The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

tic district is hot favoftu with conditions
for successful settling. This, however, is
an error. and the plains without people
are in this instance a proof of the value
of the land for farming purposes, because
Fits richness and fertility were recognized
as soon as the official surveyors and to-
pograpllsts had issued their reports, and
Immediately capitalists and spectators
bought teyeryaVailable, acre. and still hold
on to the land in confidence of a near flu
ture of high prices. Beyond the sections
SC held there is both to the north and the
south abundant land for demonstrating and
Tor sale at reasonable prices. ~,
Model Settlements.
There is wheat growing on a large scale
all around here. In some Of the settle
ments the smallest farms grow hun
dred acres Of wheat, and many farmers
approach nearly a thousand acres Cot.
tonwood, Forest, CarSdale, to the north
Camden and Coulee to the south, are
model settleme nts, and perhaps the best
testimony to the character of the country
that can be given is that those settlers
that have been longest there are those
who are almost yearly increasing their
farms by buying more land a quarter Of
i a section at a time.
| The same conditions and characteristics
Iobtain as far Sas;, Moose Jaw, which is a
divisional point on the Canadian Pacific
H. w @JOWIls5 now
fever, there is change. III the character
| of the country. The humid districts are
being left behind and the sub-ari0 por-
! tons approached: The prairie ceases to
Ebe suited to the pioW but affords first
Iclass grazing for sheep and cattle Very
1 few farms are tosGbe seen, and, It is soon
recognized that the rapching country has
|been reached. , y. ....s. n: n IRA
H. Great.herds, of range cat tile roam at viii
over these seemingly bound less pastures.
4 The profits to- the stockraen are large,
as can be readily imagined when 1t is
i shown that $40Ia head is paid for steers
Il on the ranges, animals that cost their
4 owners only the interest ION the original
i Investment incurred III. stocking the ranch
and their; share I'M the cost Of the annual
j ro1nd-ups. Persons in search Of land for
stock raising are advised to examine the
country southwest Of Swift Current sta
ton, along the Swift Current creek, south
7 and west of Gull lake,, south Of Maple
! creek, the valley Of the Mackey creek,
I that flows north from the hills and south
q lof Irvine and Dunr1pse; where connection
is again made will the Canadian Pacific
railway system
Climate. sa-.s.S S
I The climate of Eastern AssiniboIa lis
i much the same as that of Manitoba, but
q Western Assinfboia feels the effects Of the
chinook winds. which come from the Pa
eifc ocean and Il remove much Of the snow
that falls during two or three months OF
: the year. This circumstance togethe,
with the rich growth Of grass, has Of late
) brought parts.of Assiniboia into favor
/ with cattle, sheep, and horse raisers while
J, it is noted for It's adaptabi1ity for grain
J, growing. ss ssS.jssx 3.
western Assiri boiass ffeT:sa sz,lendid op-
!, portunities fOnSintending settlers who de-
J sireIstol 60 In for pastoral pursuits and
dairy farming, and merous choice 1oca-
Il tions. car be had. -. ~.