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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Vast Travel in London.

There are 5000 miles of railway in
greater London, and it is estimated
that something like 600,0OO,OOO sep
arate journeys are made by passengers
annually. The number of Journeys on
an average week day is over 1,500,-
Coo An idea of the vehicular traffic
in the streets may be gathered from
the statement that in twelve hours
1904 vehicles of all kinds passed a
particular spot in Piccadilly, and a full
service Of 600 busses pass the Bank
of England every hour. The number
Of passengers carried by the London
trans i'll year is over 360,OOO,OO0. A
census taken Of the number Of pedes-
TRANS who crossed over the London
bridge on a certain day showed that
they totaled 116,9O2. and in nineteen
and half hours during a day in April
last year 24S,015 people crossed the
roadways ut the bank
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

there are In this district Of country at
the present time, it is hard to say, as
there are no positive statistics available.
1t is known, however, that the country
Is settling up fast.
Englshmen and Americans In the
western territories are bringing in their
herds as fast as they can and leasing
or purchasing land in lots from 1000 to
10000 acres from the Dominion Govern
ment. An idea Of the growth of the in
dustry WILL however, be gathered from
the fact that in 1899 there were but
41,471 head of cattle shipped and sold
from the ranches, these figures ran to
30, 100 in 1900, and to 100000 in 1908,
averaging $40 per head for the owners.
But it takes a great many ranchers and
a large number of cattle to cover an area
of 200,000,000 acres, the area available
for ranching in the Canadian North
1t is not at all necessary that large
investments should be made at the out
set. Many men commenced with small
capital and small herds, and have worked
themselves into large herds and great
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
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els Of spring wheat off 837, 234 acres, an
average Of 1904 bushels per acre; of
40, 1852 acres Of oats there were grown
14,179,70 bushels, an average Of 32.17
bushels per acre; G9,667 acres produced
1,741 200 bushels Of barley, 24.65 to the
acre, and 32,341 acres produced 292, S53
bushels Of faxseed, 9O3 to the acre. AS
but 1883, 434 acres, or little better than
one per cent Of the entire wheat growing
area Of the territories, was under crop,
little figuring shows Is per cent of the
entire country under wheat will raise the
2O0,000000 that Great Britain annually
requires from outside countries. 1t is a
fairly safe statement to make that in IL
or Is years the Canadian prairies will be
supplying the entire demands Of the
mother country.
In this part Of the country wheat is
king, and here it is raised in the greatest
possible perfection by a combination Of
soil and climate in it's favor, and the ten
dency has been to neglect the more labor
ious branches of husbandry for which the
country is equally we'll adapted.
Free Homestead Lands.
There is vet large quantity Of gov
eminent land for homesteading in this
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

wealth. There is still in the country
plenty of room for those who desire to
go and do likewise.
The Second Part.
The second part of the Canadian prai-
ries embrace the great wheat growing
belt of the country, which is easily a
half larger than any other in the world
1t includes about 150,000,000 acres. AS
it is comparatively free Of broken land,
large lakes and rivers about 125,O00,000
acres Of it can be brought under the
plow. Placing a farmer on every half
section (320 acres) it can comfortably
locate 100000 farmers or 100000 Of
an agricultural community. A glance
now at what the farmers of the terrific
ries are doing will give the reader, a
better idea of what can be donerin this
great wheat growing zone. The terrific
rial government reports show that in
1908 there were raised 1923, 149 BUSH
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Special correspondence:

Special correspondence:
The old Romans used to say that Gaul
was divided into three parts; so is the
Canadian Northwest. Gaul's divisions
were political; those Of the Western
Canada's prairies are created by the I'M
erring hand Of nature.
Chiefly because Of the elevation Of the
country, the absence of large lakes and
rivers, and the operations Of the "Chi-
nook" or Pacific ocean winds, which
readily cross the Rocky Mountains in
Southern Alberta through gaps and
passes, the southwestern portion Of the
Canadian provinces is regarded as some
what arid, and less fertile than other por-
tons Of the country. Although this has
been prevailing idea in the past, it has
been left for American settlers, who have
invaded this district within the past two
or three years, to prove that splendid
crops Of grain can be grown on the land,
which had hitherto been the feeding
ground for the herds Of cattle and bands
Of horses that ranged there.
That ranching is carried on most sue
cessfully in other portions Of the prairies
West, just as agriculture is to a limited
extent conducted successfully within this
boundary is fully established, but taken
as whole 1t constitutes territory above
all others most admirably adapted to this
particular industry.
The buffalo, bunch and other grasses
that grow in profusion in this district
and retain their nutritive properties the
year round, and the moderate climate of
mid-winter rendered such by the Chinook
winds preventing any considerable depth
Of snow at any time, especially fit the
district for the peculiar methods of the
understanding his herds the year
round in the open country
While there are no large lakes or riv-
ers in this whole .country, there are
numerous fast running streams fed the
year round by melting snow in the noun
tains, furnishing an abundance of the
coolest and purest water, the best for
beast as well as man. The country has
at once an abundance Of the best Of
food and drink the year round, a clear
sky, but little wet or stormy weather and
a favorable climate the year through
This makes Southern Alberta more es-
pecially the most favorable ranch
Ing country in the known world,
and the enterprise is making most unpre-
cedented Roadway. Ranchers, however,
as well as others, learn that it pays best
to raise thoroughbred stock and accord
ingly the wild herds of scrub horses and
cattle are fast giving way to better ami
mails through the importation Of thor
Oughbred males. Just how many ranch
ers, ranches and horses, cattle and sheep
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

he is earning wages while producing at
that figure, now as the average yield is
20 bushels, and the average price 60
cents-$12 per acre-the difference be-
tween the result and cost, $6.75, is the
profit Of grain growing year in and year
out in the great wheat belt Of the Cana
dian prairie country. If man has a
half section Of land and puts half Of 1t,
100 acres, under wheat, which is a very
common occurrence, he makes 81 ,OSO on
wheat alone, and should make, if he Is
a capable farmer enough, out Of other
crops; sale of cattle, dairy and other pro-
ducts, to keep himself and family the
year round besides.
The Third Division.
The third division Of this great coun-
try lies to the north Of the wheat belt,
between it and what is known as the for
est country. AS wheat growing implies
the raising Of all cereals, that can profit
ably be raised in the country; the remain
ing branches of mixed farming are dairy
ing and the raising Of farm stock. It
must not be supposed that dividing the
prairies in this way is saying that any
one portion of the country possesses bet
ter soil than another, for such is not the
case-all districts are equally fertile, but
the topography and climatic influences,
etc, differ, as we'll as the conditions for
production. Ranching and grain growing
are carried on quite successfully in this
northern zone; but it is found more profit
able to combine all the features of the
industry. On account of the land being
more broken than inSthe southern district,
though the soil is equally fertile, there
are not the same opportunities for extern
sive operations; and while cattle raising
is as profitable here as elsewhere, differ
ent methods have to be adopted for their
protection, especially in the winter sea-
son.
An authority on the subject has stated
that agriculture in any country never
reaches the minimum Of development I'M
til the farmers engage at least proper
tionately in dairying, though the sur
roundings must always determine the ex-
tent to which any feature Of the industry
may be prosecuted. 1t is a certainty then
that Of the agricultural possibilities Of
this portion of the prairie country be es-
timated by its adaptability to dairy farm
ing, even the most skeptical must ac-
knowledge they are unsurpassed In any
country in the world. AS intimated above,
even dairying may be successfully carried
on in. any corner of; the territories, but
this zone has everything to recommend
it as, the ideal spot for this branch OF the
business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
HOW TO KEEP WELL AND HAPPY.
some Confessions of MiddIe-Ased
Man on the Subject.


some Confessions of a MiddIe-Ased
Man on the Subject.
/ NOW you want to know how an old
Fellow like me keeps himself well and
happy.
should be inclined therefore to an
sWer the question that led to the writ
Ing OF this letter by saying that "a
man advancing in years." who wishes
to exercise without being bored, should
Dy all means provide himself with
some children-the more the better!
To teach your son to shoot, to pass
baseball with him, to play tennis or
golf with him, or spar with him; to
ride with the little daughter, and teach
the Dig one to drive her ponies tandem;
or to receive. the open-eyed admiration
OF the small daughter, who still finds
skating a sedentary occupation, at your
mediocre ability to do the dutch-roll
and the outside edge backward-these
are really the most refreshing exercises
an old chap Of advancing years" can
take. There is no question Of being
bored at such times.
Next to playing with your children,
good form Of exercise Is walking
They say Savers, one of the best old
time pugilists in England, did all his
training for his fights by walking. Take
a long breath and walk gently as far
as you can before exhaling Do this
again and again, and thus Improve
your wind, broaden your chest, and,
best Of oil, provide yourself with oxy-
gen to keep the vital fires going.
In summer, by all means swim. It
is probably the best an-round exercise
there Is. 1t Is good for legs, arms,
chest, lungs and heart; and the ocean,
once you get to 1t, is free. If you can
go where you can plunge in the bluff"
just SO much-say 30 per cent at the
least-the better.
By all means play golf. It is the
best game there is. It has but one
rival, and that is court tennis; but it
beats court tennis in one essential par
| dcular, you can play it by an easy
method of handicapping, with a poor
player or good player. Your real
antagonist is gutta-percha ball, which
at times is possessed Of seven devils,
and you not only get long walk, and
exercise for your arms and Shoulders,
and capital training for your eyes, but
| you get a schooling in self-control
which no other substitute, domestic or
otherwise, can provide. l have been
fourth-rate golf player now for ten
years, and yet never play round of
the game without being stimulated to
hope that | may play better. 1t is like
the mirage in the desert. No man ever
played his best game, just as no man
ever lived his best life; and we play on
and live on, always in the hope that
some day we may play or live our
| dream. Now that there are so many
golf courses, some of them public
| courses, any man, even Of moderate in
come, may play golf.-Outing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

country and as in everything else, "the
early bird catches the worm" Those
who come first are first served. When it
Is preferred to purchase railway or other
company lands they can be got at from
SIS per acre up. This section cannot be
better closed than by showing practically
what is made by wheat growing in this
district. The average from the first Of
operations is 20 bushels per acre. Break
ing the prairie, as first blowing is called,
is, Of course, an exceptional expenditure,
as when it is once done it is done for all
time. This costs about $3.50 per acre.
After the breaking, blowing and seed
ing, harvesting threshing and marketing
all expenses combined amount to about
$5.25 per acre, that is, if a man likes
everything done it will cost him $5.25
per acre. If he does the work himself
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A STRONG IMAGINATION.

1
! Make some chocolate and some
cream tomato soup. 1 think that will
be enough, with the apple sauce we
had left from yesterday and those nice
bakery rolls that came this morning"
said Helen Bostwick to the cook, who
had come to the sitting room door to
see what the young leddies' wished
for luncheon.
And, Molly" called Helen, as the
good-natured Irish girl was leaving the
room, "be sure to put a little onion in
the soup. It's perfectly fiat without
it."
"Sure, Miss Helen" answered Molly.
Laura BOStwick, who was visiting her
cousin Helen while their mothers were
in the South together, looked up as if
about to speak, and then suddenly
changing her mind, closed her lips.
An hour later the girls left their
fancy work and sat down at the lunch
con table. Molly brought In the steam
ing soup, and Helen began eating it
with apparent satisfaction, while
Laura put her spoon into her dish very
gingerly and took the merest taste.
"I'm so fond of cream tomato soup,
with just a touch of onion in it," said
Helen, in few minutes. "Why, Laura,
you have eaten scarcely any of yours.
Why didn't you tell me that you didn't
like it We could just as we'll have
had something else"
II do like it, usually" replied Laura,
who never found it easy to dissemble.
Isn't it made the way you like it?
| was quite particular to tell Molly
how I wanted it."
eyes, l know you were" Laura was
making brave effort to force q spoon
full Of it down. cts very nice, I'm
sure, but you see, Helen, I never eat
anything favored with onion. 1 wish
| could cultivate a taste for onions, it's
SO inconvenient not to like them. But
l seem absolutely unable to eat them
in any shape or manner"
"Well, they have such pronounced
flavor that suppose if you do dislike
them, you must dislike them very
much indeed. I'll have Molly cook an
egg for you"
ooh, no please don't. l hate to have
anything extra done for me. l can
make fine meal on these good rolls
and this delicious apple sauce"
"Well, do wish that you had spok-
en- when 1 was telling Molly to put in
the onion"
Il was going to, and then l knew
from what you said that if 1t was
made to suit my taste it would be
spoiled for you. It's a small matter,
anyway. Mother says most of us give
too much Importance to what we eat,
and I'm sure she is right. Let's talk
about something else"
AS often happens when a change Of
subject is desired, no one could think
for moment Of any thing to say. Be-
Molly entered the dining room.
81 just wanted to say, Miss Helen,
that l hope you won't think l forgot
your orders about the onion in the
soup. I'd have put some in, like you
said, but l never noticed till the soup
was most done and twas too late to
send for any that there wasn't scrap
of an onion in the house."
Every WELL" said Helen. AS Molly
disappeared the cousins looked at each
other in chagrin for an instant, and
then burst into laughter.-Y outh's
Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

NnMEGTEhne Can locate You Homestead or
uOMEO 6HDC Stone and Timber Claim in Lake
p, MIMI Minnesota Locating Co., TIVE Harsors Min.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Cause and Effect.

Green apples" remarked the man
who had been reading the scientific page
in a comic almanac, '>are said to be an
excellent cholera preventive"
Guess that's right" rejoined the drug
clerk. Anyway, it's a safe bet that
persons who die from eating green apples
will never be troubled with cholera"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

4 man cannot understand why an
other should elope with a woman, and
take her children with them. and a
woman can't understand how a woman
can leave her children behind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Willing Ohlige.

mo malaria about here, l suppose"
said the prospective summer boarder
mot emmy" replied the rural landlord.
"We amt never had no call fer it; but
eff thar's emmy tew be had deown tew tn
village recken ez heow We'll git it fer
YOU"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Not an Execution.

Saphead-So youh-aw done think the
clothes make the-aw-man, Miss Caus
tiQue?
Miss Caustique-Well, they certainly
didn't in your case, at least.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

Restaurants and butcher shops lose
a good deal Of their attractiyeness in
summer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-01
The Day for Spring Reioicinos.
Cities of America,

RE- INC LAY ioT SPItt9 n0JSICtEiSSs
New York World: Easter the world
light and the going OF darkness. It
means, too, happiness, a holiday, flowers.
%sprlngtime gladness, the putting away Of
the old and the putting on OF the new.
It means comfort, confidence. rejoicing.
the fulnlment CT a promise, the death OF
old doubts and the birth OF new certain
ties. Indeed It means SO many things and
SO much that II any OF US really UNDER
stood them all LIE would never seem a
bother or a burden any more. We would
all be better men and women, and the
world itself would be go much bette. q
place in every way that the Kingdom Of
heaven at last would certainly be found
among nortals.
And there are so many way OF proving
that these things about Easter are true.
so many reasons to give for them. that
you or I might easily spend all our life
in talking of nothing else n still leave
much to say to those who como after.
Suppose, for instance, we made the
meaning OF one fact about Easter our
own. what a load Of misery. OF doubt.
misunderstanding, rebellion. wild Ques-
lions and despair would disappear all at
once out of our way. We celebrate East
ere, as you know, because on hat day
Christ, who had been crucitied. rose again
from tho dead. Now. among people
where the name Of Christ was never
known this same time OF year WAS kept
with celebrations and rejoicings to COM
memorate the idea of d~eliverance, the
coming OF light, the resurrection Of the
flowers and all green things which had
seemed to die with the darkness end cold
Of winter months.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-01
GERMANY's CABLES.
Extending Her System to All Parts of
the. World,

1t appears from a report to the state de-
partment made by Consul General Guen-
Their at Frankfort that Germany is grad
ually extending its system of cables to all
parts of the world. SO as to be indepen-
dent Of other nations In that important
service. This is due to the growth of Ger
man interests. both military and commer-
cial, and is made possible by the fact that
the government has it's own cable works
and two cable steamers.
During the last seven years Germany
has laid 1875 miles of cable at a cost OF
over 100000. In 1898 a cable seventy
three miles in length was laid between
Sassnitz and Trelleborg, and in 1899 Ger
mar southwest Africa was connected with
the International telegraph system by a
cable 154 miles long. In 1900 the first Ger
man-American cable between Emden and
New York via the azores-a distance of
4.S13 miles-was laid. About the same
time Germany put down the first German
cables along the Chinese coast, the cable
Tsintau-Cheefoo being 2S5 miles, and that
connecting Tsintau and Shanghai 43S miles
long. The year 1901 witnessed the laying
of the fifth cable between Germany and
England, connecting Borkum and Bakton,
a distance Of 2S0 miles. The telephone ca
BILE between Fehmarn and Laaland was
laid in 1902. The construction Of a second
transatlantic cable between Emden and
menced and will probably be ready by
the end Of next year. Another cable 100
miles in length is being laid in Vigo,
Spain. Germany Is also contemplating an
increase Of her cable net In eastern Asia
and the South sea by constructing lines
between Alenado and Guam and the Palau
Islands n Shanghai.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-01
A Wonderful Discovery,

B%roadland, S. Oak, March 23.-
Quite a sensation has been created here
by the publication of the story of G..
w. Gray. who, after u special treat.
ment for three months, was prostrats
and helpless and given up to die with
Brisht's Disease. Bright's Disease has
always been considered incurable, but
evidently from the story told by Mr..
Gray there is a remedy which will cure
it even in the most advanced stages.
This is what he says:
II was helpless as q little babe. My
wife and l searched everything and
read everything we could find about
Brisht's Disease, hoping that l would
be able to find a remedy. After many
failures my wife insisted that 1 should
try Dodd's Kidney Pills. | praise CD,
for the day when l decided to do so,
for this remedy met every phase of my
case and in a short time l was sole to
get out Of bed, and after n few weeks
treatment l was a strong, we'll man.
Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my life"
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any lesser Kidney
Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are GER
tainly the most wonderful discovery
which modern medical research has
given to the world.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-01
IA. kiwl.

ELtJENhNHH LAENNr ~ -. =
Chicago News. In New Zealand is
found the kiwi, a strange Bird OF the
ostrich family. Ostriches have two
toes, but the extinct a three
toes; SO also have the existing anus.
cassowartes and rheas or South Amer
lean ostrtches. The .awi, no" ever, diff
fers from the other struthious birds in
having four toes. Further. the kwi
cannot be said to be quite ostrichlike.
for in size 1t is not larger than an or
Ainary barnyard fowl. 1t has a small
head. with a large and muscular neck
and . long, slender bill. with the dis
tinguishing feature that the nostrils
are very close to its tip. The legs are
ss.,ort, but the muscles on the thighs
are we'll developed and the feet are
strong and powerful and provided with
sharp claws. It is a bird devoid of any
external trace Of wings, n there is no
trace of tail visible. while 1T is covered
with long, narrow, hairlike feathers.
and on the fore part of the head and
sides of the face are struggling hair
like feelers.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-01
Happy Women.

Should suffer in the face of evidence
like this:
Mrs. Almira A. Jackson, of East
Front street, Traverse City, Mich,
says: For twenty years I never knew
what 1t was to have good health. Ev-
cry physician consulted said l had
liver trouble, but their medicines did
me NO good. Just before l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills l was almost par
alyzed. l could hardly stand on my
feet because of the numbness and lack
Of circulation. Had a knife been thrust
into my kidneys the pain could not
have been more intense. My sleep was
disturbed by visions of distorted fig
ures. The kidney secretions were an,
noyingly irregular and l was tortured
with thirst and always bloated. l used
seven boxes Of Doan's Kidney Pills,
The bloating subsidized until l weighed
n hundred pounds less, could sleep
like a child and was relieved of the
pain and the irregularity of the kidney
action. My circulation is good and
feel better in every way"
A FREE. TRIAL of this great kid.
|ney medicine which cured Mrs. Jack
son will be mailed on application t.
any part Of the United States. Ad
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N
y. For sale by all druggists, price q
rents per box.