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

prairies the experimental stage was past
half a century ago, whereas the capa-
+ bilfties Of the wheat and irrigation dis
|-tricts: are a comparatively recent dis
coVery.
| Here the good all-round farmer finds
ample compensation for any disadvantages
he may be at compared with the stock
raising and the wheat growing specialists
||of the bald headed prairie. If his an
mails require more care, they are thereby
rendered more tractable and easy to train,
and the cows are better mixers. The
variety Of his crops gives him many more
chances than one who depends upon wheat
alone His social advantages, in a district
where the size of the range and the farm
does hot .isolate him from his nqHt-dOOr
Ineighbors: are worth almost anything to
the. man who has come to Canada for a
home. :%.9S.ss5Sss
Il In the ample space blessed with univer-
sally fertilesbut various kinds of soil, Sc
lectorssof All tastes may be suited. The
old say that one might put in a pillow a t
Winnipeg and never touch anything but
good soiIaaH the way to Edmonton for d
Thousand miles is now known to be no
longer figure of speech, but a solid, in IS
disputab1e fact.
1T is4a fortunate thing for the land seek
ers.s OF to-day that the original plan of
building the Canadian Pacific transconti-i
mental line# from Winnipeg to Edmonton,
via Bat leford. through this fertile belt,
Was not followed and that the line was
|diVertedsto its present route across the
Etrselesss wheat and stock growing districts
which. to the confusion Of old prophets of,
evil. it has developed and made phenome-
nally prosperous. The same progress and:
prosperity which mark the lines of road in
othersportions OF similar county in all the
western provinces from Manitoba to AL.
berta, will within the space Of two or
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to market: In the great expanse lying
between the settlements which have
grown from the railways that have tapped
the Saskatchewan valley at Prince Al
bert, its lower, and at Edmonton, it's upper
portion, there exists the prosperous Bat
tleford settlement. half way between, as
well as many scattered stock and grain
growers. who have gone in in advance of
the railways which We're .'bound to come
to such a land. These and the success of
Indians of the old hunting generation,
upon the reserves located everywhere and
there throughout the country, are object
lessons as to what will be accomplished in
it upon the advent of railroads.
There is yet another zone Of present
practical importance, the forest belt, lying
north, northeast and east of the prairie
provinces, which deserves brief mention.
The Importance Of this belt of valuable
spruce. stamarack, jack. pine, birch and
poplar timber to the adjoining treeless
prairies is very great British Columbia
by the mainline of the Canadian Pacific
supplies large quantities Of lumber 41ot
procurable ons the eastern side CT the
Rockies as well as much of the same kinds
as grow along the western slopes. An
l:ample supply of native timber produced
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The minus sign q means below zero.
Though the climate is dry, the amount
Of rainfall during the growing season,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

Speaking roughly, this belt occupies
Middle Alberta. the south half of Northern
Assiniboia and if the term be allowable
the southwestern portion of Southeastern
Assiniboia, also the southwest corner of
Manitoba.
The portions Of the bonanza. wheat
belt arc well supplied with pres
,ent and prospective railways in Mani
stoba, and eastern Assinaboia But the
great space lying between the settlements
along the branches of the Canadian Pa
cific which leave the main line at Regina
and Calgary respectively, and cross this
belt on their way to the mixed farming
country surrounding Prince Albert and
Edmonton is as yet unproVided with rail-
roads, and in consequence remains al
most entirely unoceupied by wheat grow
.ers, leaving an; untouched rea for new
corners to select from. ~ =
Though this belt is colder than the true
ranching country, and is less sheltered
than the mixed farming zone, it is con-
sidered by people who make wheat their
speciality an ideal region.
The Mixed farming Zone.
4 In length, breadth and consequent area
this fertile belt exceeds those of the two
other prairie zones together. On its south
western border the prairies become
dotted oecasi ona1ly with sHrOvess of small
trees,S principally aspen sSSsgradually the
trees and $the groves become larger and
more numerous, and finally upon it's
northeastern fringe IT becomes busl1y
lands, dotted oyer with prairies. Many
varieties of tall grasses, pea-Vines and
vetches clothe upland and meadow. Riv-
ulets and rivers, ponds and lakes pro-
vide ample water. The variety of the
park like pleasing scenery delights the
eye of the home seeker, who here finds all
conditions favorable for family life. True,
the climate is steadily colder than that
joices in common with all western Canada
mosphere so bracings wholesome and en-
joyable throughout winter as well as sum
mer, that men never return again to
their birthplaeesa ina..the damp. gloomy
and chilling climate Of Britain and east
ern Canada foE$ the sake of climate.
This fertile :bsltMincludes the greater
part of Manitoba in fact all but the
southwest corner Specially devoted to
wheat, and the portion Sui. off by a curry
ing line sweeping noithWesterly from the
Lake of the Woodssalong the east Of Lake
Manitoba the west Of Lake Winnipe-
goosis, and on around the famous Swan
River Valley into Assiniboia and Sas-
katchewan. 1t takes in all of Assiniboia,
+ not included within the rapching and the
wheat belts; all southwestern Saskatch4
wan rivers, in which pa tdhes Of land haye
BEEN SUCCESSFULLY cultivated eyer sihee
the advent of the whites oteehr{a Gentry
ago, and in which the, most populous AND
prosperous settlers throughout the whole
west live to-day In this reEsss Of the
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THE REDlSCOVER.Y OF
THE PRAlRIES OF CANADA

Specially Prepared BY Mr.: Isaac Cowye.
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dominion. !: BY their old ideas of what
was originally known by the name of Can
ada. namely the Quebec Of to-day, people
have judged the new and greater Canada,
namely Manitoba, Assiniboia, s'Saskatche-
wan and Alberta. 1t is therefore neces-
2sary in describing Greater. Canada. to 80
into such explanations as the foregoing.
From these it will be seen that instead of
the province and organized territorial dis
tEicts being at the back of beyond, they
are we'll within the habitable and agricul-
EturaI aresi.5s.
Fornn ing, as: they do, pa rtsl OF one grea t
" holsiss MANITOBA, AsslnlbOia, Saskatche-
wan and "a Iberia, which are. merely the
names of artificial divisions; not of dis
tinctiY " ifHerent Typographical districts,
may be more conveniently described IN
their places in the natural diagonal divi-
sions Of the grass lands of the west.
Z: Like old @Gaul,1 country is divided
into three parts not generally by sharp
boundaries. but:,rather by blending Of
their borders: These parts are zones run
ming parallel to each other in a. generally
northwest and southeast direction. They
are bounded ON? the south by the United
States frontier along the forty ninth par
allel; on the: by the Rocky noun
tains, and by the forests on the north the
northeast and the east by Athabasca and
keWaytin TERRITORY:
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country is much broken. but to the east
it is: rolling and level prairie, sufficiently
Watered for ranching purposes by running
streams, and ponds which seldom freeze.
The: streams are of enough volume to sup
ply irrigation.
81 Though bare of timber for fuel, mex
haustible supplies Of fine coal underlie
the country, cropping out on the banks of
streams convenient to settlers, and being
extensively mined for export at Leth-
bridge and other places.
The country is equally favorable for.
horses and sheep as for cattle. ~:
The Wheat Zone. - q,
4 Flle next zone is country less elevated
where snow lies in the winter. ands there
is sufficient rainfall in summer to.sgroW;
wheat. 1t is rich grass clad belt, almost
devoid of timber except along the sides
sof hills and rivers. There is abundance
of coal. It's long level or gently undu-
1lating expanses lend themselves readily
to wheat growing on large scale, and
it is the principal crop. though sowing
flax (often on loreaking) is also a
favorite practice of the new comeIss from
the United States. But wheat isS king
and here is raised, in the greatest posi-
bic perfection, by a combina ton OF soil
and climate in it's favor. sss;s.s:fs%5,
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In 1892 the immigration from the United
Kingdom was 1900, from the other parts
of Europe 1900. and from other prov
inces of Canada 10000. .
The Dominion census taken in April
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The Ran ching Zone.

The ranching zone, where cattle Craze
out of doors alTthe yearreund upon bunch
grass: lies in the angle between the
American boundary and the Rocky noun
tains. Nomina11y it is known as South
ern Alberta and SouthWestern AS sini-
boia. Dramatically, it receives the. fullest
and the most frequentablast OF the dry
ing Chinook, to such an extent as to rem
der irrigation necessary to: procure re-
liable crops :..ofs grain. Except in 1.-The
mountains, it is treeless. the whole coun-
try being covered with rich grasses, and
as. snow never lies long. cattle can Craze
all the year round, RECURRING no hay;
neither, on account of,thes climates being
much 111 warmer then to the east. do they
require any shelter. s These cattle are
sold off the grass for the British market
every fall and bring from $40 to s45 for
Swear old, and from s45 to .$S4 for 4-year-
olds at the shipping pofrit:sES AS these. AMI
mails rear themselves the profits Of the
ranchers are very large.
3 Along the foothills Of the Rockies the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
Climate.

When one acquainted with the climate
of the northwestern states is told that the
climate Of the Canadian northwest is
similar with fewer ,windstorms and biz
Yards, further description would be: need
less had not the Canadian territories been
subject to the ISLANDERS of Ignorance and
interested parties regarding the rigors OF
it's winter temperature and. the blight OF
summer frost. The Inhabitants Of this
part Of Canada however rejoice. in their
.gloriously healthy and sunny climate The
range of temperature from the heat of
Summer to the cold OF winter does not
inf1ict upon, them the nonotony of an
equable climate throughout the year.
The change from the one season to the
other is as beneficial to the health as that
so often recommended to invalids from
enc part of the world to another. The
specter which the old fur traders conjured
up to scare agricultural invaders from
their fur preserves-"Jack. Frost" has
ben shorn of his terrors. The we'll
housed, well clad, we'll fed settler, leading
an active outdoor life laughs him to scorn.
His children go regularly to- the rural
school all winter. and love their: winter
sports. Similarly King Wheat, the First
-on the continent-has cast out the once
dreaded demon summer. FROST" and ban
ished him to the fields of the slothful late
sower of grain. and the patches Of pio-
neers in the untitled and undrained locali-
ties.
Not only may the country be judged by
it's crops; by it's wild fruits also may it
be known. Throughout the country wild
strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries,
cranberries, black and red currants, cher
ries, blueberries, Juneberries or Saska-
ICONS. and hazel nuts grow in profusion.
In Manitobathere are several var ieties of
wild plum. In that province also grow
ash oak, elm, and maple in great perfec-
ton; but their natural range includes
only portions of the territories
Medical men report no diseases peculiar
to the country and climate, and an entire
exemption of many and a mitigation of
other complaints, especially those of the
organs Of respiration.
Whilst 1T is by the fruits OF the earth.
and by the feelings and the health Of It's
inhabitants that the climate Of the coun-
try may be realized, rather than by the
reading of the thermometer, it may be OF
interest to some of our readers to give
thefollowing Dominion meteorological rec
ords, derived from ten years obser-
yatiOnS:
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Free Homestead Lands.

Intthe province of Manitoba free homes
steads are yet available, in more or less
wooded, but easily cleared districts. Not
ably in that between Lakes Manitoba and
Winnipeg, and that west Of Lake Winni- =
pegoosis, as well as In the famous Swan
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along the line from northwestern Manitoba
to the less wooded districts. Of the prov
ince.
. numbering operations as we'll as extern
sive fisheries are conducted ON the Lake
of the Woods, and Lakes Winnipeg, Win
nipegoosis and Manitoba. Prince Albert
and Edmonton are supplied with fish from
local sources.
Similarly successful mining operations
to those of the Lake of the Woods will
probably at some future time be inau-
gurated in MANY parts Of this forest coun-
try.
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
(To be continucd.)
Marketing Live Fish.

A Swiss concern has patented an in.
genious device for transporting live
fish, which promises commercial value
as we'll as scientific interest to inland
colleges desiring to obtain specimens
of marine life for classroom and labor
atory work The device consists of a
tank of water with cylinder of oxy-
gen attached. The most delicate fish
can be packed in great quantities and
will keep alive for thirty-six hours,
and it is expected that with larger
cylinders of oxygen the time will be
heightened. Shellfish and eels could
be packed like sardines in box. The
device is automatic and requires no
care during transportation. Large
quantities of live fish are now being
sent from Switzerland to other parts
of Europe by th einventors. This firm
receives 73 cents a pound for live
brook trout delivered in Vienna. while
the dead ones bring only 27 cents per
pound.-Country Life in America.
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
Realizing country's Greatness.

EX-Representative P. ]. Mcdonald
who served for three years in the
House. returned the other day from a
SIX weeks trip throughout the coun.
try. in company with M. C. Keefe.
You really don't know what this
country is until you look it over"
says Mr.. Mcdonald.
I'VE were gone six weeks and went
through every state in the Union. GOV.
ering something like $4,000 miles in
all. Talk about the recent visits of
royal and other personages. who make
flying trip across the country. What
:an they know about it?
why. nothing or next to it. The
only way to see the country and the
people is to take things leisurely, as
we did. In some cities we would spend
two or three days. The two or three
days gave us an opportunity to meet
and exchange ideas.
''Yes, sir, this is a great country-a
wonderful country! boston journal
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26

Aching backs arc eased. Hip. back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust scdi-
ment, high colorcd, excessive, pain in pass
ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting.
Doan's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, slccplessncss. headache; nervousness.
SALEM, IND, Feb. s, 19oa.-"1 received
the trial package of Doan's Kidney Pills
and 1 must confess they did me wonderful
good. 1t seems strange to say that 1 had
tried several kinds of kidney medicines
without doing me any good. had back
ache, pain in my bladder and scalding
urine, and the sample package sent me
stopped it all in a few days, and with the
package am now using from our drug
store expect to be cured permanently. 1t
is wonderful, but sure and certain the med
icine does its work. l was in constant
misery until / commenced the use of
Doan's Kidney Pills. "-CnAs. r. Cook.
P. o. Box 80, Salem, Washington Co., ILL.,
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
GEN. BOOTH A VEGETARIAN.
Salvation Army Leader Will Not Eat
Meat.


Few people are aware that Gen
Booth. head and founder of the Saliva
ton Army, who recently visited this
city, is pronounced vegetarian. In
years he has eaten neither fish. flesh
nor eggs. says the Cincinnati Com
mercial-Tribune. Even butter. milk
or vegetables cooked with fat are de-
MED His diet is solely upon cereals.
boiled rice being largely his susten-
ance. He occasionally cats rice for
then enters upon the same diet the
uext day.
A member of the army said recent
ly: Gen. Booth believes in his body.
Yet meats and strong drinks he heart.
lily despiscs. He will not smoke. be-
cause he realizes that he has nery
GUS system that must be protected. He
will not drink partly from principle
and partly because he realizes that for
every stimulation there is an equal
and consequent reaction. He is a
vegetarian not merely because lie be-
lieves that primitive manllind-the
Adam and Eve OF the Bible-were
vegetarians. but because, after long
practical trial. he finds himself far
younger than his years, while the NOR.
tai parts of most men. who laugh at
what they call his crankiness. are like
John Browns body-"a.mouldering in
the grave"
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
Just in Time.

Broadland, So. Dak., Feb. 23d.-Bea.
die county has never been so worked
up as during the last few weeks.
Every one is talking of the wonderful
case of G. w. Gray of Broadland, the
particulars of which are best told in
the following statement which Mr..
Gray has just published:
Il was dying. l had given up ali
hope. l was PROSTATE and as helpless
as a little babe. had been aing
with Kidney Trouble for many years
and it finally turned to .Bright's Dis.
ease. All medicine had failed and !
was in despair.
Il ordered one box of Dodds Kidney
Pills and this first box helped me out
of bed. l continued the treatment till
now l am strong, we'll man. Ipraise
God for the day when decided to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Everybody expected that Mr.. Gray
would die and his remarkable recovery
is regarded as little short of miracle
by all who know how very low he was
Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly a
wonderful remedy.
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
Love Triumphant,

fie!en's lips are drifting dust:
Ilion is consumed with rust;
All the gaIeons OF Greece
Drink the oceans dreamless peace;
Lost was Solomon's purple show
Restless centuries ago;
Empires died and left no strain
Babylon. Barbary. and Spain
Only one thing. undefaced.
Lasts. though AL the worlds lie waste,
And the heavens are overturned,
Dear, how long ago We learned!
There's a sight that blinds the sum-
Sound that lives when sounds are done
Music that rebukes the birds
Language lovelier than words.
Hue and scent that shame the rose,
Wine no earthly vineyard knows,
Ocean more divinely free
Than Pacific's drainless sea.
Silence stiller than the shore
Swept by Charon's stealthy oar
Ye who live have learnt it true,
Dear. how long ago We knew!
Frederick Lawrence Knowles in Har.
per's Magazine.
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
CHECKS CLEARED ey 'PHoNe
Novel Scheme Is Practiced in tho
prosperity Belt"

Novel Scheme Is Practiced in the
"Prosperity Belt"
Down in the Prosperity belt, az
we call it. we've got the whole world
beat for real progress" said a coun.
try banker who was in the city last
week. After delivering this declara'
tion he bit the end of cigar and set
tied back in chair in lobby OF ono
of the big hotels.
Yes, stree, we beat the world 1ol
genuine progress" he continued.
We've got something down IN centfa'
Illinois that you won't find anywhere
else on the globe. It's telephone
clearinghouse. We call it clear
ing-house right here in Chicago or IL
New York. Now you'd think BANKS
couldn't clear their checks by tele-
phone, but. as said before, we peas
the world for progress and nave lil'
vented the new system.
THE whole scheme is very simple
and has proved a safeguard against
some of the bugaboos that worry
bankers-such things as oVerdralts,
for instance. Every day at noon one
bank will call up another by tele'
phone read off the amount OF the
checks and the names OF the drawers,
Some of these checks will BE- on the
bank at the other end OF the Wire arc
some OF them will be drawn on an III
stitution with which that bank has
considerable business.
Nov. you see. half dozen or more
banks in one county or section OF the
state can arrange certain time 1of
calling up some one bank. which is
the central bank. All the banks call
this one, notifying it they have checks
On it or upon any of the others.
When each bank has found out
now much it owes the other banks up
until certain hour drafts are fo:-
warded to cover the balances. BY
using the telephone clearinghouse we
expedite business. saving an entire
day in many instances. It's paying
scheme and is pretty nkely to be
adopted by other groups Of country
banks wherever the telephone is in
general use. e."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
The Same, but Different.

A young man walking down tha
street theother day met an old Eish.
man whom he knew, and asking him
how he felt, was answered by the Celt
that he felt pretty good. The Irish.
man in return asked him how he was,
and was answered by the young mar
that he felt ''out of sight"
Pat did not seem to catch the mean.
ing at once, but in few moments bis
puzzled face turned into broad grin
and he walked away murmuring aout
of sight"
Now at the next corner there han
pened to be standing particular
friend of the Irishman, and walking
up to him he inquired how he was
feeling.
Same as usual, Pat" he answered
but how do you feel?"
Pat wondered at the blank look that
appeared on his friends face as be
answered.: ~You can't see me- Dan
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
CHAPTER XVIII.
RothesaY's Letter.

When Loud reached Purcells house
that day he found no one in it, and he
walked down toward the water, hoping
to find Kate, for he knew she spent
much time on the beach.
He was not disappointed. He had
not gone far before he saw her walk
ing close to the waters edge, few
rods away.
He hastened up to her. and, as he
raised his hat in greeting, he said alb.
ruptly:
81 come to you for help. Miss Pur.
cell. Will you tell me what was in
Mr. Rothesay's letter to you?"
Kate started and pressed her hands
together
"Mr. Rothesay's letter." she mur.
INJURED.
Eyes. You have received a letter
from him to-d"y."
Kate glancel about her as if she
would seek safety from this mans
presence in fight. Then she turned
at bay and said, haughtily:
"And what if have? I believe it is
no crime to receive letter from him. u
"No-certainl,'. But you must know
that Rothesay is row under grave sus
picion. and his continued absence-his
mysterious absence-every moment
increases the cloud over him. You be-
lieve he is innocent"
believe it," cried Kate, proudly
"How could any one be SO vile as to
doubt it? But you have never seen
him."
Courier Democrat., 1903-02-26
SAW MOLLY ON AN ELEPHANT.

Mrs. Letters Remark Concernina Her
Daughter, Lady Curzon.
Not the least amusing of the echoes
from the far-away Durbar, and a hap.
pening enthusiastically American,
repeats a remark attributed to Mrs.
Letter, the mother of the young won.
an who stood in the center of all that
barbaric splendor and imperial show
"Of course, have sort of realized
what Molly was" Mrs. Letter is said
to have remarked, 'but just what IL
meant to be the wife of the English
viceroy I never fully understood until
'saw Molly on that elephant. New
York Times.