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Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

meet him, and in many cases it sends men
with him to his location. There is a force
of immigration guides, and there are gov
eminent rest houses at all the chief rail-
road centers, where settlers may stay for a
day or so If they cannot make proper train
connections. Here at Winnipeg great build
ings are being put up, which will lodge
from LOCO to 1850 immigrants at one time.
They will have cooking, bathing and laun-
dry arrangements on each floor, although
the immigrants will be expected to buy
their food and do their own cooking. The
immigrants will be cared for free during
their enforced wait here enroute to farms.
There are rest houses in Winnipeg now,
but they are old buildings that had TO be
rented for the purpose. 1 have gone
through some of them. The settlers sleep
on iron beds on mattresses of straw and
the quarters are so limited that they are
necessarily crowded in the thick Of the
season. A whole family is often restricted
to one room, in which there are several
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How the movement started.

Returning to the immigration movement.
Canada has been trying for years TO de-
velop its country by settlers from Europe
It has brought in colonies of all sorts, in
Guiding some from Iceland and many from
southeastern Europe. 1t was not, however
until along about nine years ago, when tho
liberal party came into power, that the
campaign was carried into the United
States. At that time a Manitoba lawyer,
Mr.. Clifford Sifton, who had lived in the
west and saw its possibilities, became sec
rotary of the interior. Mr.. Sifton knew
the United States and the story of its
colonization. He realized how fast our
west was filling up and that the land
would soon be all taken. He knew like
wise the desirabity of our farmers as i'm
migrants and he laid out scheme to bring
them across the border. He turned the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

articles of incorporation must be approved
by the executive council. While the public
is not informed of the number that are
disapproved of, 1t is stated on the authority
of members of the council that the state
has been saved hundreds of thousands Of
dollars that citizens would have been be-
guiled into investing in wildcat companies
but for this law
For the first time the census of the state
was taken this year by the executive coun-
ell and 1t was successful in saving the
state several thousand dollars over tho
cost of the census in former years and in
addition gathered a great deal more in
formation and got out better census re-
port.
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immigration money from Europe to the
United States, opening a score or more OF
offices In the best parts of our farming re-
gions. In each Office he had an agent " tn
a staff of clerks, who were instruotR to
organize the country and distribute in
formation. The first thing done was ad-
verusng in the agriculture and weekly
newspapers. Then tons Of literature were
distributed, and at the same time the
lecture system was adopted by which
Canadians and Americans went from farm
village to farm village, talking up the New
Canada. Whenever a lecture was con-
cluded the agent would say:
Now, we don't ask you farmers to take
our word on this matter. What you want
is to have one OF your men go to Canada
to examine the lands we have described
and investigate their possibilities. He can
then come back and tell you, and you can
do as you please. If you will select a del
egate we will pay his expenses, and you
shall be under no obligations to buy"
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49, their curiosity ana wonder than
the trains on the Uganda railroad
This railroad. from the Indian Ocean to
Victoria Nyanza, is 5s4 miles long and be-
tween the terminal points are SO stations.
The line is managed on the system of the
Indian railroads and most Of the men in
the track. train and station service are
East Indians.
The Indian station agent is known as a
babu and he leads lonesome life. Simba,
for example, where lions have been making
a special study of the railroad system, has
only a station building, a water tank for
the engines and a side track, this being one
OF the places where trains pass each other
on the single track road.
The trouble began at Simba II months
ago, when the traffic manager at Nairobi
one morning received this astonishing tels-
gram from the babu at Simba:
"A lion has been bothering me for three
nights. It comes up on the station plat
form and goes to sleep. Then he walks
up and down, scratches on the wall and
door and tries to get into the Office. Please
send cartridges for a Snyder rife by the
first train for my protection. l have blank
cartridges but they are Of no use against
lions"
This profound observation has the ear
marks OF SOBER trutn. Wnelner inc non ue-
sired to buy a ticket or whether a fellow
feeling for the lonesome babu induced him
to try to cultivate his acquaintance is not
known, but II is quite certain that blank
cartridges were not appropriate ammuni-
ton and that ball cartridges were in de-
mand.
1t is to be supposed that they were
promptly supplied. but II so they did not
make a deep impression upon the lions,
for in August another hair-raising tele-
gram reached the trafhc manager, as fol-
lows:
August IT, las a. m
Urgent To the traffic manager;
"A lion is on the platform. Please in
struct guard and driver (sngineer) to pro-
coed carefully and TO make no signals In
the yard. Tell the guard to advise passen-
gers not to get out here and to be very
careful himself when he comes into the
once"
II Is not quite certain whether the babu
was chiefly solcitous for the safety OF the
guard or whether he thought that the Hon
might take advantage OF the open door &c
come into the once. However this may be
the distress signal from simba had the I'm
mediate results OF starting a British
sportsman in that direction.
The hrst animal he saw was a lionesI
that came walking out Of the scrub, vera
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Another duty devulving upon the execu-
tive council is the work of auditing the
accounts in each of the Offices of the state
capitol building. An expert accountant Is
employed the year around on this work,
checking up the accounts OF the offices.
The expense account is gone over each
month by a clerk and each public officials
account is scrutinized. 1t is claimed that
the saving to the state on this score alone
is $3.50 month At any rate II is known
that before the executive council was given
this work. state officials had much greater
expense accounts than they do now. At
present the state gets the rebate when an
employe buys a mileage book. There was
a time when the employe got it, This re-
bate figures up quite item. The legs-
lature placed upon the executive council
work of issuing every two years a volume
containing the itemized statements OF the
money expended by each official and for
what purpose 1t was difficult to get the
officials to comply. The first time not an
official responded with the information and
the secretary dug the information out of
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beds, but everything is scrupulously clean.
and the people who take advantage of such
accommoda tons do not object.
There are agents in charge of all such
buildings at the various stations, and the
land guides go with the settlers and aid
them in selecting their homesteads Such
guides serve without charge, although the
settler pays the livery bills. Even after
the man has taken UP his homestead the
government asks that he complain II any
thing goes wrong, and the immigration
bureau will stand between him and the
railroads and others in case of oppression.
AS a rule, however, the railroads are glad
to help the settlers. They carry immi-
grants from the Atlantic ocean TO the
northwest for cent per mile, and II they
go back for their families the return trip
is at the same rate
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

the Americans who are settling in Canada
are bringing in 5000 and upward.
Those who go are of all ages. There are
many young men and families with young
children. The st. Paul agent says that
one Of the Minnesota state senator's has
nineteen sons, brothers and nephews now
settling in western Canada; and that the
senator himself has bought land Another
agent states that one of the farmers to
whom he issued tickets was 76 years old,
and that he went to Canada to make a
home for his mother, aged 1O4. It will be
a wonder If the old lady does not get
chilled when the thermometer drops down
to 30 degrees below zero.
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AS she did so a young well-to-do farmer,
who had already made a little fortune and
was stopping at the hotel, heard. AS he
listened he looked, and as he looked he
loved. Indeed he was so much strck IN
that he came to me and begged to be in
troduced to the lady. and that with a
view to a proposal Of marriage. l referred
the matter to the. mother, and she not
Directing, the introduction was made. Be
fore we left the hotel the next day the
two had made up their minds. and when
we went on our way they were engaged.
The lover returned to his home in the
SOUTH where he sold his farm and other
possessions. A few days later he followed
his sweetheart to Canada and married her
The two have now big farm in central
Alberta and are raising turkey red wheat
in large quantities."
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Contingent Funds No Longer.

Contingent Funds No Longer.
There was a time when every official
had a contingent fund and spent 1t pretty
much as he pleased. Under the new laws
the state has a contingent fund and. II a
public official of the state wants new
office chair or a fancy roll top desk he
must go to the executive council for IT,
If the council thinks he needs It he gets
1t. otherwise not. Some of the oficials
stlll have contingent funds. but their use
is restricted. The executive council buys
by wholesale all the stationery and supplies
used at the capitol as well as the supplies
used by the state printer and binder.
State officials wanting once supplies must
draw on the store by requisition for minor
articles and even the members OF the legis-
lature get their supplies for the session
in the same way.
The executive council was first created
as a body in 1876. but only within the terms
OF the present members has II been given
such widespread authority. as has been
described. State Treasurer Gilbertson and
Secretary of State w B. Martin, two of
the members are not asking for re-elec-
ton and in nine months will cease 10 be
members of the council. State Auditor
b. F. Carroll is asking denomination and
has no opposition. Governor Cummins
seeks denomination and has no opposition.
The council under whom the greatest work
OF the body has been organized win be
together for but a few months more.
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HOW 1mmIgrnnt. Arc Hnndled.

This was done IN many communities.
After the delegate had returned and given
his report the immigration agent would
again appear and offer would-be settlers
special rates on the railways to so to Cam
ada with a view to the selection Of lands.
The rate made was l cent per mile, with
a return rate of cent and a half If they
did not stay
A campaign like that described has been
carried on for some years throughout our
central states, and it has resulted in tens
of Thousands of Americans coming here.
The government, however, does not drop
the immigrant as soon as he crosses the
boundary. 1t has its agents ready to
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

evenly on the proposition, and for this
reason largely the council was unable for
fifteen months to decide on who should be
the incumbent of the office of secretary.
Mr.. Shipley, a clerk of the secretary OF
states office, who, during the time the
secretary of state was ex-oflcio secretary
of the executive council had been dele
gated to do the work, continued to act as
secretary. An election interviewed and A.
H. Davidson, formerly a representative to
the Legislature from the northwestern part
of the state was elected secretary. During
the term of office of Secretary Davidson
most of the duties have been added to the
executive council by succeeding general as
semblies. The custom now with the legis-
lature is to assign to the executive council
anything that can't we'll be saddled to
any other department or official.
Present Duties of the Council.
The executive council now annually as
sesses the railroads, telephones, telegraphs,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

vouchers in the auditors office Then the
next legislature passed some caustic resol-
utions and the officials complied The first
volume contains some items of expense
such hiring a boy to carry a grip and
other such items that figure in that volume
and none other. Subsequent to the issuing
of that volume officials have looked twice
at every expenditure.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

Talk with the Commissioner.
l have met the chief officials OF the Ca
madam government who are carrying on
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New Railroads.

Another important feature OF this move
ment is its effect upon the railroads and
railroad building Thirty thousand home
steads means a new farming area Of 1900
square miles. II that were in one solid
block on two sides of a railroad, reaching
back for ten miles on each side. the strip
would be 375 miles long. The government.
however, allots only the alternate sections
as homesteads, so you must double the ter
ritory over which the homesteads are
planted and your tract is TO miles long.
Such tract would reach from New York
to Fort Wayne and beyond. II would mean
a continuous line OF farms covering a strip
ten miles wide from Philadelphia 70 Detroit,
or Whereabouts; and railroads have to be
built to accommodate those farmers. The
settlement OF such a tract Is a part of
what is now going on here in one year.
It is true that our lands are not In a solid
block. They are scattered all over the
country, and the homesteads are here and
there and everywhere The railroad build
zig goes on all the same
"All these new settlers are new custom-
ers for our stores and our factories. They
add to the value OF the lands belonging to
the government near which they settle, and
to the general wealth OF our country. They
mean everything to our future, and we feel
that the money used TO bring them here is
among our best expenditures"
"There is one thing should like to say"
continued Mr.. Smith, land that is, we want
your people to come here to settle. Our
American immigrants are about the best
element OF the new Canada They are good
men and most of them bring in good
money. That is what we need more than
ANYTHING else. We have enormous re-
sources but we require capital and push
to develop them, and we would rather have
that from America than anywhere else.
Your people OF the west and our people
OF the west are much the same. They as
simulate easily. and as time goes on be-
iieve the two countries will in sympathy
be closer together than ever before"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

HE lions of East Africa appear to
be watching the progress Of civ
ilization with deepest interest and
nothing has done more to arouse
their curiosity and wonder than
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bR the close of the present term OF
1 service of Gilbert s. Gilbertson as
treasurer and w. b. Martin as secretary
OF state for Iowa, The campaign that is
now opening in lively order will determine
not only who their successors will be but
also who will be the successors to all the
other state officials who constitute what
is known as the executive council.
The executive council, consists of the
governor, secretary of state, treasurer and
auditor, and it is within the terms of the
present incumbents of these offices that
the council has been elevated by success
sive general assemblies till it is now one
of the dignihed institutions of Iowa, as
well as one of the most important and ono
having vast authority.
How the Council Has Grown.
When the executive council was first
created 1t was merely board of review 10
assess railroad companies. The secretary
of state was ex-officio secretary of the
executive council. After the annual as
sessment of the railroads there was little
or nothing else to do. The council was
created originally as the successor to the
census board which assessed the railroads.
1t was in 1897 that the executive council
was first raised to a position of permancy.
when the office of secretary of the execu-
tive council was created to have separate
offices in the state house. 1t was about
that time that the council was made more
burdensome. It was about at that time
that John Herriott, now lieutenant gov
ernor, and then state treasurer, was caus-
ing the other members of the executive
council some sleepless nights by advocat-
ing that the railroad assessment should be
increased. The executive council split
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

ES MONIES, April 12.-(Special
Correspondence of The Bee. 1.-THE
31st day of January next marks
the close of the present term OF
service of Gilbert s. Gilbertson as
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

this movement They are all under the
secretary Of the interior and more es-
peeially the deputy secretary w. W.
Corey They have offices ot ottawa and in
the various parts Of the United States as
well as a large bureau here in charge ot
Mr. J. Obed Smith. who is the commits
sioner Of immigration and who has control
Of all the work in the northwest Mr..
Smith has been with the movement from
It's start. when he was private secretary
OF Hon. Clifford Slfton. He had something
to do with It as railway commissioner OF
Manitoba, and he now controls all OF its
machinery between Lake Superior and the
Rocky mountains.
In my talk | asked the commissioner how
the Canadian government could afford to
spend so much money bringing in settlers.
He replied:
"our government does not expect to
make money out OF such things except
through the development OF the country.
We are charging nothing for the land, but
we want Canada prosperous and believe
II will become more as more land Is
brought under cultivation. With more
people there will be more business for our
factories. There will be more lmportations
through the custom houses and, as most OF
our revenues come from tarift duties, the
government will have greater receipts"
about how fast are you settling the new
Cauada?" I asked
1--WE have about 5000 new homesteaders
every year This is in addition to men who
come TO buy land. Each OF these home
steaders takes up 100 acres, and that alto
gether means $1,000 new farms annually. II
you figure the families at three members Il
means new population OF 5000 possible
. taxpayers and consumers"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15
Methods of the Dominion Government Attract American Farmers

1t, 1906, by Frank G. Cafpenter.)
April 12-(special Cor
respondenco Of The Bee)-The
Canadian government Is after the
American farmer. II considers
him the best Of all men to de-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-20
Personal.

Miss Mamie Agnew, who has been
visiting Miss Mary Berkeley, of Lees
burg, has returned t, her home in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs.. NJ. r. Crawford, OF
Phil psburg, N. j., Rev. and Mrs.
Barnes and little SOD of Manuel, are
visiting Mrs. 5. F. Dyson, on upper
Prince street.
Miss BERTHE Matthews is visiting friends ut
HiIlboro. Loudoun county.
Mr. Chss. s. Howell, of this city. and
Miss Nellie ). Rison, of Raleigh. II: o., were
quietly married seItember IL, In WASH
ington, ID. g. 49,, NJ
Rurny. Hoffman, Hellmuih,. CLARK, Rogers
Harris. Westelaken, Watkins and Unier'
students at the Virginia Polytechnic 10 il!uts,
have returned to Blacksbnrg, after visit 10
this city. ,,. u..;an
Mugler in Hampton:
Mrs. Richards and family. who have 6een
visiting her parents. Mr.. and and MT. J..
Burk holder at Middlltown. have returned 70
her home in Altxsndria.-l winchester S'sI'
Mrs. Edward Windsor and family ieit 70
day for their home in New York AFTER visiting
her sister, Mrs. Robey. on south Lee street.
She took her niece with her. c.,
Mr.. C. G. Msphis, examiner Tor the nItn
school circuit, was in the city today On scnooi
business
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-20
Police Court.

TJustice Fl. B. Cation presiding. J
The following cases we're disposed Oh
this morning: on
Temple Howser, arrested BY oficers
Lyles and Jones charged with steshng
S62 from Mantis Bros, was sent Oh 10
the grand jury.
WIN. Chiskslos, arrested BY the same
officers charged with stealing *SOo from
Mantis Bros, had his case continued.
Willie Parks, arrested by ohceIs
Henderson aud Beach charged with
stealing $40 from G. NJ. Knight, WAS
fined $40
William Johnson, Martha johnson
and Bette Holmes, all colored, arrested
by Lieut. Smith aud Officer Sherwood
for disorderly conduct, were haed 20
each.
Gertrude Jones and Mary jackson,
both colored, arrested by Officer Hen,
derson charged with fighting, were hned
IS each.
Thirteen colored women, arrested oy
Officers Henderson, Jones and Bell Tor
disorderly conduct, were fined 80 each.
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Lausburgh g. Brother.

Lsnsburgh q Brothers mammoth dry
goods house, go to 426 Seventh street,
and All To 425 Eighth street, Washing
ton d. c., is visited by many Alexan-
drisns daily, and purchases msde
there are always emineutly satisfactory;
Attractive bargains are always to DO found
in this well-known and popular store.
To-day 40 pieces of S0.inch hslf-wool
ohallies, all navy asground, with small
medium and large polka spots nice tor
house gowns, kimonas and children's
dresses, MAS being ,.sold at IL cents per
ysxd The above il bat 'oee Of the
many bargains displayed daily,
Mr.. NJ. Pretzfelder, of this city, is
now associated With Lansburg d Brothers,
and he will be pleased 10 see bis Alex
audris friends at his new place OF busi-
meas. Mr.. Preizfelder has long been
identified with the business interests Of
this citv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-20
Disorderly Cofored Women.

Chief Goods last night ordered the
arrest of certain young colored women
who infest saloons In the northeastern
section of the city at night. According
to the terms of the license granted to the
proprietors of the resorts, they are not
allowed to have separate rooms for
females, nor are the latter allowed to
loaf about the premises. The evidence
of Officers Henderson, Jones and Bell,
who had arrested thirteen OF the de-
linquents, was that these females sleep all
dsy aud emerge from their houses about
time the bats begin to fly, They go to
the saloons for the purpose OF meeting
the male customers and stay around such
places until they are put out at closing
time - generally at midnight The
women, in all stages of drunkenness,
afterwards make night hideous and often
get, to fighting. Justice Cation fined
them S. each.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.

Fletcher Dyson, son Of Mr.. Frank Dyson.
was thrown frou a bicycle OH King stree,
Yesterday One of his arms was spfaineu
and his head was cut by the accident
The schooner Five Sisters, from Aqua
creek. with lumber TO Smoot d Co., mas ar
rived A barge is being loaded with lun:
Der by the same firm for Geisboro.
Mr.. J. d. Normoyle has sold to Mrs
Amanda Moore a house and LOT on the south
side Of Cameron street between Patrick and
Henry,
Select Norfolk Oysters in every 9tyle at the
Elkton tonight
Fried CLANS 30 cents a dozen. Oysters
fried. stewed or raw. Clam Soup DC, Vege.
table Soup &c. C. II. Zimmerman, Market
Space. fep zou