The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
REGINA. GALLS. SETTLERS
TO II FIST NEW EMPIRE
Queen city Of The G,sat 1oung P,oouls Of Saskatchewan,
Canada, Appeals Homcseeke,y from Unltea StQtes---
Rich Country Where 1lgbty Ha,vests Abouua

fertile districts, extending $50 miles to +,
the north, and the western terminus of
traverses a rich and fertile, country, $50
miles of which is tributary to Regina, and
the same may be said Of the 500 line to
the south. In addition to these, the Can
thru the city, and the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway will tap the district. Other lines
are projected, one, the Regina & Hudson
Bay railway, being organized by local
enterprise.
Regina today is the only railway center
between Winnipeg and Calgary a dis
lance Of $40 miles, being $50 from the for
situated about midway between the two
oceans, and Is thus center for supply
the markets in both hemispheres sending
eastward to Old Canada and Europe, and
westward to Japan and the Orient.
... Great. Rich Farm Lands.
Regina is as good and fertile as that in
any part Of the continent Of America, the
soil to the south and north of the railway
track being particularly rich. Generally
a black clayey loan three or four feet
deep, with a subsoil of clay. 1t produces
the finest wheat and for vegetables and
garden produce the Regina district cannot
be surpassed anywhere in the world, mar
ket gardeners retailing their produce to
places 40 miles away. According to the Of
| fetal bulletin of the government, the ay-
erage yield per acre of spring wheat In
| the Regina district during the last seven
years was 20.96 bushels, figure that is
not reached by any other locality in the
northwest. .-..
| There are no impediments against at
| once starting farming operations, as the
land does not require cleaning, tho by the
sides Of the creeks there are surface stones
| that are found useful for building. The
| prairie offers unlimited pasture for count
less cattle, and there Is an abundance OF
| wild hay. Thus mixed farming has been
found the most profitable; as a rule, tho
| confined themselves exclusively to cattle,
and others exclusively to wheat-grow1ng.
Swine and sheep have not hitherto peen
tried, success has followed. Both indus
tries are growing, and as packlnghouse
and abattoir, is now established IN Ike, re,
will be an important item In the income OF
! As already indicated. the facilities for
marketing are all that can be desired. Inc
i CITY itself, combined with the police bar
acks, affords market for a considerable
amount of agricultural produce, while the
shipments of grain, cattle and DAIRY pro.
duce to both the east and the west are
source of considerable profit to the farm
ers turnout the district. -
Prosperity and Progress.
In 1898 the Regina Board of Trade ISSUED
leaf1et in which it was stated that. there
, was abundant land available for fire,
, demonstrating, and that there was ais
land for sale at 81 an acre. A second ed1
ton of the leahet. issued in 1901. put thu
price of land at 50 to S.. All this is nov
l changed. The increase in the cultivatet
b. area turnout the district, the rapid growtl
commercial undertakings have greatly in
= creased the value Of real estate. Their
are no free homesteads except in the ne!
c districts north Of Regina, while raw prai
ria now fetches 81 to S16 an acre,
9 These are not boom prices. They ar
+ ! Indications of natural prosperity, follow