Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-04-06
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~ Canada FrAiris LAnds Being
ri)isd wish Excslisns ssttlsrs. II;
salient fact that presents Itself
~ king birSseye view Of the Ca
n West. = that Of intense, actiyi-
every department. Whether the
be turned upon the district
81 Winnipeg. the Red River Val
buth or north, the Dauphin and
VI. w. district. the Southwestern,
ether It take in the great central
lsfon along the main line Of the G.
r., stretching away out to the
ckies and from there bending north
south to Prince Alberta and Ed
Inton, Mcleod and Lethbridge-
either the examination be made In
of these directions the same ac-
W, groAth and hopefulness are OBJ
Fable.
e Canadian West is not only
place to locate permanently,
{ is also good place to invite
relatives and friends to come to.
Is the spirit that seems to ami
b the West at the present time,
Its effects are to be seen on every
Ind. To enumerate the towns where
&ndsome and substantial blocks and
Residences have gone up this year
would be simply to give list of the
ktowns and villages along the railway
Elines. And this movement has not
kbeen confined to these centers of popu-
Elation, but in many cases it has been
by the improvement in
Farm buildings. ",,5.-... ....-. &,
n So far as one can see, this is no pass
ing phase, no repetition of any tenn
porary boom following a period OF
good crops and fair prices. 1t is
movement more spontaneous, more
general, more marked than anything
that has gone before, and seems to in
dicate that the great West, like Sam
son, bursting the accomplishing bands,
has awakened to a period of activity
and development that will surpass
Eanything we have known in the past
land which will only be paralleled by
1.-THE opening out of some Of the most
E4ertile of the western states of the
&uniOn
Look at some Of the figures. Over
Thousand schools in Manitoba, and the
Number going up by leaps and bounds;
Something like 500 schools in the terri
tories. Winnipeg as representing the
8gateway of the West, the third city
an the Dominion in regard to link.
clearings, postal business and proba-
bly, in regard to customs, the customs
eeturn at Winnipeg running about ~,
% 40 per cent greater month by month
han in the fiscal year of 1878, the
srgest previous year for actual busi-
ess entries, when over 100000 was
~ through the Winnipeg office for
oky; the C.. P. R. and Canada
orthwest land sales together running
yer 31,500,OOO for the year. These
Id thousand more signs show how
be West has leaped into new life.
This is an inspiring and cheering
pectacle, but it brings with it great
responsibilities. The business men
ealize this. the banks realize it and
Ave spread their agencies through
FRY bustllng little town clear out 10
coast: the churches realize it. and
denomination alone has opened an
ege Of about thirty new stations
Eh of the past two years, and will
use this In the year now entered
81 nj the government departments
ssS 1t, and there is talk Of redis-
Ion and additional members. The
tQnal branches realize it, and
moods are springing up every
Over 10000 settlers came in
United States alone last year,
Ne, with the people who came
the East, prove the most rig
6esterners. They lose no time
Hoping their farms, in filling
razing lands with stock, and in
district is to be found evidences
& and prosperity.