The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-02-01
A Letter From Alberta.

Nanton, Alberta, Canada, ian.
2Ist, 1907. To those kind friends
at Rathdrum who feel an interest in
the welfare Of your humble servant
and family, I will take this oppor-
tunity for saying few things pro
and con for Alberta, and at present
we are all quite we'll and like our
new home as we'll as could be ex-
pected.
We left Spokane at 9 p. m, Nov.
18th, arriving at Nanton, Alberta,
Nov. 18TH at II a. m. We noted
quite a change in the weather
while passing over the divide, or
as it is commonly called going
through the Crows Nest Pass, and
by the time we reached Mcleod
the cold was quite severe, and
several inches of snow covered the
ground, and up to the present time
bearing a few days of warm wind.
J The old time cattlemen say there
has been more snow and cold
weather here this winter than be-
fore in fifteen years, and of course
that means big loss of cattle on
the ranges, as the stockmen are
entirely unprepared for such an
unprecedented amount of snow and
cold weather, while the farmers
with their smaller launches are not
experiencing an undue losses, or in
other words those who have given
their cattle half a show are not
losing any, and in most cases are
nice and fat.
Although coal-the fuel of this
country-has been little higher
in price here this winter do not
think there has been any suffering
from the lack of it. We get some
coal from the Taber and Lethbridge
mines by railroad, and the farmers
) and freightors also bring coal with
: teams from the mines on the
.. prairie east of here. They haul
from two to three and one half tons
at load. 1t costs them 50 per
ton at the mines; and just think OF
it, these mines are right in the
midst of big farming country and
: the surface of this land covering
n this coal will produce from rs tc
q 50 bushels of wheat and from 40 tc
100 bushels of oats per acre
: There are thousands of acres o.
fine land for sale cheap in thi:
: vicinity, draw your own conclusion:
: as to it being a safe investment o.
= not. l bought medium sizee
;, sack of oats at the elevator here
!, and it weighed 100 lbs, and from
what have seen and heard hav'
no reason to change my mine
. about this country, but still thinl
:. there is bright future for it.
:, Well now little about the eli
, mate and other things. OF cours
e a person coming here from a rea
a warm climate will feel the coll
much more than one used to coll
IN climate. As for me have nos
Il. that | have carried around throug
d. different climates for good man
ur years and l think a good deal
We that nose. Its the only one l eve
IN had and l hate to lose any OF i
The other day l started up tow
without my overcoat and whil
10, walking along whistling l chance
nd to glance at thermometer hang
so ing on the front of the drug stor'
IT. and saw that it tailed AZ degree
lis below zero. l stopped, turne
myself about and while retracln
my steps gently rubbed that nose
IT. and l gaily whistled that good Of
res quick step known to many an alie
WI vi, in foreign land as "Home Swe
-" Home. u reached home, stage
:, by the fire and the integrity
oro that nose is still intact.
nd But don't ask my brother u
dr. about his nose. He did not ST.
his at home and behave himself, b
the came ~ miles across the pralr
Ian with a load of coal when it W