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

IF' ~. ryonk @. Carpen-
iV0P' teri
reINA.sassatch -%an.--hssl',a =
n ~. capitol Of the BRAID new prov
wy ~ Saskatchewan, until ias'
Nv nv. ',.r,bsr Gil the land between
,''ha and British columbia a aus
NanioS' ,bors,ad miles and between
'an's y, o tas United states ana
NJ .D ,s,,c ocean. belonged TO the north
ts' At ,.,rl,ory. It mad minor sabdivl-
N's' ~, me country az a whole was
fOD ....a nv territorial officials who Nv
s.' s.rs Al Regina. As the food OF i'm
,.nt. began TO spread over .nf
ms.~ the people ol lhe wheat pel'
COUNT itbsv wanted more than a lsI'
oonelugss.~o yernmeut They oeitated the
N'ona' 9e-ongbt Nc before the Cananial.
Ha,isl and he result Is the Two
palial',,,' 400, Of saskatchewan ana Al
pew Vproyiuces mere mean the Sam
hFls In our country. There Wete
..yan provinces 900 '"l'" 49,, nA en-
ss.,tSnber. Thst. lte now nlhe ana a.
ssl'Iia atsst additions promise 10 &c '''
, mos populous of me Nho'e'
'''' cAYADNs SEW STATES
s..s.,cbewan ana Alberta begin on
HsSs N me United States and run
We eusr ak or seven hundred miles
noTunu oboit ia long ms from New
.ny! - Wilmington, and are wluer lnan
iolN Tp,,ladslpha 10 pIt,sburg. they
Hum ,a", The same Size, II is more IMAM
sr aV ,,,',',s the size of Massachusetts.
" times as big as Maryland 'nore ,hen
~ times as biz ts ONO ana plsse.
~ sny country % Europe WIN, ule
..-so,lons OF Russia ana Anstrla'huH
n,,pTh The upper nar Of IL is covered
sa55' tmher but q has 10000 squa'e
W. WV, ~ prairie. adapted 10 ranchiny
hhss rr,ng II has some OF the best
". 49, wheat belt. which Will grow the
I e,nty grain so priced by millcFs
~ y, rorId over. ami known as mo. l
lard"
SASKATCHEWAN LANDS.
have talked with many Of the citi-
an. as TO the character Of Saskatche-
ms Mr. John A. Reid, ono Of the pro-
sl.s,,i officials, who has Travelled all
,ss, i tells me that the country Is
W, v,r miles north Of the American
Ssn,Aarv n is q great plain with no
Nm. h be seen IN any direction. Far
,s.s , north the country IL rolling and
.s, i.,,har north are patches OF for
y, which finally end In O strip OF dense
sooss running across the province from
e,s slde to the other:
Tie province "a well watered except
!, me southwest The Saskatchewan
-ysr. which has many branches, runs
Srougn Il and the soil Is such that wa
4, esn be gotten almost anywhere In ~,
n The far north, Saskatchewan Is
made up OF a series Of lakes, surround
A nv timber. and there are lakes In tie
central and southern portions.
The country has one strip OF SEMI
,dd land. This Is bite, beginning
with the boundary Of the United states
,na running northward In an irregular
curve which includes the most OF south
.rn Alberta. This l9nd Is now used Tor
ranchlng There are scores OF Amer'-
can cattle owners there, and cattle are
otter driven across the boundary from
Montana and other states. Some are
brought from Texas to be fattened, and
there Is a large ranching Industry In
The region, the greater part OF which
belongs TO Americans.
THE WHEAT BELT OF SAS-
KATcHEWAN.
Right here at Regina are some Of tn,
best wheat lands Of Canada All this
country southwark TO North Dakota
and east TO Manitoba is taken up by
wheat farmers, majority Of the lands
belonging to United States citizens
That section is cut up by many rail-.
roads and II is about as well settled as
Dakota Itself Running northward from
Regina. the wheat country extends for
hundreds Of miles Almost directly
touh Is Prince Albert. which is now
reached by two railroads, with settle.
nents all along the way. The distance
between the two places, as the crow
files, Is over 200 miles. Prince Albert be.
Ing about 500 miles directly north OF
he American boundary More than a
hundred miles east Of that line is Bat
ts'ord, on the Saskatchewan river. a
trgn which Is now reached by the Can
tdlap Northern railroad and through