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

There are hundreds OF thousands of
free homesteads yet to be had in the very
best districts. New settlements. being
opened up this spring Information as to
best district in which to locate may be
had from any Of the authorized agents of
the government, whose addresses appear
Any even numbered section of Domin-
ion Lands in Manitoba or the Northwest
Territories, excepting and 26, which has
not been homesteaded, reserved to pro-
vide wood lot for settlers, or for other
purposes, may be homesteaded by any
person who is the sole head of a family,
or any male over Is years Of age, to the
extent Of one quarter section Of 100 acres,
more or less.
Entry.
Entry may be made personally at the local
land office for the district in. which the
land to be taken is situate. or if the home
steader desires he may, on application to
the Minister of the Interior. Ottawa, the
Commissioner Of immigration, Winnipeg,
or the local agent for the district in
which the land is situate, receive authori-
ty for some one to make entry for him.
A fee Of $1,000 is charged for ordinary
homestead entry, and no other payment
Is necessary.
Homestead Duties.
Under the present law homestead duties
must be performed in one Of the follow
ing ways, namely:
% BY at least six months residence
upon and cultivation of the land in each
year during the term of three years
(2) If the father or mother Cf the
father Is deceased) or any person who is
eligible to make a homestead entry, re-
sides upon a farm tn the vicinity of the
land entered for by such person as a
homestead, the requirements of the law
as to residence prior to obtaining patent
may be satisfied by such person residing
with the father or mother.
a. II the settler has his permanent res
idencc upon farming land owned by him
in the vicinity Of his homestead. the re-
auirements of the law as to residence may
be satisfied by residence upon the said
land.
Application for Patents
Should be made at the end Of three years,
before the Local Agent, Sub-Agent or the
Homestead Inspector. Before making ap-
plication for patent this settler must give
six months notice in writing. to the Com
missioner of Dominion Lands at Ottawa:
Of his intention. Isl $e55s.s
Information.
Y Newly arrived immigrants will receive
at the Immigration Office in Winnipeg or
at any Dominion Lands office in Manitoba
or the Northwest Territories, information
as to the lands.that are open for entry,
and from the officers in charge, free of
expense, advice and assistance in secur-ss
ing lands to suit them
JAMES A. SMART,
Deputy Minister Of the Interior.
.'.. Taxation. i
In western Canada the rate of taxation
rs low; it is only a few cents per acre
where the settlers do not impose burdens
on, themselves and under all circum-
stances Is but fraction Of that in other
parts of the continent and in Europe. In
3Canads &the central or Federal Govern
nients does not tax the people toswipe out
the Federal debt, which pays only 8 per-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
vast Areas Open to Settlement.

: Z : kI - "a
1.-THE settlement OF Canada's vast va
cant lands is, nevertheless, barely begun.
The possibilities are great. the outlook
captivating to an adventurous American.
Take. Manitoba as an object lesson. 1t
has within its bounds Al ,332,s40 acres,
ssof which 6,a29, 600 are lakes and 1900, 08o
Z in timber reserves, leaving $4,000. 900
acres OF. cultiyabls land Although last
i year only 2,S52,002 acres Of this territory
was under crop, so great was the yield of
wheat barley, cats and other crops in
the province and neighboring territ cries
that the railways were blocked for
months, and every available means OF
transit by land and water are yet busily
engaged In carrying the products Of the
phenomenal hafvests to the worlds mar
kets. IS i ~ s.. 81
Nov in the United States when even
railroad lands bring big prices in the open
market, the Temptation which such
country as is here described offers to the
progTessive.American farmer is very great.
II ne has money he can buy good Inn
proved prairie farm In western Canada
for. very much less than his own holding
will bring. II he has a wealthsof grown
boys, his advantages are much greater.
4 and. Z by united effort they can double
their holdings by the yield Of their labor
/. in two or three years. I have been over
the territory and have met With i1un1er-
GUS instances OF success in this regard.
SO the Yankee Is trekkinS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

MIR. j. J. Hill estimates that
Of the l6l 900 people who
made up the western iINigra-
ton last year, 600 went
to the Canadian West and
the remainder were distrib-
uted among seven or eight,
states Of the Union.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
For Grain Raising
Western Canada
Leads the World.

Markets are Good, Crops Certain, Gil
mate Perfect, Social Conditions Excel
lent, Taxes. Low, and Railways are
built and projected into all districts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

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Manitoba, less than thirty years @
g ago, with Its $4,000 square miles Of q
8 territory, had no greater population @
o than would make a town of decent q
q size, destitute Of any but the most o
9 primitive dwellings and without q
@ money or conveniences. Now It has q
8 q population Of nearly 100000, having -
. 100000 acres of land under cultiva- q
% ton, possessing houses and farm q
q buildings worth $1oo,ooo,ooo, with g
q $4,000 horses, 265,1es cattle, 22,e6o y
Q sheep, e4.680 hogs, grain crop Of g
q 35,0O0,0 600 bushels, estimated to be @
q worth $s5,ae7, e4a.s1, besides potatoes 9
q and roots valued at S1,491, ss445, q
o dairy products that realized $s26,a14, g
9 and live stock exported and sold for @
o $1,302,000. 1t has metropolitan city g,
= of $4,000 inhabitants and upward of q
o 400 cities, towns and villages scat. q
q tered all over the province. O
% 1t is a notable fact that the grass g
q on the prairie cures while standing 3
o and retains its sweetness and nutri- o
q tive quality, Horses and cattle have 9
q been repeatedly tested and have q
q shown a preference for this. 8
sef-cured prairie grass, to what the y
o ordinary individual would consider @
@ much superior fodder. o
@ Canadian hard wheat Is Of the best o
equally produced In the world, and 8
@ ttrce.fourtt1s OF the hard wheat area @
q lies north OF the 18th parallel o
Twenty seven thousand Americans, :.
q WHO expressed their Intention Of be- 6,
q coming settlers, crossed the border o
@@lr1to western Canada: during the first @
@ eight months of 1902. g
% The number Of immigrants official q
q Iy recorded as entering western Can. o
:. ada during the first eight months of o
q 1902 was 52,96o. A fair estimate OF !.
g the total number who will come In @
!. during the year is $4,000. :.
(. 1t requires an army Of over 10000 o
= tarvesters from eastern Canada to o
q help gather In the crops Of the Cana &,
(. dian west every year. Forty thousand (.
q men will not be able to cope with the o
q western harvests In few years. q,
q reasonable estimate OF the In /.
come Of the farmers ofwestern Can q,
@ ada last year places It5at $50, 900 900. .,
. About 68ooo,oo0 bushels OF wheat :,
VIII be threshed and eo,ooo,coo will .
y be. exported s., Fl 8
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
w estern Canada

Western Canada
Has the best grazing lands on the conti-
nent-s Ii you want to get informat ton re-
gard1ng lowest freight and passenger rates
and assistance in securing them, or if
You want one of the Illustrated Aliases
issued by the government, write to any of.
the following. who are the AyTHoREzED
AGENTS of the Dominion Government:
~. IT, HOLMES, 315 Jackson street, ST.
Paul. Minnesota, representing Iowa and
Minnesota. -.#.szs - s. e.
w. ". BENNETT, sol New York Lifa
Building. Omaha, representing Iowa and
Nebraska ss-Es $50 S. Is ! K - !.
]. w. HI. ROGERS, Box 11s, Watertown.
South Dakota. .
], G.. PILLING. 81 Kittson avenue, Grand
Il Forks. North Dakota. nj. l932 t III sssssssf
=. -. DUNCAN, Room s. Big. -Four Build
S ing. Indianapol Indiana. So
M. V. McINNES, No. 2 Avenue Theatre
Block. Detroit. Michigan
= AN fsS GRIEVE, Sault Ste. Marie, N1ichi-
gan. - Z - - -
s.; CRAWFORD. IA w Ninth street.
kansas City Missouri sSs
i. .. CURRlE, Room 12B, Callahan
Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 80
-. .BROUGHTON, 430 Quincy Building.
Chicago, Illinois. Dc gg..1EE3,,S
ing, Toledo, Ohio. 80 go
e. a. LAURIER, Marquette, MichiYan
d.. N. .MacLAGHLAN. SD7 Third Street. d
~ w ausau Wisconsin, 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
Excursions
will leave 81. Paul
| and Minneapolis
| for all points in
western Canada
on the first Tues
day IN each week
In March 4 April.
For P0teS, etc..
apply 10 any Of The
authorized agents
Of The government |
whose addresses
appear elsewhere
Migration to the Canadian West.

In the August number of the American
Review of Reviews appeared an article
on migration to western Canada. by Cy.
Warman, from which extracts are made,
and what he says is well worth read
ing:
why do they trek? This Is a question
which many of my fe1low-countryme
in the United States are now asking with
regard to the stream of emigrants from
the republic to the Dominion of Canada.
But yesterday the stream flowed the other
way and the people Of Canada trooped
over to the United States, thousands of
them, every year.
4 etNow the trek is to the north; the bal
ance of trade is with the Canadians.
It is not. through any antipathy to Ameri-
can Institutions that these hardy sons
OF the soil--for. the ernigrants are notably
the best type OF agriculturists-go forth
TO take up new homes In the sparsely
settled great land Of the north.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

In Western Canada the rate of taxation
rs low; it is only a few cents per acre,
where the settlers do not impose burdens
on - themselves, and under all circum-
parts of the continent and In Europe ii In
Canada Gthe central or Federal Govern
nierit does not tax the people toswlpe out
the Federal debt, which pay only 8 per-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
Accident TO T b HankiGs

Last Saturday night, Mr. II. H..
hankin a prominent insurance man
OF this town, was forced TO ride a
freight train home from down the
Cllnch Valley. When he reached our
station u WAS very dark. and Mr.
HanklnS had gotten down, Cfrom the
ca0oose, of counsel. and was picking
ms way along the high Rocky en-
Oarkment no: far from the tank.
when he lost his footing, filing heat
long. ending over several times,
hnally landing al the bottom, scar
red and bruised, with badly sprain-
Ell ankle. A the huSilimg insurance
man scrambled to his feet and felt of
himself to find out if he was all
there, hobo, who was stealing a
ride on the same train. called out
from his perch betw en- two coal
cars, "hello pard, are you hurfg''
Mr. HankmS replied, II believe I'm
dead"
The insurance man hobbled home.
however, TO find out that his ankle
was badly Sprained. The injured
member has been done up i'm plaster
ever since.
Biair Says he will increase his ac-
ldent policy as soon us he gets well.
and ADVISES every body else to do tn,
same.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
Sewerage Pipe.

The town council, on yesterday.
voted TO put in "a sewerage pipe down
the back street Of the town. at an
estimated cost Of some six hundred dol
lars, and the pipe will be ordered at
once.
In the meantime, it is an interesting
Tact that the towns water supply is
very low. The water has been cut off
from the Laundry, and other places
where large quantities are used, and
there is little or no money in the town
treasury and the town owes nearly
$4,000
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
The Missionary, wife aud children.

Mrs. X. b. Prery. wife of Rev. r..
ID. Peery, missionary "fthe Lutheran
church, TO Japan, and her three
h''ghr little boys, all bora in Japan.
PASSED through town on Tuesday on
In II way To Burke Ga rden.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Pcery have been
faithful, hard workers in that far off
mission field and well deserve the
rest they are now having. Rev. Mr..
feeiy is son of our Capt. Thomas
Peery, of Graham. and is an honur
to his family as well as to his State
and church.
Whatever may be said of Japan,
certainly, judging from Mrs. Peery's
family, 1t is Il fine county for the
growth and development of children.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14

Mr.. +. l.. Crimson, Of Georgia has
been here all the week visiting his wife.
who has been here sometime with her
daughter, Mrs. Byron. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brlnson are worthy representative OF the
best people Of the great state of Gcur-
gla. They own 5000 acres of fine land
in the colt, n belt, and have six hundred
colored people as laborcrs and tenants
on their plantation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crimson are pleased
with our country and our people, and
all who have met them express the wish
that they will repeat their visit. They
leave today for their home.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
Not q Clean TnMn-

1t cannot be said that TazewclI is a
clean town at this time. Weeds. grass
and filth crowd not only our back and
side streets, but main street itself is
none toe free from same. Strangers
comment upon it. There is typhoid
fever in town and Smallpox near by.
\ word to the wise ought 10 sue-
SeSt something To our town council
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
Anti-SalOOn League Convention and
p;r.ksc

The Anti-Saloon League OF Tazewell
county will hold its annual convention
at Cedar Bluff August 81. Programe vii
De printed later. The session will he
GIN at 10 IL. IN. and closes 2 p. m. with
TWO hours intermissinn for dinner.
Dinner will be con the or u ld" and
an VINO can 40 SO are asked 10 bring
thelr baskets well filled with necessities
ior the inner man. All churches. So
e cS and sunday-schools are request
y" 10 appoint three delegates each.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
PROFESSIONAL EXAM NATION

The examination for professional Ger
tliicates for teachers will be held at
Tazewell on Sept, 2nd 1908
P. II. Williams,
County superintendent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
Wanted.

noung IN IN % years of age to sell and
collect In Tazewell Coumty;m.st furnish
1 U,Ii ana giye bond. Address Box $50
Bluefield, w. Va. 80 ''''N '''
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-08-14
Lee Heldreth has typhoid fever
doing we'll


Rev. w. ii. Book, of Martinsville.
Va, will begin series of meetings in
the Christian Church at Tazewtll,
Thursday evening August both at $50
o'clock Every one is cordially invited
t. attend.
The town has been without electric
lights for some time. owing to- an ac-
cident in the Power house. The break
down has caused great Inconvenience.
The town realizes now the value Of
these lights. The plant VIII be- in oprr-
alton again soon
The TaZewell Choral X Orcil = raj
Association will give social in th,.
practice rooms of the As citation 81
Thursday eVen,nr, Aug 20. II j. .irp -
that the social will be well -. ni- %
us the Orcht stra has some indebtedness
which they wish 10 pay of in this way.
a number of choice pieces II music
will be rendered at that time.
Your girl will want trunk before
she goes off TO school We can furnish
Just what she wants.
HARRISON X Gillespie Bros.
Garret Whit and Ellis Swim were
acquitted at a recent term of Mcdowell
Court on the charge of setting the
PocahOntas mine on fire some time
ago, and the trial of William Rowe.
charged with the same offense, was con
tinued.
). Is. Hankins and John W Mccall.
popular insurance men of TaZeweu
were in Lebanon this week. These
gentlemen are doing a good business in
this county.-Lebanon News.
Mrs. Lou Horton, colored woman
| dled at her home near the depot, last
Saturday morning. She had been con
lined to her bed for number of wears
with rheumatism. She was wellllnoyn
and respected by both colored and
white people. She was a .-ember Of
the Baptist church, from which the
. burial took place, conducted by Rev.
MI. Star, her pastor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful It Is II
Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody anows that charcoal
IS the safest and most efficient dlslniec'
tant and purifier in nature, but rev real
i've It's value when taken into the human
system for the gaze cleansing purpose.
Charcoal Is a remedy that the more
YOU take of it. the better; 1t is not u
drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases
and Impurities always present in the
stomach and intestlnes, and carries them
out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal efTectually clears and improves
the complexion. it whitens the teeth and
further acts as natural and eminently
safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; 1t
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison Of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
or another; but probably the best char
coal and tho most for the money Is in
stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are
composed of the finest powdered Willow
charcoal and other harmless antiseptlcs
in tablet form. or rather in -.le form of
large. pleasant-tasting lozenges. the char
coal being mixed with honey
The daily use of these lozenges will
soon tell in much improved condition
Of the general health, better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood, and the
beauty of it is that no possible harm can
result from their continued use. but on
the contrary. great benefit.
A Buffalo physician, In speaking OF the
benefits of charcoal says; II advise
Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to all pa
tents suffering from gas in the stomach
and bowels and t clears the complexion
and purifies the breath. mouth and
throat. ] also believe the liver Is great
~ benefited by tn oaily use of them;
they cost but twenty-five cents box
ct drug stores, and although in some
sense a patent preparation, yet ] believe
! get more and better charcoal in Stu
arts Absorbent Lozenges than in any Of
the ordinary charcoal tablets"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
TANNER PAINT
and OIL co.,
1919 East Main Street,
RICHMOND. VA,
COLD WATER PAINTS, FLOOR
STAINS. BRUSHES, and PAINT
ERS' sUPPLIEa.

I mean as compared to yesterday. She
has, een,proved, yes. But she ces far from
well yet"
with sinking feeling about his heart.
ana do not au contralre be despond-
e eis l onlee yeesh to warn you that you
talr zat a., she ees quite recovalred. Do you
see? She ees evidently valree healthee
young woman, and she have. of course.
n 'nu:s" ''oe" &c" 1ee opei' ar ees Get
las far rs i know, DR.. MIrot. she has
taken s,fa great deaI OF exercise IN her life.
AT this moment an attendant came
running after them.
Jen mir DiT 6sr;e9 he cried rs there Mr..
quickly whas is It one o ssf the poi stG"
for moment
"Ah that scamp has escaped" said
doctor III You viii excuse c ' me FOR "a m noe
ment will go at once. The man has a
message for me"
yo Ths a9e5or l bowed poHy and the
tendant along the corridor.
- arriving at the main door he found.
as as ne ehh had expected, the policeman that
sir" said he. apologeiicalIy, and ! only
fam r",, to tell ralS you Of my bad luck Before
cut the cable nnd, We're, running out to
sea before the lrad= wind, so that 1t was
i I'M! srn ,nd to Sc. near them could
enough. and wos no. hear enough to
demand the surrender u the man you
wanted me to .sal.
st was hardly to be expected, oficcr,"
said Ralph; Here Is enough, to pay your
bows, nd $40 for. yonrsesf.. must Leave
YOU now, IN, as have ,t business Us a to attend
Hardly listen,tS tc he mans surprised
protestatlons OF srailiuir TO" his unex,>
pected liberal'ty ne tasied and fastened
When he reached them they were al
ready at the bedside of the sick gil
lie thought that he could even now see
as she lay quietly sleeping.
They had been there but moment when
she opened her eyes and gazed from one
For moment she did not speak. 1t was
evident that she thouent y AZ a dream.
a ens ams shs scpan TO w 2e eon a4a
brow, she said In. a low voice
Can it be true? Are you really Ralph
Of. is it , anothG r d nar,;.a az
man quietly, as he .kneeled beside her.
quite true and nc dream, assure you
! have found You at last and in sood
At this point DR.. Mirot interposed
Nov, my dear young ladee;, You must
keep yariee rliiet. and not talk at pres
emit. Your friend ees here and thees
woman yeel take care Of you. but you
must ask no questions unteel you air
strongair. Wee want you to get veil so
Eat YOU may go home to vow farzair--
and friends he added, with a comical
smile at Ralph.
''I3ut how did come here?'' asked Kato
plaintvely," and where is" she shud-
dered slightly, and the young man knew
what she wanted to ask,
''fde has gone awaY, Gone, NOT to come
in,
doctor asks, and get back your strength,
so that we may. leave for home as soon
as we are able"
ITO BE Continued Tuesday,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
GIRL NOT LEGALLY ALIVE
New Jersey DamseI Has Trouble N
Proving Her Existence.

Proving Her Existence.
NEW YORK, July 25.-The misfortune
of not being officially alive fell to the LOT
of Miss Addie Wright, of Jersey CITY,
~ j.. and she has Just set N the LEGAL faTsey MAO 70
work TO show that she is in the flesh.
Miss Wright was born, in the III re pnvaI:
clan who attended the interesting cere-
mony had failed to report 1t to the ou-
reau. .a a. -
cessarv TO prove. that she was one OF TINS
worlds inhabitants, in order that me
estate of her grandfather, General wright
in which she was interested, may be set
tied. a..
get a transcript Of the birth, but toM II
That no such record has been made me
doctor had not sent 1t in. Fortunate!y,
the doctor is still living and has ms Isl, GT Ho
no difficulty in establishing the fact that
Miss Wright is really In the flesh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
Richn,ond ars in Eluyanna.

( cARYsBRoOK, VA, August s.-Mr. and
Mrs. IIerndon Martin, Of Richmond; are
guests of Mr., James. Lanford. Ihey
are accompanied by their niece. Mabel
Clark of Williamsburg.
Robert Whitehurst. of Richmond. is
spending several weeks with Julian Jones,
Who recently returned from a delight
full stay at Virginia Beach and Cape Hen