rop.s of graia 
 lirst." 
 
 grain groiring 
 
 than I ever Wid 
 
 Came fr«!»ni 
 
 s'"g- I gn>w 
 
 ity of York 
 
 Province of 
 
 's noted for 
 l»«il to that 
 
 mixeil fana- 
 
 iiow live in 
 cattle and 
 '«'"g would 
 nld througfj 
 »y number 
 over Roso 
 well, big 
 in a few 
 8tait and 
 
 ! HJth 
 
 Jd for ffc. 
 iine from 
 
 >'H place 
 afc all, 
 
 Island 
 
 AnoU^r man writes that he came from the state of Michigan, and 
 •cUIb: "-liter naving tiavelkd ov«r all the Western Sta'/es in search of a 
 home, I oaine liero witli Hmall mean*. I am now doing well with A 
 good Htoek lof catfcle, bheep and horses of my own and thank God all 
 ytad for. I prefer tJu8 plaoe to any other." 
 
 Another man who came from Ontario county, says: "Peas B2, Oats 40, 
 Wheat JJO, Bi«ekwh«at 25 bu«hels per acre, thin grown on my place. 
 
 '''I am (1-oing well and ant contented. Came from Ottawa. 
 
 *"Came from Cartwright. "60 liushels of Oats, 20 Wheat, 50 Pea* 
 to the acre. I grow good apples and other fruit. Am doing well. 
 
 '"Tlie abftve stateiuents are not over drawn (referring to (1) to (10.) 
 
 **The alK»v« statementss are not near as .strong as I would havo put 
 them (referrii^to 1 to 10.) 
 
 "I have Ijoen in a great many })arts of the country, but I have 
 not seen any place yet to b«it Algonia. We have no failure of crops, and 
 a healthy climate. Came fi-om Middlesex. 
 
 "Climate particularly adapted for stock." 
 
 "Well julaptetl for stock." 
 
 "Have niised the best wheat here I ever did. 
 
 (Two men make the above assertion, and .sign opposite it, one from county 
 Elgin, and the other from county Waterloo.) 
 
 "Four men now living on St. Joseph's Island and originally coming 
 from Middlesex, Wellington, Oxford and Fontenac, respectively put a 
 bracket opposite the following: "Tliis is a tine farming country and 
 u a sportsman's panvdise, abounding with all kinds of game and 
 fish." 
 
 "A miller says: "I feel satisfied that Algoma is fully equal t<> 
 Eastern Ontario for mixed farming. All kinds of grain do well here. 
 Omss can not l>e beaten, we can rai.se better grass fe<l beef in Al- 
 gotna than can be produced in any part of Ontario (or Canada.) As 
 for grain I never milled better wheat than I have dfmo in Algoma. 
 I made quite a number of tests from farmers gri.sts during the winter, 
 aimI «eld(Mn fovmd a test go below sixty pounds per bushel, and some 
 fUi high as sixty-five pounds per bushel. For the vicinity of Port Lock, 
 
14 
 
 on the North Shore between Bruce Mines and Sault Ste. Mario, spring 
 
 vrlieat averages from twenty to twenty-five bushelis per aero, fall or 
 
 winter wheat twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre. Pease are easily 
 
 grown, and are a sure crop. They average about forty bushel per 
 
 acre. Oats are generally a good crop. All kinds of root crops grow 
 
 well here. I have known potatoes to yield fifty bushels from one 
 
 bushel planted. I feel so well satisfied with Algoma and with the 
 
 prospects for the future, that T have no desire to return to Eastern 
 Ontario. 
 
 A St. Joseph's Island man, says: "I came here thirteen years ago 
 without any money or hardly any, and did not know auythitig about 
 the bush. Now I have fifty acres of cleared land, and a good stock 
 of civttle and a team of horses." 
 
 Another man from the same Island says: "I have worked around 
 mines and on railroads and h.id good \):\y, but could not save any 
 money until I came to St. .Joseph's Island. When I c;ime I had one 
 cow, and about 850 in casli. Now I am wortli $2,000 and I am only 
 here 14 years." 
 
 "Others say: "Been over the morit of Canada and the States and 
 St. Joseph's Island is the best place I have seen for a man with 
 small means. Never saw a place where crops grew better." 
 
 "I came here four years ago. Had $700. Now I am worth $J,000. 
 My P. O. is Carterton." 
 
 "I Came hero thirteon years ago. I did not have $5. Now I 
 
 have three hundred acres of good land, one horse, one yoke of oxen 
 
 and a good stock of sheep, cattle and pigs. I think St. Joseph's Island 
 is the place to settle in. 
 
 "I came here ten years ago, I only hvd $1 wlien I landed 
 
 at the dock. Now have two hundred acres of laud, and am doing 
 
 well. Altroma is the jilace for a poor man, or a man with some 
 capital. 
 
Mario, spring 
 ncro, fall or 
 [i«e are easily 
 y bushel per 
 ot crops grow 
 ;ls frf)m one 
 11(1 with the 
 '» to Eastoni 
 
 een ycai's ago 
 
 ything about 
 
 a good stock 
 
 )rked around 
 ■ save any 
 I had one 
 f am t>nly 
 
 States and 
 nian with 
 
 til $-',000. 
 
 Xow I 
 of oxen 
 ■s Island 
 
 landed 
 doing 
 
 1 some 
 
 16 
 
 "I got u free <'nuit lot 13 years ago and then had only 1 horse, 1 cow 
 
 Hiid no money. Now I have o hotsea, 5 cows and a good stock of young 
 
 cattle, sheep, 15 pigs, 30 hens, a mowing machine, wagon, harrow, plow, 
 
 ({ood house, a bank barn 36x00, thirty acres cleared and don't owe any man a 
 dollar." 
 
 "I came to St. Joseph years ago was $300. in debt when I came here. 
 By tJiis spring 1 have cleared myself of debt, and have in addition got stock and 
 cattle around me of my own, and good land of my own; am doing well, satisGed 
 and contoated." 
 
 "I used to farm m Co. Elgin, Onbi'io. Elgin is considered one of the 
 
 best fall wheat counties of Canada. I have on St. Joseph Island better fall 
 
 wheat than I ever saw or grew in Elgin Co., or that I ever saw anywhere. 
 
 If anyone thinks good fall wheat cannot be gnjwn in Alyoma he is 
 mistaken." 
 
 A dairyman says in an interesting letter too long to publish here in full. 
 "I live in township Tarentorus, 3 miles from the town of Sault Ste. Marie. 
 Have been 12 years in Algoma, and can speak from experience as to its climate* 
 I came from Norfolk, England. There is lots of money in stock raising in 
 Algoma; from early summer till late in the fall cattle can run wild and do well. 
 Can run wild anywhere and cost nothing for their keep. Hay is a good 
 crop; I often have from 2 tons to 2h tons to the acre. Turnips grow good, 
 carrots also; in fact the roots can't be beat. I never saw better samples of 
 roots anywhere than I see every fall at the District Fall show at Sault Ste. 
 Marie. Fiuit does well in Algoma; strawberries and all small fruits do 
 extremely well. Wild strawberries and raspberries are abundant. Any of 
 the townships around Sault Ste. Marie would make a good home for the 
 intending settler, if he w'lU work hard and attend to his business; to succeed 
 a man must work anyv/hero and the more a man knows practically about 
 fanning and dai'jing the better he can do, the more money he can make. 
 k mati coming here without any money if he works hard and has a knowledge 
 of the business, can perhaps get on better in Algoma than in nther countries 
 where there is no work or employmenc in the winter niinths as there is in 
 Algoma in the woods and mines and on public works; but the kind of farmers 
 to come here and the men who would make themselves independently well off in 
 a very short time, are tenant farmers and others with a littlo means or capital 
 and a good practical knowledge of farming or stock raisin;^; men who 
 
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 16 
 
 I I 
 
 omderstaiid it as h business ami who havj a little money to huy good 
 lafcock and implements and yet well staitod. Tho farmord now iu Algomi 
 •cam* without money. I camo here 12 years ago witliout any money at all. 
 I don't think I had »912 when I landed at tho Sault Sto. Marie dock. There 
 •was no railway here then. If the farmers who are going to Dakota and the 
 Northwest with $11000 and upwaidn, would come here they would do better 
 and be better off I believe in 2 years in Ali»oma, tlian they would be in 
 Dakota or the Northwest in 10 years, and they would escape uwiny hardships 
 My post ofhc 3 address is Sault Ste Mario; will be glad to answer any intjuiries 
 which may be made of mo personally or by mail. 
 
 And so on; scores of them but tio long to publish hero. Among othe s 
 
 » very interestuig one from a gentleman. Reeve of his township, who vvas 
 
 engaged in sheep raising in Tloxborough, Scotland, and Austtalia, and who 
 compared Algonia favorably witli both countries. "I understand .shecj) raising 
 have followed it all my life. Since I have been in Burpee township I have 
 never known a case of "foot rot" in Algoma nor "liver worms." I don't 
 Itnow of any sheep disease or cattle disease in Algonia. I never know cattle or 
 flheep to die in Algoma except from accident. Without doubt I believe thi* 
 is the healthiest place for st(jck of all kinds and sheep. T*n fact speaking 
 generally I think Algoma tlie healthiest climate in tho world: the winters 
 I consider very healthy both for man and stcek and sheep. The air is 
 exhilarating and d»y in winter. In summer it is never very hot, the nights 
 are always cool, and very heavy dews as a general thing. One cause why the 
 climate is moist In summer is the presence of so much fresh wat r in and 
 all around Algoma. Tho big lakes — really inland seas — and so many 
 inland rivers, lakes and streams. There is abundance of good water for man 
 and beast. The moist temperature keeps the grass and herbage green and 
 luxuranr all summer." 
 
 This gentleman enlarges at length on the fact of (ho clover being 
 indigenous to the soil and tho great advantage it is to sheep raising. 
 
 He says further: "Industrious men have always succeeded here even if 
 they had no capital, and I can tell you dozens of tlieai in Algoma. As to 
 fruit, I have a good orchard of apples (some are seedlings gnkfted by me 
 and some are from nurseries) plums and cherries; they are all thrifty trees. 
 My trees have teen btaiing for some years." 
 
 There is a very interesting letter from a lady farmer in Tarbutt town- 
 
to J>uy gOLH.1 
 vv ill Alajoiii'* 
 loiiey at all- 
 dock. There 
 ikotii and the 
 uld do better 
 would be in 
 i\ny hardships 
 any in(|uirie8 
 
 Aiaonj^ othes 
 liij), who was 
 alia, and who 
 shcc)) raising 
 twnship I have 
 irms." I don't 
 new cattle or 
 I believe thi^ 
 fact speaking 
 ,1: the winters 
 Tlie ail- is 
 ot, the nights 
 iiuso why the 
 III • in and 
 su many 
 ator for man 
 Ire green and 
 
 clover being 
 
 r" 
 
 Ihcre even if 
 
 lonia. As to 
 
 pfted by nie 
 
 |hrift.y trees. 
 
 I'butt town- 
 
 17 
 
 ship. She Ci«ne froju WorcesterHliIra, England. The lottor sh)\v« the money 
 the re is to be made in Algoau out of the dairy Ixi-^inoss alone. 
 We wish wo could publish the lilt or in full. Ainoni; oHier tlunj^.s she says: — 
 '*! lived in Worcesteriihirc, Englunil; it was a good prizing ((■initry, I don't 
 think the seasons here in Ali,'(Mna ar« any shorter thai il.rv are in the 
 Midland counties <«f Englanil. We commenced to sti'ili* iir cittle in 
 Tarbutt township in Algon'.a ab<r,it Christmas, last year abr.ut the Ist. of 
 .January, and wo let thorn out »o,'ain abov.t the IHth of Ajiri!. 
 
 The kind of farmers who should come here in my opinion and who would 
 do well hero «'o the working tenant farmers of England. Farnio: « who have 
 capital in England to work a 100 acre farm, could buy and stock in this 
 country a good farm of 100 acres. That is I mean, the capital which 
 ■would be needed to work a farm in England of 100 acres would buy 
 outrisjht and well stock a farm >»' 100 acres in Algoinv, t-Mi i on the main 
 land, or the Islamls; and fuithermore, there is alrea*!;, -• ■. duablo crop 
 already planted by nature; I mean the valuable timber oi uiliorent kinds, 
 hardwood and soft wood, pulp (paper fiber wood.) This is one of the 
 advantages of farming in ;v timbered country. I would not want to live 
 in a prairie country. In a praiiio country yo:i have no rimbev; you have 
 to buy any you need. Here when one goes on a farm you tiiid valuable 
 ticnber of all kinds. There are a good many other re.TsoD-j why ji timbered 
 country shf)uld be preferred to a prairie country. The m r is a great 
 protection against tho wind also; we have no bli;'./:u'ds i;i winter or 
 hurricanes in summer, and we have excellent and sweot spring water for 
 man or beast. I like the climate both in summer and winter and would net 
 want to live anywhere else. 
 
 A tenant farmer in England can never get ahead and he can't keep out of 
 debt. * * * * If anyone doubts what I .say let them write mo to McLennan 
 post office, or come to my farm in Tarbuf-. My near ■ -ieamship port is 
 Port Finlay about 2 miles from my farm; nearest railwny statioTi is Tarbut 
 Crossing on the Sault branch of the C. P. R., about 4 miles from my farm. 
 I will be glad to give or write any information I caii r intending settlers 
 either from England or Canada." 
 
 There are dozens of similar letters horn people all over tho north shore 
 and the islands. Among others foiuo very interesting ones from the (ionlais 
 Bay, Prince, Pennefathcr and Korah settlements nortliucHt, of Sault Sto. 
 
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 Marie, aiul frum thu Tliessnlon diattiut east of the Sault. Li^ts uf the letters- 
 deal with the fiuit qucBtioti and clearly prove that if the fanners will start and 
 plant orchards of the hardy kind of tiees, in a few years Algoina will be' 
 exporting apples. To any one interested in fruit growing we will bo happy 
 to send copies or exracts from the letters. 
 
 And then the claims of Algoma as a summer resort, and as a place 
 of he>dthful residence, at all times of the year should not be forgotten. 
 Especially during the heated term. There are several lines of steamers 
 running through the "inside" chainiel. If you want to see the District 
 take one of the "local" steamers from Collingwood, Wiarton. or Owen 
 Sound, not the " through " steamers. These " local steamers " stop at all 
 the ports in the District, Get off at any of these ports and stay there 
 a few days or weeks, walk or drive back in the country and see for 
 yourself what it is like. Bring your wife and children along. Bring 
 
 your friends along. Rich milk and delicious cream are plentiful, and fresh 
 eggs, av.d butter. Bring your tishing rod along, and your trolling hooks. 
 There are lots of good hotels and private houses where you can stop 
 if you don't want to camp out. You will find it preferable to going to 
 some over crowded summer resort. Kagawong, Gore Bay, Thessalon (thence 
 back to the lakes at Day Mills, a chain of beautiful inland lakes. Big 
 Basswood, Little Basswood, Mud and Clear Lakes, affording splendid tishing, 
 bathing and boating, and on to the Iron Bridge on the Mississauga River where 
 the Govt. Road crosses this noble river by a magnificent iron structure.) Marks- 
 ville, (Hilton Dock,) Richard's Landing, Sailor's Encampment, Sault Ste. Marie, 
 Goulias River and lets of other places on the North Shore, and the Islands 
 are well worth visiting and at any one of them probably you could find pleasant 
 quarters for a few weeks' or months' stay and there are splendid farm lands 
 round each of them. In fact yuu can find pleasant stopping places along 
 the route of any of the " local " steamship lines running from Wiarton, Owen 
 Sound or Collingwood, or if your objective point is Sault Ste. Mario simply 
 you can bike the Beatty " through " line from Sarnia, Southampton, Kincardine 
 or Godorich or the C. P. R. " through " steamers direct from Owen Sound 
 to Sault Ste. Marie. In winter you can tako "the Sault Branch" of the- 
 C. P. R. ( really part of a main line between Boston and St. Paul and 
 Duluth ) or in summer you can return that way if in a hurry. Or in- 
 gunimer you can come, .say by the inside channel (Local Route) and return by 
 
m 
 
 the letters 
 11 atart and 
 ima will be' 
 I bo Imppy 
 
 Hs H pliice 
 5 forgotten, 
 of steamers 
 the District 
 ti. or Owen 
 
 stop at ALL 
 
 I stay there 
 
 lud see for 
 
 long. Bring 
 
 i\, and fresh 
 illing hooks. 
 )U can stop 
 to going to 
 alon (thence 
 lakes, Big 
 iidiil fishing, 
 River where 
 uie.) Marks- 
 Ste. Marie, 
 tl the Islands 
 find pleasant 
 farm lands 
 places along 
 arton, Owen 
 lario simply 
 , Kincaidine 
 wen Sound 
 
 -.h" of the- 
 
 Paul and 
 ry. Or in 
 Lnd return by 
 
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 the outside cliannel. It is a wonder that so few Canadians visit the cool 
 and refreshing regi<;n8 of the St. Mary's River and the North Channel dur- 
 ing "the heated ttrm." We need not here say anything about the valuable 
 fisheries of the District or about the great undeveloped mineral wealth of 
 all kinds except to say that it is n<>t generally known that Algoma is the 
 only country in the world where latgo tracts of exceedingly lich minerals 
 are found lying side by side with tracts of the richest agrioultur<il stock rais- 
 ing and fruit growing lands. That hero the iMtoDrcEU and the conhumkr can 
 live side by side as it were. 
 
 Nor need we say any thing about the magnificent tracts of valuable mer- 
 chantable maple and birch in the district or of the pulp (paper fibre) wood 
 industry which is assuming such large proportions j'early in the district. Suffice 
 it to say that in all lines of trade commerce and manufacture there is lots of room 
 in Algoma, and there is no country in the world today that oflers greater or 
 safer inducements for the investment of capital in all lines of trade, indus- 
 try or commerce, than does "Algoma, the New Ontario, the New North- 
 west," 
 
 During the last few days the members of the Executive Committee have 
 received requests from newspaper men in dillerent towns and cities in lower 
 Ontario and Quebec to furnish them with information and duta rejiarding 
 the new Colonization and Immigration movement in Algoma, and we have 
 thought it best to issue this circular and send it to every newspaper and 
 journal in Ontario and to several of the leading newspapers in Quebec, the 
 Maritime Provinces and Great Britain and Ireland. 
 
 We do this for your general information, and in conclusion ask you the . 
 members of the great Fourth Estate, knowing the great . influence the 
 press has and its mighty power for good in the world, and feeling that 
 the cause we are championing is a good one and worthy of all assist- 
 ance. 
 
 1. To publish gratuitously in the next edition of your valuable journal 
 this circular in full; and if you have not space to publish it in full in one 
 issue to publish part in one issue and part in another. 
 
 2. If your paper is a weekly as well as a daily newspaper we ask you 
 to publish it in both the weekly and daily editions. 
 
 3. To use the influence of your valuable paper iu endeavoring to pet 
 
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 tho DomiiiiQn and Ontnriu fioveriimonts— each of tlioiu - to mako tmmediate- 
 libvral Rrants to 'iiir Executive Coniinitt«« to enable ud t<> pay for the printing 
 and cir-culation Miroiv^'htout Canada, the United Htates nnd Europe, o^' 
 pamphletfl descriptive of the agnoultural, atock raising and fruit icrowing. 
 re«iourceB of *'A1s<»'"h. the New Ontario, the New Northwest," and to enable 
 us also to ibsiu; und circulate French, (tormaii and Sciindinnvm editions of 
 the same, and lu induce both the Governments at once to adopt a vigoioua 
 immigration policy with respect ti this groat District of Algoina. 
 
 4. To writo fuid publish in your valuable paper from time to time, 
 editurials and rrlilmiiil comments relating to tho inimigration movement in 
 Algoma, and the uiiliioemonts and opportunities ofl'oi'ed by this groat District 
 as a desirable )iek1 (4 immigratiou Hud the home of thu intondinir settler and 
 colonist. 
 
 5. To come up and see this great country for yourself at once, or send i* 
 representative to sue it and make a report or wiite a series of articles for 
 your paper. It would bo a pleasant trip for you oi your special reporter or 
 correspondent to ni-ilve. Come at anj' time of the year; in winter by rail 
 of course. If you come now fetch fishing tackle along with you. If you 
 have a "Ktxiak' handy fetch it along too. The scenery both on the north- 
 shore and the Lslands is grand and picturesque, and has never been photo, 
 graphed — vii-'^in goii I'or the camera. Neter forget that a casket which has 
 a rough exterior nuiy yet contain jewels of inestimable value. And in your 
 travels reniember thut "v/hile Algoma has a rough and rock-bound and 
 uninviting coast, — the exterior of the casket — yet if one travels a mile or 
 two back from the cua«t at any of the ports we have mentioned, or fiom 
 any of the r,'\ilway stations on the Sault branch, between say the Mississauga 
 river and the Batchowiina liver and also on the Spanish riynr, he will find 
 tracts of arable agricultural and fruit growing landa and stock raising lands 
 as fine as the sun shines on anywhere. The deceptive and uninviting 
 appearance of tho country from the deck of a ateamer or a car window, 
 has aided largely in the non-settlement of this country — if wo may use the 
 expression. 
 
 It is never safe in this world to judge entirely from appearances. We 
 think you can now find friends at almost any town, village f>r settlement in 
 the Electoral Bifi(Ti(•^ mIjo will toll you where and to whom to t»o for informa» 
 
ko tmmediate- 
 the printing 
 Europe, o*' 
 
 fruit growing. 
 
 I to en»ble 
 
 II editions of' 
 [)t a vigoiuUB 
 
 me to time,, 
 niovotueiit in- 
 grout District 
 itr settler and' 
 
 ice, or send n 
 
 articles for 
 
 al reporter or 
 
 inter by rail 
 
 ou. If you 
 
 on the north' 
 
 >een photo. 
 
 et which has 
 
 And in your 
 
 -bound and 
 
 a mile or 
 
 ed, or fioin 
 
 e Mississauga 
 
 le will find 
 
 raising lands 
 
 d uninviting 
 
 car window, 
 
 nay use the 
 
 ances. We 
 ettlement in 
 for informa' 
 
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 liou as to the ap;ricu1tural, stock laisinf^ or fruit growing reflourcon •£ the 
 vioinity. At all oiir mass meetings hold all over the ctmntry we have urged 
 the people to be hospitable to "strangei's" who may come ''to view the land," 
 mad have reminded them that if the ''sti angers" happen to be newspaper men, 
 tbey may be ''entertaining angels unawares." If any of you drop us a lino, 
 we will Hend you letters of introduction to leading and influential residentii in 
 
 diflferent parts of the District, many of whom liave volunteered at our meetings 
 to drive people around their neighborhoods and show them the country. Wo 
 have had prepared and printed for the advantage of newspaper men a circular 
 letter of introduction addressed to leading people, merchants, ofHcials and 
 others residing at different places in the District, and if you are travelling in Alguuia it 
 maybe of some service to you to have one of these circula lettcis of introductiou 
 
 with you. It may perhaps ensure you better acooimiiudation, better iuforma- 
 tion» bettor fishing, bathing and boating, and a better "time" generally. We 
 will bo glad to send you one if you drop us a card and we will not consid- 
 er it any trouble. 
 
 6. Encourage Canadians to spend thoiraunmier vacations, in fact all their vacations 
 atanyt>meoftheyear,inCanada, and not go away to foreign countries and over heated 
 and so called summer resorts, but to try Algomt either the north shore or tl»e 
 islands, a country within 24 hours ride of Muntical or Toronto, befor "going 
 fbither and faring worse." 
 
 7. Do all you can to prevent a further "exodus" to the TTnited States, 
 Riicourage Canadians in your vicinity who are seekini; a new home foir 
 thentselvea or their sons to try "Algoma, the New Ontario, the New 
 Northwest," before going to a foreign country where thej' will in all probabil- 
 ity not only have to andergo privations and hardships, but in which they 
 will not do as well in 10 years as they could in Algoma in 2 yearo, (as proof 
 of this read our "Algoma Farmers Testify'' and also what the signers of that 
 document say under the head of "Remarks"). Try and keep Canada for the 
 Canadians, and the Canadians in Canada. Why should Canad ians try and build up 
 Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, W'ashington, Kansas, and other West- 
 ern, Northwestern and Southwestern States? 
 
 8. Publish from time to time as they may be eent you any letters or 
 
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 statements about this CDUiiliy written by the settlers in Algoni; , We are 
 encouruging them to wiiteto ( Canudian and British Press. 
 
 Apolof'izing for the length of this circular, and pleading the cause ot duty 
 as the only excuse for our otherwiae unwarranted invasion of your "editorial 
 sanctum." I am, lours Faithfully, 
 
 FRED ROGERS, Secretary Executive Committee, 
 ^ault Ste. Marie, Ontario. 
 
 ALGOMA FARMERS TESTIFY. 
 
 The following are th^ names and post office addresses of a few of the 
 actual settlers in Algoma who have signed the document now in our possession 
 and open to public inspection, ''Algoma F.,irn>ers Testify." We have not space 
 to publish all the names. There are scores of them all over the North Shore 
 and the Islands, We have not space to publish their interesting "Remarks." 
 They all ask people to correspond with them about Algoma. Don't be afraid to 
 write any of them. 
 
 Thomas Bowser, (Reeve Municqjiility) Kagawong Postoffice, Billings township, 
 14 yeais in Algoma. Came from county of York, Out. 
 
 Robert Bivett do 17, county York, Out. 
 
 Donald McKcnzie, do 14, did not f.irm before coming to Algoma. 
 
 George Waterhouse, do 14, did not farm before coming to Algoma. 
 
 Thomas F. Richards, 22, county Bruce, Ont. 
 
 Henry F. Ganan, do 22, Norfollc. 
 
 W. J. Hollid.iy, (Agent for the estate of W. and R. Henry) 171 St. Clarence 
 Ave,, Toronto, Ont. : "I have spent considerable time on the Island 
 and have seen considerable of the same, and I find the farniex's progressing. Con- 
 sider it a good place for stock or mixed farming." 
 
 Donald Fraser, Billings township, Kagawong Postoffice, 13 years. 
 
 David Munro, do 12, county Siiujoo. 
 
 T. J. Thompson, do 14, county Simcoe. 
 
 J. A. Wilson do 18, did not farm before coming here. 
 
 Benjamin Palmer, Campbell township, Providence Bay Postoffice, 8 years, 
 Pickering, Ont. 
 
 J. C. Moore, Green Bay Postoffice, 8 years. 
 
 J. Newbuni, Kagawong, 13. 
 
 Wm. Snow, do 30 years before conung here. 
 William Bailie, Kagawong, 16 years, Simcoe county. 
 James McGawley, (Mun. Councillor) 15, Arteniesia. 
 
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 We are 
 
 W. H. Gilroy, Richard's Ljiiuling, St. Joseph Island 14 Bruce county, Ont, 
 
 cftuse ot duty 
 ,ur "editorial 
 
 ommittee. 
 
 f a few of the 
 our possession 
 
 have not space 
 
 Korth Shore 
 
 fT "Remarks." 
 
 n't be afraid to 
 
 lUn<'s township, 
 
 I7I St. Cliivence 
 
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 rcKsing. Con- 
 
 ffice, 8 years, 
 
 
 
 
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 5 Collingwo(xl. 
 
 14 Bruce county. 
 14 
 14 
 
 13 Guelph. 
 12 
 
 9 Keppal. 
 12 Ottawa. 
 13 
 
 15 Kent. 
 15 
 
 Nox'thuniberland, Ontario, 
 
 C. Vanhom, 
 Wni. MiUer, 
 G«o. Miller, 
 Robert MUler, 
 Greorge Hadden, 
 Jolm Fyfe, ' 
 Amos Cheer, 
 Wm. Canfield, 
 Thoinas Canfield 
 Peter Fields, Jr., 
 Peter Fields, Sr. , 
 
 W. D. Crowder, Marksville, St. Joseph, 
 Fred. Gray, Carterton, 4, Oxford, Ont. 
 A. McMaster, Jocelyn, York. 
 John Wright, Carterton 10. 
 Joseph Fanson, Marksville, 
 Andrew Vinjcent, 
 Esau Stubbs, 
 
 D. McPhaU, 
 William Rose, 
 Thomas Steinberg, 
 R. Fisher, 
 H. Bookman, 
 Joseph Hyland, 
 William Dunn, 
 
 ' J. B. Shipman, 
 Thomas Bishop, 
 Isjiac Wilkins, 
 R. Turin, 
 S. H. Ferris, Jocelyn, 10 years. 
 Albert Grexton, Jocelyn, 15. 
 F. H. Court, Richard's Landing, 14 years. 
 H. Young, Jocelyn, 8 years. 
 F. H. Young, Jocelyn, 10 years. 
 R. F. Young, "5 
 W. W. Kent, " 10 
 
 T. E. Kent, " 5 
 
 F. Richardson, "10 
 
 William Henry, Jocelyn 11 years, Durham. - 
 
 J. G. Reesor, (Reeve) Jocelyn, 8 years, Markham. 
 
 Charles Fish, Carterton, 13 years, Northumberland. 
 
 Charles Warren, Rose township, ( Rydal Bank P. ().) 10 years, Bruce. 
 
 Henry Adcook, Tenby Bay (St. Joseph) 13, W^arwickshire (Eng.) 
 
 John Donaghue, Richard's Landing, 5 years, Hastings, Ontario. 
 
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 Thonias Caulkld, Kicluird'.s Lf.ncling, 13 yoars, Ottawa. 
 
 S. Flack, Ilicliuid's Ijjiiuliiig, lli years, cniue from Cartwright. 
 
 (}eo. HardiniHi), Tareutoriis, (SaultSte. Marie P. O.) 12 years, Norfolk, 
 
 W. .T. Grexton, Richard".-' L.iii(iing, 15 years, Simcoe county. 
 
 .laiues liuniside, Seagull, J l! years, Hastings. 
 
 John Madden, Seagull, 15 years. 
 
 II. Kernaghan, Kichard's Landing, 13 ycai's, North York, Ont. 
 
 J. J. Marshall, Seagull, 14 years, Huron county, Ont. 
 
 George I'rander, Seagull, 10 years, Wellington county, 
 
 John Mc(Jugan, Richard's Tvaudiug. 
 
 A. McGugan, Richard's Landing. 
 
 C Young, Jocelyn, ]4yeaiH. 
 
 John Mark.^, Marksville, 44 yeais. 
 
 A. Vincent, 
 
 
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 ears, 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 J. Fansen, 
 
 
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 ears. 
 
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 Alex. Scott, 
 
 
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 jars, 
 
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 A. Hearken, 
 
 
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 .fas. Cunuuiugs, 
 
 
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 ThoH. Haikeihs, 
 
 
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 William Irwin, 
 
 
 12 
 
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 • lose))h Stewai't, 
 
 
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 R. Chester, 
 
 
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 John Biggar, 
 
 
 11 
 
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 A. J. McPhee, IMarksville, 5 Huron. 
 W. E. Whybuni, Marksville, 14, Lambton. 
 D. McArthur, Marksville, 5, liruce. 
 ..fohn Campbell, Marksville, 8, Waterloo. 
 Isjiac Wilkins, Marksville, 14, Kent. 
 Will. I>arton, Jocelyn, 12, West Durham. 
 .Johu Pretty, Seagull. ^2, Port Sarnia. 
 Alex. Gray, Marksville, 14, Elgin county. 
 
 4, Waterloo county, 
 14, Middlesex. 
 
 5, Wellington. 
 14, Oxford. 
 
 12, Frontenac. 
 
 AVni. Dunn, 
 €. Still . ' 
 
 R. Irwin, 
 Fred. Eddy, 
 
 O. See, 
 
 A. Richardson, .Jocelyn. 
 
 A. Rains, Seii^gull. -s, 
 
 P. R. Rains, Seagull. - ^ 
 
 <). T. Rains, SeiiguU, 40. -. u _^ - : . "^ 
 
 JoHeph Mitchell, Richard's Lanc'ing. . . 
 
 Alex. Ross, Seagull, 14. 
 
 Walter Rains, Seagull. 
 
 John M. Ross, Sea Gull, 12 years, State of Michigan. ^ 
 
 C. W. Maidens, .Tocelyn, 4 years, Ontario county. 
 
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 or 
 
 We wish we liad space to publisli the interesting remarks oecurin^ all 
 
 along opposite the names, and written in Xhe sijjner's own liandwritinc; such as: 
 
 "It is a goed country for farmers." 
 
 "(rootl place for root crof>s and grain; also very good niaiket." 
 
 •'Conside.' it a good place to raise stocl; ami grain arid roots and a good 
 market." 
 
 "Good for roots, apples, grain, hay, stock and one cf the best markets in- 
 
 Ontario." > 
 
 "'^Tood country for grain and root crop." 
 
 "Well adapted for stock." 
 
 "Climate particularly adapted ^f or s':oi.;k." 
 
 Talk a'joiit evidence! Does the readfM* want better cvidcTce as to the greati 
 inducements and opportunities Algo.n i oU'ers to the settler seeking a new 
 home'? 
 
 Can the Governments of Ontario or of Canula dfuiand better or str-ong- 
 er evidence than we have publislied in above coluiuiis to prove that it is their 
 bounden duty to come in and assist us in our uniuigration :ind colonization^ 
 ■work as they are asked to do by all the Public :::id ltepre.sentative bodies in 
 this great District? 
 
 The >-eader will notice that the sign^.M-s of 'v-Mgoma Farmers Testify" hail 
 from all parts of lower Ontario and O"'*"*''*^-"^", n'tl some from England arul 
 Michigan. Several of them are promiiiont men i:i their own localities; reeve«,. 
 councillors, school trustee s, etc. Will we be tolt! ii the future after the publica- 
 tion of this "Algoraa Farmers Testify,' us w, have been in the past, that 
 Aliioma is "no good as afarming countrv,' — that it is not a dssii-ablo field of 
 ianiiigration or colonization? 
 
 The Ex. committee have als'^* received vain.) Me and interesting letters and 
 communications from the following g'!iitl3mc;t which we trust to be able t^ 
 publish in sou.e future pamphlet, and in the meantime copies of them may l)e 
 had free on application to our secretary at Si;ili Soe. Marie: 
 
 Fred "'v'est, township Plummer, Ryd.l Bank P.O.. formerly from 
 Lambton Co.; 12 years resident in Algoma. 
 
 Jas. U. Ainslie, Reeve of township Hiirpi iv 11 years resident in Algom.i, 
 formerly of Roxborougli Co., Scotland, .mvi > veial years engaged in sheep 
 raising in Australia. We will be glad to 3en<l iieo a co[)y of tins letter to any 
 one in England or elsewhere, who wislir-s to 1 i ow how favorMbly Algoma, 
 either the main land or tlie island.s, compares wit.!. Australia, New Zealand, and 
 otiier countries, for sheep raising. Mr. Aii.-lie says; "I unrierstand sheep 
 raising, have followed it all my life, was engi;_' d in slieep raising in Si'ot- 
 Iftud and afterwards in Australia. In Au-u alia there are the fallowing 
 disadvantages" and he enumeratHS t'jem. 
 
 (xeo. Ab.^rdeen, tov.tiship Korah, Sault Ste. Marie P. 0. (a township 
 councillor) \'2 years in Algom.v, cixmo from Wei!' igton Co., Ont. 
 
 Jost^pli (iamey, town.ship ('ampbtOl, Long !'..iy P. ( >. l.j years in Algoni.a, 
 
 IMfs. r». Stiekley, townsliii) Tar!)ut, M.u lennan P. C). came from tlie 
 Midland counties, England. 
 
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 Geo. Hardiman, Dairyman, township Tarentorus. Sault Ste. Marie P. O. 
 12 years in Algoma; came from county Norfolk, England. 
 
 Chas. Warren, Rose township, Rydal Bank P. 0. 10 years in Algoma. 
 Came from county Bruce. 
 
 T. Fanson, Carterton, G years in Algoma. 
 
 Alex. Gray, Carterton, came from county Elgin. 
 
 S. Bishop, Richards Landing, 12 years in Algoma. 
 
 Robt. Fanel, Marksville, 13 years in Algoma. 
 
 A. McMaster, Marksville, 10 years in Algoma. 
 
 Richard Prout, Tenby Bay, 1? years in Algoma. 
 
 Thos. Bishop, Marksville. 
 
 W. G. Crowder, Marksville. 
 
 p. Gray, Carterton. 
 
 A. McAuley, Goulais Bay P. O., been in Goulais Bay settlement 8 years. 
 Was on a rented farm in Wellington county and afterwards Simcoe county 
 Ontario. 
 
 ! T. J. McA-uley, Goulais Bay P. O. (both of above letters deil fully with 
 
 ' the great and many resources of the fertile valleys of the Goulais and Batche- 
 wana rivers northw;!£t of the Sault.) 
 
 Rev. J. P. Maclnnes, (Presbyterian) MacLenntin P. O., township 
 
 Tarbut. (Tlie reverend gentleman's letter ends; "Algoma may be said to be 
 
 the 'poor man's friend' ". Tlie letter is very interesting .and the writer 
 
 •should know whereof he is speaking as his clerical or missionary work takes 
 
 ; him over a good deal of t''e country frequently. 
 
 j Jno. Dawson president of the Eastern Algoma Electoral Division 
 
 ! Agricultural Society. 
 
 Wm. Brown, secretary of the same Society. (Write either of the above 
 •gentlemen for th« prize list etc., of the RiU Exhibition of the Society, to be 
 held at Sault Ste. Marie on the 4th, 5th and 6th of October, 1892, they will 
 • Ije glad to send it to anyone.) 
 
 Wm. Harris, J. P. and president of the Day Wells, and Bright Agricultural 
 .Society. 
 
 W. R. Smyth, merchant, Rydal Bank. 
 
 David Currie, miller, Portlock, Tarbut township, and many others. 
 j Do not be afraid to write to us for copies of any of the above letters, 
 
 'Will be glad to mail them to any post office ad Jress in the world. 
 
 Some weeks ago the Executive Committee issued the following 
 circular through the District: 
 
 (■ 
 
 Circular No. 6. 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 May we ask you to try and encourage everyone in your neighbor- 
 hood to start and write letters descriptive of Algoma and its many 
 inducements as a field of immigration, and colonization, and the home or 
 
above 
 to be 
 will 
 
 iltural 
 
 itters. 
 
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 the intending settler to the various newspapers, magazines, and journals 
 published in the localities from which they come — where they resided 
 at any time in their lives before coming to Algoma? The publishers or 
 proprietors of any newspaper, magazine or journal we are sure will only 
 be too glad to insert any letter or a scries of letters descriptive of this 
 great, and growing District of Algoma — "The New Ontario — The New 
 Northwest." 
 
 And these letters if written will have a wonderfully good effect in 
 helping "to settle Algoma." We would like nothing better than to see 
 all the different newspapers, magazines and journals published in the 
 different localities in Great Britain, and other places in Europe, and 
 older Canada and some of the U. S. A. from which our settlers, and 
 residents come, contain every day (if daily newspapers) or every week (if 
 weekly journals or newspapers) or every month (if monthly magazines) 
 letters written by people in Algoma descriptive of the land of their 
 adoption. Nearly every man, and woman can with a little thought, and 
 by taking a little time compose, and write a good newspaper letter, and 
 if there are any mistakes in spelling or grammar it does not matter 
 The newspaper men will correct that. They are used to bad spelling,, 
 and bad grammar. They will be only too glad to get the letters, and 
 to correct bad spelling and grammar if necessary. 
 
 Don't let anyone hesitate because he or she thinks they can't write 
 a suitable letter. Kindly make thi:i generally known, and try and get 
 every one iu your neighborhood to start at once and write letters or a 
 series of letters as above mentioned. 
 
 It will be like "casting bread on the waters." We shall see the 
 result, and the crop some dr.y if we only all "pull together," and work 
 hard, and use every means at our command to try and get Algoma 
 "fair play." 
 
 The following lettei-s show that the people iu the District ca\ write letters- 
 to the newspapers. 
 
 To the "Huron Expositor," Seaforth. 
 
 Dear E.xpositor: — As I very seldom see in your papsr, or any other paper 
 anything about Algoma, I will send the following, which may be of some 
 interest to you, and perl)aps to some of your readers, w!io inten I going to some 
 new country to try and better their position. In the fust place, regarding th*'. 
 size of Algoma, I might say it is by far the larger part of Ontario; with tliou- 
 sands of acres of first class soil that would support a large population if t leared 
 and properly farmed. I have been up heie two years and, during that .ime I 
 have se-jn and raised as fine crops of p^as and oats as T ever saw grcwn in 
 Huron, and for roots of all descriptions it cannot be surpassed in any country. 
 The reason that Algoma does not advance more rapidly than it does are as 
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 large families, consequently they could not stay on their farms and improve 
 them, but had to work in the lumber camps to luako money to Viuy flour and 
 other necessaries of life. And the second reason i-; that the men on the fai*ius, 
 do not depentl on their cropfj, but on the timb. r. for which they receive 
 good prices, nad instead of clearing their land tiny pro in the lumber camps, 
 or are taking out ties, paper wood or logs, and neglect their farms, and until 
 the timber aloag the lakes and rivers is all taken away Algoma will never l)e a 
 farming courttry. But I am certain if men would lay aside lumbering and 
 attend to their farms, they would be in far better circumstances than they ar« 
 at the prestnt, because, for what they laisc they obtain the highest price. 
 Some people ;un away with the idea that the whole district is a rock-bound, 
 cold country, inhabited by Indians and wild animals. But that is not the 
 case, Jis tlie climate here is superior to that of Huron in many respects. It is a 
 little colder, out it is far drier and more healthy, and the summer is not so hot, 
 and there is as mucu difference between the fall season of here and the fall 
 season of Huron as between day and night, as we never hare those wet. ff^^QT 
 days, but always dry and bright and the lon,'er a man is here the better he 
 likes it, I tihink if a man comes up here with as much money as it takes to 
 start in Dak.»<^a,^ or the northwestern states or countries he could do better, as 
 he would esc.ipe the summer frosts and the terrible cold of the Northwest, and 
 grow just as i^ood crops and get much more for them, and in two years he would 
 ,be better off than in those other countries in ten years. Yours Etc., 
 
 Andrew Clahk. 
 Iron Bridge, AJgoma Disl lot 
 (The above also appeared in the Toronto Daily and Weekly Empire.) 
 
 From correspondence to the "Algunia Pioneer." 
 
 DAY MILLS. 
 
 There Is a farmer, Mr. W. Broch, in the township of Parkinson, who moved ui 
 there three yeai-H ago without one d(jli;ir. He now informs me that he luw 40 acrea 
 cleared, and the last year, 18!)1, he raised one luuidred bushels of goftd whejit.a good 
 crop of oats and peas, (iUO bushels of turnips, and uOO bushels of potatoes; he ha.s ten 
 head of cattle and one horse .all paid for; and out of debt. HiH 
 boys earning thiii winter SL*0 a month in the lumber sh;\nty, and 
 they intend to chop and clear a large fallow this coming .summer. 
 He says it is all nonsense about not being able to raise wheat in 
 Algoma. He advLsea the fanners to work and be industrious and they will be ahle 
 to tell the sjime story he does. I might menticm that this fanner brought a load of 
 goo<l fall wlieat to the mill, and there is no doubt but he will eat good brea«i from Uio 
 
 «iime wheat. 
 
 Algoma. 
 
 From corretjpondenco to the "Algoma Advocate." 
 
 SOWERBY NEWS. 
 Fine growing weather. 
 Farmers are all done seeding. 
 
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 Algoma. 
 
 Trdut fisliing is gootl, and some of our local sports liavc ''in 
 the bag full. 
 
 Land hunters arc already coming in thick and fast jind any person wishing to 
 
 .secure a good home or make a profitable investment could not do better than locate 
 
 lin this part of Algoma, where we have abundance of tho purost water — the finest 
 
 climate in Ontario — tlie best grass country in the world. Timotliy and ch»ver now 
 
 •■(the 29th of May) measiu-ing from eight to ten inches in bright. Where we can grow 
 
 root crops and vegetjibles unequalled in any other part of Ontirio, and where wlieat, 
 
 oats and pe<'is grow in abundance. Where the farmer hsis Jiltundanco of timber for 
 
 fuel and where he c;vn manufacture his own syrup, .sugar, viiu-gar and soap. Whore 
 
 you can travel any and every day in tlie year without liucountering a cyclone or 
 
 l)lizzaid, and where summer frosts never destroy the fruits of rbe faruicr's labor. 
 
 Gus. 
 
 The following letters appeared in '?ent issues of tli- Toronto Globe and 
 
 give a brief description of the splendid farming h. 'm.Is to be found in the 
 
 District : — 
 
 Editor Olubk. — It is strange that so little is kin>\ ii about the District of 
 Algoma, and the little that is known speaks of mountains ;u)d broken country. This 
 is partly true, but there are townships and valleys betweii-. the mountains of the best 
 land for agricnltural purpo.ses, equal to the best land in Oni uio. For instance, when 
 one makes a voyage on one of the steamers from any pi ii on Lake Huron to Port 
 J'inlay, Algoma, and travels the Government roads throuL;h the townships of Tarbut 
 and Laird, he will pass through a fine country, farms on !• '(ii sides of the road, near 
 ftores, churches and schools. The land beais heavy cti>i)> in both sorts of wheat, 
 peas, oats and barley when properly worked, as the soil is a heavy clay, but when 
 once broken the work of ploughing is easier with every year. At present there are 
 no thistles, wild oats or obnoxious weeds in the land, and !< careful farmer will take 
 care to keep the land clean. The climate is very healthy and in some respectn 
 superior to any other part of Ontario ; there are no disasirous storms, no drought, 
 no wet season (I speak from twelve j'eais experience), and there is the best of drink- 
 ■ing water. People who can cjmmatid from $800 to §3,000 can bu^ second hand 
 farms from 80 to 240 acres, with clearings from 20 to 60 acres. Taking out wood, 
 tties and sjiw logs is the winter work, as there is a great demand and every farmer is 
 busy and earns from $200 to §500. Anj'one who intends to come here to buy a farm 
 «hould come in the spring, or later, and look for himself. The cost from any 
 port east of Lake Huron to P(Ht Finlay by steamer is about $5, and if he will come 
 ito my place, I am ready to give information as far as I can. 
 
 Laird Twwnship. 
 
 Chah. Vkxn. 
 
 Editor GLf>B€:. — I quite agree with Mr. Venn's account, in his letter in th« 
 
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 daily Globe of 261 h inst., <»f the liinds in pnrtioiis of AIkouia for Hgticultuml pur- 
 poses. As seen from tlio deck of a skeainer, the whole coast lire of the north shore of 
 the Georgian Bay to the head of Lake George is very rocky and leads to the 
 conclusion that the whole country is of a similar character.. Yet there are, a short 
 distance back front the shore, large stretches of good agricultural lands extending 
 from Blind River (and q*)ite likely east of that point also; all along the north shore to 
 Sault Ste. Marie. About a mile back from Poit Finlay, there are new farms of as 
 rich, loamy soil and as easily cultivated as are to be found in the best sections of 
 Ontario. Eisy access is had to these lands by the Government roads, and also by 
 the C. P. Railway (Sault Branch), which has stations nt easy distances. In some 
 localities, the timber is principally spruce, balsam and mixed maple and other woods 
 and ail of it is now valuable for fibre, pulp and other economic purposes. In three* 
 or five years after clearing the land, nearly all of the stumps can be easily removed, 
 leaving the land as free of stumps as any farm m other portions of Ontario that has 
 taken, at least, ten years to get into that condition. In some localities, the soil may' 
 be a heavy clay, as Mr. Venn stjttes, but in the township of Tarbut, Tarbut addi- 
 tional, a part of Liird and, I believe, in Johnstan and other townships, the soil is- 
 loaniy, [rich, easily cultivated and diain>3d. I rm greatly surprised that so many 
 farmers go to the Northwest when such good lands so neat at hand and easily reached 
 can bo had at a very cheap rate, and that can be made into excellent farms and 
 
 homes in so short a time. 
 
 •Joshua Adams. 
 Sarnia. 
 
 PRINCE. DENNIS AND PENNEFATHER TOWNSHIPS. 
 
 This section is beautifully situated onthe South shore of Goulais Bay, is heavily 
 timbered and well watered. Hard woodsuch as birch and maple are especially plen- 
 tiful and afford excellent advantages in the cord wood trade as the shipping cauibe all 
 done by water. Pulp wood is also abundant, quite a trade being carried on in that 
 line already; this part of Algoma is well adapted for stock raising, especially sheep- 
 and cattle for which we always have a ready market, and for growing timothy 
 and clover, and roots of all kinds the country is unsurpassed. Grain of all kinds 
 does well here, both spring and fall wheat have been grown and is a sure crop but 
 owing to the want of a grist mill no quantity has ever been raised, but now that the 
 
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 Water Power canal at the "Sault" will soon be completed and mills erected 
 thereon, we hope that difticulty will be removed and wheatbe grown in abundance. 
 Fruit can be grown successfully, apples crab-apples and all kinds of small fruits, 
 black currants and tame strawberries do especially well, and in its season we have 
 a plentiful supply of wild fiuit, such as raspberries, huckleberries, etc. 
 
 Summer frosts in this locality are unknown. Our market which is the Sault 
 ia a good one, as we always get ready sale and good prices for any produce we nmy 
 take in. As a rule, butter averages 20 cen|fl the year round; never below 17 
 cents in the summer. Potatoes run at 50 cts. per bushel and oats 50 cents per 
 bushel. 
 
 We !ue situated about thirteen miles from town, and have a government road 
 out of the settlement to the main roads leading to the Sault, and we expect to 
 have a school house erected about the centre of the settlement not later than 
 November of this year, and in conclusion wo would say to any wishing to make 
 themselves a home, that there are a great many advantages here over other new 
 countries, and that with small means they would find it haul to better themselves. 
 It is our opinion that anyone coming here with a knowledge of farming, willing 
 hands and about $200. in cash or less, can do well on any of the many free 
 giants to be got, of course those coming with more, could do still better. 
 
 Any person or persons desirous of obtaining any further information, will be 
 gladly communicated with by applying to the undersigned. 
 
 » Amos Huohes, Prince Township. 
 
 Malcomk Allkn, " 
 
 Jos. Thompson, " 
 
 Hexry Rogerson, Dennis Township. 
 
 Sault Ste. Marie, P. O. Onl. Box 113. 
 
 ^^ We are just advised by The North Shore Navigation Company (Limited) 
 that they will issue tourists and land explorers' tickets, good to stop over at all the 
 ports on the North Shore or the Islands of Manitoulin, Cockburn or St. Joseph, for 
 thirty dnys or longer if necessary. They also promise to give cheap passenger and 
 freight transportation to settlers moving into the District, They assure us of their 
 hearty sympathy and co-operation in every way possible. Their steamers sail from 
 the poits of Collingwood, Meaford, Owen Sound, and Wiarton. For full particulars 
 «nd folders call on or write their president, M. Burton, Barrie; their general 
 manager W. J. Sheppard, Waubaushene; or their secretary treasurer C. E. Stephens, 
 CoUingwood. 
 
 The C. P. R. Company have also promised tourist and land explorers tickets at 
 reduced lates and cheap passenger and freight transportation to .settlers moving into 
 the District from any point in Ontaiio or Quebec to anypoint in Algoma either on the 
 Main Line or the Soo Line. 
 
 If this circular reaches you in time do not forget to send a reporter or special 
 
 correspondent from your journal to attend the Annual Picnic of the Eastern Algoma 
 
 Farmers' Institute, to be held in Grove at Thessalon, on the (11th) Eleventh August 
 
 instant. It is expected to be the largest gathering of farmers and others ever held 
 
 I in the District. A good many prominent gentlemen in the District are advertized to 
 
 |fl)eHk on this occasion, besides Jas. Mills, Esq., M.A., the President of the 
 
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 Agricultural rMiloge iit (luoli)h. Ainonyst othe;' upeakers and subjects wo note tkc 
 following oil l!i(« postern: A. B Dunn, uf Dunn's VftUoy ; Wm. H^r^i8, Day Mill« : 
 Mayor Biiii If,', 'rhessiilon ; 11. Felthani, TlioHs.vlon: '* Does FiinuiuK Ptiy " R. A, 
 Lyon, Sijo : " Algonia, Its Piisc;" A, ii. DuncHii. Soo : " Algoinu, Its Future;" Fred, 
 llogers, Sdci •' Tioyalty to Algo)n>i;" Wrn. Brown, Soo; "Ti)o Benefits to be 
 Derived by 1 aruiers from A,i,'ricultur>vl S')eietif.s und Farnners' Institutes," D. B<>1«, 
 SiM) ; " Aljj'otiiH as a Desirable Field for Jnnuij;;r!ition and Colonization." 
 
 The J^nilii Shore Navigation C >. (Ld. ; will give yoj a very cheap special 
 excursion I'llo to attend this picnio, Tlieir comfortable and well appointed steamers 
 sail from tin. ports of Collingwood, Meafoid, < hvcn Soinid and Wiarton, and you can 
 reach theii toaiuor at the port most cuuvenitn-- to you. V\'e are sure you will tintl 
 true hospit .liiy on tlie City of Midland a.id th' City of hm Io:i at all timoa, or at the 
 Bftme time tlicy will crive y<>u tlm tourist ticket ioentitJiied. Their steamers sail up the 
 Kt. Mary i \ti frniu Tlieasaloii to Sault Ste. Marie and call at all the ports in the 
 district, aiil you should lun up to the District (own either by rail or boat when you 
 are at Tin."- .(Ion. The C. V. U. Co. n ill also ;nvo you an Alyoma tourist ticket if 
 you write, A. B. McNicoll, < Jeneral P.isstii^^er Agent, Montreal, .or L. (>. 
 Armstrong.';. (Colonization Agent C. P. R., Mjntfeal. Ii >th the latter ..company and 
 the North -i ore N ivigatioH Co. are aid) f.ropi'.iOj; to issue cheap excursion ticket**' 
 from any ji int in Ontario and <.,|iiel)ec to Ssiulb Ste. Maiie for the last two weeks in 
 Heptenibe. ;>iid tlie tirst two weeks io *)ctobei during whic'i tlie ditiorent Fall Fairs 
 will be h»'l(i throuiil'.out Algoma. The .Xnnii.; Exhibition of the District ARiicul- 
 tural Soci' ! V will be held at the town of Sauli Sto. Maiie on the 4th, 5th and Hth 
 days of ( I tober. The Society Iiave good gro. iids and buildings. Every year this 
 Exhibitioi ;a becoming more of an •'event;." It was attended last year and the j'ear 
 before by 'umdred.s of people from all over tin- State of Micliigan and from the lower 
 parts of ( 'iitario and Quebec. The exhibits shown at the last two Fairs in all lines 
 «)f grain, 1 ots, cattle and sheep could Rut be ( fjiialled anyw'iero, atul this year the 
 DirectofH oxpect the I'ixliibition will eclipse anything before attempted, as "the 
 OolonijMiiuu aud Inniiigration moveuKiUt in Algoma" has given an impetus-to the 
 farming, oomnuuuty all over the District. If you think anything written by the 
 Actual Settlers it: thia paniphlet is overdrawn, como up and .see this Exhibition for 
 yourself, and btii.g your wife and oliildren with you, or send a reporter or corres- 
 pondent Tl:ere is the best Hotel accomm ' Idtion now at the Sault. Write the 
 Presideii. or Secretary of the Eastern Algoni ^ District Agricultural Society for Prize • 
 List an>i Ilultn ;i,nd Regulations. Write tho above Uailwaj' or Steamship ofliciah 
 for chetit.i rates to the Soo during the Fair tin.o. By. taking a few days before and 
 aft^jr thr District Fair you could at the sianie ti.ue have an oppoitunity to visit the 
 one-day Fxliil>iti'>n3 of the diti'erout Branch or Township Agricultural Societies 
 through lU the District, amongst others Laird Township at Bar River, Bruce Mine.*, 
 Thessal 11, IVIaih.^ville, Richards' LiViidiug, and a good niatiy others throughout the 
 entire 1 'istrict. Vou could see some or all of them as well as tlio larger one of the 
 Distric! or Patent Society at the Sault. The Secretary of the District Agricultui-al 
 Society will v rite you the names and dates of the Branch Township Societies if you 
 drop liim ;i. post card asking him for: the information. 
 
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 GOULAIS AND BATCHEWANA SETTLEMENTS. 
 To the Editor of the Expkehh: 
 
 The settleiaont commonly known us the GouhwH Bay settlement, consiHts 
 of the townsliips of Vankoughnet, Fenwick and Haviland; all jx-irtially Mettled. 
 Irfirge (luantitics of excellent lands however remain to be settled at the very low 
 price of fifty cents per acre. 
 
 The first settler looited in this settlement some eight or nine yoars ago, and 
 ■we have now upwards of two hundred inhabitants, all prosperouB and hajjpy 
 ■with no fear of destructive western blizzards and cyclones. We liave as tine soil 
 H8 can be found anywhere in the world, in fact an emigrant can find any soil ho 
 may desire from a rich sandy loam to a heavy clay. 
 
 The above named townships are well watered by the Goulais River flowing 
 in a westerly direction through the townships and emi)tying into Lake Superior 
 about twenty-live miles from Sault Ste. Marie. They are also well watered by 
 the Harmony and Cranberry rivers, and a large nund)er of smaller streams 
 and spring creeks, making an abundant supply (»f pure water. 
 
 We have two schools in the settlement, which at the present, are tjuflicont for 
 the roijuirementH of the settlers. 
 
 As regards tjixes, we have only school taxes to pay, which is only a mere triflo 
 in comparison to what we had to pay in the older settled parts of 
 Ontjirio. 
 
 We also have church every Sabbath by MetlKulist and the Church of 
 England ministers, and Sabbath Schocd also every Sunday afternoon. Regard- 
 ing marketing of our i)roduce, we have communication twice a week dining 
 the summer season with Sault Ste. Marie by steam boat, also by driving to 
 town over the Government road a distance of twenty miles where we have an 
 excellent market, which I believe can not be ecjualled in Ontario, us the 
 fdUo whig prices for a few of our products will show viz; Butter 18 to 25 cents per 
 l)()und. Eggs J 5 to 20 cents per dozen. Pcjtatoes 40 to GO cents per bushel, 
 outs 45 to 65 cents per bushel, and other products accordingly. I might here say 
 tliut the above are not the extreme prices but the average price the whole sumr.ier 
 flirough. 
 
 A reader of the above may think that with such excellent lands and fine 
 crops and good i^rices, that there is sometliiiig the matter, or v/e would have a 
 larger population in the time that has elapsed since the first settler located 
 here. To all such I would say, that there has been something wiong for a few 
 yours, namely, neglect on the part of the Dominion and Ontario Governments 
 in building a decent road to Sault Ste. Marie, and also in advertising Algoma 
 lunds'as farming and grazing lands but expending large (|uantitie8 of money in. 
 advertising Manitoba and Northwest lands. But I am happy to say that the- 
 Governments have at last awakened to their duty, and have built us a 
 Jnagnificent bridge over the Goulais River, and are at present repairing our road, so 
 
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 I expect by the end of tlio year, wo will Imvo a road that will compare favorably 
 
 with any in the District. I might wiy that anyone deHirouH of obUiining further 
 
 information or of Meeing for theniHelveH will be gladly aH.siHto<l by myHelf and 
 otherH on application. 
 
 I remain, yours truly, 
 
 Th(»mah a. McCauley, 
 GoulaiH Bay, Algomn. 
 
 PENNEFATHEU TOWNSHIP. 
 
 To The Editor of The Express. 
 
 Dear Sih; — I was glad to see the letter in your v.tlu>\ble jiaper last week about 
 Prince, Dennis and Pennefather Townships. 
 
 I have travelled over a good many of the ITnited States both West, South and 
 Northwest and I iiavo not soon a betker country for general farming purposes than 
 Algoma; as to its capabilities in dairying and cattle raising I can truthfully say 
 this, it cannot be beat anywhere, I have been all through noted cattle ranshing 
 countries such us southern Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Montana and other States 
 last three are v ly noted cattle raising countries and in my opinion 
 excels them all for the following reasons: The -ibundance of all kinds of grasses and 
 clover, their rapid growth. The white clover i.s natural to the soil in Algoma and 
 is always a sure crop. In the countries I mentioned, clover does not grow at all. 
 
 Roots are also a sure crop in Alggma, never known to fail. The grass 
 crop in Algoma in my opinion may be truthfully said always to be a sure 
 crop. This year I expect to have two tons of hay to the acre, and my oat crop 
 40 bushels to the acre, and my peas 20 to the acre. 
 
 The abundance of water: there is good spring water everywhere in Algoma. 
 
 Living springs and creeks wherever you go. Good water is half the battle in 
 
 cattle raising. If the reader were living in the States I have mentioned he woul 
 
 know what I mean. The water over all the prairie and plain states is alkali, brackis 
 
 water, muddy dirty water. If you want to appreciate good watar go there and| 
 
 then return to Algoma. As to markets, our markets are far better than any 
 
 place I know of East, West or South and I have travelk-d considerably. I came 
 
 here from the States to Algoma abotft three years ago and I like it very well am! 
 
 I have talked with settlers all over this country and have connpared notes with 
 them. 
 
 As to hog raising: It will pay here very well. You can sell your young pigs froni^ 
 
 5 to 6 weeks old at f 5 to $6 a pair right here in my own Township, and we have 
 
 a good market for potk at Sault Ste. Marie all tht year round. A better markeil 
 
 than they have in Toronto. Hogs are easily raised here, liy»» on clover, andj »| 
 
 little chop and one thing and another. My brood sow and pigs run out all suinmer| 
 
 I 
 
compHro fftvornbly 
 of nl)t4iining further 
 tetl by myself nnd 
 
 y. 
 
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 per last week about 
 
 ,h West, South ai»d 
 rmiiu? purpiiBoa thati 
 can tiutlifully say 
 )ted cattle ranohin^ 
 id other States: tht 
 iiy opinion Al^^oan 
 kinds of grasses and 
 10 soil in Alguum and 
 )e8 not grow at all. 
 
 fail. The grass 
 
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 :g, and my oat crop 
 
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 jrywhcre in Algoma. 
 half the battle in 
 mentioned he would 
 vtes is alkali, brackish 
 
 watsr go there and 
 far better than any 
 nsideiably. I came 
 
 like it very well and 
 !om pared notes with 
 
 your young pigs from 
 ■iiship, and we have 
 A better market 
 yp on clover, and^ ft 
 ics run out all summer 
 
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 in the ])asture. I aold 18 young pign this spring at $5 a pair and it paid me vnry 
 
 well. I raised them from two sows, I am going to keep at that busin< *. 
 
 Poultry pays well here, eggs running from 10c to .'i5 cents a do/.on. They are 
 
 Kk; now (July 21)) and in winter up to Hu cents. And as to sheep, the fact of the 
 
 white clover being here and the excellent water settles that. 
 
 I live in West Korah, there is no Vme (Jrant or 20 cents an acre land loft in 
 
 that township, but there is a township north of me called Ponnufathur, coiitaininS 
 
 excellent land and open for settlement. There are no settlors at present in the 
 
 township of Pennefather and there is room in it for any amount of por)pU\ the land 
 
 is Indian land open for location and settlement. By going there farmers would 
 
 only be from 8 to 14 miles from Sault Sto Marie, good Government road, 
 
 I know the land well in the township of Penupfather, have travelled over a great 
 
 deal of it. It is a rolling country, splendid liardwood, good deep, rich, soil. 
 
 In son:e places, that is along the route of Ooulais Hay road, there are lidges of 
 
 stone and this deceives a person because there might be a bluff of ^en acres of stone 
 on a man H nlace nid one looking at it might think it was stone all over the man's 
 'arm on account ot the timber being thick and not being able to see any distance, 
 when as a matter of fact the rest of the farm, 150 acres tiiight not have a single 
 stone <m it. Tt is this way all over the North Shore, the rock is altog«t.hor in 
 'bliiflM" or "ridges," the rest of the land pretty free from stone, sometimes there 
 are boiildcrfi which can be easily removed. 
 
 The ( Joulaid Bay road at present is the only road running from the Sault into 
 Pennefather townsliip until the town line between Korah and Peiinefather is 
 oy)ened. The Gouliiis Bay road is built along the blufl' or ridge of rock all the way 
 through and to travel on it it gives a person a wrong impression of the country. 
 In driving to Goulais Bay from the Sault one would think it a very rough country 
 but a few yards back on either side of the road the bluif oeasefi and there is good rich 
 soil and free of stone. But even the r«>cky bluft" makes excellent jjasture land, 
 the white clover grows there na^urally and the broken land on a man's farm in 
 Algonia is always valuable for pasture. 
 
 The settlement of the township of Pennefather has been delayed owing to 
 its rough appearance from the road. If people want to see what the township is 
 the}' must leave the Goulais Bay road and not judge by the land on each side of it 
 .18 it is built along the rocky ridge or blufl' all the way fr(nn West Korah to the 
 height of land. To see the township of Pennefather on© should go up the Town 
 Line by Hodge's and Allard's farm they lie near the town line of Korah and 
 Pennefather; as I said there is room in the to^^nship for any amount of settlers and I 
 will be glad to give any information in my power about it if anyone will call on 
 mo at my farm in West Korah or write me to Sault Ste. Marie post office. I 
 won't think it any trouble. They might also write t» or call on Wm. Allai(), West 
 Korah. Chaklk.s Roonky. 
 
 .luly 23rd 1892. 
 
 In connection with what Mr. Rooney says about th» broken and rough appear. 
 
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 ance of Algoma we would call attention to the remarks made editoriilly in this 
 paper of a recent date on the "Progress of the Distiict." 
 
 Wo then said "and there is not a hundred acies that is not watered by livinjr 
 streams, nor is thrre a m'ttler'n farm that in tint lia.. Jilted to the extent of at ledttt one 
 hundred dollam jier i/etir, hi/ h'lriii;/ the iiroken land hjimj near far puKtHnnie. In- 
 creased attention is being paid to cattle and sheep, and a splendid market for 
 lambs is found at Buffalo, while Toronto buyers appieciato the Algoma cattle." 
 
 I have much pleasure in corroborating Mr. Rooney's above statements which I 
 have just read in niy paper. 1 came from Kent, England, near Maidstone. I will 
 bo glad to answer any lettors about Pennefather uv the neighborhood. I hope people 
 in Kent, England, will wiite me. This is a good country and I advise Engliih tenant 
 farnu I to come and buy I'Uid and settle in Algoma and not go out on the bleak 
 prairies . '1 plains where they won't find good water or wood. I live on the town 
 line of Korah aiid Pennefather ; I was the first settler in Korah : I had to cut the 
 road when I went in, IG yeai^. ago, and c'.\rry flour on my back and sufler hardship. 
 Now everything isdillbreut — good roads and a large town 9 or 10 miles oft". 
 
 (Signed.) Uok.ace Hodoe, 
 
 Sault Ste. Marie P.O., or Korah P.O., Algoma. 
 
 We earnestly beg of the settlers all over this great Electoral District to comply 
 Avith the request contained in circular No. 6. The newspapers of Great Britain 
 and America, we are sure, will only be too glad to publish letters and statements 
 from actual settlers, giving facts and figures about "Algoma, the New Ontario, the 
 New Northwest." 
 
 Bbitistics as to tho markets in Algoma. 
 
 AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS, 
 
 (From the Sault Express, August 15, 1891.) 
 
 Tlio rL'port of the committee composed of Sheriff Carney, J. Dawson and 
 Councillor Londry to enquire into the ipiantity of agricultural produce imported to 
 town per annum is astounding. There is no reason that all of the following should 
 not be grown in the vicinity of the town. 
 
 Imports. — Wheat, 912 bushels; oats, 17,03() bushels; barley, POO bushels; peas, 
 420 bushels; chopjied feed, 117 tons;- flour, 3,(5(51 barrels; potjitoes, (5,272 bushels; 
 butter, 52,429 pounds; eggs, 29,1G8 dozens; cheese, 9,87G pounds; honey, 2,000 
 pounds; bacon, 5,355 pounds; fat cattle, 1,029 head; sheep, 714 head; pigs, 651 
 head; lard, 1(5,655 pounds; dressed poultry, 2 tons. 
 
 From the showing of the forgoing figu'-cs we deplore the fact that the sparcity 
 of fanners to cultivj te the rich virgin soil of Algonui is the main cause that such 
 
oriilly ill this 
 
 itered by livinj? 
 of lit led tit one 
 pdstiir/im: In- 
 id nmiket for 
 aia cattle. " 
 
 uienta which I 
 
 xlstoiie. I will 
 
 I hope people 
 
 EngUih tenant 
 i on the bleak 
 on the town 
 ad to cut the 
 iuflcr h irdship. 
 8 oft". 
 
 Ali»ojna. 
 
 'ict to comply 
 
 Great Britain 
 
 md .statements 
 
 w Ontario, the 
 
 Dawson and 
 e imported to 
 owin;^ should 
 
 bushels; peas, 
 ,272 bushels; 
 honey, 2,000 
 ead; pigs, 661 
 
 the sparcity 
 use that such 
 
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 irgo quantities as shown in tha foregoing list have to bo imported, when if there 
 rere more farmers and the largo tracts of land were cleared and cultivated, every 
 rticlc of the enumerated list could be produced and raised in cjuantity and quality 
 qual to most parts of Ontario, wo speak from actual ex])erience as to some, and 
 rom observation, having resided in .Sault Ste. Marie and vicinity for 16, 19 and 25 
 fears respectively. The average yield per acre being for wheat, 28 bushels; barley, 
 30 bushels; oats, 40 1)us1k']s; peas, 30 bushels, potatoes, 300 bushels; hay 1\ tons. 
 This, considering new land, a pcntion of the area being still uncleared from stumps, 
 is a good showing. The average ])rice for wheat being $1.00 per bushel; barley, 7o 
 :cnts; oats, 55 cents; peas 80 cents; potatoes, 50 cents, and hay S12 per ton. Good 
 rable land pirtly cultivated and bush lands Vtfithin a radius of four miles of the town 
 )f Sault Ste. Marie can be purchased from $4 to 820 per acre, and of a radius of 
 Tom 4 to 10 miles of the town from 81 to 810 jjor acre. The climate of Algoma has 
 iften been thoroughly misunderstood, not by its residents, but by those unfamiliar 
 'ith its conditions and misrepresentations made abroad oy ])ersons who had more 
 iiterost in soliciting aid than the welfare and progress of the district. Coupled with 
 he remarkable lioalthfulneHS of the di.strict is the I'cct that it is a mo.st produc- 
 tive country caused by a fortunate combination of soil, tcm]jerature and moisture. 
 During the growing season the long sunny days coupled with the cool nights A,nd 
 heavy dews, m liich are often as good as a shower of rain, give the right conditions 
 to produce abundant yield and Imng vegetation to a rapid develojHnent. Tho 
 country is particularly adapted for dairying and for stock raising, the yield of grass 
 being beyond all comparison and truthfully the same can be said of all kinds of root 
 crops. In conclusion, Algoma offers every advantage for profitable farming with 
 climate, soil and pure water, which makes it one of the most ])roductive districts 
 Kuitfible for settlement on the continent of America. These are facts that cannot bo 
 refuted. 
 
 IMPORTS INTO SAULT STE. MARIE YEARLY. 
 
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 Statement oi Mr. J. H. Meir, Merchant, Sault Ste. Marie, formerly of Owen Sound: 
 
 Fked. Rogers, E.sq., Secretery Algoma Land & Oolonizat n Company. 
 
 Drar Sir, — In answer to your request to give my views and experience as a 
 dealer in produce for some time in this district, 1 will do so as biietty as possible. 
 For five seasons I have imported on an average over 4,000 dozen eggs and 50,000 
 pounds butter, besides large quantities of grain and vegetables, such as can be and aro 
 profitably grown in the district. Last year I paid one lower lake port firm over 
 $3,000.00 Tor produce. There are at least a half dozen dealers here who import just 
 as freely one or two probably treble or quadruple as much as myself. Not one dollar 
 of this large amount should ever leave the district, as the supplies for which it goes 
 out could all be successfully pioduced at home. As to prices, my experience is this : 
 Up to this season I have never known potatoes to sell under forty cents per bushel, 
 and even at that figure for a comparatively short time in the fall only. I think I 
 would be safe in stating that 75 cents has been below rather than above the average 
 price paid for the past five years. Farmers he:e during this time have never leceived 
 
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 lean than 18 cents per pound for butter and the same per dozen for eaiga. It is a well 
 known'fact that some niake'an all year-round contract for butter and ej^gs at 25 cents, 
 respectively. Oats'are imported to the extent of thousands of bushels, rarely bring- 
 ing less than 60 cents. Scores of tons of pressed hay find a good market, never 
 ranging under 812 pei ton, oftener bringing ^14 and 81^. Other grains, corn, peas, 
 barley, etc., principally in the'shape of chop, come in also in large (quantities and are 
 readily sold at correspondingly hiyh figures. Probably 15,000 bags of flour are annu- 
 ally sold here, but under present conditions, and probably for many years to come, 
 farmers anywhere in Ontarif)'w ill find it more profitable to buy and confine their 
 att-ntion to |the growing'of other cereals than wheat. Those who cultivate small 
 fruits, particularly striuvberrie.9, find a ready market at very high prices. Only last 
 week I saw piinie fruit selling in Tc routo at five cents per small basket. On my 
 return trij) T purchased a lot at Richard's Landing, in Algoma, for which I paid 12 
 cents for thc'same si/od basket — a price which is steadily maintained all through the 
 season. I know of no place .better adapted for the successful raising of small fruits 
 than this vicinity, or where any such high prices can be obtained. From what I 
 have seen of this part 'of ' the' District of Algoma, I confidently believe there aie 
 advantages for the thrifty and enlightened farmer that no other part of our fail Pro- 
 vince possesses, much less that of the neiyhboring States, where so many of our 
 population have gone. " It may be said that if the thousands of acres of good laud 
 lying idle and^unprod-ictive'around us were broughc under cultivation, the present 
 high prices of producoVould cease. Further, it might also be rer.scmable to suppose 
 that wo would become cxporters'instead of importers, and that our distance from out- 
 side markets would depreciate values very much. To these objections I would 
 answer that such a result is highly improbable. It is only a question of time until 
 the vast and almost unlimited resources of this district, in minerals, etc., will be 
 developed a thousand fold and the present good home market of our settlers will, in 
 conseiiuence, not only be continued, but materially improved in every respect. 
 Wishing your Company every'success in your laudable enterprise of endeavoiing 
 to attract settleis to this highly favcred portion of our Province, as well as striving to 
 
 keep the " Canadians for Canada." ^ 
 
 I am, yours, etc., 
 
 J. H. Meir. 
 
 Mr. W. Williamson, of Jucelyn, just writes us : 
 
 *' As to early crops, I have been using new potatoes daily since the 15th of July. 
 Frequently other years I have had them by the 4th of July. I have been using 
 cucunibers, peas, beans, vegetable marrows, and other garden things right along for 
 the past ten days or so. These were not forced, but grown in the open air without 
 any extra trouble. I grow any amount of tomatoes, sweet corn and other things only 
 supposed to grow in warm clinuites, and my neighbors raise any amount of fruit, 
 apples, plums, cherries, crab apples, stjawberties, black, red and white currants, etc. 
 
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 for efi!g8. It is a well 
 r and eggs ut 25 cents, 
 bushels, rarely bring- 
 good market, never 
 ler grains, corn, peas, 
 ee quantities and are 
 )ag8 uf flour fire anuu- 
 mi»ny yeors to come, 
 buy and confine their 
 ie who cultivate small 
 [h prices. Only last 
 mall basket. On my 
 for which I paid 12 
 ained all through the 
 lising of small fruits 
 ained. From what I 
 tly believe there are 
 part fif our fail Pro- 
 lere so many of our 
 of acres of good laud 
 Itivation, the present 
 er.sonable to suppose 
 /Ur distance from out- 
 objections T would 
 lestion of time until 
 inerals, etc., will be 
 our settlers will, in 
 d in every respect. 
 
 prise of endeavoiing 
 as well as striving to 
 
 H. Meir. 
 
 3e the 15fch of July. 
 I have been using 
 igs right along for 
 le open air without 
 d other things only 
 y amount of fruit, 
 vliito currants, ete. 
 
 As to prices: I«old new potatoes yesterday (August 2nd,) for ^1 per bushyl; small 
 cucumbers, 40 cents per doz. ; butter beans and peas, 30 cents per pail." 
 
 MARKET GARDENING, DAIRY^ING AND SMALL FARMING. 
 
 One point not touched on in the letter of Mr. Meir, and the report of Messrs. 
 Dawson, Carney and Londry, is the effect the opening of the Canadian ship canal 
 at the Soo, will have on the (luestion of markets in Algoma. 
 
 The passenger traffic through the Canadian canal will be immense. Wo clip 
 the following from a recent newspaper. If the figures are incorrect they can easily 
 be corrected. 
 
 "During the year ending June 30 last Canadian steamers canned 12,373 
 passengers througli the Sault cjinal. American steamboats carried 13,317 
 passengers," 
 
 All this traffic goes now through the American canal; none of it comes to the 
 Canadian side. When our canal is finished, the Canadian Soo will get the benefit 
 of the Canadian passengor and freight business. The freight traftic is something 
 immense ; and both the freight and passenger traftic is yearly increasing. We have 
 frequently read that the tonnage of the vessels passing through the present locks on 
 the American side of the I'iver, during the 8 or 9 months of the year during which 
 the canal is open yearly, far exceeds the traffic which passes through the famous 
 Suez canal in the whole 12 months. This statement may give .some idea of the great 
 commerce already existing between the towns and cities, states and provinces 
 bordering t)n that great inhind sea, Lake Superior, and the rest of the world, and 
 this commerce is yearly increasing. The American government is also building a 
 second canal on their side of the river, and marine men think inside of the nert 
 five or ten years if tjio traffic keeps on yearly increasing^ even the three caT-^als can 
 hardly handle the marine business at the two Soos. Furthermore, there is a strong 
 agitation on foot in both countries to induce the g(jvernmepts of Canada and the 
 United States, to deepen our waterways to a uniform depth of 20 feet, so as to 
 allow the ocean traffic, instead of stopping at Montreal, to continue on up to Sault. 
 Ste. Marie, Port Arthur and Duluth. This is almost certain to bo done within the 
 
 next few years. During the time when the Bruce Mines copper mines were running 
 
 sailing vessels made several trips from Biuce Mines to Swansea, (Wales,) and a 
 
 "whaleback" steamer recently made the through trip lietween West Superior City or 
 
 Duluth and Liverpool. Marine men on the great lakes confidently expect that 
 
 Sault Ste. Mario, Port Arthur and Duluth, and the otlior i)orts in Algoma 
 
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 wmhi 
 
 MinneRotii and Wisconsin, bordering on the great lukcs, will inside of tliis present 
 
 deeade become jii'actically ocean ports, and thai passengers and freight will be ablu 
 
 to go directly from tlioso ports to Liverpool, London and other trans;vtlai>tic ports. 
 
 Already scores of the passenger and freight steamers, sailing up the St. Mary's 
 
 river cfjual in every way tlie average ocean steamer, and several of them, notjvbly 
 
 the C. P. R., Lake Superior fleet, are Clyde-built vessels. What does all tliis 
 
 mean tt) the farmer, stock raiser, fruit grower, or market gardner settling now in 
 
 Algoma? It all effects the great (juestion of sujjply and demand. Besides the 
 
 12,<X)0 ])assengers carried on Britisli vessels through the American canal during the 
 
 last 12 months, there were thousands of officers and men belonging to this great 
 
 mei hant marine, both passenger and freight, who h.ad to be fed as well as tho 
 
 passengers. Every large freight steamer or sailing vessel carries a laige crew, and 
 
 then it will be remembered that Ihe 12,000 passengers mentioned does not include 
 
 the passengers cjirried by the several fleets of "local" steamers, both Canadian and 
 American, which stop at the Soo and do not go through the canal at all, and there- 
 fore were, not counted on the canal register. The tonnage, passenger and freight 
 traffic of these local lines is already something immense and is yearly i icreasing. 
 Several of these local steamers are splendid specimens of marine architicture. 
 What does all this mean to the market gardener and small farmer settling in Algoma? 
 Inside of the next few months it is confidently exfjccted that not only will the great 
 ship canal at the Canadian Soo be nearing completion, but tliat the greater water 
 power canal at the Canadian Soo will be finished, aud immense Hour mills, pulp 
 and paper mills, furniture and otlier factories be in the cour.se of erection on its 
 banks. These two great canals are being built almost side by side. Each of them, 
 a few years ago, would have been looked upon as an almost impossible engineering 
 feat. So also would have be'bn the opinion a few years two. re-'arilina the irreat 
 International railw.iy bridge between the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie which 
 crosses the site of both canals just before it spans the rapids of the Soo river. 
 
 But at the latter end of tlie nineteenth century one should be surprised at 
 nothing. Look at the great " whaleback " steamei s and barges passing through the 
 canal. Five years ago their projector and inventor was laughed at. Now they are 
 bidding fair to revolutionize marine ship building. When one hjoks at the great 
 International Bridge across tho rapids and at the large Ship Canal and Watur Power 
 Canal now nearing comfdetion, and at the " whalebacks " passing down the uver, he 
 or she is not likely to laugh at tho assertion confidently made all along the coist that 
 in ten years, at the furthest, the '* twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie " will be practically 
 
nside of tliis proBent 
 freight will be able 
 5r trunsatlfttitic ports, 
 ig up the St. Mary's 
 nil of them, iiotjibly 
 What does all tlii.s 
 dner settling now in 
 einand. Besides the 
 !an canal during the 
 nging to this great 
 )e fed as well as the 
 ;s a large crew, and 
 ed does not include 
 
 both Canadian and 
 il at all, and there- 
 saenger and freight 
 ; yearly ii creasing, 
 iiarine architicture. 
 settling in Algonia? 
 only will the great 
 the greater water 
 flour mills, pulp 
 of erection on its 
 le. Each of them, 
 9sil)lo engineering 
 j'arding tlie great 
 Ste. Marie wliich 
 e Soo river. 
 
 1 be surprised at 
 issing through the 
 t. Now they are 
 <K)k8 at the great 
 nd Watwr Power 
 own the ' iver, ho 
 ig tke coast that 
 nill be practically 
 
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 and to all intents and purpjjses, f>cean porta. The question of the deepening a few 
 channels here and there between the Soo and Montreal— and the deepening of the 
 Welland canal — is only one of dollars and cents ; and oven if the Canadian Govern- 
 ment does not co-operate the American riovornment will do the wytrk alone. If you 
 doubt this, read the reports and proceeditigs of the Waterways Commission and read 
 the opinions of the leading American Congressmen on- the subject. The deepening 
 of the great inland highway of commerce of the world between Duluth and the sea- 
 board is already a live question in American politics. It is looked upon as a national 
 as well as a commercial necessity, and there are enough " hustlers " in the great 
 marine cities of the great lakes to push the scheme through. 
 
 Well, does not all this go to prove conclusively that, good as tlio maikets are 
 already in Algoma, in a few years there will be such a demand for everything which a 
 farmer, stock raiser or fruit grower can raise or grow, that Algfuna would need to 
 have a good settler on every 40 acres in the whole Electoral District— in size a Pro- 
 vince—in order to be able to supply the homo market. If you doubt this, read over 
 again Mr. Meir's letter and the report of Messrs. Dawson, Carney and Londry. Then 
 consider the ship canal question, the water power question, and the timber and 
 mineral industries in Algoma which are rmly yet in their infancy. 
 
 Before leaving the marine question, let us call attention af,'ain to the first paragraph 
 of the Petition of the Public and Repiescntative Bodies in Algoma to the Federal 
 and Provincial Governments, printed ante page. 
 
 " A settler coming to Algoma can never be at the mercy of railways or of com- 
 bines." If you do not know what we mean, go and reside in some country at a 
 distance from the Great Lakes and you will find out what we mean, that is if you 
 lave any produce to ship or to sell. You will find that the i ail way carriers, when 
 ;hoy have not to meet the competition of steamers and railway vessels, take all, or 
 learly all, the profit — very little being left foi the producer. 
 
 The practicil remarks made by one of the leading merchants in Algoma at the 
 recent mass meeting held at Thessalon and Iron Bridge, dealt fully with tliis subject. 
 The subject of his .speech pvacticallj' being: " Who Gets the Profit." 
 
 Some two years ago Mr. R. A. Lyon, late Member for the District, made tho 
 ollr.wing patriotic remarks on rhe floor of the Provincial Legislature— they were 
 )asse<] unheeded, politics running high. We now call the attention of the Hous and 
 lie whole world again to them: 
 
 It is only in the last few years that the District of Algoma has attracted any 
 
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 special attention, and the idea i» just commencing to dawn upon the people of Cuimda 
 and the United States of the enormous mineral wealth which it contains and the rich 
 agiicultural valle}'^ which are to be found within its limits. 
 
 * j * « » » 
 
 The mineral wealth of Algonia, now that it is beginning to be understood and 
 appreciated, I am confident will be one of the most successful fields for enterprise 
 that we have, not only in Canada, but upon this Continent. In my opinion Sault 
 Ste Marie, in the natural course of things, is bound to become an important manu- 
 facturing and shipping centre. The most important factor in the industries of this 
 place will be large smelting works, for smelting purposes. 
 
 1 know, Mr. Speaker, there is a disposition on the part of some people to dis- 
 credit, to a certain extent, the great possibilities of Algoma, but I think that 
 investigation will amply establish the true state of affairs to be that the District of 
 Algoma, which a few years ago was almost unheard of, is one (jf the most varied and 
 profitable mineral producing regions that the people of any country have been called 
 upon to develop. I entertain no doubt whatever of the mineral productiveness of 
 Algoma, and the ultimate success of the mdustries v.hich are now being estiblished 
 •within the confines of that District, There are people who attach but little import- 
 ance to such mines as produce the coarser metals, but this view is, certainly, a 
 mistake and a conclusion hastily arrived at, without either proper information or 
 reflection upon the subject. I remember quite well some five or six years ago, when 
 the Lake Supeiior Cogebic Iron Mining Company, an American institution which 
 operates entirelj'in Michigan and WiscouLin, were strug£;ling almost for an exiatence. 
 In th3 year 1884 they only produced about 1,000 tons cf iron ore, but I see that last 
 year, accoiding to reliable mining authority, they produced and shipped to the 
 markets of the world 2,250,000 tons, a marvellous showing when compared with 
 eflbits of five years ago. Tlie evidence of careful examination reveals the fact that 
 we have richer niii:es, and that all that is required to make them a source of financial 
 strength t() this country are the facilities and enterprise to bring about their develop- 
 ment. Farther tlian the special phase of the (luestion to which I have just alluded, 
 it would be well for the House to carefully consider the value, to this Province, of the 
 large tracts of agricultural liuds that will ba op3ned up by the building of the pro- 
 posed road. I think it of considerable importance to the future welfare of Ontario, 
 that we induce as many of our young men as possible to settle in the new portions of 
 this Province. It is certainly much more desirable than to have them go to the 
 United States, where so many have already taken up homes and settled. The only way 
 to avoid an exodus of this kind is to give some substantial encouraiie- 
 ineDt to the young n)en to remain in Ontario, and this can only be achieved by open- 
 ing up for colonization the vast agricultural sections that are to be found in the 
 district which, in part, I have the honor tj represent. 
 
 ***** 
 
 In conclusion, permit me to say that the increased population and the settlement 
 
I the people of Canada 
 contains and the rich 
 
 I) be understood and 
 1 fields for enterprise 
 [n my opinion Sault 
 
 an importiint nianu- 
 
 /he industries of this 
 
 some people to dia- 
 i, but I think that 
 that the District of 
 the most varied and 
 itry have been called 
 al productiveness of 
 w being estiblished 
 ih but little import- 
 view is, certainly, a 
 roper information or 
 six years ajjjo, when 
 institution which 
 ost for an exiatflnce. 
 but I see that last 
 and shipped to the 
 hen couipared with 
 veals the fact that 
 source of financial 
 bout their develr)p- 
 have just alluded, 
 is Province, of the 
 Iding of the pro- 
 welfare of Ontario, 
 he new portions of 
 them go to the 
 tied. The only way 
 antial encoura:2e» 
 achieved bj"^ open- 
 o be found ni the 
 
 md the settlement 
 
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 and development of the district have been very rapid within the last few years, but 
 in no section of the district has this been so noticeable as in Sault Sto. Marie. The 
 population four yeai 8 ago was only UOO, and now it is a prosperous town of nearly 
 4,000. Sault Ste. Marie with all its natural resources and immense water power and 
 situated on the grand highway between the Western States and Territories and the 
 Great Northwest and the sea-board, is destined to become one of the most nnportaut 
 manufacturing and shipping cities in the Dominion. 
 
 R.\NDOM NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 
 
 Sault Express July ItJth, 1892: Wliile we have had such beautiful weather 
 up here, the nights being so extremely pleasant, while the days are sometimes 
 rather warm, we have during the last two weeks had two letters written (m the 
 same daj'. One from Picton, Ont., to the effect that the w^eather is cold and 
 wet, and the other from a point near Montreal, tluit the hot weather there is 
 unbearable both night and day. No wonder that the people like this fine 
 climate. 
 
 Strawberries: A farmer in Prince, eleven miles from town, has already 
 marketed (jver one hundred^ dollars worth of strawberries at twelve cents per 
 pound, and says he cannot suj)ply the demand even at that figure. Who says the 
 Soo is not a suiterior market ? Last week berries were a drug in Toronto at four 
 and five cents. 
 
 Several new settlers have arrived at Richard's Landing, and from various 
 
 parts of the District, we hear of settle*:^ coming in and taking up lands. We are 
 heartily glad to say that very few of our people are leaving us. 
 
 Algoma Pioneer: " Nothing succeeds like success, " and this is thw root and 
 branch of the agricultural prosfjcrity of Algoma District, where in-lustrious 
 settlers invariably succeed in reaching a position of comfort, and comparative 
 independence, and in less time than in any other part of the Dominion. Ex- 
 perienced farmers, with or without capital, can make money here. And with capitjil 
 their chances are doubled. 
 
 Gore Bay Guide, July 16th, 1892 : Mrs. Beckerton, of the fourth concession 
 of Gordon, brought in a very fine lot of strawberries in the beginning of this week. 
 A number picked out averaged an ounce in weight. 
 
 D. I. Millar effected a sale of about ninty tubs of butter on Monday last 
 
 for the English market. This speaks well for the (juality of Algoma butter. The 
 
 buyer,Mr. Lloyd, reported himself jm well pleased with the (juality as a straight 
 
 ot, and did not cull a single tub. This is the fii'sfc shipment worthy of note in 
 
 that direction, and should encourage our farmers. There is no reason why we 
 
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 with our clear rmining springs, cool nights and abundance of good pasturage sin 
 not excel the production <jf the eastern dairyman. 
 
 WHY THE ALGOMA LAND & COLONIZATION CO. WAS ORGANIZJ 
 
 At an oai'ly stage of "The Innuigration and Colonization Movenieii 
 Algoma" it was thought by the friends of the niuvement that we could work 
 far better advantage and with greater effect an an organized coinpiiny wit I 
 constitution and by-laws and having a board of directors annually elected t 
 wo could as an unorganized committee of citizens no matter how popular 
 movement might be, and therefore the Algoma Land and Colonization Com]' 
 was founded and organized with tlie " object to settle Algoma." The first bi 
 of directors elected David Gordon, Es(j., the President of the Thessahm Agri 
 tural Society, as the first President of the Company, and we think the clujice 
 been satisfactory to the people of the District generally. 
 
 THE MINERAL WEALTH OF ALGOMA. 
 
 If the items and comments one sees from time to time in the District ne 
 jiapers are at all to be believed, Alg(jma possesf^s greater mineral wealth than a 
 other country in the world; copper, silver, gold, platinum, plumljago, nickel, in 
 asbestos and other minerals, aj)i)arently are being discovered all along the No 
 Shore. The whole world has read about the deposits of nickel recently found in ( 
 townships on the Sault brancli and main line C. P. R. arou-.d Sudbury, n 
 recently nickel has been found near Thessalon, also gold bearing quartz. \\ e 
 told minerals of all kinds are found on the Garden River Indian Reserve and in 1 
 Batchewana Valley and other places in the District, and iron is being found to 
 n«)rth of and around Echo Lake, and in other places. 
 
 "We clip the following from recent papers. 
 
 Algoma Pioneer: In the days of the settlement of Algoma District, < 
 quarter of a century back, when thoughtles.s men called this district "a 
 forsaken country," it was no easy task to pei-suade anybody to believe that any go 
 thing could be found therein. And in tlie i)almy 'days of Bruce Mines, wli 
 upwards of 2,000 people were sliut u]) in that one settlement, and it poured its i 
 C(jpper ores into England, people were disj)osed to look upon that mine as an on 
 in a mighty desert land, rather than as one of a countless number of the ricln 
 mineral deposits to be found on this continent. But, as the enterprising pioii> 
 explorers, William Palmer, Joshua Coatswortli, James Stobie and others ventiir 
 into the depths of the forest and returned with rich specimens of iron, copper, sil' 
 
of good pasturage shoii 
 
 [). WAS ORGANIZEl 
 
 >)loni/.ation Movement 
 that wo could work 
 faiiizcd company with 
 irs annually elected tl 
 natter how popular t 
 id Colonization Comp;i 
 lt'(nna." The first boa 
 the Thessalon Agric 
 wo think the choice 1 
 
 ;oMA. 
 
 ime in the District no- 
 
 r mineral wealth than ii 
 
 1, plumbago, nickel, in 
 
 vered all along, the No) 
 
 ckol recently found in t 
 
 R. arou-.d Sudbury, a 
 
 bearing (juartz. \\ o 
 
 ndian Reserve and in 
 
 )n is being found to 
 
 i'( 
 
 of Algoma District, n 
 1 this district "a G 
 / to believe that any g 
 
 of Bruce Mines, wh 
 nt, and it poured its r 
 pon that mine as an oa 
 
 number of the ricli 
 the enterprising pioin 
 il)ie and others ventui 
 ens of iron, copper, sil' 
 
 45 
 
 andt»t»ld, thoughtful peofdo began to look seriously at its possible mineral rosDuroes 
 uihI to anticipate the day when this desijised Algoma District would become aw 
 famous for its mines jus ever was Cornwall in the Old Land. In the early liistory of 
 the Pioneer fifteen years ago wo freiptently alluded to A Igouia's destiny as the 
 coming Cornwall of America, and unbelieving i(eo])le pointed to our gv.iniLe-boun<l 
 cofvsts as proof poNitivo that it was impoHsible for minerals in any (juantity to be 
 discovered here. But, as all things come to hin\ who waits long enough, so the 
 bright day then foreseen by few, has dawned upon Alg(mia District, and from Rat 
 Portjige.to Sudbury the district teems with partially developed stores of rich n\ineral 
 wealth that is beginning to astonish the world. Port Arthur, Silver Islet, (iarden 
 River and Sault Sto. Marie, with their deposits of silver, and Desliarret's and 
 Portlock with their lion, Sudbury with its fabulous wealth in co|)per, nickel and 
 gold, are to-day well establislied facts that defy contradiction, and assure us of the 
 near a))proach of the time for the fullest realization of all our hoi)e and aspirationn 
 itJgarding the grwit and loi^g neglected district. A movement is on iout to throw 
 o}H;n the Victoria and other silver mines in this secticm, and P]nglish capitalists have 
 had their attention drawn to the great wealth cf nickel lying undeve]o[)ed near 
 Sudbury. , 
 
 Gore Bay Guide : Another very rich find of native gold, in a fine fissuie vein, 
 has been discovered in (lalbraith, very near tlie celebrated Ophir mine. The enter- 
 prising discoverer, Mr. Mitchell, is deseiving all the luck he gets, as he has already 
 spent $30,000 in prospecting in Algoma. He got §1(5,000 for a nickel mine lately. 
 Messrs. Mc Arthur Bios., a year ago, fiatly refused .^250,000 cash for the Opliir. and 
 will, they say, never part with it under $300,000. 
 
 The best mine, in our opinion, is " Mother Earth," and wt! advise our settlers to 
 stick to their farming and stock raising and leave " exploring" and '* prospectuig " 
 to others. There is one thing, however, attractive about the above extracts. If 
 Algoma has all this mineial wealth, and there is no doubt she has a great deal of it, 
 then it ensures good markets for all time to come, because these delvers after hidden 
 wealth must eat and drink and be clothed, and in Algon)a, unlike any other country 
 under the sun, mining and agriculture can be carried on almost side by side, and the 
 producei and consumer almost live close together. 
 
 THE TIMBER WEALTH OF ALGOMA. 
 
 The farmers who come into Algoma are, of course, directly interested in this 
 matter. When they come here they find a valuable crop on their lands already 
 planted by nature and ready to harvest. The timber of all kinds on the farms in 
 Algoma is valuable. A few years ago the soft wo(jd, poplar, balsam, spruce, etc., 
 had no value except for summer firewood ; now it is in groat demand as pulp-wood, 
 (paper wood). American firms are buying, all over the distrii't, all the pulpwood 
 they can get and the demand is yearly increasing. It is wonderful how many articles ^ 
 

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 can now bw iimmifiicturod out of tho jxipier viHchr. We read in the newspupers that 
 not only furniture of nil kinds is being made out of it, but car wheels also, and 
 that it is said car wheels so made are jireferablo to thosi) made out of iron, as they 
 are not affected by the frost. However this may be,it is a fact that the pulp wood 
 industry is an important matter in Algoma and ia yearly assuming larger proportions. 
 lb ia now a well established industry, although only started some two or three 
 seasons ago. 
 
 We clip tho following from the Sault Expuesh : 
 
 Pulp wood is c(miing down in great (luantities on tho Thessalon river; all tho 
 wood was hauled to tho banks thin winter, and tlio recent rains has helped the drive 
 very nnich. $iOO,()CM) will be spent around Bruce Mines, this summer for pulj) 
 wood, and it isexiKJcted that business will bo very good on the North Shore this 
 sunnnur. 
 
 What the Algoma PioNEEU says: W. D. Fremlin of St. Joe's Island, is getting 
 out about 8,000 ctn-ds of j)u]p wood this year; P^uiik Perry and Arthur Crawford 
 about 20,000 cords; Dave Ilansim al)out 8,000 cords; H. .1. Myers about 10,000 curds; 
 the Detroit Sulphite Fibre Co., about 12,000 c>)rds; Duncan it Phunmer about o,(X)0 
 cords; and the ButtorHeld Lumber Co. about 3,000 c )rds. In addition to the above 
 there are about 40,000 cords being gotten out by other parties which makes -i total 
 of 10(>,000 cords, valued on the river bank at about 3^^.25 |)ef cord, making tho 
 actual value of the pulp wood industry to the jobbers in this vicinity $1534,500. 
 From the above figures an idea can bo had of how much value tho pulp wood 
 industry is to the "Soo." 
 
 This industry is now wholly in tho hands of the Americans, but as our water 
 
 power canal on the Canadian side of tho rapids of the St. Mary's river, at tho "Soo," 
 is nearly completed, it is expected that inside of a year or so, Canadian mills at Sault 
 
 Ste. Marie will bo engaged in the manufacture, and that instead of it all going to a 
 
 foreign country a large part of it will bo manufactured as it should be in Canada. 
 
 There is enough pulp wood in this groat District it is believed, to supply tho world. 
 
 Exjilorations have been made during the last year or two towards the head waters 
 
 of tho Batchewana, Goulais, Garden, Bar, Thessalon, Mississauga and other rivers 
 
 in tho District, and the supply in the back townships lying to tho north and west of 
 
 the town of Sault Ste. Marie, and north of Bruce Mines and Thessalon is said to bo 
 
 inexhaustible. 
 
 HARD WOOD FOR CORD WOOD. 
 
 There is an active demand and market for hard wood at a good many points in 
 the district. Many of the steamers and tugs (of which the name is legion) plowing 
 the waters of there great inland seas and rivers get their supply of fuel at docks and 
 landing places all along the north shore and the islands. It would bo interesting to 
 
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 10 newspiipers that 
 \r wheels also, and 
 lut; of iron, as they 
 lat the |)ulp wood 
 h»rger proportions, 
 loine two or three 
 
 salon river; all tho 
 
 vs helped the drivo 
 
 I suniDiev for liulj) 
 
 North Shore this 
 
 1 Island, is getting 
 Arthur Crawford 
 about 10,000 cords; 
 uiiinier about r),<XX) 
 Lditiou to the above 
 hich makes -i total 
 c cord, making tho 
 vicinity 8IW4,500. 
 ue the pulp wood 
 
 but as our water 
 iver, at the "Soo," 
 ulian mills at Sault 
 
 of it all going to a 
 
 uld be in Canada. 
 
 supply the world. 
 
 the head waters 
 
 I and other rivers 
 
 north and west of 
 
 ■ssalon is said to be 
 
 >d many points in 
 
 is legion) plowing 
 
 f fuel at docks and 
 
 il be interesting to 
 
 know the number o( cords o( hard wood, and perhaps a good deal of soft wood, con* 
 sumed by the diflerent steamers and tugs and loaded at tho ditlerent docks and 
 landing places on the north shore between Killarney and Batchcwaung Bay, and on 
 the north and south shores of Manitoulin, Cockburn and St. Joseph. 
 
 Then the amount of cordwood yearly consumed at " the twin cities of Sault Ste. 
 Marie " is something very large. A largo amount is every wintar drawn oyer the ice 
 across tho river and sold in tho Ameiican town. During tho season of navigation 
 cordwood is shipped fnnn all over tho district to both " Soos " on scows. In summer 
 the market price at the " Soos " is from S;4 to 85 (dry) per cord ; in winter about $3 
 per iord (green.) The other towns and villages also need a yearly supply of coid- 
 wood. There is no hard wood row to be had, we are told, within about six miles of 
 the Sault. The hard wood belt beyond that all arouna the town will, in a few years, 
 be very valuable. Prince, Peunefather and other townships contain excellent hard 
 vood. 
 
 V 
 
 MERCHANTABLE HARD WOOD. 
 
 Hard wood is rapidly coming into demand throughout older Canada and the 
 States for merchantable use — minufacturin>4 purposes. Once this industry reaches 
 Algoma it will, within a year or two, assume as largo proportions as the pine or pulp 
 wood business — perhaps greater. Hard wood, birch and maple, is rapidly coming 
 into demand in older Canada and the States tor flooring and the manutactuio of 
 furnituie, etc. There cannot be found in the world finer maple and birch (and in 
 some parts also excellent oak) tlian can bo found in the hard wood townships of 
 Algoma. In Prince and Pennefather, and we presume in other townships also, 
 beautiful birds-eye maple is found in abundance vo believe ; and also we are told in 
 the townships in the valleys of tho Batchewaung and Goulais rivers. As soon as the 
 attontiim of Canadian and American manufaclurers is called to tho fact that uior" 
 chantable hard wood so abundantly exists in this great district it will be in active 
 demand for merchantable and manufacturing purposes. ' 
 
 The water power canal now nearly cmipleted, will be a great helj) in this 
 
 direction. As farmers all over the District can haul over the snow roads in winter 
 
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 or ship on scows during the season of navigation, their hard wood logs to the hard 
 wood mills cm the canal and have them converted into flooring. Hard wood 
 furniture and cabinet factories will also doubtless be in operation on the canaj 
 within a year or two. All this is interesLing to the incoming settler in Algoma, 
 because it shows him what value he can expect to receive from the crop of different 
 kinds of timber nature has already planted on his farm, and which is ready to be 
 
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 harvuMtud. Some fow wcukn rjjo, n day or two Iwforo (»ur recent Gore Buy public 
 ineotin({, tliu uiitcrpriHing uguntH uf huiiiu Dnkotii Hiiilwuy Co., or "M«>rtgago Bank 
 InvoMtiiioiit Co., we think they chI led it, muilud to noiirly every iiddresH in tluit part 
 of tliu DiKtrict Home flnniing circularH iihout the Ht<ite which in the nntiu-ikl liomo of 
 the l)li///!U'd and the ynisshopjior. One of these circuliirH had lit the top of it ii 
 ])ictui'e rupi'ONunting a Held Hhowing Home stumpH on it, and an owl hittini; 
 diHConHolatoIy on a Haw log, and the picture bore this legentl, "one of the 
 disadvantjigoH (vf fanning in n timbered sectiim, no Htumps on our fannH," (nieaning 
 the farms in Dakota of course.) There may bo "disadvanlages" in connection with 
 fanning in a timbered section, but what are the disadvantages? 
 
 We hav-e a coi)y of onch of these circulais before us n( w and wc look at them 
 while wo write. Wo happen to notice casually that they do not say anything about 
 
 the disadvantages of farming in a prairie country. They are silent as to the blizzards 
 in M'iutor, the hunicunes in summer, the hnil storms (wliicli save threshing machinos), 
 the summer frosts, the dreadful pr drie tires, the drouth, the grasshoppois, the 
 brackish alkali water, the absence of springs, the fact that neither timotliy or clover 
 will grow there, the want of home markets. The fact that the lailway companies are 
 very <dad tf) get a man to emigrate to the home of the blizzard, but that when he gets 
 there he ia at the mercy of the railways. 
 
 Wo casually noticed the above omissions. The people of .Algoma do not propose 
 to get rmt illustrated circulars to compete with the Dakota railway or land com- 
 panies, hojided '• The Disadvantages of Farming in a Prairie Country,"but we think if 
 we cared to take the trouble we could get out some very effective ones and perhaps 
 thereby get as many Americans to come from the home of the blizzard to Algoma as 
 they hoped by means of their circulars, advertisements and literature, to have got 
 Canadians to leave Canada and go to Dakota. But we do not propose so doing. We 
 simply want to keep '• Canada for the Canadians " and the Canadians in Canada. 
 
 The literature we circulate through the different States is (jnly addressed to and 
 intended for our fellow-Canadians, who have foolishly left this country,and have not 
 improved tlieii' position by so doing. 
 
 We are sorry to see in nearly every Canadian newspaper, daily and weekly, 
 flaming advertisements issued by the different American railway and Land conii)anies 
 all over the Union. We are sorry to see their literature flood the land. If their 
 j)amphletfi, advertisements and circulars told "the truth, the whole truth, and 
 nothing but the truth," we would not object to them at all. 
 
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 (ioro Bay piiblic 
 "Mnitgiigo Hiuik 
 tlioKH in that piirt 
 5 natuml Iidiikj of 
 it the tup of it a 
 11(1 an owl Kittinif 
 end, "ono of tho 
 fivnuH," (meaning 
 n connuctit>n with 
 
 wo look at then* 
 \y aiiytbiny about 
 
 ixH to tho blizzards 
 iroshing iiiachinos), 
 ) giasshoppeis, the 
 r timothy or clover 
 
 ,rty compaiiies are 
 
 thiit when begets 
 
 )in,id<) not propose 
 wiiy or land com- 
 ,',"but we think if 
 mu8 and perhaps 
 ;zard to Algoma as 
 ,ture, to have got 
 oso so doing. We 
 ns in Canada. 
 nddvosHod to and 
 :itry,and have nob 
 
 lily and weekly, 
 |l Land companies 
 land. If their 
 ,liole truth, and 
 
 SHEEP R.USING IN ALGOMA. 
 
 The reader will notice what the Ileevn of Unrpeu Township says in these i)age8 
 
 ns to tho relative merits of Algoma, Australia and Scotland for sheep raisin^jf. If the 
 reader wishes to know further about the disjtd vantages of Australia in that 
 ilirection, he could profibibly read a very interesting article in Scribners Mai^a/.ine, 
 (London and N. Y.) for February 1H!>1>, entitled "Station Life in Australia," by. 
 Sidney Dickinson. He will there read about the drought, the flood, disease among 
 sheej) and the heavy mortality, prairie tiros ()r tires on the ranges, the ral)bit pest, 
 
 the locust pest, the absence of spring water, etc., in Australia. Add to all this the 
 great distance sheep have to bo driven to tho port of shipment, and then that they 
 have to bo carried to the other side nf the world (their antipodes) to tiiid a market, 
 also the fact that clover will not grow there at all, (while white clover is natural to 
 I ho soil in Algoma, and the red clover grows anywhere the mvme as if it were 
 indigenous;) read all that in connection with the evidence contained in these pages 
 and you will thiidi with us that Algoma ofl'ers more inducements in tho sheej) raising 
 business than any other country does or can offer. And remember our nuvrkets are 
 close at hand. IJig cities within convenient distance for sliipmout by rail or water 
 wanting all the lambs and sheep we c*vn raise, besides as it is, we cannot supply our 
 Iiome market. If you doub*: this write to any one of tho firms of butchers at Sault 
 Ste. Marie, Ontario, and ask them if there is a market for sheep and cattle at Sault 
 -Stc. Marie, ( )ntari( ». ' 
 
 We clip the following articles from the Oore Bay CJrioK : 
 
 (jUKatly ENX()rRA(ii:o. — Many of the settlers in the District were greatly 
 encouraged by their success in raising sheep last summer and are preparing to go into 
 it extcnsivelj' this year, some inte idin? to keep as many as 100 sheep. The demand 
 for lambs is unlimited, and Algonia cattle have a splendid reputation below. New 
 buyers intend visiting this market, and before long tiie principal occupation of our 
 farmers will be the raising of cattle. Prices this season promise to be remuneiativo. 
 
 Becoming Famous. — The soil and climate of Algoma seems to bo especially 
 adapted to stock rais'ng. Cattle seem to grow and thrive with wonderful rapidity. 
 This IS owing to the healthfulness of the climate ; the abundance of pure water and 
 the rich and nutritious grasses which abound everywhere. Clover seems to be 
 mdigenous to the soil of Algoma, and grows everywhere in rich abundance, even on 
 the high rocky lands which are peculiarly adapted for sheep pastures, in fact it seems 
 to be their natural home. Sheep raising has grown with wonderful rapidity in 
 Algoma in the past few years. Our farmers are beginning to find that they do so well 
 and are so profitable that they are rapidly increasing their tlocks. .\lgoma nnitton is 
 becoming famous for its excellency and will soon take the lead everywhere. The only 
 trouble is there seems to be danger of its being too fat. There is another point of 
 very great importance, and that is that sheep are not subject to diseases that are 
 found to be troublesome in other [jarts of the world. In cattle raising, although 
 
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 there has been great improvement in the last two or three years, there is still much 
 room for further development. There are immense areas of the best grazing lands 
 still unoccupied, upon which thousands of cattle might be feeding with large profits 
 to the parties having then- money invested. Now, there is one fact in connection 
 with pasture in Algoma that outsiders do not understand, and that is the fact that 
 from the time the enow goes oft' in the spring until it comes again in the fall the grass 
 and herbage of various kinds are green, fresh and nutritious. It is very rate indeed 
 that the pastures become dried up and worthless hs they do in many other parts. It 
 is true that sbjck of all kinds have to be fed and cared for during the winter, but our 
 climate is not severe ; we are not subject to extremes of either heat or cold. We 
 have no blizzards ; our climate is etiuable, and therefore not as hard on either man 
 or beast as if we were subject to those sudden variations of temperature. Wheat, 
 oats, peas and other kinds of grain do well in Algoma. Samples of these cereals 
 which have been put in competition against samples from other parts of Ontario, 
 have been found to compare favorably with the best. 
 
 PROFITS IN SHEEP RAISING. 
 
 AVe quote the following from an admirable address recently delivered before 
 
 the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, by Prof. Craig, of the State University. 
 
 Of the numberless sources of J U'ofit in breeding sheep, there are three which 
 are much l.irger and better than the rest. There is a pi'ofit to the farm, for it 
 becomes cleaner and more productive. I have noticed that there are but few weeds 
 on sheep farms. A study of the sheep will show that they will cat a greater variety 
 of plants tlian either cattle, horpes or pigs. It has been tried with 500 plants, and 
 it has been found that, when oflerud, the sheep ate 75 per cent, of them, and the 
 cow and the horse 50 per cent. The power of the sheep to clean farms and live 
 where other fai-m live stock could not exist is due in a large measure to this. 
 
 The farm becomes more productive, for each arable acre becomes richer. If a 
 fdicphcvd will sjiend 75 cents buying bran for each ewe of his breeding tlock, and 
 grow enough clover hay for it, he may sell a fat sheep weighing lifty pounds with 
 its ten pounds of wool, and his farm will increase in fertility. The farm becomes 
 more i)roductive, for every acre is made to yield a profit. 
 
 In breeding mutton sheep there is a second profit. It is made on the home- 
 grown foods that are fed to them. Even *^lunigli the foods that are fed to fattening sheep 
 are charged against them at a good niin. )rice, they yet yield a good profit. This 
 is the best kind of a home market. The slieep themselves create the third jji-ofit. 
 
 The reader of Mr. Dickinson's admirable article in Scribncr, will notice tha 
 there is lots of money made in the sheep raising business in Australia by those 
 engaged in it ; some of those he meiiti(mcd are millionaires. But the reader will 
 notice that the only ones engaged in the busi ne ss there are large range owners. It 
 is like wlie. o farming on the jirairies; to make any money at all, even a living, it has 
 
ere is still much 
 eat grazing lands 
 with large profits 
 ct in connection 
 It is the fact that 
 the fall the grass 
 very raie indeed 
 other parts. It 
 e winter, but our 
 at or cold. We 
 rd on either man 
 ;rature. Wheat, 
 !3 of these cereals 
 larts of Ontario, 
 
 delivered before 
 
 ate University, 
 are three which 
 the farm, for it 
 
 ■0 but few weeds 
 a greater variety 
 500 plants, and 
 f them, and the 
 
 L farms and live 
 
 b to this. 
 
 lies richer. If a 
 Leding tlock, iind 
 Ifty pounds with 
 le farur becomes 
 
 lie on the homo- 
 lo fattening sheep 
 l)od profit. This 
 le third profit. 
 
 I . 1. t 
 
 ■will notice tha 
 
 Bstralia by those 
 I the reader will 
 nge owners. It 
 In a living, it has 
 
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 to be carried on on a large scale or not at all. A farmer with small means could no 
 more successfully carry on the sheep business in Australia, than he could the wheat 
 raising business in Dakota. 
 
 What our "Algoma Farmers Testify," proves is this: That a farmer, fruit 
 grower, cattle or sheep raiser can come to Algoma with small means, and do very 
 well if he has a fair knowledge of the business he is engaged in, and if he is 
 hardworking. 
 
 As the clerical friend we have quoted says: "Algoma is the poor man's friend.' 
 
 He means that it is the place wliere a man can come with small means and do well. 
 
 We want the whole world to kno w this, and that is why the people all over this 
 great District are petitioning the Provincial and Federal governments to help us in 
 our colonization and immigration work. 
 
 FRUIT GROWING. 
 
 We have not space to deal with the fruit question. As to the whole fruit 
 question, the reader might correspond with John Dawson, Esq., the President of the 
 East Al'4oma Electoral Division Agricultural Society. Sault Ste. Marie. As to apples 
 particularlj', with Wm. Harris, Day Mills, or with A. Eddy, Marksville ; D. Dunn 
 Jocelyn ; the latter gentleman having a nursery, we think. As to small fruits, Mr. 
 Wm. Sharj), West Korali, who recently read an able paper before the Central Algoma 
 Farmers' Institute on the subject, probably would be wdling to give any 
 information in his })ower. 
 
 TO ADVERTISERS. 
 
 Our liteiature will be widely circulated. This and our other pamphlets will be 
 read all over Ontario, QuebeCj Maritime Provinces, England, Ireland, Scotland, and 
 a great many, if not all of the United States, and in other countries also. 
 
 They thus afford the best possible medium of ddvertisement. 
 
 The Board have been repeatedly urged to allow mercantile advertisements of one 
 kind and another to be inserted in their pamphlets and have been ottered large sums 
 for the privilege. 
 
 We have hitherto refused all advertisements. However, after further considera- 
 tion and repeated applications, wo have decided to accept in future any advert i'jement 
 which, in the opinion of the Board, is not forei^^n to our object — " to settle Algoma." 
 
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 Any advertisement which may be of public service to the district at large or to the 
 incoininw settlers. 
 
 We have decided in the future editions of this and our other pamphlets to allow 
 the following advertisements to be inserted Ht the end of each of our pumphlets, in an 
 tidvertising supplement : 
 
 J. Advertisements of municipal corporations, towns, villages, townships, munici- 
 palities, or of semi-municipal corporations, water power companies, boards of trade, 
 etc , calling public attention to the inducements or opportunities offered by any 
 locality in Algoma, either for agricultural, fruit gro\.'ing or stock raising purposes, or 
 as inviting sites for manufacturers, mills or industrieiof any kind, or j;3 summer, 
 health or pleasure resoits at any time of the year. 
 
 2. Advertisements of railway companies, either Canadian or foreign, making 
 Algoma their objective point; or selling through tickets to points in Algoma, whether 
 entirely over their own line or partly over their own and partly over some other line 
 of railway or steamship connection. 
 
 3. Similar advertisements of steamship companies, either ocean or lake. 
 
 4. Advertisements or cards of manufacturers of agricultural implements, etc. 
 
 5. Advertisements or cards of nurserymen and seedsmen. 
 
 (!, Advertisements of improved stock breeders — individuals as well a 
 associations. 
 
 7. Such other and similar advertisements as may meet the approval of tl 
 Board. ^ - 
 
 The Board have in preparation the following other pamphlets descriptive 
 Algoma: "Faiming in Algoma," the New Ontario— the New Northwest, wit 
 map and views; '* Woman in Algoma;" what the farmers' wives and daughters sa 
 about "The New Ontario; the New Northwest," being the essays now being writtt 
 by the farmers' wives and daughters all over Algoma. Mentioned ante page 9. 
 
 [The Judges appointed jointly by the Board of the Agiicultural Society and tli 
 Board of this Company are the following gentlemen: Rev. W. A. Duncan, M.A 
 B.D.; R. A. Lyon, PJsq., ex-M.P.P. ; John Dawson, Esq., President East Algon- 
 Agricultural Society. All Essays are to be in the hands of the Secretary of the Ea 
 Algoma Agricultural Society by the evening of the 24th September. — Ex. Com.] 
 
 Subsequent editions of this and our other pamphlets will be issued from time i 
 time, as the company see their way clear to do so. It is only a question of doUiii 
 and cents. We tirmly believe that the settlement of Algoma is only a matter 
 dollars and cents judiciously spent in advertising to the world her many inducemen 
 and opportunities. 
 
 The Minister of the Interior (who has charge of immigration matters in Canail 
 has kindly offered to send our pamphlets to the High Commissioner and the agen 
 
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 ice at large or to the 
 
 iv pamphlets to allow 
 our pamphlets, in an 
 
 s, townships, munici- 
 ies, boards of trade, 
 nities otlered by any 
 k raising purposes, or 
 kind, yjv as summer, 
 
 ti or foreign, making 
 ts in Algoma, whether 
 y over some other hne 
 
 ocean or lake. 
 
 uval implements, etc. 
 
 liduals as well as 
 
 t the approval of the 
 
 mphlets descriptive of 
 New Northwest, with 
 es and daughters say 
 lys now being written 
 lied ante page 9. 
 iltural Society and the 
 \V. A. Duncan, M.A., 
 resident East Algoma 
 ! Secretary of the East 
 nber. — Ex. Com.] 
 )e issued from time to 
 a (luestion of dollars 
 is only a matter of 
 vor many inducements 
 
 on matters in Canada) 
 isioner and the agents 
 
 of the Dominion Government on the other side of the Atlantic, to be circulated as 
 they may think best. 
 
 Tliis present editi<jn is (mly 10,000 cojjies, of which 5,000 will bo placed in the 
 hands of the Minister of the Interior, for tlie above })urpose. We are desirous of 
 issuing at the earliest possible moment a second edition of 50,000 copies of this 
 pami)hlet, of which 2;>,000 co{ties sliould Ijo for distribution in older Canada, and 
 30,000 in England, Ireland and Scothind. 
 
 Wo are further desirous of issuing the following foreign editious of this, 
 pamphlet. 
 
 1. A French edition for circulation in the counties of Essex and Kent, Ontario, 
 from which there has been and is yearly a large "exodus" to the United States, and 
 in the Pi-ovince of Quel)ec, and in the New England and other States, to which so 
 many of our French Canadian citizens have gone. We want to tmii the "o odus' 
 the other way both as rug:irds.juur French Canadian absentee citizens, and those of 
 other nationalities. 
 
 '2. A German edition for circul ation in the counties of Perth and W^aterloo, 
 Ontario, and in old Germany. 
 
 3. A Scandinavian edition for circulation in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. 
 « We are doing what the Governments should do. Algoma "the New Ontario," 
 "the bigger half of Ontario, belongs to (hitario. Should not the Ontsirio Govern- 
 ment. help us in our efforts to carry out our "object, to settle Algoma?" Algoma, 
 "the New Northwest" belongs to Canada, should not the Dominion Government 
 
 help uh( • ' 
 
 Every reader of these pages can help us in some way or other, if in no other way 
 but by sjeing tliib this {) i.ii dilet is ii )t w.isi jd or da^brJydd, but that it gets into the 
 right hands. 
 
 TOURISTS, HEALTH AND PLEASURE SEEKERS. 
 
 The District of Algoma should not 1)0 forgotten by you when choosing a place 
 
 for rest or recreation. In sunuuer there is excellant speckled trout fishing in 
 hundreds of creeks and streams; speckled and mountain trout in many an inland 
 lake; bla^k bass, sturgo )n, mukiionge, white fish, lake trout, and f»ther fish. 
 Excellent cam[»ing grounds, good boating, canoeing and sailing, and you can fetch 
 your wives and cliiklren hero and enjoy a vacation at a little cost. Lots of good 
 milk, cream, butter and eggs and fruit.-4 in their seasiin. 
 
 Algoma may be said to be a successicm of lakes, streams and rivers alxnni ling 
 in fish of all kinds. In the fall there is shooting of various kinds in many parts ot 
 the District. 
 
 In winter this country is tli" paradise of the snow shoor, toljlxiganist, and as 
 for sleighing there is generally good sleighing from early in the winter until late in 
 the spnng. 
 
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 Read tk« Wlswiiii; from recent "colonization notes" in the "Sault Ex:prehs." 
 
 In Algoma we have a chniate which may truthfully be said to be very good, la 
 spoakiiijr of climate one has to speak relatively. 
 
 As thete is no country in the world which has not its disadvantages and draw- 
 backs, so there is no climatb which is perfect — which lin? not its faults. 
 
 There arc some parts of the world -many of them — where the climate is not wood, 
 whero it is not healthful, in some where it is very bad. 
 
 Taking Canada as a whole, the climate is good; probably the Province of Ontario 
 is favored in this respect more than the other Provinces, and Algoma, being the- 
 North West part of Ontaiio, "The New Ontario," "The New North West," we have, 
 in conunon with the rest of the residents of Ontario, the many advantages of a good 
 climate. But our climate here in Algoma ha; advantages which persons resident in 
 Lower Ontario do not enjoy. Even in the hottest part of the summer, our night 
 are cool and refreshing. 
 
 And our winter seasons are not changeable; from the time when once they set in, 
 in earnest, about the middle of December or Cliristrnas time, until about the middle 
 of March, one car> generally count on having steady winter weather. And the winter 
 weather here is so agreeable, with the exception, perhaps, of only two or three days 
 all season. The winter daj's are sunny, clear, cold, blight days. One thing we have 
 in Al'^onvA p/ir ('.rrfHeiicr and that is good snow for sleighing and snow shoeing all win- 
 ter. The snow is a valuable element in Algoma, it falls early in December, and stays 
 till about the end of March. It does not, as in jther countiies, melt away during the 
 winter, and change to mud. 
 
 The snow is worth thousands of dollars to tlio people in Algoma in connection 
 with the lumber industry alone. Extensive lumbering operations are baing ctrried on 
 every winter; large quantities of pine, paper wood, (dbre wood, balsam and spruce, 
 out of which papev jiKjiirr iimchc is maiuifactured.) cedar, tamarac, hard wood, birch 
 and maple are got out every winter by lumbermen all over the District, for Algoma is 
 thickly wooded with all kinds of merchantable and valuable timber. And if it were 
 not for the snow these lumbering opetaticms could not be carried on. 
 
 To get out the v/ood without the snow wo.ildcost thousands of dollars extra every 
 winter. During the winter lumbermen and others can drive with sleighs in and 
 out of roads which would, of course, be impassable but for the snow, 
 
 Tn the lower portions of Ontario, and in other parts of Canada, one cannot de- 
 pend on the sleighing; in Algiima you can count on sleighing and snow all winter. 
 
 Then, again, what a great thing to the farmer the snow is from the protection it 
 affords for fall wheat. 
 
 One reason whyyou can grow such excellent fall wheat in Algoma isthafcthesnow 
 falls early in the winter or late in the fall, and covers the ground and protects 
 the fall wheat from »11 danger of frost. This is a point in favor of Algoma which 
 should be considered. 
 
 In the Western Stntes and Territories they have snow, but it is not the right 
 kind, either to make good sleighing or snow shoeing, or to cover the fall wheat. It 
 is composed of 6no particles like granulated sugar; ic won't "pack" or "settle," but 
 blows all over lik ; sand. It blows right off the road, right off the field, and leavea 
 the ground bare, and that is why, when the wind gets up in the Western States and 
 Territories, they have such dreadful blizzards. 
 
 The worst of prairie life is that you are at the mercy of the wind. Any little 
 commotion in the air is to be dreaded in Western States and Dakota. What would 
 be a little zephyr playing among the trees in Algoma, meatis a deadly '• blizzard " 
 there, because, there being no timber or real timber, only what we would call brush 
 or furze, the country has no chance against the wind, no protection, and when a little 
 wii)d, a baby wind, gets up tf) play, the fu'-ther it goes and the longer it blows the 
 stronger it gets, and in a few minutes it is, if in winter, a blizzard, and in summer a 
 hurricane, and carries destruction and loss of life in its wake. 
 
 In summer, these storms are very destructive to property, and sometimes to life, 
 but they are more danserous in winter on account of the densely blinding snow and 
 the extreme freezing cold. 
 
55 
 
 Sault EicPKEHS," 
 bo very j^ood. In 
 
 vantages and draw- 
 
 lults. 
 
 e climate is not a;ood. 
 
 Province of Ontario 
 Al}j;<Mna, being the- 
 rth West," we have, 
 1 vantages of a good 
 persons residtint in 
 juuiiner, 'our night 
 
 lien once they set in, 
 til about the middle 
 ler. And the winter 
 ly two or three days 
 One thing we have 
 mow slioeing all win- 
 December, and stays 
 nelt away during the 
 
 goma in connection 
 are bsing cirried on 
 balsam and spruce, 
 ic, hard wood, birch 
 istrict, for Algoma ia 
 )er. And if it were 
 on . 
 
 )f dollars extra every 
 with sleighs in and 
 ow. 
 
 da, one cannot de- 
 snow all winter, 
 oni the protection it 
 
 iroma isthatthesnow 
 round and protects 
 
 of 
 
 Algoma 
 
 which 
 
 it is not the right 
 the fall wheat. It 
 or "settle," but 
 le field, and leave* 
 Western States and 
 
 e wind. Any little 
 .Ota. What would 
 a deadly ' • blizzard "' 
 we would call brush 
 on, and when a little 
 longer it blows the 
 d, and in summer a 
 
 id sometimes to life, 
 blinding snow and* 
 
 L.4NDS IN ALGOMA— WHERE AND HOW TO OBTAIN THEM.— ONTARIO 
 
 FREE GRANT AND TWENTY CENTS AN ACRE LANDS AND 
 
 DOMINION INDIAN (SURRENDERED) LANDS. 
 
 There are all over the noith shore and the Islands of Manitoulin, Cockburn and 
 St. Joseph, dozens and scores of townships containing thousands of acres of as fine 
 arable, agricultural, fruit growing and stock raising lands as can bo found in the 
 world, and which can bo obtained by the actual .settler, free, or almost free, from the 
 Crown Lands Department of Ontario, or the Indian Department of the Dominion 
 Government. We advise anyone inter ited in these Fieo (Jiant or Indian Lands to 
 write to the Crown Lands Department at Toronto, enclosing $1, for the large map of 
 "The North Shore of Lake Huron," issued by that Department in 1890, or a later 
 edition if there is one. This map is about 4 ft. (Jin. x 2 ft. (J in,, and shows the 
 Indian townships painted Red, so that the Indian towiishi])8 can e sily be dis- 
 tinguished fiom the Ontario townships. On looking at it, it will be «^osei'ved that 
 all the townships on the Manitoulin and Cockburn are Indian lar.ds, also tlie fertile 
 townships of Dennis and Pennefather, and several other townshi{)3 north, west and 
 ea.st of Sault Ste. Marie on the main land, and tliat the lands on St. .Joseph Island 
 are Ontario Crown lands, also in Prince and .leveral other Twps. on the i.orth shore. 
 
 There are besides the townships which are surveyed tlunisandH of acres to the 
 north of them owned by the Governments which arc iKjt surveyed, and as fast as 
 the town.ships which are now open to location are taken up by settlers, the Govern- 
 ments will open other townships for location as they are needed. 
 
 , Tliere is room on the fertile lands lying to the north of Lakes Huron and 
 .Superior and the river St. Mary, and on the L.iands of Manitoulin, Cockburn and St. 
 Joseph, and owned by the Dominion and the Ontario (Tovennnents respectively, for 
 the surplus population not only of Older Caiuula, but of Eur()[)e. Then in addition 
 there is Balfour and other townships in Algoma East, and Oliver and other tovvn- 
 slii^)s in Algoma West on the'iuaiii line of the C. P. R. 
 
 Information as to the Ontario and Free Grant and '20 cents an acre lands can be 
 <ibtainfid from the Crcjwn Lands De]iartment at Toronto, «.r from the following and 
 other Local Crown Lands agents in the District of Algoma. 
 
 The Crown Lands Agents resident at Sault Ste. Marie, Richard's Landing, Thessa- 
 lon or Massey. Infoinnation as to the several townshijis of In<linn Ijands open for 
 location may be obtained from the Department of Indian ali'airs at Ottawa, or the 
 following local Indian Land Agents in Algoma. The Indian Agents resident at San 
 Ste. Marie, Thessalon, Manitowaning or Cockburn Island or at the ofhcesoftli 
 Agent of the Ontario Government in Livenjool, England, or of the Dominion 
 Government at London, England, or elsewhere in Great Britain. Any agent or 
 friend of the A. L. A; C. Co. in or out of Algoni,i will also cheerfully give any informa- 
 tion in his power both as to Ontario (jr Indian Lands to any intending settler. 
 
 There is room for the landless folks and the homeless folks of the world on those 
 Free Grant and 29 cent an acre and Indian lands. Nol)ody need be afraid to come 
 thinking there is not rocmi for him or her in Algoma <m these Government lands; as 
 fast as the present townships are located the Governments will open up fresh town- 
 ships of etpially good land. 
 
 Desirable improved, partially improved and wild lands in the front and settled 
 and jiartially settled townships of the District: 
 
 At the outset of the immigration and colonization movement in Algoma, it was 
 felt that something would have to be done about the large tracts of magnificent land 
 owned by speculators, syndicates and companies .situate all over the District, and 
 then many of the settlors al.so were holding for s[)eculation blocks of land which they 
 did not need and culd not work themselves. And then also it was felt that a gO( d 
 many of the new settlers coming to Algoma would have a little ca])ital or means, and 
 •would much ju'efer to buy a desirable farm eitlior improved, partially improved or 
 ! wild, and situate within one of the front and settled or partially setll ' townships 
 than to go further back from the present settlements, and take up Fi oo Grant 20 
 cents an acre or Indian Liind. 
 
 I 
 
56 
 
 l! 
 
 ill ■^\ , 
 I ■ il! i 
 
 Doubtless, owing to the impetus, this present Imuiigiation and Colon izatioii 
 movement is giving to the settlement of the country, many of the townships in which 
 there is not at present a single settler wil! 1)0 well settled inside of the next fivo 
 years and have municipal institutions and good schools, churches, etc.; and wo think 
 no settler need be afr:iid when he yes back into the new townships but that he will 
 soon have lots of company. 
 
 But it was felt by the friends of the "movement " that it would be a .stop in <hc 
 rit/ht direction if as much as possible of these vacant lands, situate in the front and 
 settled and paitially settled townships, and now held largely tor speculation and 
 lying vacant, idle and unproductive, could be got into the hands of tlii.-i Company for 
 the purposes of actual settlement. 
 
 The Board are glad to say that after several months hard work they have 
 succeeded in some measure in their attemi)t in this direction, and the following li.sfc 
 and particulars of desirable improved, partially improved and wild hands in tlie front, 
 settled and partially settled townships, shows what they have accomplii^hed in this 
 direction. 
 
 The Board wish here to express their hearty thanks to and appreciation <<? the 
 efforts of the agents and friends of the Company all over the di.stiict who have aided 
 in getting these desirable, vacant and idle lands into the Company's hands for the 
 purpose of actual settlement, and trust they will continue their labors so that within 
 the next year or two we «iay be able to say that there is not an acre of farm land in 
 Algoma held idle or unproductive, or for purpcses of speculation. Lists and parti- 
 culars of lands subsequently ac>]uircd by the Company's agents will, from time to 
 tinie, be published in the Company'.s pamphlets and the attention of the world thus 
 directed to them. 
 
 The owner.s or holders of all vacant or idle agricultuial or stock raising lands in 
 Algoma, no matter where such owners or holders may reside, arc asked at once to 
 communicate with the Company's Secretary and put their lands at once into the 
 Company's hands for the purpose of actual settlement .so that thej' can appear in 
 our next list. 
 
 Our agents have made a leport of these iands according to forms "B" and "C" 
 aa follows: 
 
 FORM B. 
 
 Parcel Number in the Company's books. De.scription of lands. 1. Number 
 
 of acres cleared. 2. Number of acres uncleared. 15. Buildings: State character and 
 dimensions of house, barn, stable, root-house, diiving .sheds, etc., etc. 4. How faim 
 ■watered: Springs, creeks, wells. 5. Is the farm particularly adapted for sheep rais- 
 ing, or how many acres for that purpose ? (5. Is the farm particularly adapted for 
 cattle raising, or how many acres for that purpose? 7. Is the farm particularly 
 adapted for grain raising, or for the growing of roots, or for fruit culture, or for 
 
ition and Colonization 
 he townships in which 
 iside of the next fivo 
 Qs, etc. ; and we think 
 iships but that ho will 
 
 ,V()uld bo a step in <ho 
 aate in the front and 
 y tor spcculati(jn and 
 Is of this Company for 
 
 liard work tliey have 
 md the following,' list 
 nld lands in the front, 
 ro acc(in)pli!jhcd in this 
 
 nd appreciation of the 
 istiict who have aided 
 jiuny's hands for the 
 ■ labors so that within 
 n acre of farm land in 
 on. Lists and parti- 
 is will, from time to 
 on of the world thus 
 
 * 
 
 .stock raisinii; lands in 
 , arc; asked at once to 
 nds at once into the 
 they can appear in 
 
 forms "B"and "G" 
 
 )f lands. 1. Number 
 State character and 
 !., etc. 4. How farm 
 tlapted for sheep rais- 
 ticularly adapted for 
 the farm particularly 
 fruit culture, or for 
 
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 general agriculture? Remarks. 8. State character of soil. 9. State character and kind 
 of timber and estiuLited amount. JO. State names of nearest towns, villages and 
 settlements, and distances from each, 11. Name of nearest post oilice and distance. 
 12. Cl'.urclies, (Protestant and Catholic) includiiis religious services regularly held in 
 school houses, etc., distances. i;{. Nearest public school, distance. 14. Roads: 
 How far from leading road or rouds. 15. J low far from nearest steamship pott. 
 1(5. How far from lailrond. 17. Stjite anything not included in above which may be 
 (if interest or importance connected with the farm or neighborhood. 
 
 FORM c. 
 
 Co.NFinEXTiAL— Please state conlidentially for the information of the Board of 
 D.rectors and the Company's Agents : 1. Wliat to the best of your information, skill 
 and kuowledire, and to the best of your opinion, are worlh per acre: The cleared 
 land; the ui. cleared land. 2. Wlut to the best of your opinion are the buildings on 
 the farm worth in all and separately ! 13. What to the best of your information, skill 
 and knowledge and to the best of your opinion is the farm worth at a fair and reason- 
 able price? 4. What is the very lowest price at which in your ojtinion, the laud 
 should be sold by the Company, iiaving rej^^'ird to the fact th^t tlie Company is desir- 
 
 us to settle Algoma and wishes to sell its wilJ, improved and partially iuiproved 
 
 aruis at low prices to its purchasers. 
 
 Tiie reader is re([ue.sfced to call on or corro.sp >nd with the L-Jcal Agent' whose 
 lame is printed oppo.site each parcel of land, and he will be happy to give or write 
 ny further information about the land or its price, and if the reader wants a copy 
 )f form "B" relating to any land h-j can write tt) the Company's Secretary. 
 
 Do not be afraid to correspond either with tlie Company's Local Agents or with 
 he Secretiiry as to any land in our lists, or as to any Free Grant 20 cents an acre, or 
 ndian Ltmd anywhere in Algoma. 
 
 Our agents are.sup[)lied with a form of Agreement of bargain or sale, (form H) 
 hich the purchaser will sign at the time of closing the sale with the agent or the 
 otn[)any; at the time of signing the Agreement, the purchaser will also pay into or 
 niit to one of the Chartered Banks at S.iult Ste. Marie, a deposit of 10% of the 
 urchaso price as an evidence of good faitli, such deposit to be put to the Compairy's 
 edit in said bank. 
 
 Probably in most cases the .sales will be made and arranged by correspondence 
 tjtween tlio settler and the Com[)any or its local agent, before the settler moves 
 ;re. The agents in the Old Country of the Company's bankers are given on the 
 iver, and remittances can of course be made through them. 
 
 All lands placed in the Company's hands for settlement will bo soM very cheap 
 actual settlers at prices far below their real value. Write the local agent as to the 
 ices (ir t he secretary. 
 
 Dir33tion:s as tj pvymi.i'i of mmio! t ) tin C )mpany niiy bo found in By-Laws 
 
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 I III 
 
 iM 
 
 ii 
 
 1 
 
 No8. (} and 7 printed o;i tlie co /er of tliis iMnnphlot, and to wliich iniblic attention i- 
 hero cjilled. 
 
 As to terinH: Tnrnoarly every caHe, there can be in the agreement of bargain of 
 fMvle, (form H) a jjrovision f« . deferred i)aymentH, for a large proportion of the j)ur- 
 chaHe mcmey being paid by instiibiicntH Kj)reiid over a term of years with very low 
 interest on the principal rLiuuining unpaid. 
 
 Even tliougli these farms are otFered to actual settlers at prices far below their 
 real value, yet if the incoming settlers buying them had to pay all the })rice down in 
 cash at the time of [mrclmse, it might inconvenience them or some of them, and pre- 
 vent them fr(jm getting as good a stivrt in Algoma as they otherwise w ould make. 
 
 We woidd like as many as possible of the settlers who come to Algoma, to fetch 
 some good stock with them fr;)m Lov/or Ontjirio or Quebec or elsewhere. 
 
 This work surely contains sufficient evidence to prove Algoma is par-excellence, 
 ft cattle country, a sheep countiy, a hog country, and a dairying country, but so far 
 there is a great dearth of good improved stock in the District. Do not be afraid to 
 fetch good stock with you to Algoma; if you are in dcnibt a.s to what kind to fetch, 
 correspond with our local agent nearest to the township in which you are settling, or 
 with the president or secretary of tlie nearest townshij) branch agricultural society, 
 or with the presuleut orsiicrctary of the E.istern Algijma Electoral District Agricul- 
 tural Socieuy, or with the president or secretary tf either die Ea.stern Algoma 
 Farmer's Institute or the Central Algoma Farmer's Institute, and get their opinion. 
 The farmers in Algoma at all their meetings lately have been discussing the stock 
 (juestion, and liave ariived at th/s phase of it: If poor cattle, scrub cattle do so weF 
 in Algoma wliat would good cati.le do here^ If there is hits of money in the business 
 Avith poor cattle, how much moie would there be with good cattle'^ 
 
 The North Shore Navigation Company (Ld.) have promised not only very cheap 
 ti*ansi)ortation rates for freight and passengers to settlers moving into the District, 
 butclieap tourist and land explorers tickets to all points in Algoma. Their steam- 
 ers sail from Collingwood, Jleaford, Owen Sound and Wiarton; for folders address 
 W. J. Sheppard, Gen. Mgr., Waubaushene, Ont. orC. E. Stephen, Collingwood. 
 
 The C. P. R. Co. ai-e issuing land explorers tic'.cets at reduced rates to settlers 
 moving into the District from any jxiint on their lines in Ontario east of Sharbtit 
 Like Junction aud in Q lebsc, t > anypjiub in Algomi, between Mattawa Out. on the 
 Ottawa River, and Missanabie on the main line, ordarden River on the Soo Line. 
 (For these reduced rates application ::ht)uld be made to L. O. Armstrong, Coin. Agt. 
 C. P. R., M<jntreal. We trust the other steamshif) and railway companies will do 
 the same, and alk>v> us st) to announce in our next edition and future jjamphlets. 
 
 |£.;^The company does not of course guarantee anything, or make any warranty 
 as to any lands i)laced in their hands for settlement. We simply publish extracts 
 from the particulars as giveii to us, and do not in any case warrant their correctness. 
 
 We will be glad in all cases to send free to any enquirer a copy of form "B", 
 and to give any other information in our ]tower relating to any lan'l placed in onr 
 hands for settlement. People fire asked to call on or correspond direct with our 
 local agents aliout the lands. They are all prominent and well knov/n men in their 
 vicinities, and will l)e happy to give full information about any land to any one 
 writing them or calling on tliem. 
 
 Parcel ' S w j sec. 9, Prince. 20 acres cleared, 140 uncleared, hewed log 
 house, plasL /od inside and out, 18x22, two storeys; log barn 20x20, log stable 20x10; 
 Avell at house, never failing spring, good soil. 5, C and 7, yes. 8, clay loam; 9, 
 mixed merchantable birch, maple, oak, pine, cedar, valuable timber. 15 nriles to 
 
ch public attention ij 
 
 reomont of bargain of 
 [)rop<n-tion of the pur- 
 f years with very low 
 
 prices far below their 
 1 all the price down in 
 ome of tlieni, and pre- 
 rwise would make. 
 
 ne to Algoma, to fetch 
 Ise where. 
 
 jonia is par-excellence,, 
 'ig country, but so far 
 Do not be afraid to 
 ) what kind to fetch, 
 ich you are settling, or 
 h agricultural society, 
 3toral District Agricul- 
 iT die Eastern Algoma 
 and get their opinion. 
 I discussing the stock 
 scrub cattle do so weF 
 money in the business 
 ttle'^ 
 
 id not only very cheap 
 lin<i into the District, 
 na. Their steam- 
 \\\\ for folders address 
 ihen, Colliugwood. 
 
 lluced rates to settlers 
 Intario east of Sharbot 
 Miittawa Out. on the 
 liver on the Soo Line. 
 .rmstrong, Coin. Agt. 
 ay companies will do 
 future pamphlets. 
 
 I or make any warranty 
 Inply jjublish extracts 
 Trant their correctness. 
 
 Ir a copy of form "I^ » 
 Iny lan'l placed in our 
 Ispond direct with our 
 |l known men in their 
 any laiid to any one 
 
 luncleared, hewed log 
 
 )x'20, log stable 20x10; 
 
 yes. 8, clay loam; 9, 
 
 timber. 15 miles to 
 
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 Sault Ste. Mario, Korah P. O. m. School to bo in settlement by Ist Nov. (See 
 letter in Express referring to this township.) 
 
 Parcel 2. S o | sec. 9 Prince. 25 acres cleared, 135 uncleared, good hewed 
 log house well shingled, plastered inside and out 24x18, li storey, log stables etc., 
 temporary sheep house, etc., never failing spring creek through centre. 5, G and 7, 
 yes; owner says never had a bad crop on it. 8, clay loam. J), hard wood maple, oak, 
 pine, cedar, birdseye majde; merchantable hardwood, large amount. 14 m. to Sault 
 Ste. Mario. 
 
 Parcel 3. S w ] sec. 1, Parke. 8 acres cleared, ir)2 uncleared, frame of a 
 building 18x20, 8 m to Sault Ste. Marie, 4 m to Korali P. (). Sandy loam and 
 black loam. No stone; all the wood valuable, tanuirack, poplar, cedar, spruce, white 
 birch etc. Most of the farm lies liigh, a few acres low; easily drained. 
 
 Parcel 4. S e |^ sec. 11, Parke. IGO acres all timbered. 4. Little lake. 5, 6 
 and 7, yes. 8. Sandy loam. 9. Mixed. 8 m Saidt Ste. Marie, 1 m Point aux Pins. 
 Prettily situated. 3 acres of a lake on it, whole lake about 10 acres, (Uily 40 rods 
 from St. jMary's River. Excellent for strawberries and general crops. 
 
 Parcel 5. N e|sec. 3 Parke, IfiO acres all timbered. 4, spring creek in front. 
 5, 6 and 7, yes. 8, Sandy loam. 9. Mixed. 8 m to Sault Ste. Marie, 3 to Point 
 aux Pins. Excellent soil. , , ^ 
 
 Parcel 0. S e ^ sec. 32 Laird. 40 acres cleared, 120 uncleared, small log house 
 aboul 10x24, good repair, log barn about 30x3(5 good repair. 4. Spring creek across 
 farm, also well, .sjn-nig water at door, i)ump. 5, (5, 7, yes. 8. Clay loam. 9. Mixed, 
 valuable. Port Finlay 4m, Maclenium 1 m, Bruce jNIines 17, m centre of good 
 settlement, veiy desirable farm. Local agent Wm. Murray, Bar River P. (J. 
 
 Parcel 7. Lot 22, con. 12, Billings. cleared, 94 uncleared, log shanty, habi- 
 ta])le, good root liouse, log barn, stable attached U) side. Never failing spring. 
 West B;iy (> m, . Kagawong 4 m ; pros[)ects good for stock farmer. Sandy loam. 
 Local agent, T. Bowser, Kagawong. 
 
 Parcel 8. N ^ lot 2, con. 3, Plummer. 30 acres cleared, 117^ uncleared, t'ood 
 house l(ix20. 4. Creek. 5, 0, 7, yes. Sandy lo;un. Mixed timber, pine, cedar, 
 hemlock, maple, etc., on main road. Govt, road on two sides of it. Rydal Bank 1 
 mile, in good settlement. Local agent W. R. Smythe, Rydal Bank. 
 
 Parcel 9. S w pt. lot W, con. 4, Day. 50 acres cleared, 100 uncleared, frame 
 house 18x2() and 10x18, f':ame barn 30x50, granary 10x18. Good well with pump. 
 Spring creek. Clay loam. Mixed timber. Thessalon Ry. Sta. 8 m, Dayt(jn Sla. 
 8 m, Sowerby 3 m. This is said to be a tirst-class farm; new frame buildings valued 
 for insurance at ^1200. Local agent \V. L. Nichols, The.ssalon. 
 
 Parcel 10. W \ lot 3, con. 6, Plummer additional, 40 acres cleared, 134 unclear- 
 ed, log house 22x24 good repair, frame barn 32x24. Good well. Either stock or 
 grain farming. Clay loam. Mixed timber. Bruce Mines 4 m, Rydal Bank 1^ m. 
 2 m from Ry. sta. Local agent W. L. Nichols, Thessalon. 
 
 Parcel 11. S i lot 4, con. 1, Coffin. 20 acres cleared, 140 uncleared, shanty 
 and small stjible. 4. Lake front and spring. Part clay loam, part sandy loam. 
 Mixed timber. Rydal Bank m. Beautifully situated on Rock Lake. Local agent 
 |W. R. Smythe, Rydal Bank. 
 
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 Parcel 12 — W i lot 21, Tlionipsou, (5 iicrcH cluiired, 10 dioprof! ready to lo>?, .104 
 uncleiired ; 4, Hi)iiii)i{8 ; r», yea, or cuttlo PHidiii^or ^^raiii ; part sandy loam, part clay ; 
 mixed timber, birch, cedar, tamarac, licMilock and Bi)ruco. Ilailway ruDs across lot, 
 BUtion 1^ miles on (lovernment road. Local Agent — W. L. Nichols, Thessalon. 
 
 Parcel l.'J— W J lot 20, Tliompson, .120 acres uncleared ; same as above ; station 
 i mile ; ThompstMi postoflice \ mile. Local Agent — W. L. Nichols, Thessalon. 
 
 Parcel 14 10 h lot 20, Thorn pwon, 2.'> ncrea cleared and lo chopped and burned 
 ready to lo<^, 2.S0 uncleared. liarn .'M)x44, lo«{ ; house 24x40, with wing 18x24, 
 frame ; well and springs. Cattle, sheep or mixed fartning. Mixed timber ; on 
 (lOvernment road ; railway station on lot. Local Ai'ent W L. Nichols, Thessalon. 
 
 Parcel 15 — N w | section 10, Thompson, 100 acres uncleared. 4. Springs. Sheep, 
 cattle or jjjiain ; sandy loam, portion clay lo.im ; C. P. II. crosses lot 1\ miles from 
 steamship [)ort. W. L. Nichols, Thcbsalun. 
 
 Parcel 10— N ^ s o | lot 16, Taronforus .10 acres cleared, 50 uncleaiod. Good 
 hewed log house ; good 1 i<r bat ti, stable and outhouses. 4. Clood spring creek and 
 well, ii'-od for grain, cattle, roots and fruit ; loamy soil ; mixed timber, valuable; 
 in good settlement ; 8ault Stc. Mario b}, miles. 
 
 Parcel 17 — S e | section 0, Taroutorus, KiO acres. 4. Creek. Sandy loam ; 
 cattle, grain and fruit ; tihckly timbered with birch and maple ; said to be sufficient 
 hardwood iloue to realize a very largo sum. Sault Sto. Marie 7 miles. 
 
 Parcel 18 — S ^ s w | section 17, Macdonald, acres cleared and fenced with 
 cedar r^iils and wire fence, Oo uncleared. (Jood well ; cattle, sheep, grain, fruit, 
 general ; good soil. Echo Bay railway station 20 rods ; Echi> liay post r)Hice on 
 corner lot ; good location for dairy; whole 03 acres can be ])loughed ; land cfisily 
 cleared ; splendid gardening soil ; in heart of settlement. Expected there will ho a 
 village at Echo Bay station in near future. W. Fiiilay, Echo Bay; or A, Finlay, 
 Echo River. 
 
 Parcel 10 — E h s w | section 10, Macd<»nal<l, ">0 acres cleared, 50 .n.-. .;arcd. 
 Flowed log house 22x16 ; double log barn ; good root hou.so ; Iniildings insured for 
 ^400; good well ; splendid cmps raised. Maple, birch, oak and basswood, estinuitod 
 
 Echo River 1] miles. Beautiful view of 
 posts and wire fence around three-fourths 
 Local Agents— 'A'. Finlay, Echo Bay; or 
 
 large amount. Echo I>ay station 1| miles 
 Lake George and River St. Maiy. Cedar 
 of 30 acres cleared; on Lake Shore road. 
 A. Finlay, Echo River. 
 
 Parcel 20 — \V is w j section 15, Macdonald, 5 acres cleared, 75 uncleared. 4. 
 •Spring creek ; good genernl farm ; sheep, cattle, roots, main, fruits ; clay loam ; 
 mixed timber, valuable. Echo River A mile ; Echo Bay station 2i miles ; fronting 
 •on two roads. Local x\gents— W. Finlay, Echo Bay ; or A. Finlay, Echo River. 
 
 Parcel 21 — N ^ n e | and n i n w ;}: section 10, Macdonald, 160 acres. Fronts on 
 Echii river ; spring on property. Good land for general purposes, grain, fruit, 8t<»ck 
 or roots ; would make two good far:ns of 80 acres each ; contains large amount 
 valuable hardwood, birch, maple and merchantable oak ; 4 njiles to Echo Bay station; 
 on Echo River load. Estimated value of timber standing very large. Tugs can run 
 tip the river past farm ; handy place to ship timber by water ; lA miles south o'f Ek;ho 
 Like. Fair showing of iron on a bluff on property. Local Agents — W. Fiiday, 
 Echo Bay ; cr A. Finlay, Echo River. 
 
 Parcel 22 — S e |^ of n e 4 section 35 and s w ]^ n w | ? ection 36, Macdonald, 80 
 
 •acres ui; cleared ; 4. Bar River runs through it. 5, 6, 7, yes, all. Clay loam ; 1 J 
 
 miles from Isbester station, 6 from Echo Bay ; in heart of good settlement ; good 
 
 water power (ui lot; lot easily cleared, logs being burnt oft"; only small trouble 
 
 to clear; can be ploughed i .^Mnediately after. Local Agents — W. Finlay, Echo 
 
 3ay ; or A. Finlay, Echo River. 
 
 Parcel 23— Lots 7 and 8, con 9, Cockburn Island, 22 acres cleared, 178 
 
 
<ll 
 
 BHfly to lost, .304 
 «miii, pHtt cUy ; 
 una HcroHs lot. 
 Thessalo" 
 
 , above ; station 
 Thossiilon. 
 
 ped and burned 
 i";h winK lHx24, 
 ixed tiniboi- ; on 
 :hol9, Thossnlon. 
 .SprinKK. Sheep, 
 t 1). miles from 
 
 nicleaiod. Hood 
 ^prinu crock atid 
 iniber, valuable ; 
 
 Ic. Sandy loam ; 
 d to be suftioiuiit 
 lea. 
 
 1 and fenced with 
 lieep, strain, fruit, 
 Wny jiost oHice on 
 limbed ; land esisily 
 ed there will bo a 
 ^y ; or A. Finlay, 
 
 red, 50 aiu jared. 
 
 dings insured for 
 asswood, estimated 
 Beautiful view of 
 und three- fourths 
 |,(y, Echo Bay ; or 
 
 75 uncleared. 4. 
 ruits ; clay loam ; 
 2\ miles ; fronting 
 ay, Echo River. 
 
 acres. Fronts on 
 grain, fruit, stock 
 ains large amount 
 oEcho Bay station; 
 rpe. Tujj:s can run 
 niles south of Echo 
 gents— W. Fiiday, 
 
 36, Macdonald, 80 
 111. Clay loam ; H 
 Id settlement ; good 
 lonly small trouble 
 '-W. Finlay, Echo 
 
 lacres cleared, 178 
 
 lunclearHd. Hewed lo^ barn 24x34 and atables attached. 4. Spring creek and 
 Iwell. o. 6, 7, yea. An orchard planted, commencing to bear ; about 20 a|>pl,) 
 Itreea. I>. Birch, maple, liemlock, cedar, Uimarac and beech. Tolsmavill»> 2 miles ; 
 Ion leading road ; can be dirided into 2 or more good farms. In addition to 22 acres 
 Icleaied thorn is a (fi'antity burnt land easily cleared, well situated, splendid view of 
 lliike. L;>cal Agent — W. J. Harper, Cockburn Island. 
 
 Parcel 24 — N w \ section 15, Lefroy -35 acres cleared, 125 uncleaied; houstf, 
 1^;, 17x22 and I()xl7 ; burn 20x4(), frame post. 4.fJf)od well, river and sprinu;. (Jood 
 )r cattle, grain, roots, etc. ; clay loam. Theasaltm U miles, on good laading road, 
 jocal Ag.nt — W. L. Nichols, Thessaloii. 
 
 Parcel 25. N e | sec. 27 and s o corner n w | sec. 27, Lefroy, 50 cleared, well 
 fini-ed, cedar rails, 120 uncleared, 30 acres hardwctod bush, balance burnt land, 
 •asily cleared. Giul hewed loglion.se 25.\JH and 25x12. Hewed log barn 50x28 
 ^vitli stable underneath for ."0 head of c.-ittle, do, cedar log 25x25, good well and 
 iireek. Cattle, .sheep, general farming, clay h^am. (J miles from Theasalon, H miles 
 \r>nn Bruce Minos, 3 miles from station. Locil agent W. L. Nichols, The.ssalon. 
 
 Parcel 20. S ^ lot 11, do, lot 12, Bridgland, 20 cleared, 204 uncleared. 4. 
 In jdd creek. Cattle, shoej), fruit and grain. Sandy loam, mixed tind)er. Thessalon 
 miles. Little Rapids 5 miles. Leading 'oad touches s w corner lot 12. Would 
 livke 2 or 3 good farms. Ijocal agent W. L. Nichols, Thessalon. 
 
 Parcel 27. N iHo|soc. 37 Haviland, 15 cleared, <)5 uncleared. 4. Good 
 
 lliiiiig creek. 5. yes. 0. yes. 7. h well adapted for grain, A better adai)tcd for 
 
 iMits and stock raising. 8. Clay loam. 0. Pine, spruce, niajde, birch, cedar, 
 
 lalsum. Sault Ste. Marie 18 in on leading road, (ioiilais Bay P. <). \ m. Well 
 
 jitiiated, valuable timber. 2 m fiom Batchewana Bay, Local agent A. McAuley, 
 
 Joulais Ba}'. 
 
 Parcel 28. N o | .sec. 12 Fenwick, 55 cleared, 95 uncleared. Good hewed 
 bg house 18x28, hewed log barn 20x()0, granary, spring at foot of mountain. 
 I, 0, 7, yes; 20 acres light lo;un, 20 yellow loam, balance clay loam. Maple, birch, 
 lalsfun, cedar. In centre of Goulais Bay settlement, Sault Ste. Marie 24 m on 
 fading road. Clear of stone. 1\ m to Goulais Bay P. O. This is a first-class 
 Inn. Local agent A. McAuley, Goulais Bay. 
 
 Parcel 20. So ^ sec. 1 Fenwick, 36 acres cleared, 114 uncleared; house 
 L'wedlog 1^ storeys 20x26, stable 20x30. 4. One Avell, seveml springs. Well 
 lai)ted fyr all kinds of grain, fruit, roots, .stock. Clay io;;m, mixed timber, 
 finable. Sault Ste. Marie 17 m, Goulais Bay P. O. 1 m, school house and 
 lurch adjoining, 2i m from Goulais Bay, 3h from Batchewana Bay either which 
 cely to become a port in the near future. Local agent A. McAuley, 
 loulais Bay. 
 
 Parcel 30. S h lot 4, con. 4 Kirkwood, 25 cleared, 135 uncleared, house 
 kwed logs 18x24, barn log 42x24. 4. Well. 5, 6, 7, yes. Sandy loam. Birch and 
 
 »iple. Tl. s.salon 8 m, Little Rapids 4 m on leading road. Local agent W. L. 
 ]icholas, Thessalon. 
 
 Parcel 31. Lot 1 con. 9 St. Joseph Island, 30 cleared, 70 uncleared, house 
 coO 1| storey, new, cost ^650, log barn 20x30, sbible and root house, spring 
 3ek. 5, 6, 7, yes. Sandy loam. Birch, maple, beech and cedar, Marksvillo 
 [n, on leading road, 11 m to railway. Local agent S. T. Bowker, Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 32. Lots 8 and 9 con. ni do, two good farms, 40 cleared, 160 
 cleared, house 24x30, barn 00x30, 2 stables, 2 root houses, well with pump. 
 6, 7, yes. Dark gravelly loam. Chiefly maple. Valuable. Excellent crops 
 Marksville 6 m, Jocelyn 6 m. Local agent W, Williamson Jocelyn. 
 
(S2 
 
 ! ,,i i! 
 
 lliJUll 
 
 Turcfl ;<3. r,ot Klcnii. K, <lo, <!:. clinnil, ":> iiii< liiirfil, houto l(lx:;4. Imrii aixl utalilo 4.'lx21. Oi-ck. fi, n, 7, 
 TM. V'u.v loam. Ci-ilur, lu-iiilmk, liiknlutxxl. iMurksvillu :U iii, Icuiliiii; rood. Luc-ul ugcrit, 8. 'f. liowker, 
 ilarksville. 
 
 Parcel :h. Lot ll>, con. K. do, Id ncreB clcarwl, (Xi (iiiclearwl. IIdiim! 20x20, Htalile 18x20. Creek. B, 0, 7, 
 yes. Cluy loniii. r>Uac ri-sniaiilu, bnluncuinlxc'l. Maikitviile S) in. I.ocul aKtiit, H. T. iiowkur, Markuvlll*. 
 
 I'arcel .Vi. I.otx 3 and 4, con, 1,'i, do, 2 or nioro (.fonil fariiis, T) iktch (;lt!ar<'d, 7.''> ainioxt cleared, 120 iin 
 ^•Icnrcd. f>, (I, 7, jcn. Kniit purtlciiiiiily. All lijstric t kikmI fni-ciitilcunil i-lic(|i. Suiid.v loiiin. Sinfuriuapl'-. 
 Mack liirch, liuHkwood, timber very vuliiulile. .Maikhvllle 1 mile, 7 iiiileM hum Uv. htu. TIiIh luiid stun tit fur 
 aeedhifr April 4th thUyear. Local A^eiit II. K, HUliop, .MurkH. ille. 
 
 Parcel lid. Lot Ti, con. 1, do, 2 iicrcN eleured, l)7iiereK iiiicleunfl. '2.'> ikt.'h for cattle ruisintr, 74 Keneru: 
 n^criciiltiire, rich xanflv l.iain, 74 iicrcM mapl" and Ix-ech, balance hitie unil inixed. 12 niilcH to Illlton, 2 ndle 
 to Tenby lliiy. ScboollioiiNf on lot. IS m to Ky, i-.ta. (Joed market dr C(.>rd\vo(j<l within 2 m. Corner lot 
 Lo<jal ajfCMt \V. Wlllianmon, Jocelyn. 
 
 Parcel ;t7. Lot 18, <vin. L, do, 4 cleiired, H.i iri'liiiml. Lo^' limHc lii\20. SpHie.f. f., (I, 7, yes. 30 acre 
 maple balance mixed. .Mivrli-vllle 4 m, on luadiiiK roud. Uy. Hla. (1 nilltn. !Steuni...hip p(;rt 4 miles, (.oi'" 
 OKent, 8. T. Howker, .Markuvillo. 
 
 I'an'el .'tH. Lot (', eon. N, do, 8cIeartMl, 11:! micleared. Shanty. S|irini.', 0, (1, 7, yes. Rich sandy loftni 
 Maple, bashwood and lilrcb. Ililioti 7 ni, .locehu 2,} in, Uiuhurdii Landrng 7 in, (.'artvrton 1 in, Nchool i ui 
 Corner lot. Local ajjent, W. WiUiamsoii, .loeelyn. 
 
 Parcel 39. Lots 22 and 2;t, con. .\I\', do, would niiiku two or tluei K"od farinn. 18 acres cleared, 17*", 
 uncleared, Small Iok bouse. Sprinu creek, ."i, (1, 7, yes Cluy loam. (.V'<lur amJ maple. .Marksville &i m, 
 lead! ng road. Local affent, K.Stubl.s, .Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 40. Lot 4, con. Hi, do, IC, cleared, S4 mixed timber, sprin,- and creek. Ti, 0. 7, yes. Cla.\ toow' 
 loam, all clear of htuiie. .Marksvillu li m, li iidiie,' ro.id. Local aj.'rnl, S. i. liowUer, .Mark.sville. 
 
 Parcel 41. Lots 1 and 2, <-on. 17, do, KM) cler.rcd, 1)7 luiclearnl, k)iu:ld m.ike2 or 3 uooil furnm. Lo^' housn 
 18n24, baiji 2lx.'t4. ,S|iiiii!,' creek, .''i, (i, 7, .>'«•:. ,Siiiid\ lo.i'ii. 'riinl.i r Vir.\ valuable, bardwood. .Markhvilb; 
 iliille. Local a;;cnt, «. T. Howker, .Marksv'ille. 
 
 Parcel 42. Lot 23, con. h, do, 121 acres, small Iioum- |!1x;;()(1<-). .spriiij;- cruek. Clear of stone. 5, 0,7, yes. 
 Mi.ved timber, vei'y valuable. Markitvillu 2 in. Local aijeiit, S. T. llo.> Wer, .Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 43. Lot 20, con. L, do, 10 clearcil, 100 wel! tlmberul. ."-'iMi)!!.' creek, fi, i), 7, yes. Clay loam, clear 
 Of stone. .Mixed timber, very valuable. Marl;s\illo 2 m, Lcx'al au'eht, 'i. l". lioukel, Jlari;.sville. 
 
 Parcel 44. Lot 2,H, con. A. do, l.'> cleui'ed, ji.'i burnt land O'l ily ( Iimt' d. Sprin:,-- and creek, .''i, 0, 7, yes. 
 Ciny loam, enou(;li cellar for fenciii^r, and baidwotr ! lorllrewoo.i. Hilton ID m. Richards Landing 7 in, .Se» 
 •Gull 5 m. Chilli h on corner lot. Li.cal a.i;ent, S. 'I'. Hov\ Iter, .Mur!..-i\ lllr. 
 
 Parcel 4.'). .S\v ^, sec" Vankoucbnet. 20 ai'ren cleai'ed, Itif) uiKUi.rt,), i,ouse ).j storeys liiyh, 24x22, log, 
 3iewed iii>ide, barn .'iOx.'iy. hewed loj^stibli' l::.\l,->, rlo 2i)xl.s, iiiotbiMiM; l".\^4. uiilk ifou.-.e and kitcben 18x20. 
 
 4. .Sprinjfs, 5, (i, 7, .M's. Clay b^ani. 0. Cbi;(ly haidwcod, \aliiablp. W.tiM >-i,e. .\:arie 17 miles, (■•■ulais P.ay P.«». 
 3 mile. Dn lea<liii>;- road, .\ blulT of .slato extends into aid oceupUbMiiv' -'w acres. Indieationti of iniiiemL 
 Loca' ay:ent, A. .McAuley, (ioulais lUy. 
 
 Parcel 40. S J, se \, sec 7, do, 2.'t acres eleari.'d, ,')7 uncleared, barn i^.x^O heweil loj,', new hewed Iok' hou.se 
 21x2."i, l.J storeys hii,'h, stable Itxls bewcd iusiiie, root hou.^e. Vei\ '>..'.i ■\,i(oreil spiiii);' and creek. I"!, 0, 7, yes. 
 Fine day loam, a siiiidl portion a little ;,'ravelly, 0. Cliiifly Imrdwnoil. 1 1' ni ri. S, Marie, Gouluis Bay I', O. 
 I'l m. Kree from stone, Kently rolliiij;-, pretty site. Local a^ent, A. .Mi'.Vrli-v.CuuItvis ifay. 
 
 Parcel 47. W i n w J, 7 do, 43 cleared, 02 iincleai-ed, hewed loi; Ik i-i' |J titoreys hijjhj li?x24, barn log 
 24x30. 1 stable 10x30, do 12x20, root house etc. .Spring' creek on e.;'b coo'. .">, 0, 7, yes. Cla.\ loam. 0. Princi- 
 pally hardwood, some spruce and balsam. S, S. .^■lari(• bS in. P. O. X i',\. v. i, (ioulais Kay, 3 in Hatehewana lUj, 
 either of which may be a port in near future. .MioKi-al di. covered soi;!- •;! m di-taiit. Local ay:ent, A. McAuley, 
 <Joulais Day. 
 
 Parcel 48. N e J sec 18, do, 20 acres cleared, 124 .teres uncleured, hmse 10x22, 1.} storeys, .stoop attachefl, 
 ham 18x20. Well watered creek and s)irinf;^. .1, 0, 7, yes. Cay l.)iiiii. ;>. ' hieily liardwo(Kl. 1 in from P. 0. 
 
 5. S. Marie 17 in eaxy dLstance from (ioulai and Batcliewana Hays. I.Mcal .t.'.i nt, .\. .MoAuloy, (Joulai.s Ua}'. 
 
 Parcel 40. N A n e ^J sec li), do. Si) .acriM, chiefly luinlwom!. 4. ;*|>ri'iifs .■>, C, 7, yes. Part clay loam, part 
 Bandy loam. 10 ni ti. S. Mario, Uoulais Hay P. (>. 2.J miles, Conveiiiniit to wi-U settled nei.vhboriiood. Would 
 timke a good farm. Local atfeiit, A. MoAuley, (ioulai.* Bay. 
 
 Parcel 50. W J, s w J of 8 o J, sec 5, Tarontonia, 20a.'res, s i h w y src 5, do, 80 acres, in all 100 ucrei 
 
 FOine 10 acres cleared, about .'i partly cleared, timber valuable haixi\vo.«]. ibout miles from S. S. Marif. 
 6,(1, 7, yes. Would make excellent dairy, stock r.usin;,' or tcjiieral l)lll■;l.>.•,^• fia-,n. Watered by trout strcaiu o« 
 property, other creeks elo.se. Prettil.\ >ituated. 
 
 Parcel 51. S w } sei? 10, Prince, hewed lo^' liousp, loj,' st.ible, li:o acri's, :^;i to 30 aercs cleared, bal.ine* 
 
 grincipally hardwood valuable, ;;ood soil. 5, 0, 7, yes. (.See Priiiee letter I'rojn U.\i>rk.sh). About 13 miles U 
 .S.Marie. Spring Creek on property. 
 
 Parcel 62. N e Jso } see 24, Prince, 33\ acres. timl.er.?d. All guod for pasture, s.h(«cp and cattle, aiK 
 some few .icres for general agriculture. Timber said to be valuable. Mli!f>" .ssijij o-ed to centaiii miutral. Abou 
 6 m from S. S. Marie. 
 
 Parcel 53. W i sw J sec 17, Korah, SO acres. .1, 0, 7, ye.j. Timber hardwood, cedar and jjine. Good ruiii 
 leading to n w corner post. Has a fine cranberry niaiyh of about 20 atr s con red with spriico and 'nil.>ani. . 
 dam could bu built on creek where it crotses e and « lino between sees 17 tuti 20 Jo flood iiiar:,h to suit weallie 
 
 J 
 
 ill I 
 
■table 4nx2t. Creek. R, «, T, 
 Local oKciit, 8. T. Ilowke*, 
 
 Htalilc lSx20. ("refk. f>, «. 7, 
 it, S. T. Uowker, MarkHville. 
 
 , 7r, ftliiiost cleurol, 120 iin- 
 
 Httiiily louiii. Siiifar ii^pl". 
 
 y. 8ta. ThU land was «t loc 
 
 or rattln rnlolnir, 71 Kownl 
 . 12 inili-H to Hilton, 2 nillw 
 »A within 2 ni. Corner Jot 
 
 ■i\^Hu•x. 5, «,7,.V0rt. 30 acre, 
 aui^hip jioit 4 n»ilu». I<<xj»i 
 
 , (1, 7, v(>». llich KUiidy loam, 
 'ci'irtfitun 1 111, HC'liool J »u- 
 
 furiii.1. IS n( ITS clcarwl, 176 
 iikJ iimi.le. Murkbvillu 6i m, 
 
 ;. B, 0, 7, yon. Cla.v & Muly I 
 wUer, .Mnrk«villc. 
 
 (. '.> or 3 iroofl fiirms. Log house I 
 iluuble, hai-dwood. .Muiksville 
 
 wk. Clpur o( stono. r),(S,7,ye8. 
 I'ksvllk'. 
 
 . 5, '., 7, yes. Clay loam, clear 
 ,Nkti, Murksville. 
 
 rill- iiiid ircek. .^>, ti, 7, yes. 
 . i;i(liaril< LaiidiM- 7 m, Se» 
 
 I ;, Ntori-ys hi-h, •iU2-', 1<>1,', 
 ilk hou-.c mid Kirrliin 18x20. 
 nil- 17 mill's, tioiilais iUiy l'.<». 
 . lii(lii;itioii« of iiiiiienil. 
 
 •w.d !(>-•, iifw li(-\ved lojf house 
 d s\<r',\iii and cri'i-k. Ti, 11, 7, yes. 
 . S. Marin, (iouluis Uay !'• *^- 
 
 ;oulais Hay. 
 
 t, ivvs hlfedi 1SX-2J, liarn log 
 
 v/vo.s. nl.vloaiii. !l. PrincJ- 
 
 ,iluii Hav, 3 III liatc liewana liny 
 
 aiit. Local aytiit, .\. McAuley, 
 
 , lA btdi'cvs, iitoop attnched, 
 i\ luiidwo.Kl". 1 111 irmii I*. 0, 
 ■ A. McAuli-'v, (JoulaisHay. 
 
 u 7, vi-s. I'art clay 'oa'". tH 
 srtlltd Meij;liborlio(jd. Would 
 
 do, 80 acres, in all 100 acre 
 
 v.t n niili-'S fnim S. S. Marlf| 
 rt'atcifd by trout stream i 
 
 . . 1 30 a'jrc^ cleared, balatio 
 Kxi'KEiis). About U miles ' 
 
 ; astiire, i-lipci> and cattle, aw 
 '|.o-cdtoccntaili miucial. Abolf 
 
 i,od. cedar and iiine. Good an 
 ri<l with MjiniCB and '>al.-.ani. 
 ao !o llocd iiuiroh to suit wtallM 
 
 (53 
 
 and prowth cranberry crop. Soil Just what 1.4 rei|ulred. flO M'.rut urnln, roots, fruit or utock. 20 acren inarHh 
 Udndiio.l woidd alto make very buitt -f land any iniriMm.'. Hr.dttSle. Marie 7^ miluii. I'rettily kilnutid. 
 
 Parcel fi4, N e J n e Ji«k)2», Korah, 40acres A ni from S. 8. Marie. Well watrrwi Hprbiif creek, ."aiidy 
 loam. r>, 0, 7, yos in part. Timbered M'lth hard\voo<l and ritlier timber, water power could euMilv be hn<l on thU 
 lot. Woidd make a K<>od f.irin for man of Huiall means when cleared and K'nt !ntii Hba)>c, Could not I e beaten 
 (orirnuiin);, dairy or Hlieep and still have lotn i>( land left fur koo<I market t;arden. Convenient to town and 
 ■ohoul, blntT on this property snpposird to ciuitaiii minerul but Iiiim not been explored. 
 
 Parcel fi."). W Is c J seclS, Korali, HO acres, 7 m from H. ,i. Marie, (iood road. Aliont 11' acres siiitabia 
 tor cranberry uiarsli, ritrht Hull and line creek. About lOucivs of tiardwood, valiia ile, (>0 acres s|iriice,tamarac, 
 cedar, 70 acres well siiiteil for Ki'a'ii, roots fruit and stocli. If marsli (10 acres) drained >vould lie excellent for 
 any purpose well ftituated. 
 
 Pan-el ."Ml. N w \ sec 4, Korah, 1(10 acres well watered, valuable liardwo<Kl, mercliantablc and r tber tlinbti* 
 Stony riil^'e of few acres abin^' tlonlais Hay road,(»ee I'i'niiefatber letter; excellent lor paAttiic, cattle or sheep 
 could not Ik' better fortliat purpose. Some few acres on ridxe alifady cleare<l, balance of land Iree of btone 
 rich soil, ;,'rain, rojts, fruit, oxeellent for stock, very well wateivd. S. S. Slarie 8 miles. 
 
 Parcel ^<~. S e J s o \ sec 10, do, 40 aiTes, valuable hardwooil, ftnod soil, Ki'"'", fruit c-ittle, sheep. .Market 
 farrlenin);. Would make excellent farm for nun with sm.ill means when cleared and ^ot into shape. I'rettily 
 2tuate<l on inland lake. S. S. .Marie 0^ miles. 
 
 F'arcel ."is. N w J sec 10, Parke, 100 acres. 
 cleareil, would make i,'ood farm any purpose. 
 
 Parcel M. 
 Contains 
 the fertile 
 
 Mixed timber, fi, 0, 7, yes. For fruit cannot becxcelled. Ijlaotly 
 Point aiix PincH 2 ndles. 8. .S. Maiie 8 miluH. Well watere<l. 
 
 •el fi!). S. w \ sec 11 Vankonyhnet. I,'i2 acre:<, mixeil timlier, v.-jluable pulp wood and other timber, 
 s some e.\''t'llent land tor^Tjin, fruit, roots, and would make an excellent stocl< faun when cleared. In 
 leCtoulais District. Well watered, iloulais llay 4 mile.s. Local aj,'ent, A. Me.Vuley, Uoulais Uay. 
 
 Parcel 00. LDt No. 1 (Kc.itinjrs plan) 400 acres. Lot O (W'ilsons plan) SOii acres. In fertik' valley Patchc- 
 waunt; Itiver. This river is easterly ln)uiidar,\. In a few year.) doubtless this valley will be thickly settled, 
 Sever.d Twps. all round (Ontario ami Doin.) opi'ii for location. I'robalily half of 700 acres could net be beaten 
 for Ki^'in, roots, fruit etc. when cleared and broii^'ht into cultivation. Otiier half could not be beattMi for 
 Rtoek and sheep raisinj;. Some blutT< on land supposeil to contain mineral. The wliolc 700 acres covernl with 
 valuable hardwood. .Morch mtable biit'li and inapli'. Koad coiistiucteil, 4 m todock on Hutcbewaunjrliay, deep 
 water, timber could be yot out that way, or niili liuilt either on property or at Hay. Hardwood very valuable 
 either for merchandise or as cordwood at S. 8. .Muriu, Mich, or Out. This 700 acres could be divided intosovur' 
 al farms. 
 
 Parcel (U. RIock Q, C,arden Uiver, Indian Reserve, North Kcho Lake, 218 acres, Koine excellent land for 
 {reneral agricultural purpose.^, balaiuv pasture land. Some valuable timber. Some bluff.i on ))roperty suppostsl 
 to contain iron. 1 l-Kim n ehead of Kcho Lake. (Surrender^'d portion reserve.) 
 
 Pan'el 02. N w J, 211 Lefroy, 160 acres, banhvood, tainar.'vc, cedar, spruce and other valuable timber. 
 Near Hy. Would ci.vke yood pitsturc land whon cleared. Well watered. Would do well for shee]! or cattle. 
 Some Koo<l land for roots, jrrain and fruit. Ifetttcen Hriic? .Minci and Tiicssaloii, In ^ood settlement. Suid to 
 be some valualile timber on this lot. Would muKc H;ood stock farm for ijidiistrious man of MiiuU means. 
 
 Paivel U.I. S w \, .S Kose, 1.54 acres, valuable pulp wood and otlu'r timber. Contains some excellent land 
 forp^ruin, roots, fruit a'ldtlie balance j;(«»dfor sheep and stock. Would make piod stock farm for iiuUL-itrioutf 
 man of small means. Rose is a (jood township. Local ayent, Chas. Warren, Rydal Hank. 
 
 Parcel 01. S w J, 20, do, 100 acres. Same remarks will apply. Local a(,'ent, Chas. Warren, Rydal Hank. 
 
 Parcel 65. S i sec 32, Penncfnther, 32;! .acres, about .10 acres clenre<I, balance hardwood, lai!,'e amount 
 merclmntablo, balance ^'ood con! wood. The .10 acres cleared is aloi:;r:;ide (ioiilais H.iy road ai|rt on stony ri'lge 
 (see I'eiinefather letter) balance of land free of stone, splendid soil. Cleared land excellent pasture for cattle 
 and sheej) and is jrood hay lan<l, balance of land cannot be excelled for yrain, roots, fruit. Property liesalon;^ 
 town line, Korah and Pennefatber, former township, ornanizi'd Municipality. S. S. .Mari" miles, hmiiiswhen 
 town lin>' is conipl'ted. Now opened to within !, to 1 niih' of farm. Would make best stock farm in nei;j;lilJor- 
 hood. Well watered by sprinjjfs and creeks. Timl)..'r v.iluable. 
 
 Parcel 00. S w J, sec 12, Lefroy, 160 .icro^, 20 cleared, ond fenced. .'>. Chopped. ISOtimber, .5 .icres cover- 
 ed by part of little inland lake. 3. House 10x22 hewed lo(,', pl.istered inside and out, lA storeys, m yood repair, 
 Viarii 20x30 in ^ood rejiair buildiiijis up only aiiout 1 years. 4. Never failin;;' stream closoto house and a lirtle 
 lake ill one corner of the farm, this lake takes olT about (> acres, about 2il.ncres altoyetlur in the lake, contains 
 abundance of speckled trout. Stream mentioned runs into it. Lake empties into 'lliessalon Hivir. .^.O, 7,.\ es. 
 8. Clay loam, j^ood soil, !>. Maple, birch and oak, splendid maple liii-h, ffood nierchantalile timber, very valu- 
 able. 10. The.ssaion 7, Little llapids L 11. Little I! ipids. 12 and l:;. 1 mile. 14. On Gov. road"northern." 
 16. Uy. station, (Thusialon) o mik\-i, in good tsell lenient, farms all around it. Local agent, W. L. Nichols, 
 Thesstdon. 
 
 Parcel ()7. Tp. Korah, lot no. 7, (22 acres) lot no. 10 (14 acres) lot no. 13, ("> acres) west of People's Rood, 
 I Stewart's Survey, and n w Sub-division of sec. 30 Korah (123 acres) in all by actual iiR'asurement 108 acres. 
 
 This property is well situated for market '.gardeners, dairy farmers, or ifentral farm imrposcs. .\iljo;ninjf 
 
 town of Sanlt Ste. Marie .aliout U miles from the centre of the town, about J mile from the water jiower canal 
 I and ship canal now in construction, said to be not an acre of wasteland on farm, wood laixl easily cleared, a 
 
 go<xl mr.nyiwres already cleared, excellent sprinjvsof water on f.irm, block clay loam, rich soil. I'ronts on 
 
 three roads; the People's road, (extension of Wellini^ton street) the Korah road (extension of (^ueeii street) 
 I and theSeciHid Line. Town lots surveyed up to this farm. Low iirk'c, easy terms f// ''/tx' or in ten aero 
 
 farm lots at low priccsand iK'Cordinjf to location. (Read "A^'ricultural Imports into Sault Ste. Marie," ante 
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 Parcel 6S. N e J sec. 34, Prince, ICO acres, 20 "leared, HO timbered. He«'«l lojf house 20x24 j)Ias'iered 
 Jnside and out. Burn .50x20, stable 20x1^, building's in goo I repair. 4. Spritiff creek un<l hprin^f near house. 
 6,6,7, ypn. 8. Sandy loam and clay liiani. 0. Mixed pine, mujile, birch, cedar, spruce, bal.-ain. Said to be 
 larj,'e quantity pine— other timlicr valuable and niercl'.antable. Suult Ste. Marie 10 miles. 11. Koi-ali 4 niileH. 
 13. IJm. 14. on 2iid line, jfocd leading' roa<l, (Jro(* Cap docl-:. Lake Superior 4 miles, deep water, ti'nber 
 could be shipped there, ^ood crops raised, excellent soil, KoofI fe'arden, small orchard, trees loaded this year, 
 of the 20 acros 10 are free of stumps, would make excellent farm. 
 
 Parcel 60. Lots A and B, con. 10, St. .Joseph Island, 100 acred cleared, 100 acres timber, valuable and 
 comfortable l>uildiny:s, 10 roomed house 20x30 and 18x2y, i cellars, cupboards and all convenienccH, store 
 room and other buildin),'s under one roof, loj; barn 30x0(1, iee house, (lrivin<; shed, etc. 4. .Spring in Creek 
 with pump, several sprintrs on property. 5, 0, 7, yes. 0. Tiniber very valuable, (."ocd cretk on property 
 valuable mill site, good soil. 2 Oocd f,''ardens with fruit trees bearin;^ apples, iilums, and small fruits. Could 
 be divided into 4 or more jjood farms. Adjoining town I'lot of .Murksville. Local agent, S. T. Howker, 
 JIarksville. 
 
 Parcel 70. Lot 10 in 14th eon. St. .Joseph Island, 4 acres cleared, 92 timbered, log house 10x3C. 4. Spring 
 creek. 5, 0, 7, .ve*. H. Clay loam. 0. About .00 acres, maple beech, black birch, balance mixed, all valuable. 
 10. Marksville 3 miles. 13. 1 mile. 14. On 2 main roads. 10. Smiles, would make excellent Hto:*k farm. 
 Local agent, 11. K. ISishop, Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 71. Lot 17 in lltli con. St. Joseph Island, 20 acres cleared, SO timbered, house, barn, stable. 4. 
 creeks and well. 5, 6, 7, yes. H. Clay loam, excellent soil. 1). .Mixed timber valuable. 10. .Marksville 4 
 miles. 14. "\V.' Line i>a8ses in front of lot. Local agent S. T. Bowker, Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 72. Lot 13 in w con. St. Joseph Island, 2(i acres clearefl, 30 timbered, house and bam. 4. Well. 
 5, 6, 7, .ves. S, Clay loam, rich. 0. .Mixed tiniber, very valuable. 10 and 11. Marksville 4 miles. 14. 
 Passes front of lot. 10. S miles. Local agont, S. T. Bovvker, Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 73. Lots 11 and 12 con. 14, St. Joseph Island, 2.') cleared, 102 timbered, house and barn. 4. Spring 
 and creek. .1, 0, 7, yes. S. Clay loam, rich. 0. Mixed timber, valuable. Marksville 2-.T miles, good roads. 
 Local agent, S. T. Bowker, Sl.uksville. 
 
 Parcel 74. Lot 14, con. w do 100 acres valuable tiinbei'. .0. «j, 7, yes. 8. Clay loam, rich soil. .Marksville 
 4 miles, lea<ling road passes in frontof lot. 10. ti miles in thriving Municipality of Hilton, could be made into 
 excellent fann. Local agent, S. T. Bowktr, Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 7o. Lot 17 con. w, and lot 1 con. 18, do, 20 cleared, 200 timbered, log house lSx24, hewe<l insi :le 
 and out, stable 18x2v>, shed 10x18. 4. Spring and trout stream. 5, 6, 7, yes. 8. Loam top, clay bottom. 
 Mixed timber, val.iable. 14. On main road, excellent soil, would make three or more farms. Localagent, H. 
 E. Bishop, Marksville. 
 
 Parcel 70. N e J sec. 2, Laii-d. 8. Cleared, seeded down, 152 timbered. 4. Spring creek iii centre, fi, 6, 
 7, yes. H. Clay loam, rich soil. 9. 00 a;'res mai>le and basswood, balance mixed, all valuable. Echo Bay 
 By. Sta. rjile, Isbester Hag station 1 mile. Bar Uiver P. O. ■] mile on town line between Laird and Macdonald 
 small bluff say 10 acres suppose<l to contain iron, balance 1.'.0 acres all arable. In centre of good settlement, 
 organized Municipality. Local agents, A. riiilay, LclioKivor: W. Finlay, Echo Bay. 
 
 Parcel 77. P.^k Lot 1, con. 2 adjoining town plot .S. S. Marie, 50 acres. 5, 0, 7, ,VOS. Sandy loam, good 
 rich soil, uuxed timber, poplar, spnce, tamarac, etc., easily cleare<l, about 2 milesfrom town P. t). and lly. 
 Sta., adjoins .shingwauk Home farm, would make excellent farm for market gardener, dairyman or general 
 purpose, fronts on Wellington street when opei:ed. ' 
 
 Porcel 78. N J n e J s^.c 22 and w i s e J sec IJ JIasdonald Twp., l.M) a >res, 10 cleared some yars ago. 
 4. Spring, creek. 5, 0, 7, ves. 8. Kicb ;-lav loam. l». .Mixed, valuable, large amount of pa;)dr wood, easily 
 clearwl, 2 m Echo Bay Sta". and 1'. O., 2 m Jv lio Kiver P. O., is in thriving s.'ttlemeiif, farais all around it. 
 Incorjiorated Mimicipalitv . Best of land for farm purjiose, would make Iwogootl farms, all arable. .Vliiiing 
 land in neighborhood. Local agent, W. Finlav , Eclio Bay, A. I'iiday, Echo River. 
 
 ^irSupiplemi'iits to this list co;itainiiig additional desirable, agricultural, fruit growing and stock raising 
 lands will be issued from time to time as the Company have inof.- lands placed in their liands for settlement and 
 sale, and maybe obtained from the ."secretary at .SaultSte. .Marii*. All owners of vacant, idle farming lands any- 
 where ill Algoma are asked to assist 'The Colonization and Imaiigration .Movement," by inniiediately placing 
 their lands in our hands for tlic purpose of settlement. 'Ihe iiecessar.v forms for the pui'pose may be obtained from 
 the Secretary or from ai y of the local agents tbrou'Ju.ut the Histrict. I'lices must below; it is no useany one 
 ottering us lands for settlement at high prices. Tliey must be very low or tlie Executive Committee will uot en- 
 tertain them at all. We have alreaily refused to cuiisider at allscvprL-s of a])plieatioiis because llie prices seeme<l 
 high aiid many we have rejected when prejiaring tliis li.-t tor )iublicatioii. owners must remember this is not a 
 speculr.tive concern but a Colonization C.i. Ibe "oliject" of the C.jiiipa'i.v timply i- "to settle Algonm," to in- 
 duce actual settlers to lome and rcsitleon the fertile agricultural, stock raising and fruit growing lands in Al- 
 goma vvlietheriliey be Ontario Crown Lands or I )oniiiiiom I ndiaiiSiurerMiercd)laiidM 'rluniisplact.il in our hands 
 tirsettlemcnt and we are as niiicli interested in settling the Ontario Erce (.'rantand 20 cent an acre land and 
 the Indian lands as we are in settliiiK lands, iilaccd with us for settlement. The only reason we have fortakmg 
 lands in this way is that as hereinbefore exiilaiiied mo.-tof the jiractical tenant fanners and others ooming to 
 Algoma especially those haviiu;' a littlemeans will prefer to buy land either wilil, improved or partially im- 
 provtd in the front or settled or partially tetlksl towiisbijis ratiier than go back into the Free Cruiit and 
 Indian Townships. 
 
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