, 1881-10-11
Emerson, Portage In Prairie, Brandon,
mud Contiguous Towns Bidding
for Supremacy.
The Lake Of the Woods and It's Won.
deriul Beauty and Sur
roundfngs.
Pfosrsw Of Railway Construction and lis Diff
tultfS Through lIotks a11 05er Trtath.
tro1s alnskegs


3.--From Winnipeg to Portage In Prairie
and Brandon. tn Emerson, along the banks
nt the lsel aud .tssMibninu llivGrs, and ilnal-
IL to tho Lake of tic Woohs-thfs hns bec1l
The record nf the lHst week. Measured BY
1nllrs, the distance Is not great; measured by
tia thousand nil1 one experiences ttlnt Mny
be crowded Into Il wtpk's travel In this later
wonderland, the ground covered Is utmost
iIinitubIe. Tho trai,Is have been crowded;
crase!rss hustle atnl nctirlty liayc clarnctcr-
tze,l alI tho centres Of pop.llatlon; and. nj
tlH,ngh we nre I'll tho yerEa Of winter. the
tdr Ut emigration continues ut tlle Hood.
Nnnl,ol,a--tl,e Lone Latld--has becomo Il
la,,ll Of wondrous aetiyity, and full Of Inter-
tst to nbservunt travellers, especially to
sllc ~ lllye i,nblbcd alt their conceptions of
lif,. OIL the other sltlu of the boundary. AS
MN Of tho number, you do not med he tulh
tl.nt ln.se had nlslpl opportunities for study
uil.l reflection.
a rO1sMI:R LETTER
las Indicated sollse ut 1Ny lirsL Impressions,
aint ! 1Iavp found 10 OccnsiOn as ynt fur
qualification Ut tic Views GxNresstd therein.
Tlu Canadnn Northwest IL tho cnuiltry Of
The future. 1}nunnltess rs tho mir, fertile,
hardy, progressive, dominated By syntIt-
cute Of capitalists who command II hundred
niILnt,s vi ,nuncy+ and thu Mcccn vi Il million
pilgrims from tic Mother Country, it must
advance IN development md civilization.
l.It '''' hho son o'" :" W. t'.. rs "a ~. u
9elop'i!e.t. lAsnn' w." in.,s7 ..l, ,.ul ulu n'
u'.et o,"t.I w. ,u. ;n "''o
e".'ss "'''l ~ '''" ,'.., ~, WI"
'nctc 'ac'' pt' ~" W. ILL., ,',. "u Hoa
,,'i i'''etS' 1"'ns9, -. ...'n Wy! 's .o.ns
NV a., ,.,'l Ky, ~ su.' ..,.,
1"l tIc ~ ns"es t. e,'' !! ~. 't.u .'.n .y
1ae'! ~ l.h'sun. n" J.. w.. a'iu .,..,.s. nshs
Sse II Mu ".y,."es' e"'o H. " ''s''e'''o
TltE "uATEwAf CITY,"
au,l stralglltwny proceeded tu atlyertlse II
rvrrvvhr',,. Tn,iuv Inn to,yn nnulm,x IL
permanent popl'atlon Ut ',loo soIt's. 1t c1'-
joys thriving tratlc, has ll1l1nper OF whole
su!r houses, Ill ngricullural-nsaellnery n,a,t-
slae,ory, ~" "a, aaks, an, ; slS @ churches, IN :, ep;r
pretenslous. Carney ls Magyar nj thu city;
ne sa ,,,, s'n's3e, 1 ' III eIery losa t str9s' 1r
~, Ia nas m",u.' "~', ~ ,,a :" ~ r, I "t' M u'.r
s",.s , ln9"sIs J.. ,,,., ~ "os'a ~ "u't. =" pm
liyax ETY. a c y fe*,s"i i h of % hls y 5
one example Of tho possibilities Ut II new
nn,,,tr,, ,h,.h Inc a 0 s'',,s,n",io, h"st. ~
n"s -,r'''ss "" HvL w t ,,I "nt ,,,ra ''. ne ~,
proSfess. Anu set "onlu not i.'''e 6oho
Into detail III t|l1s lnstat,cD except Tor
TIE MORAL. IT. CusvEyB.
1t proves Tint willis tltcrD's llfu there's
boum. Mr.. Carney will fnruiyu NE if hnye
,n1stn,,.n fhp fnris In 1,,s rnrrur, Iic IL INV
-,.,, n, ,,,n,' r., ,.n,rs ~ n',o t,u,,, t,. i
ts 'e - ''' M"r, s..a =, ~ H., "na. n. ~ ,'sa ~ y, ~
1nence life anuw-so nuke 'low bcgiIt,'ng.
II tlsa very common say'us i',at \, y man SCI
has passed 10 years. This is trus Ii, CIllcsl.
II 1.
1ol's Of life nre different. II n!iy mall will
distance Of II ralronl IN aln.IEtobn IIc will
secure y f;,,l,'petenes. ;,l AnotllSr i,sta1!rc:
dIa', tens un - ia s l,ir!s i' vas tiS oniy
uceH H.; ~ t.,, GlT'',%at'9n: @ y! ess a"an 'nfeG
@ ope e i wt III fIt~'i ;s est 10 ~ bigs o.
and ha1,as9nest streets IN the Prny-
inre outside OF Winnipeg l,ru1t-
nStol,tsll Illinois taw,ts,wnplc, Two MtIrs
from lin ctntrn IF Inn riiy away out t,n
Saskatchewan uycnne' tn tl,o yicjliity nj tic
SItHi an, St.Y ,i "'c ,rii1 ~ h.n I Nv ~
tu Hilai S.nsU ehctl; ho WI ''9t ~ Snr
on the principal strents lots bring llpwnris
Di S"Ua loot. And yut,, upon second
1"Sl 10Y nay q srpf'sfidth th, lnt y Il
tnl town, sIs fur ,s tho cyu calt reach, lid
t."E'' "'r' ''i"' '.o .. . ...... ..,.-.
THE MUST FERTILE FARMS oN THE FACE
OF THE E.AItr'l.
II IL no u1lvsllui ucc1,rrcnre for TURNER'S IN
reap forty bushels ut WHEAT L, ttl9 ilcrv III
this yirlntty. but lll0 ilSerNEu In ulIuut
twruty-elgIlt bushels. All tho farming la,llI
llrtu Is held Ut sd nui ssSD Ilel ucrn. 'rhn
tnt,1.r tItrIIrr fs n. n,,,ri, ~ INV fnr,n tamI
t. WORTH as IN vcstinsat fnr %fsjy uYrln1i. tttt.
i;.n,r, i" Inv a,,"t ,s,m ~ n"v nTy" ' % ,aat
M Far inrt; @ unrntM,'s NV NV ""' :" '"'' ''o'
'ri ..s ~, ffmrthnr -yovcr, H. ,,,,t+ ,,,,,.
fr rsnur IN n rnlro and Tx H. 5r tncs ira
st"rLi, Isrun'1nn IKE % IL -. ~ r,s, t a.,an ,.
1tt,nf,,,ss ~ thn s.nuu,li"1 Tnt,r ii",iw
stn"t"I o., II c,.n.,,"i,';,,iv "n1n,nis, H. ~
S,,,I M't % ~ = IN n.sa'a,Eirn nu.'t.u H. % ~ ~
Eli, ,r,r,trn ~ ~ or. " ~ pr'u Irv u
1r,r.ai,.. .nwu sIs' u ,,1"t ~, .,.., a.!u
~" n,s r =" , hIut,n t .u F y nj a1ts @ AuM
. n irm, aIt W ~ r1,,sr so.S s' flHv M x
sxrT IN Ills hitter tn,i;i'nt" T.: mIhiio fmvc IT,
.,J nrnnrr @ .xt,m,,sta i.anir Il, ~ "u,,orme *
.,,lr. III, inunrn.m" ~ annticr v,or "s'os "
:, fuu n,,'u uv r!sn,nts .u'''" VI "'o'"'' '1"''
" A'' 'e''eo' ,,,..,,.
h'sAH."M 'l:,,.'
poasesacs rxeept!niasll advantages It VIII Dc for
tthy Senrs ~ cu!I,o thu tusu " supplies rur ail