Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-05-12
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
Fortune Favors Her.


Fortune Favors Her.
Puck: Miss 0ldgirl-Will l marry the
man of my choice?
Fortune Teller-Yes. But make no mis-
take; the cards say you will have but one
choice
An Illinois Farmer in Western Can.
ada.
A recent issue of the Shelbyvllle, Illi-
nois, Democrat contains long andan-
teresting letter from Mr.. Elias Nost,
formerly prosperous farmer of that
State, who recently emigrated to West
ern Canada, taking up claim for him
self and for each of his three sons.
From Mr.. kost's letter, which was
written Feb. 3, 1904 we publish the
following, believing 1T will prove of
great interest to those who have CON
templated settling in the Canadian
Northwest:
II had In August. 1902, secured n
claim for myself, and filed on three
quarter sections for my sons. My claim
Is one-half mile south of the Edmon-
ton and Lake st. Anne trall.
Coming so late in the season, we
had little opportunity to break and to
prepare ground for first years crop,
Still we raised over 100 bushels of very
fine potatoes, and sowed few acres
of barley. but the season was TOO far
advanced for the barley. However, we
secured good feed from it. and on rent
ed ground l3 miles east OF us, raised Il
fine crop of oats. so that we will have
plenty of feed for horses. We cut
about 60 tons of hay and thus will
about 24O acres of hay meadow. which
would yield the past year over three
tons to the acre, and in an ordinary
season the meadow would furnish GOO
tons of hay. The grass is very nutri
tious, and cattle on the ranges become
very fat without being fed a pound of
grain.
4 con the upland the grass grows from
eight to ten inches tall This is called
range grass, and is suitable for stock
at any time even in the winter when
the ground IS not covered too deep with
SHOW. Horses subsist on 1T alone, at
all times. provided they are native
stock. The grass in the hay meadows
here is called rcd-top, and grows from
five to six feet in length, and when cut
at the proper time yields an abundant
crop of nutritious hay
"Our cattle have not cost us n cent
since we came on our homestead, only
the small outlay for salt and labor in
putting up hay and shelter All cattle
have been doing we'll this winter, and
feeding up to the first of January was
unnecessary, as there was good range
UP to that time.
".lli the SHOWS up to that date We're
followed by winds from the Northwest
that melt it very rapidly; these winds
are called Chinook Winds and are all
ways warm. In one night a Chinook
wind may take away three or four
inches Of snow.
I've have built on our claim .; com
Portable house of hewn logs, 2Oy26
feet, one and onc-half stories in height,
with Il good cellar. During the latter
part of june we RATED logs down the
Sturgeon to n saWmill, about eight
miles away. and thus secured 5000 feet
of good lumber which was needed for
the house Later. in the season Il slim
gle mill located six miles away. To
this we hauled logs and had shingles.
cut for the roof.
1--WE had an abundance of wild fruj!
the past season, consisting of gooscbe
ries, strawberries, raspberries, eyebeI :
ries, blucberries. cherries and saski Y
toons The latter are IL fine looki1 &
berry, red. and quite pleasant to II G
taste. but not much to be desired i
cookery The strawberries are TIC
Same as those that grow wild in Ilil
hois. Raspberries are red in colo
large and equal to any Of the tam
varieties, and so are tie gooseberries
The cranberries consist Df the high ane
trailing varieties. Tire latter are NOS
sought and contiguous to the swamps
The ground is literally covered Will
them as with red carpet but the hes
and most sought is the burberry. S,
called by the Indians. This is TIL
famous 'huckleberry' (whortleberry) o
the Blue Ridge Mountains in Pennsyl
yania, and cannot be eXcelled for ex
cellence by any fruit cultivated. 1t Il
found here both on the prairie and il
the timber in immense quantities.
Game is very plentiful SO far n
prairie chickens, plleasants, ducks o
all kinds and geese are concerned. w
have taken nearly 500 chickens an,
pheasants also a great many ducks.
IAN occasional deer is seen, but ar
not plentiful. only one having bee
taken during the season In this settle
ment.
"Fish are very plentiful at all sea
sons of the year. Fish wagons an
sleds are passing almost daily alon
the trail with heavy loads of fish. de.
tined for ST. Albert and Edmonton
From the latter point they are shiI
ped south on the Calgary and Ed,ao1
ton Railroad to points along the lin,
and also to Assiniboia, on the Canada
Pacific Railroad"
For further Information apply to an
authorized Canadian GorernmeI
Agent whose address appears els,
where.
Artificial eyes were first used by tn
. Egyptians long before the Christian err;
Mummies have been found with artif
cial optics. They We're fashioned {
gold. silver, copper or ivory.
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