The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-08-29

tional boundary line for $50 miles and
north from it to the fifty second parallel
of latitude, a distance Of 205 miles. 1t
contains 90,340 square miles, or little
more than the state of Minnesota. East
ern Assiniboia, beautiful, parklike prai-
RE country, is one of the finest general
farming regions in the world.
Western, Assiniboia is more suited to
stock raising. It is a plains and prairie
country for the most part, with groups of
hills here and there and a little timber.
A blac ok alluvium from one to two feet
thick, supported by rich subsoil OF,
sandy clay furnishes an almost inexhaust-
ible basis for agriculture. r.
Saskatchewan. which lies Immediately
north of ASsiniboia is the largest of the
four provisional districts of northwestern
Canada, having an area Of 1140OO square
miles It extends from Nelson river.
Lake Manitoba and the western boundary
of Manitoba, on the east, to the ll2th de-
gree of west longitude on the west and
lies between the Sind and 55th parallels.
The southern part of the district is prairie
and as a. whole it may be described as
Astounding In water and natural hay and
is well suited by climate and soil to wheat
and stockraising.
IMMENSE TRAcT-FINE COUNTRY.
It is In these two districts-in the north
central portion of Assiniboia: and the
south central portion Of Saskatchewan.
that the Saskatchewan Valley Land COM
pany has purchased immense tracts of
picked land The southern boundary, OF:
these lands begins on the east a few miles
north of Indian Head, on the main line or
the Canadian Pacific railway and the CEN
ter of one Of the richest wheat raising
districts in the world, and extends west
to point north of the fertile Moose Jaw
district. Regina, center of another, nota-
BILE agricultural region lies just south OF
the middle Of this line. Northward tho
company's lands follow the Qu'Appelle,
Long Lake Saskatchewan Railway to
and beyond it's terminus at Prince Albert,
In Saskatchewan, and on the Saskatche-
wan river. A glance at the map, which
shows that the lands Of the company lie
principally in the watershed of the Sas~
katchewan river and It's southern branch
indicate the reason Of the choice OF the
name Saskatchewan Valley Land Com
pany." -: -
igable for considerable distance and will
doubtless, when the beautiful and fertile
country becomes more thickly populated
be- of great utility in transporting bulky
frefghts ,.-
Plenty Of Railways. l.
The Qu'Appeue, Long Lake & Sass
katchewan railway is operated by the
Canadian Pacific railway and furnishes
ready and cheap communication with
the markets. The Canadian Northern is
now building It's main line from Efwood.
In eastern Saskatchewan to Prince Albert.
This is a second Canadian transcont1nen-
tai line and will give direct communities
ton with Winnipeg The Canadian Pa
ciac is building an extension from the
main line at Moosonin near the eastern
boundary Of Assiniboia to Saskatoon. on
the Qu'Appelle, Long Lake & Saskatche-
wan where it crosses the south fork or
the saskatchewan river 1:o This !, WI, WI
ing the holdings Of the Sas-
katchewan Valley Land company into
direct communication with markets. Be-
fore long, too, the Yorkton branch OF the
Canadian Pacific will be extended from
Yorkton in the northwestern Assinlboia to
osler, So it is plain that this
snlendid virgin country will soon be well
d supplied with railways the coming OF
which will inevitably hoist the prices as
well as the values of lands. -.
Remarkable cheapness Of Land.
The great attraction about western
Canada to the average settler<is the re-
markable cheapness Of the land. Land
values are largely made by population.
AS T. j. Hill put it., the finest possible
land would be nothing but a worthless
jacent to it. The sparseness Of the 'popu-
lation of western Canada and its gem
orally undeveloped. condition is accounta-
Bile for the fact that land Of, unsurpassed
fertility is so much cheaper than as good
or poorer land in the 4 United States.
Canada is a very large country with a
very small population The area of
Canada, Is about the same as that of the
United States. OF course large part,
more than half, is practically worthless
for agricultural purposes. But the
Npopulation of Canada is considerably less
Mem Var1rt ~rp ,raS1y-
yania and only about 400, 900 persons now
. I'VE In. Manitoba and the territories. al