The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-14

berta." I.ethbridge is less than fifty
miles from the Montana line ALI are
thriving cities, Lethbridge being the
largest of the three, with a population
of 5000. The country through this
section is level or slightly rolling, with
good soil, though not SO reliable for
rainfall as points further north and
east. Irrigation is practiced to a
considerable extent. Winter wheat
and alfalfa are the principal crops,
while beets are also raised and manu-
featured into sugar. The winter
wheat was just ripening for the har-
vest when we were there, July oath.
There was a fine stand, part of the
crop being on irrigated land and some
on land not watered. The section
about Lethbridge is level as floor,
and the soil is chocolate colored and
fertile. We saw fields of 1000 acres
of fine wheat near Lethbridge.
At this place we were taken out two
miles from the city to see the expert
mental farm, where fine showing
was made Of growing crops, small
fruits and shrubbery. A fine supper
| was spread at the farm, the bill OF
fare including strawberries Of home
growth A reception followed at the
club rooms in the city in the evening,
The writer of this article was taken
by auto about ten miles into the coun-
try and shown the heavy crops.
| At Mcleod and High River the ex.
cursionists were toasted and fcted,
| will long remember the cordiality
shown by the people. r.
From here we started on the back
track toward Winnipeg on the main
| line of the Canadian Pacific railway.
All day Saturday, the 25th, we were
making the run between Lethbridge
and Regina, the capital of the Sas-
katchewan province. During the day
/ we passed
MEDICINE HAT AND MOOSE JAW.
Medicine Hat is a city Of 5000 peo-
pie, in a district that should have irri-
cation to make crops certain. Some
thing has already been done along the
line of irrigation projects, and large
areas will soon be under f1owage from
the bitches. Considerable dry farm
ing is being done under the summer
| fallow system, with excellent results.
Medicine Hat has one great advantage
over other towns. 1t has natural gas
in exhaustless quantities. The party
visited one well owned by the Can
adlan Pacific railway, where the pres
sure at the outlet was 427 pounds to
the square inch. This gas is used for
lighting, heating and power purposes.
The street lamps burn all day, be-
cause 1t Is cheaper to allow this than
to turn off the gas in the morning and
relight the Jets at night. While or
dinarily gas costs the consumer from
80 cents to $1.75 per 1000 feet, here
at Medicine Hat the price is to 1919
cents per 1000.
At Moose Jaw the editorial party
was met at the train with autos and
| carriages, driven to the boat landing
on the river, and from there by
canoes and launches to cool park on
the bank of the stream mile from
! the city, where refreshments were
served. The day had been very hot and
this diversion was most welcome to
the tired eXcursionists.
OFF FOR REGINA.
The stop at Moose Jaw had to be
curtailed, as we were due at Regina
! for supper. We arrived there at 7
pm. and went at once to the fine new
King George hotel, and partook of an
elegant banquet as the guests Of the
city. Regina Is the capital of Sas-
katcheWan province and the visiting
editors were unanimous in declaring
it one of the best improved cities
they had visited on the trip. Regina
has fine paved streets, an excellent
class of business blocks, and costly
public buildings, including a new
$4,000 city hall and a S225,0OO post
office building nearly completed.
SASKATOON.
We leave Regina for the north
about midnight for "a 250-mile run over
a branch of the Canadian Northern
railway to Saskatoon, one of the
newer towns of that region. 1t prom.
ises to be big town in the near
future. 1t is very new, with many
| substantial structures, as well as
buildings largely of a temporary and
| hurried class of construction, with
| speculation rife and vacant lots max.
ing the city appear scattered. 1t is
in good grain section and already
does a large business in all lines,
especially farm machinery and sup
plies. We took dinner here and
looked over the town, then turned
southwark again, stopping for few
minutes at the six-months-old town Of
/ Guernsey, with 100 inhabitants, most
ly Americans. They haven't even a
depot yet, but met us at the track
with fruit and hearty greetings, and
showed samples of fine crops grow
| ing about the town. Supper was
taken at Lanigan, another new town
further down the line, with 800 PEG.
! pie. The town was decorated in honor
of the visitors with flags and bunting.
The train left Lanigan about 8 pm.
and next morning we were at Virden,
located $50 miles west of Winnipeg
1t is nice little city Of 5000 peo-
pie surrounded by rich and old set
tied agricultural region. We were
driven about the town to see the
sights. This little city is in the pro-
vince of Manitoba. Our next stop was
at the metropolitan city Of
BRANDON, MANITOBA,
a we'll built town Of 10000 people,
surrounded by fine and thrifty
farming country, well settled and dis
playing fine crops There Is no va
cant. land around Brandon, but the
city seeks manufacturing establish
ments and wholesale stores, as it is
natural distributing point for large
| territory. It has now three railroads
and another one coming. It is the
largest city in Manitoba, outside of
Winnipeg. 1t is the former home of
Will ]. White, the popular representa-.
tive of the Canadian government, who
accompanied the party on this trip.
| A nice luncheon was served to the
| visiting editors at the fair grounds
adjoining the city, which are well i'm
proved with large buildings. Very