The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-03-29
THE TEEMrEe WEST.


The salient fact that presents itself
in taking a hird's-eye view Of the
Canadian West, Is that OF intense &c.
uvity In every department. Whether
the glance be turned upon the dis.
trict east Of Winnipeg. The Red River
Valley south or north, the Dauphln
and NJ. & N. W. district. the South.
western, or whether Il take In the
great central division along the main
line Of the G. 4. H. stretching away
out TO the Rockies and from there
bending north aud south 10 priE "
Alberta and Edmonton. Mcleod and
Lethbridge- whether the examination
be made In amy of these directions the
same activity, growth and hopeful
uoEs is observable
The Canadian west Is not only a
good place 10 locate permanently, but
II to also a good place TO invite their
relatives and friends to come 10.
This Is the spirit that seems 20 ami.
mate the west nc the present time
and its effects are TO be seen on every
hand. To enumernte the towns where
handsome and substantial blocks and
residences have gone up this year
would be simply 20 give list OF the
towns and Villages along the railway
lines, And this movement has not
been confined TO theae centerS OF pop
ulation, but In many casca II has been
overahadowcd by the improvement In
farm buildings.
So far as one can see. this Is no
passing phase, no repetition OF any
temporary boom following period
of good crops and fair prices. II Ia
q movement more spontaneous, more
general, more marked than anything
that has gone before, and seems 10
indicate that the Great West, like
Samson, bursting the encompaxsing
bands, has awakened 20 period Of
activity and development that win
surpass anything we have known In
the past and which will only he par.
allelcd 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
the 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 in the Dominion
In regard 10 bank clenrlngs, postal
business and probably In regard 90
customs: the custom return At Win
nipeg running about thirty TO forty
per cent. greater month by month
than in the fiscal year Of isg7.s, the
largest previous year for actunl BUSH
ness entries, when over 5000. GOO was
paid through the Winnipeg Office for
duty. The c. +. r. aud Cannda
Northwest land sales together run
ming over sl.5a0.oOO for the year.
These, and thousand more signs
show how the west has lcnped into
new life.
This is an inspiring and cheering
spectacle, hut It brings With Il great
responsibilities. The business men
realize this. the banks rculize II. and
have spread their agencies through
every bustling little town clear out
to the coast, the churches realize Il,
and one denomination alone has
opened an average Of about thir-
~ new stations in each Of the
past two years, and will increase
this in the year now entered upon,
the government departments real
in It. and there Is talk Of rcdistribu-
tion and additional members. The
branches realize Il aud
new schools are springing up every
where. Over 1900 settlers came In
from the United States alone last
year, and these with the people who
came In from the cast prove the most
rigorous WcEterners. They lose no
time IN developing their farms, in
filling their grazing lands with stock
and in every district Is 20 be found
evidences Of thrift and prosperity.