The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15

by the lovely valley of the Qu'Appeile
river, on the south by the Pipestone;
creek, a perfect paradise for cattle, and
the second meridian on the west. The
Qu'Apppelle district is that section which
lies immedia tely west of the Moosonir. tc
the height of land at Mclean station on
the C. P. R., round 20 the Beaver hills
and south almost to the international
boundary line. Included in this area are
the famous Indian Head lands, where
farms sell as high as S25 per acre, and the
Pheasant Plains. no less fertile than the
famous Portage Plains of Manitoba, where
crops are nhenomenally large. The sub
soil is generally sandy clay. covered with
about - to Is inches of black vegetable
mould, which after the second blowing
makes a fine seed bed. easy to work and
Of the most productive nature: Gen
orally speaking these remarks apply to all
the eastern part of the district. The
Peaver Hills and the TouchWood hills. in
the northern part, are especially we'll
adapted for stock raising. The stretch of
country between the C. P. r. main line
and the international boundary and ctepd-
ing from the second meridian to west OF
the 500 Pacific branch Of the Canadian
Pacific railway, is attracting "a very large
number of settlers, as portions OF it Of
fer special inducements to those who wish
scale. Large tracts of land have been
sold by the railway company to settlers
of that class during the past season and
there is sure to be great activity IN that
portion of Assiniboia during the present
year. In the eastern portion is moose
Mountain. where timber is abundant ana
large and prosperous settlement was
established when the nearest railway
communication was the c. +. t. nam
line, the railway sta ton at that time Pc
ing Moosomin, Although a VERY large
number Of homestead entries have been
made during recent seasons, good free
lands are still cbtainable within easy
distance of the railway throughout the
territory.
Western Assiniboia.
The eastern part of western Asslnloola
| is similar to that of eastern Assinibola'
and fayors mixed farming. With Regina
! and Moose Jaw as their centers are TWO
large areas, fifty by ninety miles, admir-
| ably suited for grain, stock and carrying:
From Swift Current creek the region is
fully equal to the Bow River district, IN
Alberta as stock country. 1t IS every
where thickly covered with good growth
of nutritious grasses-the grass is usually
l. the short crisp variety known as Buffalo
|
dry about mid summer, but is still green
and growing at the roots and forms ex-
cellent pasture both in winter and sum
mer 1t is amazing the rapidity with
. which poor, emaciated animals brought
from the east get sleek and fat on the
Buffalo grass of the plains. The supply
of timber on the hills is considerable.
There is also an abundance of fuel of a
different kind in the coal seams that are
exposed in many Of the valleys Settlers
in this section of the railway company S
lands have thus an abundant supply OF
timber suitable for house logs and fenc-
ing, and both coal and wood for fuel
About Maple Creek Irrigation works are
being actively prosecuted with most bene-
| fetal results.
| The Cypress hills, which may be dimly
I;seen in the south from the railway, are
Especially adapted for stock raising, anG
as general farming is not extensively fol-
flowed, the grass land that nature has sc