Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-19
A GLOWING REPORT.
AN INDIANA MAN COMPARES WESTERN CANADA
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
wna Mr.. Frank Fisher. Prominent
Trip Through

The Department OF the Interior at
ottawa has Just received from Mr.. Il.
4. Holmes. the agent of the govern
ment stationed at Indianapolis, Ind,
the following letter, which requires no
comment. 1t is only necessary to state
mat Mr.. F. Fisher, the writer OF the
letter Is one Of the most prominent OF
the Dunkards and man upon whose
word the utmost reliance can be
placed. His home is at Mexico, Ind.
and he will be pleased to substantiate
verbally or in any other way all that
ne says in his letter.
Anyone desiring information apply
90 nearest Canadian agent, whose ad-
dresses are here given:
NJ V. McInnes. 2 Avenue Theater block,
Detroit. Michigan.
san.
J. s. Crawford, pa w. Ninth street.
Kansas City Mo.
BENJAMIN Davies. i5iM East Third
street, St. Paul. MINI.
T. o. Currie, Room y b. CaIlahan's
block, 203 Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.
C. J. Broughton. sz7 Monadnock build
w. v. Bennett, s0i New York Life build
ing. Omaha, Neb.
w. ii. Rogers, WATERFOWL, South Da-
kota.
N. Bartholomew. BOG Fifth street. Des
Moines, Iowa
J. II. M. Parker. $50 Chamber of Com
merce. Duluth, Mimi
Il. I. Holmes, Room G. Big -Four build
ing, Indianapolis. Ind.
Joseph Young. 5Ih State street, Column
bus. Ohio.
To My Many FrIends--I am pleased
to make report to you Of the pleasant
visit my wife and | had III Western
Canada.
We visited the territories OF AL
berta, Assiniboia, and Saskatchewan,
and found them far surprising our i'm
agination, but little did expect to
md such rich. loamy soil. SO much
OF 1t, and so uniform In its level prai-
rie lay. l do think the soil of Canada
as rule equals II not excels the fin
est prairie farm lands OF Indiana.
These lands are immense in their
richness, and when once the sod is rot
ted and pulverized. 1t is as pliable and
as easily cultivated as Indiana sandy
soil.
Western Canada, from my point of
view. offers as fine opportunities for
mixed farming as any place in my
knowledge. The long, sInshlny days,
together with the rich soil. produce
very fine wheat. oats. barley, flax and
other cereal products. There is scarce
ly any attempt to raise corn, except
early varieties for table use. The sea-
son is too short to depend upon ma
turing field corn. From the stand
point of getting this lard ready for
the plow, must say that never saw
such q vast extent, practically all
ready SO all that one has to do is TO
hitch up the pillow and go to work,
This is not the case with all the
Canadian land, however; some OF II
has quite bit OF timber, much of IL
may be called brush land, and some OF
II has lovely forest groves. dotted here
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"When the governors coaching
party drove up to the hotel at Will
Jamestown last week." says the Bos-
ton Transcript, 'it naturally attract
ed considerable crowd to the broad
verandas. In this gathering was n
colored woman, wearing a capacious
smile and accompanied by a little
miss Z or years old. The latter adj
vanced as the party alighted and,
holding out her hand, said: How
do you do, Governor Crane; my father
is n governor too" "Who is your
father?" asked the governor. Gov
ernor McMillin of Tennessee" was
the reply. The little maid seemed to
assume that the duty of entertaining
devolved largely upon her, and she
discharged it with much sweetness
and unconscious grace.
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