The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-11
CHARLES W. DEAvER'S LETTER.
Description of the Country from ST. Paul
TO North Battleiord, Canada.

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your readers a brief description
of my trip up in the Canadian
northwest. | started from Car
roll county, ILL.,, on Tuesday morn
ing March 9th, over the G. b. O.
road to st. Paul, arriving there at
1870 from Savanna, Ill. | came
up along the east side of the Miss
issippl river; the river on one side
and the bluffs on the other made
the scenery beautiful.
| was in st. Paul from noon till
5:15 p. m., and then took the Great
Northern Road from there to
Winnipeg, distance of 458mlles.
l travelled the most of this dis
tance after night and cannot tell
you much about the country. |
crossed the line into Canada just
before daylight, the sun shone
bright and warm, which made the
level prairie look beautiful. Ar
rived at WlInapeg about eight
o'clock Wednesday morning, but
was only there long enough to get
off one train into another. From
Winnapeg [ came across the level
prairie over the Canadian North
ern railroad to Canora, Sask., a
distance of 203 miles northwest
of Wlnnapeg, here stopped for
two days. Canora is a little town
of about 200 population, with a
grain elevator that handled about
100000 bushels of grain last year.
This elevator was just built the
latter part of last summer.
They raise wheat at Canora
which yields from 40 to 80 bushels
per acre and oats yelld from 70 to
100 bushels per acre, they also
raise flax, barley, potatoes and
vegetables.
| like the country about the VI
cinlty Of Cauora very much. 1t
Is practically a new country town
being less than four years old.
There is yet homestead land to be
mad. About 45 miles north of
Canora there is some very rich
| fertile land and some that is not
so good. The country from Win
napeg is partly covered with scrub
brush, and ia places there are lots
of poplar tim ber groves.
The American and Canadian
people around Canora are very
friendly and sociable, and like to
see the Americans comein. While
right close around the town is
mostly settled with Foreigners
called Galaclans with here and
there Duke Boor settlement. |
left Canora Friday night at II
o'clock for North Battletord, a
distance of 270 miles, on the same
railroad. This railroad has just
been built, the end of ID here and
on to Edmondton was just COM
pleted last summer.
The country from Canora to
Battleford is mostly rolling pral-
rie, Ia places quite a few stones.
| arrived at Battleford about 8
O'Clock p M, Saturday.
North Battleford is a town
which has been built IN the past
ten months. 1t now has popu-
lation of about 900, with four
large hotels, two banks, and lots
OF new buildings going up. Old
Battleiord IS just across the Sas-
katchewan river, distance of about
two miles. was going to cross
to-day, tut thought it little too
dangerous to CROSS on the ice, as
there is no bridge across the
river.
The climate up here is fine and
warm. Farmers were in the
fields sowing grain between Ca
nora and Battleford.
There are homesteads to be had
out here from 40 to so miles from
the town along the line of the
survey Of the Grand Trunk rail
road. | don't know mucl about
the soil here as | have not been
out in the country yet, but from
the appearance it is nou as good
as it is at Canora There seems
to be more alkali IN the soil here
and quite lot of sand, aud the
climate seems to be drier, while
at Canora the soil rs black loan