The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21
WESTERN CANADA.
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 As EAs entire 1c1zs-y ls inland Nhol- v. wz.Aezt water communication with sSs 1z.Ssse wo-sz. tss asarss. point e- correction bss-s rCrz Arthur, z; t4s As2G q Lake Superior. 450 miles Gissazs- T eaa hs readily understood sA4s 10 matter toS fertile Us se.l CT .2xe-&5,e .ts climatic conditions fer agriculture may ~. settlement because C. lack q 5zgzeSz ard esreSs. sAs out .. t1e gceSfica Eatil rail 1o1ngE.cs- ten vas tGEiy established
 Is w2s Zot z1tzi zSSa taat S railway tapped he country. then vith a popu- a&-io1 that could have been easily zGE- e%7ed ou tagT figures. and nCw. mark she change. \ population q 7So.eo0 8 city e 1000 people. ard sn annual proIaetla2 ot ever ss0 att 16t worth of agricultural merchandise. and an ex- port of over so a0c 000. These figures E-ozt slc91srtiy show that the country Las le1g since cGtsEovn everything ID the shape of prejudice against it. and .s g .eas distance on the road to un- ..-.-ed a5T21ceEsnt and uniform sses7eTisy
 ' ~&s. (. course. to have been ex- seeted that as Manitoba was created T-cTf1ce n 1870. and given full provincial autonomy, and had the only access 10 the outside world in the Red RiFer 10 St Paul. in the United States. it would have made the first advance ment in settlement, and have had it's lands taken up the earliest Still it is estimated there are 1500, GOO acres of free homesteading land in that prov ince, one-half of which at least is fit for cropping, and many millions more in the hands of the Hudson's Bay com pany, the railway companies and many other public and private corporations. It is, however, with the country further west We have to deal now.
 Early Progress of the West
 In 1882, the first year the railway touched that country, 1t was divided into four territories. Assiniboia. Sas- l katchewan, Alberta and Athabasca and given primitive form of government which prevailed until this year (19O5) when the four territories were con verted into two provinces, Alberta ant Saskatchewan, given full provincia autonomy and admitted as sisters int the Canadian Confederation. The en tire growth and development of tn. country are all the result of these 2: years. In 25 years no less than ,00t
 
 west country. Two of the systems have transcontinental lines, the c. P R. and the c. N. R and the third tn, Grand Trunk Pacific is now under way Each of these main lines has branche in many localities. The companies ar, vieing with one another to extend thei systems to every point where there i settlement, so that as a matter of fac every settler of three or fours years residence has road within a reason able distance of his door.
 What is of equal importance to tn farmers is. there are buyers at ever, railway depot for everything they hay 10 sell, which at the newer points i wheat only At the close of last yea