The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-08
iI0I|ES ARE NUMEROUS.
-..,.y NORTHWEST HAS A cos
voroLrTAS POPULATION.
Arc crowding I'm Rapidly
nave Become Offensive TO
80, c,tisens-Enort May he
-. 10 stop Plural Marriages.

canadian Northwestern prov
y " wanttoba 10 the Pacific coast.
ssss ' s.slv 10 be found as many colonies
~ ra,, natIonalities as In any similar
8 na.' ~ world within the last three
"a u .s.,.sards OF settlers have been
Jsaa s-orn all quarters Of the globe.
r'as's- do not find their only home
n ~ y,akosa. they are far more nu-
s@ !, q stated, on the prairies of
sf'vss' "a .ssfuiboine. Russian colo
49, ,veouent In these two districts,
~ -.s.,snre has been given Saskatche-
y s,st,,ct lying further 10 the north.
W, ssa hanks Of the river between
As 1880 and Prince Albert, the most
$500, ,oint IN America reached by a
fsn ,,rs II fl estimated there are at
~. ~ russians, who. IL Is said, are
~ r,cxnerous than those who have
~ hcrnes closer to the main line.
....,vbout the districts. scattered In
"a small numbers. are colonies of
s.'s.s rIr,anders, French, Dutch and
sssr rationslities.
O.Iy Colony of Hebrews.
-. NJ, would hardly be complete with
- ..s,,,oning the only known Hebrew
....,,y colony In the new world. which is
a. a,,. rlose 10 the foothills Of the Rocky
1.s,slrs thirty miles west Of Fort Nc
~ snd near the little town Of Pincher
- ara 4 horde of Mormon colonies
..',,.,sa IN all directions ami in all dis
'.ss.s M number OF which Is yearly in
esssng -.
y. usrmsn ]. Boardman. Of the mission
- so.ra AZ Winnipeg. For the last ten
a. NJ Boardman has travelled In the
Essatsn provinces IN his work OF In
' sTss Canadian Northwest" he said at
4. Gatsl Seattle. SIS settling up very
..s.,N There Is probably no part of the
.ossd where within the same area so many
sssasrfs are spoken. We are establish
- niss,ons OF every nationality that To-
"A where We find no church work going
\, ma have now iZ3 in the districts OF
la.,fA Assinaboine. Saskatchewan and
i mink Alberta may claim the distinc-
IA @ having the only jewish farming
community IN tho world II numbers 100,
I'd i being recruited every year. Besides
rsrk.saIsiag. they generally engage In
srs<adsd farming The colony Is organ
"a on the cooperative plan and Is
vsslsky. The people are peace-loving and
"a IN high esteem by their neighbors.
faaada and Mormons.
~one grea, question that IL going to con-
sxnt The Canadian government before
rsny mere years Is suppression OF the
ysmon practices and faith, Five years
uu The Mormons OF Utah began TO look
II new field Of operation. The Cana
ssB Ncrthsesf was one Of the places Sc
saad, and the nrst location was made at
saAi d lsox known as the town OF Cards
tn fsw mites north OF the boundary
he between Montana and Alberta. Since
ssn every year has witnessed other set
nsmshfs until there are upward OF twenty
Aaoncn settlements In the Canadian
Northwest At hrst they were welcomed
h In fsvernmsnt and society. but their
&s;nafion 10 exclusiveness soon lost them
iss iatiers good will In these colonies
IL nits OF the church ate proclaimed.
pa5umy IL practiced, and we are near
~ time when the same condition AZ
tzs was IN prior to the stamping out OF
SSyeamy BY congress viii prevail
This question IL being agitated among
earkdish citizens, and II is not at all Inn
FsAhle that before long the government
VI @ Prevailed upon 10 take some action
hss VII put stop TO the evils,
w the many settlers In our territory
tSs ~ IN destitute circumstances. Some
~ colonies are poor. hut each Is maxi
= hsadway, and with perseverance viii
kefns prosperous citizens In our section
alx world"