Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-19
THE TEEMING WEST.
The Prairie Lands of Western Canada
Being Filled with Excellent Settlers.

The Prairie Lands of Western Canada
Being Filled with Excellent Settlers.
The salient fact that presents itself
in taking a 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. "
\. W. district the southwestern, or
whether it take in the great central
division along the main line of the Z,
l.. X. stretching away out to the Rock
les and from there bending north and
south TO Prince, Alberta and Edmon-
ton, Mcleod and Neutrality-suspicious.
the examination be made in any or
these directions the same activity,
growth and hopefulness Is observable.
The Canadian West is not only a
good place to locate permanently, but
IL is also good place to invite their
relatives and friends to come TO. This
is the spirit that seems 10 animate the
West at the present time, and its eff
fleets are to be seen on every hand.
To enumerate the towns where hand
some and substantial blocks and resi-
denceS have gone up this year would
be simply 10 give a list of the towns
and villages along the railway lines.
And this movement has not been CON
fined TO these ccnters of population, but
in many cases it has been oyerShad-
owed BY the Improvement in farm
buildings.
So far as one can see, this is no pass
ing phrase, no repetition of any tempo
rary boom following a period of good
crops and fair prices 1t is a 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
period Of activity and development
that Will surpaSs anything we have
known in the past and which viii only
be pavalleled by the opening out OF
some of the most fertile Of the Western
States of the Union.
Look at some of the figures. over
n thousand schools in Manitoba. ana
the number going up by leaps and
bounds. Something Ike five hundred
schools in the territories, Winnipeg as
representing the gateway of the West,
the third cityIn the Dominion in regard
to bank cleariugs. postal business and
probably in regard TO customs. the Gus
toms returns at Winnipeg running
about thirty 10 forty per cent greater
month 10y month than in the fiscal year
Of 1878, the largest previous year TOT
actual business entries, when over
100000 was paid through the Winnl-
peg office for duty. The G. L. Il. and
Canada \orth,VpSt laul sales together
run over 81 800. 900 for the year. These
and a thousand more signs, show how
the West has leaped into new life.
This is an inspiring and cheering
spectacle, but il brings with it great
possibilities. The business men real
lie this, the banks realize it, and nave
spread their agencies through every
busting little town clear out to the
coast the churches realize it, and one
denomination alone has opened an af-
eraee Of about thirty new stations u
each of the past two years. and VII
increase this in the year now entered
upon, the Government departments re
alize ID. and there Is talk OF redlstrluu-
ton and additional members. The ed
ucatl0ual branches realize il and new
schools are springiug up eYeryWheEe-
over 1900 settlers came in from lAe
United States alone last year, ana
these with the people who came "
from ii +. East. prove the most vigorous
WesternerS They lose DO time I'D &c
veioplne their farms, 10 ntling tle4t
grazing lands with stock. and IN every
district are to be found evidences q
thrift and prospe.y.