The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-04-07

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HInsa VITA Rzsslisst settlers.
ina salient fact that presents ,tss,,
"a taking . blrdseys view OF the c.
nadian West. Il that Ct intense activi-
~ In every department. Whether TIA
glance be turned upon the district
east Of WEnnipes. the Red River Val
ley south or north. the Dauphin and
N. n. W. district. the Southwestern
crWhether Il take in the great central
division along the main lire Of the c.
P. R.. stretching away out 10 the
Rockies and from there bending north
and south to Prince Alberta and Ed
monitor, Mcleod and Lethhridgs-
whether the examination be made IL
any Of these directions the same ac-
tivity, growth and hopefulness are OBJ
seHable.
The Canadian West e not only a
good place 70 locate permanently.
but It Is also q good place to invite
one's relatives and friends to come TO.
This Is the spirit that seems To ami
mate the West At the present time,
and It's effects are to be seen on every
hand. To enumerate the towns where
handsome and substantial blocks and
residences have gone ND 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 eenters Of popu-
lation, but In many cases it has been
oVershadowed BY the improvement In
farm buildings.
So FAR a. one can see, this IL no pass-
ing phase, no repetition Of any tenn
porary boom following q period o,
good crops and fair prices. It Is a
movement more spontaneous. more
general, more marked than anything
that has gone before, and seems to in
dicate that the great West, like Sam
son. bursting the encompassing bands.
has awakened TO period Of activity
and development that win surpass
anything We have known in the mast
and which win 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 bocnds;
something like 500 schools In the terri
tories. Winnipeg as representing the
gateway Of the West, the third city
In the Dominion In regard TO hank
elearings. postal business and proba-
bly, In regard TO customs. the customs
return at Winnipeg running about 20
to 40 per cent greater month by month
than In the fiscal year Of 1878. the
largest previous year for actual busi-
ness entries. when over 100000 was
paid through the Winnipeg once for
duty; the c. p. R. and Canada
Northwest land sales together running
over &1,5eo,000 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 Il brings with It great |
responsibilities. The business men
realize this. the banks realize Il and
have spread their agencies through
every busting little town clear out TO
the coast: the churches realize It. and
one denomination alone has opened an
average Of about thirty new stations
In each Of the past two years. and will
increase this In the year now entered
upon; the government departments
realize It. and there IL talk Of redis-
tribution and additional members. The
educational branches realize II. and
new schools are springing up every
where. Over 12,0oo settlers came In
nom the United States alone last year,
and these, with the people who came
In from the East. prove the most rig
orous Westerners. They lose no time
In developing their farms, In nlling
their grazing lands with stock. and In
every district Is to be found evidences
Of thrift and prosperity.