Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-07-28
piled at a cost of from So. 50 to S. ton,
while the northern timber is supplied
at So cord.
Diversified Farming Practiced.

Diversified Farming Practiced.
1t must not be thought that
| grain and cattle are the only products
! of that vast country. Mining ranks as
their equal, and sheep, hogs and dairy
| ing are important sources of revenue.
| For example, in Manitoba the butter
and cheese output, both Of factories and
farms, in 1894 was but $4,000, while
| only three years later in 1897 the
creamery butter sold for $366,3l7 and
| the cheese product for $50, 1895. An
the provinces are moving similarly
! along the same line and Canada will
| soon be great dairying country.
Points of Special Interest.
The points of especial interest in tho
agricultural division are too numerous
even for mention. Portage la Prairie,
with 4,500 population, is the first
large town west of Winnipeg on the
| direct line of the Canadian Pacific rail-
| road. Here the Manitoba and North.
western road runs 223 miles north and
branch runs from Gladstone throus
the Lake Damphin district and will ex.
tend to the Swan River country Sta
tions from here are but five to six miles
apart, varying in population to towns
of 1000 people. Brandon, the next
large town, $500, is the head
quarters of the Dominion land
| department. It has a provin-
cial asylum and an experimental
farm, one of the five supported by the
general government, and attesting the
great interest in agricultural problems.
Another branch railroad here extends
| south and connects with the $780,
Smaller towns succeed each other to
Virden, the market town Of Dennis
| county, very attractive section, from
which 227 cars Of cattle, hogs and
sheep were shipped in 1897. Near here
is Griswold, another progressive viii
lage, but smaller. At Indian Head is
another government farm. The
most important town next reached is
Regina, the capital Of the Northwest
Territory, where the lieutenant gov
ernor lives, and the legislature
meets. This is the political and
social headquarters of all these
five provinces. There is much of
interest here, one thing being the
mounted police, a splendid body of mon
organized under strict military discip-
line, but with the powers of civil off.
GERS Of the law. At Moose Jaw the
500 line connects with the Canadian
Pacific railroad, and from here for
many miles are the alkali prairies, fit
only for grazing until irrigation can
bring to them the fruitfullness denied
by the lack of rainfall Here are some
large sheep ranches, the annual round
up at Swift Current being 10000 sheep
for one company. At Calgary we
reached all altitude Of 1888, gradual
rise Of Z, 700 feet from Winnipeg, and
soon the foothills of the Rockies are
seen like clouds in the horizon. This
is beautiful country and has fine
climate, the cattle feeding themselves
in the fields all winter long.
British Columbia.
The extreme western province, Brit.
ish Colun bia, is a succession. of noun.
tain ranges and fertile Valleys AS the
lands belong to the province and not to-
the dominion government, they are not
open to homestead and: are more ex-
pensive. Mining, umbering, salmon
fishing and fruit raising are the chief
|. industries, while the grandeur of the
landscape brings thousands of sight
seers. We met men who had raveled
the world over, and all said with
the greatest of enthusiasm that
no where else on earth could
be found the equal of the magnificent
scenery to be seen between Banff and
Vancouver. The Rockies, the Sell
kinks and the Cascades are grand be.
yond description, with their charming
valleys, mountain gorges, plunging
cascades, snow capped peaks and awful
heights, yet grandest OF all and most
beautiful is the great Fraser river.
The Canadian Pacific. Railroad.
1t will be long before the people of
Canada realize all they owe to the Can.
adam Pacific Railroad company. 1t
has had great land grants and immense
subsidies, but it has builded we'll and
spent we'll for the whole country Its
roadbed is the equal of that of any
road in the east and surpasses any
other western road; its trains are pala-
cial, and every known safeguard is
provided. At each Important town
and at many minor stations
it has first class hotels, run in the best
style, while in the mountains it has
many resorts, always attractively
designed to win all hold the .sightseer
and invalid The finest of these, of
course, is the matchless Banff, with it's
huge buildings planted high on the
mountain side and overlooking the val
ley Of the majestic Bow, while nearby
are endless attractions: The Cascade