Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06

rate, and nearly every family is forced to
| own its own house.
| In North Winnipeg. beyond the overhead
| bridge, which crosses the railroad track,
hundreds OF neat one and two-story cot
tases are now going up. and they are oc-
ctpied or sold as fast as they are built.
The Wheat Trains.
Standing on the bridge going over ths
railroad we are in the center of the largest
railroad yard of the world belonging TO
single trunk line. At least the Winnipeg-
gers say so. There are one hundred and ten
niles of track covering acres about ue and
at this time they are filed with cars ear.
rying the wheat to the great elevators ar
tort william and Port Arthur. in order thar
1t may be taken down the lakes as soon
as NAVIGATION opens. During the season a
mhedI Tram goes out of this yard every
nour or the day and night and altogether
= nali million bushels of wheat leave here
LOT LOT f0rt William every thenty-four hours,
rive bushels of wheat will make all tba
nour man eats the year around 81
NAT, every day. enough wheat goes over
lhese tracks to feed 10000 men for one,
1 like these Winnfpeggers. They orc 9,
ppushihg, strenuous, enthusiastic and happy
Ihey claim their city has the best cIl,nata
On earth ana they would not exchange the
pltinS winds Of the prairie for the kissing
zephyrs of New York Boston or yVaSb5na,
| soH. 1hey prepare for the season. lust
low every Nlnnfpegger, who can afford H.
,Tbo V e., d =, Eiay oVercoat made of coon skins.
ne fur is long, and II stands ont Ike tha
Issues on a hot hog. This doubles the
80 Vi the wearer 1t makes him look at
ie ast 1907 broader, and as it is long, al
ieast SIX inches taller. He adds ia tic
nelSht by a fur cap which can he III
poWh over the ears. This makes him SIM
DiSSer. indeed, the town lust now is no.
on 81 m.eii Jury giants, who are breathing
GUY smoke, for the Frost conge1ls the al.
rom their nostris, so that il rises lie
-, rnte Nap9T OF an incpient volcano. The
c Toalien mere also dress in furs. Their
Clteks ore blushing under Jack Frosf,s
anorous kisses. and the ozone Of ~. :, 80,
pHeFe paints their eyes bright 'Thcy Ioolr
20 sweet 10 be the wives and da1,o1, ,.r.
" VI. "a. ne giants beside them. but we doubt
NJ me Iact when they open their mouths
"iIq pegln to talk about great Wionines
w Ltilipeg Is at the gateway of tie New
Sdudda. The tens of thousands of irnnl-
grants who are now arriving como throre,
here, and one sees on tho streets ,,,,,,..
rom every region of Christendom There
are Germans, Austrians. Greeks Swedes
anu anu NorWesians, many Of them dressed in
,iie costumes of the land from which they
nave come. Now and then one secs an ~
gllshman, and il is hard to throw a ston.
without striking an American At the sans
.tlhe, lhe most OF the population Is made
up OF Angio-Saxon Canadians, and alto
gether looks not unlike those to be seen IN
st. Paul or Chicago
On one side of the Red river reached by
bridge Is the town of st. Bonface where
there are several thousand French cam
adams, and there are also Russians. Jews,
Italians and Syrians.
The Icelanders of Winnipeg.
Some distance from here, on the shore or
Lake winnipeg, there is n colony OF Ice
landers, many of whom have moved into
the city Some Of them are lawyers. Others
are teachers and not a few have intermar-
ried with the Canadians
These Icelanders We're among the first Of
the western Canadian immigrants. They
were Drought here years ago when It was
lhoUght That none but those accustomed 10
The cold of the Arctic zone COULD withstand
the weather The dominion government sent
commissioners TO Iceland, and they brought
back colony of fifteen or twenty thou
sand souls, and shipped them out TO Lake
Winnipeg The 'Icelanders settled on It's
banks, and for time made most OF their
nVlng by fishing, much of their catch being
through holes In the ice in the winter They
are now well scattered over the country
Many of the girls have gone into service
and not a few are walters at the hotels.
Indeed my favorite hash-slinger at the EN-
pre-, where | am stopping, in Winnipeg IS
a pretty Icelander with cheeks of flame,
hair of fire and eyes of heavenly blue.
These people are orderly. They take to
cducaton and religion, the largest ICe!aHd.o
church in the world being in Winnipeg
There are also many Russians here. and A
Russian church The Catholic population
is large, and the French Canadians all be-
long to that denomination. There IS 4 Trap
pist monastery outside the city, and u Trap
pist nunnery. Almost every denomination
of Protestants has its meeting house
the Jews have a synagogue the Saliva
ton Army is waging its warfare against
dissipation and sin, and the Y. NJ. 6. A. has
it's own building and is doing excellent
work. Indeed, the whole city worships the
Lord under one religion or another. 1t 10
a God-fearing, order-loving, Sabbath-ob-
serving and church-golng municipality. &c
is so good that there are no Sunday news
papers. The street cars are not allowed TO
run on the Sabbath, and the only public
places open are the hotels and the churches.
FRANK q. CARPENTER