Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

1 IINI NIIUNI " N"'N'NN vi NN'.'.H ~"
t.a fee sun young country
j ..uq5 20 has been lying here "a
,... .ue gathering fertility fcr conn
generations Very little was known
I, AIh.ra and particularly southern
.r..a. uIor TO- 1870. except hy the
iaal. hunters who came up from the
,sie. and the whisky trader who trad
.lahHk, for pclts. Tho coming OF the
rrthugst mounted police to Fort Mac
i..l Boz fNli spoiled the whisky traders
,ufae.s Tile canadian Pacific ran-
rsy pushed through 600 the early cirh-
ana from Calgary parties won't
,Hn and north ana the cattlCmen
.er.I to stock the ranges. others
n~We mp from the states arriving
fm ,ne south country via. Montana.
IN. DHtn.mcu Co further their own
mfs and roiain the country fnr range
imposes always maintained that
southern Alberta was only No fof graz
Ire atuc and horses 30 most people
beloved thH story. especially in east
,qI canada. so much so that this part
a marked Ou canadian maps and
,brrfs as 90 muchmg and grazing coun-
An and The reputation thus given TO
southern Alberta is hard TO eliminate.
SOME STORIES DIsPRovED.
MANY ol tho states 90 the south OF
Alberta have gone through the Same
Stages and what WAS considered Go Doe
and land has since been plowod and
tas Welded "a largc portion Of tho
worlds bread supply The same old
Stories have been eNtaut of summer
fusts ana dry weather. which as the
COUNTRY settled became DINNER and
weaker. and $50 one finds in Alberta
ss the seasons movc along the crops
g.. bigger and difficulties disappear
as distances Ca market grow less and
Non and methods change. AS a mat
fa- of fact the Alberta climate taking
Ae year round. is not nearly as se-
we're ag many OF the northern sta.cs
and when Che distances 20 be Travelled
become less and cOnNenlcnCCs are equal
90 older places 20 will be found that in
SIMMER the climate is moderate and the
winter has many more enjoyable days
than can De- experienced ln the northern
states except those directly on the
Pacific
me- man who picked up or does pick
90 good land iu Alberta and sticks 90
It VIII come out ahead and he well on.
al course those who place an their
eggs u one basket and grow one crop
are gambling on the future. and even
r Do is cotton or watermelous the
southern states are at times liable to
Dose their crops. But &c has been
ahuUdanty proved now that the ALL
round farmer in southern Alberta can
DO as wen as the same man IN any
other portion of the globe. and still
better t0r land can be ATTAINED for a
sang that WIN grow as high as 60 BUSH
eis per acre of first class wheat. a
good man is q good man anywhere.
EARLY HISTORY.
i was in 1854 that the Cardston
country commenced to develop but
very slowly. there being only two small
ranches DO the whole district about a
miles north and south and 100 miles
cast and west Nothing much hap
pelei for three years then arrived
Nasrs q. o. card. Thos Il. Kicks. of
RHburg. Idaho. Thomas X Smith Of
logan. Utah and Neils Monson Of
hHlm. Utah. After a short interview
ilA iae only settlers on Lees Creek. at
Dr. time. Messrs. Barker and Dono-
ul there four went down tho
utk ana commenced To plow and on
lts day was Cardston born. A month
h'e arrived Messrs. John Wolf j. A. !
Hammer, George L. Farrell and r. r. |
Anderson. Samuel Matkm and Thomas |
y LuVitt. 10 is Interesting TO note |
ihai of these early arrivals many are
vim us now. G.. .. Card gave his |
llme To the town and lived long
Enough To- be assured that his work was /
PIT wasted and that he founded n pros |
Porous ana growing community the |
szg of which only the future can ton. |
John A. Woolf is there vet and though |
H.fIHHH unffts. hrHNnrnaa A. rHf
h.e and hearty and his son John W. |
NooG i5 the local member Of thtc Al |
hta Provincial house, perhaps tho |
post up-to-date and progressive as /
Hmb.y 1n the continent. Bishop Ham |
Per Is just retiring from his second |
form 1s mayor of tho town Of Cardston |
iav.ng Boo his two terms seen the town l
d'1au from village basis 90 the stat /
q nj town. with an electric light and /
fireworks plant m run operation. /
names Anderson grew wheat the /
ffst year ne came In and has had good |
9is ever since without a break. The /
fa,Iit family is also prominent In |
iny lines and has given its name
"a thriving place "a few miles west Of i
r1s'Uu. To was LeaNitt wheat that IN \
u competition az the Alberta Pro- /
lgal Seed fair iu 1907 that took the
Peg aud second prizes for the best hard l
nie wheat, Alberta's speciality which I
making her famous. Many countries
l grow good soft wheat but only a
eh 90. .ho best of hard wheat
WHEAT OUTPUT.
A narrow gage railroad reached the
Town uf tardstun ina September. 1904.
Nhich. however owing 90 the advent OF
'"h,oIs and the increase OF grain |
igains. had 10 be replaced I'm 1905 by
/. broad gauge road. and when the Al
lia Pacific company finished It's ele-
la'or in October 1905. the serious busi-
y. of wheat shipping commenced.
iAf I'sl year about 100, 900 bushels
4a,el uut but owing TO the limited
i1l A.i heretofore and tho want OF eX-
'Dhe' no some farmers this wheat
N DOB. much of IT, reach high grade
l hU. much of Do grade high The !
Nt year 1906, saw "a great improve
..H. iH lue crops and the grade OF
N.til produced ON the whole was
'l,' h.,i0r though prices were low
u lhe early part of the season. partly
lMb io lhe fact that farmers were !
Va yen N'.o to methods OF shipping or
Hrne up competition Zoo their own
Ine season of 1907 has seen stin
progress, so that now the
depot presents "a most busy
.'..Or ono lurga elevator o. ln
lta.} operation another iu course of
Non, Two Winnipeg FIRMS have
l,i buyers ou tho ground ana the
N1 columbia mills are drawing 0n
~ ..sIon Tor parts OF their supplies.
.s HIe constantly gomg up so
Hid thut m ihc streets of
''' 600. aud other towns in the
'.' N ls becoming quite common
.a" words Cardston. Raymond. |
'i sacks of -four loaded on drays
Gown The street Tho Clrdstou
m.N Is owned hy Messrs. Hchcr |