The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-04-05
THE TEEMING WEST.
Western Canada Prairie Lands Being
e Filled with Excellent settlers.

western Canada Prairte Lands Being
Filled with Excellent Settlers.
The salient fact that presents itself
in taking birdseye view Of the Ca
madam West, is that OF intense activi-
ty in every department. Whether the
glance be turned upon the district
east of Winnipeg, the Red River Val
ley south orsnorth, the Dauphin and
M. & M. w. district, the Southwestern,
or whether 1t take in the great central
division along the main line of the G..
P. R., stretching away. out to the
Rockies and from there bending north
and south to. Prince Alberta and Ed
monitor, Mcleod and Lethbridge-
whether the examination be made In
any Of these directions the same ac-
tivity, growth and hopefulness are OBJ
servable.
The Canadian West is not only a
good place to locate permanently,
but 1t is also a good place to invite
ones relatives and friends to come to.
This Is the spirit that seems to ami
mate the West at the present time,
hand. To enumerate The towns where
handsome and substantial blocks and
residences have gone up this year
would be simply to give list of the
towns and villages along the railway
lines. And this movement has NOT
been confined to these centers of popu-
lation, but in many cases it has been
overshadowed by the improvement in
farm buildings.
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. It Is q
movement more spontaneous, more
general, more marked than anything
that has gone before, and seems to in
dictate that the great West, like Sam
son, bursting the encompasslng bands.
has awakened to period of activity
and development that will surpass
anything we have known In the past
and which will only be paralleled by
the opening out of some Of the most
fertile 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 tho
gateway Of the West. the third city
In the Dominion In regard to bank
elearings. postal business and proha-
htv In rapard tn nnatonta the puRt0ua
return at Winnipeg running about 10
to 10 per cent greater month by month
than In the fiscal year Of 1879, tho
largest previous year for actual bust
ness entries, when over 100000 was
paid through the Winnipeg Office for
duty; the G. r. II. and Canada
Northwest land sales together running
over 81 .b08, 900 for the year. These
and thousand more signs show how
tbs West has lcaped into new life,
This In an inspiring md cheering
spectacle, but II brings with 1t great
responsibilities. The business men
realize this, tbs banks realize II and
have spread their agencies through
every bustllng little town clear out TO
the coast; the churches realize Il, and
one denomination alone has opened an
average Of about thirty new stations
In each Of the past two years. and VIII
increase this In the year now entered
upon; the government departments
realize II, and there Ia talk Of redis-'
tribution and additional members. Tho
educational branches realize IL, and
new schools are gpringIHg up every"
whore. Over 10000 settlers came in
from tho United States alone last year,
md these, with tho people who came
In from the East, prove the most rig
oroug wcBterners, They lose no tfius
In developing their farms. in filling
their grazing lands with stock. and In
every district In to be found evidences
Of thrift and prosperity.