The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-31

Moses Folsom, associate editor of
the Farmer, returned yesterday from
a five thousand mile trip through the
Canadian Northwest during the past
month. Mr.. Folsom journeyed as far
as Edmonton, Alberta, over 1900 miles
from st. Paul, but even at that dis
tance he found that he could not Who'll
ly escape from st. Paul, as he found
several st. Paul men in business at
that place.
Mr.. Folsom is enthusiastic over the
prospects of the Canadian Northwest
country. He says it's possibilities have
not yet begun to be realized and that
it has a wonderful future, as its devel-
opment is as yet in it's infancy. He
says Americans by thousands are go
ing into that country, but that there
is room for many more. Wherever he
went he found Minnesota we'll repre-
scented, and all Minnesotans prosper
Gus. He predicts an even greater
movement into that country during the
next few years and development of
resources hitherto unknown. Mr.. Fol-
som said to T h e Globe:
Thousands of Americans are going
into this country. Mr.. J. Obed Smith,
commissioner of immigration at Win
nipeg, told me that his inspectors had
reported the names of 1900 Ameri-
cans who had gone into the Canadian
Northwest since the first of the year.
Nearly every state in the Union is rep
resented, with Minnesota in the lead.
Big Wheat Crop.
"a bumper wheat crop is in sight
for the people of the Canadian North
west. A much larger area was soWn
this year than ever before. The rail-
ways were put to the test in handling
last years crop, which averaged tWen-
ty-eight bushels to the acre. 1t is
hard spring wheat, but out in Alberta
winter wheat is being grown with sue
cess.
AT the town of Finsbury, Assini-
bola, l met the field manager of the
Davidson syndicate. He is a brother
of Eli Warner, of this city. The rail-
way company has decided to change
the name of the town to that of Da-
wilson, in honor of the enterprising
American who is doing so much to
attract attention to that country.
while at Edmonton, Alberta, 1900
miles northwest of st. Paul, a SAC, 900
roller Touring mill, to be electric
lighted, was shipped to Fort Vermil-
lion, on Peace river, more than 400
miles due north, but 900 miles dis
lance by trail and river.
ST. Paul Men in Field.
cat Edmonton I saw the name Of
st. Paul fur merchant, Joseph Ullman,
over the door of a large business
house, and representatives of two
other st. Paul houses were in the town
at the same time.
Mr.. w. F. Luxton, former editor
and manager of T h Clio b e, is now
inspector of public institutions in the
province of Manitoba, a popular and
efficient man, in an important position.
He looks after the needs and eXpendi-
lures of the public institutions and
charities of the province.
Il had the pleasure of hearing and
meeting Rev. c. w. Gordon (Ralph
Black Rock and The Man From
Glengarry,' and pastor of st. Stephens
Presbyterian church at Winnipeg. He.
has already received large royalties
from his books, a fair share of which
has gone in a subscription to aid in
building a new church, now being put
up by his congregation.
Marriage licenses are issued in
Manitoba by persons specially desig-
mated by the authorities and signs an
nouncing that fact are to be seen on
the streets in the principal towns.
noticed an advertisement in a Winni-
peg paper reading as follows:
secondhand furniture, old clothes
and marriage licenses. You get the
nest and we will do the rest!'
Low Street Car Fares.
''The street car company in Winni-
peg sells six tickets for % cents, good
at any hour, and eight tickets, good
from to in the morning and from 5
to in the evening. School children
get ten tickets for 25 cents. The sys-
tenn certainly makes money at these
figures, as the stock is quoted at $1.39.
winnipeg has $4,000 people, and every
part of the city is reached by branch