The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
NEW State GUT
FROM WHEAT BELT
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Mr.. Carpenter Gives An Interest
ing Story Of Saskatchewan,
Canada.
HOW THE PROVINCE LOOKS
Its Enormous Extent and Rapid
Dcvelopment-Regina and Mu-
nicipal Ownership.
HOW THE PROVINCE LOOKS
BY Frank G. Carpenter.

Especial Correspondence OF The Times
Dispatcl.)
REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN, January
2o.--Regina is the capital of the brand
new province OF Saskatchewan. Until
last September all the land between Mani
toba and British Columbia, distance OF
thousand miles, and between the boun-
Diary of the United States and the Arctic
Ocean, belonged to the northwest terri
tory. 1t had minor subdivisions. but the
country MS n whole was governed by
territorial officials who lived hero at
Regina. AS the flood of immigrants be-
gan to spread over the country the peo-
pie OF the wheat belt concluded they
wanted more than a territorial govern
inent. They agitated the matter. brought
II before the Canadian Parliament, and
the result is the two new provinces OF
Saskatchewan and Alberta. Provinces
here mean the same as States in our
country. There were seven provinces in
Canada up to last September. There are
now nine, and the two latest additions
promise TO be the most populous of the
whole.
Canada'S New States.
Saskatchewan and Alberta begin on the
edge of the United States and run north.
ward six or seven hundred miles. They
nre about MS long as from New York to
Wilmington, and arc wider than from
Philadelphia to I'ittsburg They arc about
The same size. Saskatchewan lacks only
II few thousand miles of being as big as
Texas. It is more than four times the
size of Massachusetts. twenty times az
lhg as Maryland, more than six times as
bs as Ohio, and bigger than any country
OF Europe, with the exception of Russia
mud Austria Hungary. The upper part
OF IL is covered with timber, but 1t has
10000 square miles of prairie adapted
10 ranching and farming. j has some of
the best of the wheat belt, which will
grow the hard. flinty grain so priced by
Inillers the world over, and known as
mo. hard"
Saskatchewan Lands.
y have talked with many of the citi-
2.his to the character of Saskatche-
Wan. Mr.. John \. Reid, one of the pro-
Whcial officials, who has travelled all
over 1T. tells me that the country is fiat.
For miles north OF the American boun-
Diary 1t is great plain with no hills to
be seen in any direction. Farther north
the country is rolling and still farther
north are patches OF forest, which finally
end in strip OF dense woods running
across the province from one side TO the
other.
The province is well watered. cxcept
ut the southwest. The Saskatchewan
River, which has many branches. runs
through it and the soil is such that wa
Ser can be gotten almost anywhere in 1t.
e. In the far north, Saskatchewan is made
%upnof series of lakes. surrounded by
( timber and there are lakes in the cen.
trial and southern portions
The country has one strip OF semi arid
, land This is bite. beginning with the
boundary of the United States and run
ming nortiward in an irregular curve
which includes the most of southern AL
oerta This land is now used for ranch
ing There are scores of American cat