The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-28

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At the time of the purchase in 1869. the
white population of the entire country,
including the officials of the Huason's
Bay Company, could be numbered ON
four figures.
With the creation of Manitoba into
a province a year later. and navigation
of the Red river improved. the attention
of settlers to a limited extent was drawn
that way; but it remained for tho APP
proach of the railway ten years later to
give shape to the marvellous growth that
has since followed. In short. the settle
ment of the entire country is The work
of but the last p years.
The Western Tcrritories.
I'm 1852. that part of the country now
open for settlement was divided into four
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Alberta, Sas-
katchcwan and Athabasca-and an elc-
lnentary form of government conceded to
them. In the present year these four
territories were converted into two PROV
inces, with full provincial autonomy and
admitted to fall membership in the Ca
madam confederation with all the pow
ers and privileges of the older PROV
inces.
Very naturally the asriculiurist of old
er countries who is satisfied With present
surroundings. and the man whose intrn-
tions are to give agriculture Il trial, have
a few leading questions revolving in their
minds. and ever before them for consid-
Grafton. such as climatic conditions. char.
acter of public institutions, educalional
facilities, postal conyeuieuces, t~ransporta-
ton facilities, and last, but not least, the
nature md extent Of the natural re
sources and advantages of the country in
which they are about to locate.
Nobody claims that Western Canada
is perfection in every particular. but it is
claimed and fully borne out by the on
periencc of thousands who have settled
there, that there is no country on the
face of the globe that surpasscs it in
opportunities for tho man of limited
means who is content with pioneering for
Il couple of years.
Its productive capabilities are now
fully past the experimental stage, as the
crop yields. dairy returns, profits of the
rancher and general satisfaction to the
man in mixed farming fully demonstrate.
Under territorial or primitive govern
mcnt, where authority between federal
and local governments was divided. there
| " " ibNt btti thc IN ~ lltS
and freedom that now exist when tho
whole legislation of the country is vested
practically in the hands of the people
themselves under manhood suffrage.
This gives them the frecst form of dem
ocratic government under the sun.
Low Taxation.
One Of the tcrrors of the people of the
older countries is taxation. In the prov
inces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatch.
EVAN, which constitute the entire Cana,
dian west that is open for settlement
there is no taxation but as the settler
imposes it on himself. On the home
stead in the unorganized territory. the
tax collector is never seen. AS people
organize municipalities. however, roads
and bridges have to be built, and schools
have to be maintained: but the govern
ment defrays much of the cost of tho
latter, and taxation is necessary for thu
former. The taxes for both purposes
however, rarely exceed SIS a year on
quarter section d6o a%crcsl.
Schools are established i'll every coun
try section where there are ten or NOR,
pupils to attend them, conducted by high
~ certiiicated teachers under the bcs
system known to the most advanced cdu
CauIOIlSlS VI lie WOlIu. III ICCO licEl
were but 76 schools in the territory tina
now comprises the provinces of Albert:
and Saskatchewan with a government
support of $S,90S. In 1904 there wcr
S75 in the same territory with 4 govern
ment support of S292,O70. AS the sub
sides these two provinces are now in re
ceipt Of from the Dominion government
amount to about 81 ,093,OO0 each. the.
are a sufficiently large sum to carry o
all the expenses of the country, includ
ing schools, with but little or no taXatio
on the people. AS these subsidies il
crease as the provinces grow in popula
ton, settlers in the Canadian west wi
always nave immunity from taxation.
Crop Statistics.
The following statistics as to croE
and areas under crop of the %tcrritor
now comnriscd in the two new provinces