Little Falls herald., 1898-07-29

large town, $500, :is the head.
quarters Of the Dominion land
It. has . provin.
cial asylum and an experimental
farm. one Of the five supported By the
general government. and attesting the
great interesssin in agricultural problems.
Another branch railroad here extends
south and connects with the 500.
Smaller towns succeed each other to
Virden, the market town Of Dennis
county, avery attractive section, from
which 227 cars Of cattle, hogs and
sheep were shipped in 1897. Near here
lie 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 md
social headquarters Of all these
five provinces. There is much of
interest here, one thing being the
mounted police. splendid body Of men
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 o: rainfall. Here are some
large sheep ranches, the annual round
up at Swift Current being l6, 600 sheep
for one company. At Calgary, we
reached an altitude Of 8, 1888, a gradual
rise Of 400 feet from Winnipeg, and
soon the foothills of the Rockies are
seen like clouds in the horizon. This
is q beautiful country and has a fine
climate. the cattle feeding themselves
in the fields all winter long.
The extreme western province, Brit.
ish Columbia, is succession of noun
tain ranges and fertile valleys As the
lands belong to the province and not 10
the dominion government, they are not
open to homestead and are more ex.
pensive. Mining, numbering, 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 Banf and
Vancouver. The Rockies, the Sci.
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.
adian Pacific Railroad company. Il
has had great land grants and immense
subsidies, buv 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; it's trains are pala.
cial. and every known safeguard il
provided. At each important town
and at many minor stations
it has first class hotels, run in the bes,
style, while in the mountains it haa
many resorts, always attractively
designed to win an hold the sightseer
and invalid, The finest Of these, OF
course, is the matchless Banf, with its
huge buildings planted. high on the
mountain side and overlooking the val.
ley Of the majestic Bow, while nearby
are endless attractions: The Cascade
and Spray rivers, falls, caves, lakes.
hot sulphur springs and baths and
noun tain drives and climbs Here, toe
lis sanitarium and the National park.
Wherever nature has shown possibil-
tiles the Canadian Pacific has devel.
oped them or helped others to do so.
Its employees are especially cour-
teous and gentlemanly and it is said
that in no other way can one so surely
get his discharge as by discourtesy to its
guests, the travelling public The com.
pany here has vast tracts of lands and
it sells them at s. an acre and less, it's
one desire being to have them occupied
by industrious, progressive settlers.
The road issues guide book, the best
thing Of the kind we have ever seen,
and anyone interested in this country
should write for q copy. 4
Seattle. the Qusen City. ~.
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