Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-03

This Is another wheat center.
In fact the grain growers are settling
here and there all over the central and
the eastern parts OF the province. The
land about Regina IL a black loan from
10 to 20 feet deep In places In Other
parts of the province II varies so that
there is much choice IN locations. The
surveyor general OF Canada who has
made careful study OF the province,
estimates that Saskatchewan contains
something like IS, 900 80 acres OF wheat
lands, and that there II also region
about as big as Indiana which might
be irrigated. The wheat lands are more
than twice the size Of the state Of Ohio.
A PROVINCIAL CAPITAL.
| wish could show you this new
capital of Saskatchewan. Regina Is
ragged town OF ragged houses, situated
on ragged plain, spotted with wheat
fields which now look decidedly rag
gcd The town has ungainly houses
aud wide streets with board sidewalks.
which run far out into the country.
one Of the streets Is two miles long,
extending 10 the mounted police bar
racks md the government house, Tha
enthusiastic Reginans speak Of those
places as n part OF the city and the
The chief business street runs paral-
lei with the railroad II has only one
side tho stores facing the track. Above
the depot are numerous elevators large
wooden buildings which tower over the
city visible for miles. Regina calls
itself a wheat city. and these elevators
are III landmarks. There are n dozen
az them IN the town proper, and. ~
the wheat district adjoining. 100, hav-
ing combined capacity of 100000
bushels.
IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
II took me some time to find the off,
ces Of the new province. Saskatche-
wen is not old enough to have n state
house or a parliament building The
government is now run IN rooms on
the second stories of the various build
ngs throughout the town, The most
OF the provincial business is done above
the Bank Of Commerce. a little yellow
brick structure with retail stores on the
ground floor and government offices
above
The new province already has Its diff
ferent bureaus, and Il is rapidly acquir-
ing good sized civil service. | spent
some time IN the agricultural depart
ment, and learned that government
farm Is In existence near Indian Head,
where all sorts Of experiments as to
grains and vegetables are being made
with n view TO developing the province,
The new state has it's weed inspectors
who 40 over the country and wam peo-
pie TO cut down their weeds. Ii they
do not obey. the government will de-
stroy them and the men refusing will
be prosecuted and fined. Laws are al
hatn 70 oil
and the state Is protecting the farmers
In every possible way
] talked with one of the members of
the agricultural department as TO the
wheat yield OF Saskatchewan. He said
MANY OF the figures published are ex-
trav0gant We know through the
threshers' returns Just what we get out
OF the soil and while we have many
farms which yield 20 bushels OF whent
and upward per acre there are very few
which yield more than 30. There may
be a patch now and then which Will
turn out 40 bushels but when II comes
TO 100 acres or 1000 acres giving any
such yield you must take the statement
with considerable salt"
INDEPENDENT LANDLORDS.
arrived in Regina to find the hotels
packed. This had been their condition
for the past two or three years, and In
the spring and summer Il Is not un-
common to find the halls filed with
cots, As It is, have 20 sleep in room
with two beds. and my companion
shores so that he shakes the door omen
night after night, The landlords are
sometimes insolen, II you complain,
they viii tell YOU to go elsewhere and
they know very well there Is no else
where. All the hotels are full. This
is so throughout the new Canada. II
is necessary during the summer season
10 telegraph ahead to get quarters, and
one must be content to rough II. The
hotel rates are about the same as In
the United States. or II anything, a
little cheaper. Outside Winnipeg and