The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15
GREAT CHANCE FoR SETTLERS
An Area Within Which 6,OOO,OOo
Acres Lie. ,... ~, q, ~. IS :

An Area Within Which 6,OOO,Oo0
Acres Lie. ,ai y. g: =
A vast arch projected upon the Missouri
couteau as it's base and defined by semi =
circle running through fourishlng mlxeo
and wheat farming settlenen s. from l that 2
! of Alameda on the sout heast, ortherly:
through the Moose mountains; thence by
Wellesley and Indian Head orthWesterly,
and finally through Gu Appelle and Re
| gina southwesterly to the Moose1aW dls-
! trict, embraces an area Of some SIX MIL
| lions of acres of practically vacant land
| capable of raising enormous crops or
| wheat and other grain. This area is in
| tersected by, as has been previously NEIL
| toned, an active line OF railway-the 500
running parallel to the couteau at mean
| distance of fifteen miles; and during the
present year (1902) it will be further IN
tersected by the Arcola-Regina line par
alleling the 500 at a DISTANCE of twenty
miles. -.,,., - -,,,r r. ~. ~
OF the six million acres at least two
millions are open for free homestead en-
| try at the Dominion Land Offices Of Ala
media and Regina. Another two millions
are for sale by the Canadian Paclt1c Rail
way company and probably another mil
lion by the Hudson's Bay company ana
other land owners. The remaining mil
lion acres may be classified as occupied
and a small portion Is held by spectators
without any present desire to- sell
The traveller on the Minneapolis, st.
Paul & Sault. Ste. Marie railway, the
well-known $500 Line after entering
the portal of Canada, passes over the
Estevn coal fields, SO providentlally stu
ated for the supply Of fuel for the treeless
prairie all along the present line, to
| Moose Jaw and the road about to be con-
| structed from Arcola to- Regina. The roll
ing prairie, broken by deep ravines along
the water courses, and an occasional
sprinkling of surface stones: is soon sue
ceeded by a level or gently >undu latine
prairie, covered with the wild grasses
upon which the buffalo throVe summer anc
winter until he disappeared in this Y1cin-
ity some thirty years. ago. For ninety
miles in straight northWesterly d1rec-
ton along this line this land Lies ready
for the pillow. Its soil is a rich loan WITH
a clay subsoil admirably adapted to the
growth of wheat There is abundance .ot
hay in the Yellow Grass marsh which lies
west Of the railway between Weyburn an(
Yellow Grass stations Other hay smea-
i dows are to be found scattered oyer 1.-THE
country and speaking roughly, one-quar.
ter Of the area might be olassed$ assmea5
dow and the other: tnree7g quar- terss as
arabic land. $50 * 80
Like Indian Head. ~ az
Upon the whole, the country for graiI
growing purposes may be said to be suffi-
GENTLY supplied with water; for where
creeks and streams do not exist and the
ravines by damming converted into res
ervoirs, the railway company and the
scattered settlers who have dug wells
usually find good water at a reasonable
depth The water bearing stratum over
lies the superficial coal seams near Este
van at depth Of from 20 to "a feet; and
in some other localities settlers have
found it convenient to dam up rayines
along the creeks to form reservoirs.
Local observers have found the snow
nomena, to indicate a climate quite sim
liar to that recorded at the Indian Head
where every condition is favorable to
an immense yield of grain. ~,
The water courses, in marked contrast
with the deep rayines through which they
flow, are inconsiderable, winding and shall
low, except during spring freshets In
summer many Of the smaller feeders are
either completely dry Or merely contain
water in occasional pools To the north
west the Moosejaw and Wascana drain
into the GU Appellee river. To the south
east the Souris, rising west of Milestone
runs along the Couteau range to the
United States, into which it takes a tour
Upon it's return it Is joined near Estevan
w IAC AIoh6 SASoh iioAiA 0tioW
winding it's way easteriy, receiving the
waters of the Moose mountain creek near
Oxbow ere leaving Assiniboia and enter
ing Manitoba in sWinship, tWoaon the sec
ond meridian. ~ Z. Z 4 - e Z: s-<$s%
4 Mark cts. ~: ',%5.5l
Towns are growing and springing up all
along the railway. AS Estevan there
are coal mines; stores and grain ware
house. t-i'
At Halbrite section house, and stores
lumber yard and elevator about to be
built g.,-g.:-'
At Weyburn,s G. iP R. tank, four stores
two good hotels stone school and grain
elevator. ~. 9 ~:
At Yellow Grass, section house two
R:ln ndo