The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
Exi|ed Ones From British Isles
Swarm in Calgary
MAYNARD SONS HAVE THEIR CLUBS
THEIR HABITS NOT CHANGED
AND THEY DRINK MUCH AND
MAKE MERRY.

toned to the grind of the city that you
nave never heard of that paradise for
the well-meaning but misguided-Cal-
gary, the joy of the remittance man.
Calgary is a town in the Canadian
Northwest, about 900 miles farther
along the line than Winnipeg and in
the midst of a rich ranching country.
1t is growing fast and in the near flu
ture it will no doubt lose its attraction
for wayward sons of English families.
men in the great northwest, sons OF
wealthy Englishmen sent out to tine
wilds to prevent them from disgracing
the old people at home. England itself
is such little place that once a young
man does something out of the Or
binary, whether good or bad, it speed
lily becomes matter of public knoWl-
edge So the doors of evil are sent
away to expiate their sins in the brac-
ing air of the prairie, while the doors
of good remain to build up the name.
The traveller who meets remittance
man for the first time will probably
be struck by the fact that he is well
bred So he is; but he divides his year
| usually into quarters and measures
time from the arrival of his money
from home.
Keep Away from British Isles.
Invariably the remittance is sent on
r ha
himself absent from the British Isles.
SO the remittance man feels himself
more or less welded to the country of
his forced adoption and tries to make
the best of it.
How Calgary first attracted these
wandering spirits no one seems to
know. but they are there. Calgary has
the ordinary attractions of the western
town and the usual saloons and the
usual clubs.
Of course it sounds very nice to be in
the position of getting from $1,000 to
$4,000 a year just to stay where one is
put and behave oneself as we'll as one
can without turning robber or high
it nard to change his habits even with
the world smiling fresh about him
every morning.
He goes on drinking just as he did
at home and playing for high stakes
just as he did at home and getting into
difficulties just as he did at home The
one saving feature. from his point of
view, is that all remittances do not ar
rive the same day.
If they did, it might be better for all
concerned, for then somebody would
have to work. but as it is the red letter
days are scattered over all seasons and
the colony reaps the advantage. Every
remittance man knows the remittance
his own and he goes on the theory that
if he spends all his allowance for the
entertainment of the others they will
spend all their allowances for his en-
tertanment
Scent Out Newcomer.
Trust a remittance man for seeming
out a newcomer. There are grand times
when he arrives. He is dined and adj
! mittei as a special privilege into the
resorts of gaming and drinking. He
feels himself quite at home with the
old accent all about him and every in
centive to keep on with his old wild
ways.
Queer stories are told of remittance
| out from Manchester as a hopeless case.
He landed on a ranch near Calgary
and for time rode about and appeared
| to be trying to make something out
| of himself; but by and by he fell under
the charm of the Remittance Club, and
the old temptations were too strong to
be resisted.
| After he had written a glowing letter
home telling of the glories and the
possibilities of the country, he ended
up by expressing the nope that his
father would send him enough money
| to buy ranch. The delighted father
complied at once and the next letter
| made further request for cash to
stock the ranch with cattle
After the industrious son had with
mis- companions got away with $4,000
the father sent a cable dispatch saying
that he was coming to look over the
rancn. There was a lively time among
tine remittance men when the dispatch
reached the son. He hesitated for
long time between flight and confess
sion, but at last a happy thought struck
him.
He 6orrows a Ranch.
He borrowed the use of ranch from
friend for three days and awaited his
fathers arrival with the greatest equa-
nimity. When the old gentleman came
he was driven out to the borrowed
ranch and entertained for the three
days, mis- devoted son never leaving his
side.
On departing the father gave the son
an order for $4,000 to show his ap-
probation of his reformed life. There
vas general rejoicing as long as the