Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-19
The TEEMlNG WEST.
The Prairie Lands of Western Canada

Being Filled with Excellent Settlers.
The salient fact that presents itself
i'll taking birdseye view of the Cana
dian West is that of intense activity
in every department.. Whether the
glance be turned upon the district east
OF Winnipeg. the Red River valley
south or north. the Dauphin and NJ Il
n. w. district, the southwestern, or
whether it take in the great central
DIVISION along the main line of the G.
T. *. stretching away out to the Rock
les and from there bending north and
south to Prince, Alberta and Isdmon-
ton, Mcleod and Lcthbridye- whether
the examination he made in any of
these directions The same activity,
growth and lopefulllcss is observable
The Canadian West is not only a
good place TO locate permanently, but
it is also a good place TO invite their
relatives and friends to come TO. This
is he spirit that seems to animate the
West at the present time, and it's eff
iects are 10 be seen on every hand.
40 enlimeraie he towns where hand
some and substantial blocks and resi-
dences have gone up this year would
be simply to give g list of the towns
ana villages alon. the railway lines.
ANA this moveHyaGs;AI.. has not been CON
ilhed 10 tiiesc certprs of population, but
In many cases it has been overshad-
0 n%,l'1tn by the i@ s.pl in farm
SO far as onS san sec, this is no pass
ing phrase no yepettien of any tempo
rary boom follow3lG 4 period OF good
crops and fair prices. 1t is Il movement
more spontaneous, more general more
marked than anything that has gone
before, and seems to indicate that the
great West, like Samson bursting the
encompassing bands, has awakened TO
Il period of activity and development
that viii snrpass anything we have
known in the past and which will only
be raralleled by the opening out OF
some of the most fertile of the Western
States of the Union
Look at some of the figures. Over
a thousand schools in Manitoba. and
1he number going up by leaps and
bounds. Something like five hundred
schools In the territories, Winnipeg as
representing the gateway of the West
the third city inthe Dominion in regard
10 bank clearings, postal business and
probably in regard to customs, the Gus
toms returns at Winnipeg running
about thirty to forty per cent greater
month by month than In the fiscal year
OF lS9l-S. the largest previous year for
actual business entries. when over
100000 was paid through the Winni-
peg office for duty. The c. p. II. and
Canada Northwest land sales together
run over $1.500,O00 for the year. These,
and thousand more signs. show how
the West has leaped into new life.
This is an inspiring and cheering
spectacle. but it brings with it great
esponsiblities. The business men real
iZe this, the banks realize ii, and have
spread their agencies through every
Dustllng little town clear out to the
coast, the churches realize it, and one
denomination alone has opened an av-
erage OF about thirty new stations In
each OF the past two years. and will
increase this i'll the year now entered
upon. the Government departments re-
allie it, and there is talk of redistrib,l-
ton and additional members The ed
ucational branches realize ii and new
schools are springing up everywhere
Over $4,000 settlers came in from the
United States alone last year. and
these. with the people who came in
from the East, prove the most vigorous
Westerners. They lose no time in de
veloping their farms, in filling their
grazing lands with stock, and in every
district are to be found evidences of
thrift and prosperity.