Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-23

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10 Canada's Ranch Couatry.

~ blossoms like the Fiovsrs 81 spfinE
II. Canada's Ranch couatry.
AZ nearly all the stations on The
Canadian Pacific railroad through Man
itoba there are large glass jau over the
station entrance containing fine spcci.
mems Of tho various cereals raised In
tho county. one can sec nowhere
plumper wheat or liner ryo or oats than
the specimens he "a able to inspect as
he Jumps from the train TO take a turn
ON tho station platforms
Further west another sort Of exhibit
ton Is given at the stations 1t Is not
necessary through Manitoba to have
gardens alongside the railroad track to
convince the traveller Of the remarkable
productivenoss Of the soil. Tho great
fields Of grain along tho road aro SUN
cicnt evidence that he Is IN country
Of Astounding harycsts. hut when he
reaches tho western Ass.nlboin or Al
berta, where the country is dryer, there
arc very few wheat fields 20 gaze at
through tho window, and tho Canadian
Pacific road has started number VI
gnrdens At the various stations The
garden At Medicine Hat Is a particular
" line example. and hns bccn laid out
and attended with especial care, be.
cause all passenger trains stop at Mc,li.
cine Hat half hour, and passengers
have plenty Of time 10 wander through
the grounds Just across tho track from
tho station.
Medicine Hat contains perhaps, 400
people. lthas weekly newspaper. ~
neat little church, several good stores
and public buildings, and an Important
station OF tho mounted police 1t lies
on tho right bank Of the South Sas.
katchewnn. Many travellers climb the
little knoll covered with graves behind
tho town TO got view OF the surround
ing country. Tho graves nrp covered
with stones 10 prevent wild animals
from digging out tho bodies. Wooden
head boards, on which arc painted the
names OF tho dead. stand over tho
graves, most Of which are surrounded
by picket fences.
Below the knoll extends the little vii.
lagc, with the swift river beyond, which
Is nayigablo for nearly 500 miles from
this point almost 10 Lake Winnipeg
Far away Ok every side -trcieh tho
plains, but toward tho ncsthwcst are a
line Of buttes, perhaps 900 feet high,
which vary tho monotony Of tho land.
scapc with their grim. bare aud per.
pondlcular fronts. Beyond tho river
nro farms where some grain i raised,
but the chief Industry Of this country
Is stock raising. An ocean Of grasi
covers the prairics, and cattle ranches
are multiplying.
The company desires 10 prove tina,
by means Of irrigation good crops inny
DO raised. Its garlen at the station,
therefore, Is carefully watcrcd, and Il
10 as line a garden as cnn 10 seen any
whore, except on tho Pacific coast II
self Cabbagcs, potatoes, Indian corn,
flowers In great profuslon, and small
trees are seen In very nourshlng con
dltion. A number Of apple trees ara
growing very we'll.
Tho garden Is a most pleasing spec
taclo TO tourists, wcaricd perhaps 10y
the unendlng prairie through whicl
tho train has been passing. Il is not al
NIL unlikely that some day considerable
land In this region will bo irrigated By
means of the streams that flow through
Il, and the success OF tho Medicine Ila
garden seems 10 show that nothing bu
water Is needed to produce abundan
crops. New York Sun.