Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-05
THE TEEMINo wre.
Western Canada Prairie
Filled with Exceu.n

Western Canada Prairie e..
Filled with Excellent ss,a
The salient fact. that presa.a
in taking a birdseye view ., !.
madam West, is that Of intan.I
ty in every department. wa
glance be turned upon thu
east of Winnipeg. the Red R,,.a
ley south or north. the DannS,I
Nj. & M. w. district, the soutSs
or whether 1t take In the gre.,
division along the main line !, !,
P. r., stretching away on,
Rockies and from there bendi,s
and south to Prince Alberta ~
monitor, Mcleod and Le,hs.
whether the examination be- : !
any of these directions the .sa'
tivity, growth and hopefuiness =
servable.
The Canadian West is moi,
good place to locate na,n.
but 1t is also a good place -
ones relatives and friends n
This is the spirit that SEEM
mate the West at the presar,
and Its effects r to be seer -
hand. To enumerate the towns y
handsome and substantial hlo.,'
residences have gone up tbls
would be simply to give a llst
towns and villages along the ,,s'
lines. And this movement h.
been confined to these centers
lation. but in many cases II IA.
overshadowed by the improvem..
farm buildings.
So far as one can see, this il ma
Ing phase, no repetition Of any
porary boom following a pera1
good crops and fair prices. i
movement more spontaneous
general, more marked than an,rsl
that mas gone before, and seems b
dictate that the great West, like (,
son. bursting the encompassing ~
has awakened to a period OF sesr
and development that will sun,
anything we have known in the
and which will only be paralles
the opening out OF some OF the
fertile of the western states Of 1
union.
Look at some OF the figures. Owe
thousand schools in Manitoba, snay
number going up by leaps and boura
something like 500 schools in the ted
tories. Winnipeg as Representing 1
gateway of the West, the third d
in the Dominion in regard to I'd
clearings. postal business and uva
bly, in regard to customs, the custd
return at Winnipeg running about
to 40 per cent greater month by mu1
than in the fiscal year Of 1878 Y
largest previous year for actual bid
ness entries, when over s9O0,90 n
paid through the Winnipeg Office
duty; the c. P. r. and Cssl
Northwest land sales together runli
over $500, 900 for the year. Tia
and a thousand more signs show n
the West has leaped into new liis.
This 10 an inspiring and cheer
spectacle, but 1t brings with il 60
responsibilities. The business Il
realize this. the banks realize Il 4
have spread their agencies throa1
every busting little town clear out
the coast; the churches realize It.
one denomination alone has opened
average OF about thirty new stala1
In each OF the past two years, and q
increase this In the year now ents3
upon; the government departnsi1
realize II, and there is talk OF rem
tribution and additional members. =
educational branches realize II Y
Rew schools are springing up sVs9
where. Over 1900 settlers cans
from the United States alone last z
and these. with the people who e'
in from the East. prove the most Y
orous w~esterners. They lose no y
In developing their farms, In nMl
their grazing lands with stock anu
every district is to be found eylaela
OF thrift and nrosneritY.