The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
THE WEST.
Western Canada Prairie Land, EeIn1
FILLED with Excellent setIIer-.

Western Canada Fralrio Lands EeInR
Filled with ErcoIlent Settlers.
The salient fact that presents itself
In taking n blrdseye view OF the Ca
madam West, Is that OF intense actIyi-
ty In every department. Whether the
glance be turned upon the district
east OF Winnipeg. the Red River VAL
ley south or north. the Dauphin ard
NJ. & NJ. w. district. the Southwestern.
or whether 1t take in the great central
division along the main line OF the C..
p. r., stretching away out to the
Rockies and from there bending north
and south to Prince Alberta and Ed
monitor, Mcleod and Lethbrldge-
whether the examination be made Ia
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 IL is also a good place to invite
ones relatives and friends to come 10.
This is the spirit that seems to ami
mate the West at the present time.
and its effects are to be seen on every
hand. To enumerate the towns where
handsome and substantial blocks and
residences have gone up this year
would be simply to give a list OF the
towns and villages along the railway
lines. And this movement has nor
been confined to these centers Of popu-
lation, but in many cases it has been
ove~rshadowed by the Improvement In
farm buildings.
So far as n can see, this Is no pass
ing phase, no repetition of any tenn
porary boom following a period OK
good crops and fair prices. 1t IS a
movement more spontaneous, more
general, more marked than anything
that has zone before, and seems to in
dictate that the great West, like Sam
son, bursting the encOmpassing bands.
has awakened to q 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 a
thousand schools in Manitoba, and the
number going up by leaps and bounds;
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 bank
clearings, postal business and prOba-
bly, in regard to customs, the customs
return at Winnipeg running about 80
to 40 per cent greater month by month
than in the fiscal year of 1878, tho
largest previous year for actual busi-
ness entries, when over $500 900 was
paid through the Winnipeg office for
duty; the G. P. II. and Canada
Northwest land sales together running
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 1t brings with IT, great
responsibilities. The business men
realize this, the banks realize 1t and
have spread their agencies through
every bustling little town clear out 20
the coast; the churches realize it, and
ore denomination alone has opened al
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 is talk OF redis-
tribution and additional members. The
educational branches realize it, and
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 East, prove :he most rig
orous westerners. They lose no timo
in developing their farms, in filling
their grazing lands with stock, and in
every district is to be found evidences
of thrift and prosperity.
A Farmers Friend.