The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
Of these preservers Of the peace. the

Of these preservers Of the peace. the
mounted police.
At Dunmore are extensive yards for
| the shipment of cattle, many of whicn
are driven here from Montana. In fact
| this town Is supported by trade with
cattle ranches and farming supplies.
| A Canadian experimental farm Is To-
Gated here, where not only capital crops
are raised. but also valuable horses ana
cattle are bred. Near the town Is a
mounted police station and not 1ar
away Is a Cree Indian village.
We are now crossing the high broken
country known here as the Coteau. ana
to the right, far away southwark, are
the Cypress Hills, which rise gradually
| to the altitude of $500 feet, and which
are covered with fine timber.
It is difficult to conceive of a better
stock country. The grasses are pecu-
liarly adapted to fattening both horses
and cattle: the valleys and groves give
ample shelter, and the numerous
streams flowing out of these Cypress
at all seasons.
THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE.
AS we proceed, the railway passes
| through several experimental farms
one at Forrest, one at kincorth, another
| at Maple Creek. We also have Crane
Lake, Gull Lake, and also Goose Lake,
besides Swift Current. all within hum
| dred miles. OF these I will speak later.
We are now entering very paradise
| for sportsmen. The lakes become more
| frequent. Some are fresh water and
others alkaline. The latter have no out
| let, and are dark red in color. resemble
| ing beds of foliage. Some have white
centers and edges dark red. They are
| found mainly on rolling land. Water
fowl sometimes blacken the surface OF
these lakes and ponds; long white lines
Of pelican disport themselves along
of dozen varieties, snipe, plover and
curlew. all common throughout the
prairies, are found her in myriads.
Prairie chickens are abundant on the
high ground and antelope are common
on the hills. POrcupines and jack rab-
bits are also in abundance. Along the
| creeks are fine meadow lands and nu-
merOus moving and reaping machines
were In use as we passed by.
MORE INDIANS.
for the extensive horse and cattle
ranges In the Cypress Hills, and an
other agency for these Blackfeet In
dians. Here Is another post Of Mount
ed Police" or red coats, looking after
the large encampment of Crow and
Blackfeet Indians nearby. These tribes
are represented on the station plat
form by braves of high and low de-
gree, squaws and papooses-the squaws
In crouched positions or eagerly SELL
ing polished buffalo horns or OK horns,
pipes and trinkets, for tobacco and sill
yer. They are a picturesque looking
lot, but dirty withal. They have no
conscience as to the genuiness Of the
buffalo horn which they offer for sale.
Any polished ox-horn will do we'll
enough for the tourist trade. They
appear shy and will hide their heads
from amateur photographers until paid
to pose, which they will do for half
dolla."
On leaving the station we get sight
Of their encampment mile or so away
Here are tall, conical "tepees" Of well
| smoked clothes and skins; Indians in
blankets Of brilliant colors, hundreds
OF ponies feeding in the rich grasses !;
surrounded by line of graceful trees.
beautiful, because Of their rarity, all
making, with the dark Cypress Hills
rising in the distance, q picture most
novel and striking.
Swift Current is located on a swift
flowing stream and Is another railway
divisional point. Here is the principal
sheep farm of the Canadian Agricul-
tural company where thousands of
sheep are feeding on the bunch grass"
like pebbles on the seashore, and guard
ed by mounted shepherds and dogs. The
company's buildings are commodious
and are all painted red. A large crop
OF wool is shipped from here to Europe
yearly.
Here is a large creamery devoted
exclusively to making cheese. Cana
dians believe they beat the world on
cheese, which claim was duly estab-
lished at the Worlds fair at Chicago
In the 1900 pound cheese, which every
one gazed upon with astonishment.
Ihe Canadian government has erected
mere meteorological observing sta
tiOn.
LARGE SCALE FARMING,
AT Rush Lake. in twenty miles
further run. Is another of the com-
pany's farms. I should mention that
these ten farms aggregate 1O5, 600 acres.
Elght we pass on the train, which
makes stops sufficient to observe them,
Each comprises an area of O,OOO acres.
ana 1t Is the policy to have 1000 acres
under cultivation at each point.
Rush Lake is large body of fresh
water, and a favorite resort for water
fowls, where myriads of swan, geese.
ducks and pelicans congregate. With
IN n1teen miles, near Morse Station.
IS salt lake, where antelopes are
round, also coyotes and prairies dogs.
Soon we enter the basin of the "Old
Wives lakes, extensive bodies of wat
er having no outlet and consequently
alkaline. The incrustatiOns on their
shores glisten like frosted silver in the
fpNy {e e
than $50 miles, but the soil is excel
lent nearly everywhere. The prairies
here are marked in all directions by
old buffalo trails and SCARED and pit
ted by their "wallOws," while bones
of the vanquished can be seen ,,iled
up at the different stations awaiting
shipment. A buffalo is rare sight
now, and he must be looked for further
north, where he is known as the wood
buffalo"
Hour after hour we roll along with
little change In the aspect Of the coun-
try. 1t is virtually treeless for 200
miles and this with the short buffalo
grass gives the landscape a desolate,
barren look, though it is far from bar
ren; still, ut has no feature but i'm
mensity and no character save lone
| liness."
QUEER NOMENCLATURE,
Reaching Moose Jaw we find an
| other railway divisional point at an
altitude of LIES feet, and a population
Of 1000. Moose Jaw-"what's in a
name?" This name Is an abridgement
of the Indian name of this place. which
| when translated, Is "The-creek- where
the white-man- n-mended-the- cart with =
a-mOose- bone" Lovers of the
| beautiful in aboriginal names may rea-
| son out that the place was named
Moose Jaw on account of a mighty bat
| tie where in the hands of a brave a
moose Jaw had done as effective work
as an instrument OF destruction as
| Sampson did with the jaw bone of an
| nation, painted and blanketed, are seen
hanging about this and other stations