The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

I Wentz turned around and spoke impres-
sively. I've known people to come up
here and not do any good for themselves
al all
/ This was incredible and was received
with muruur Of dissent
-Sfsct. said Mr.. Wentz. There's no
body standing around here on the corners
90 hand YOU money.
q THIS was very Disappointing We had
I commenced TO watch the corners.
But there's one thing sure went on
young Mr. Wentz this is a big. fertile,
pleasant country. It's new It's the last
West there IS on this continent to-day.
F And the opportunity IS here A man has
got fifty times a bigger show here than he
4 has in an old Worked-out community.
Anyhow. that's what I think and young
T Mr Wentz looked lovingly down az his
motor csr.
{ Are you naturalizedg- I asked.
Am Il" said young Mr. Weutz- You
/ bet your life You have TO be natUraiized
before you can own homestead land
4 Americans get uaturallzcd just as quick
as they can hop into politics Americans
inst naturally take to politics There's
lots Of them IN the provincial parlia-
ncnts and holding government Offices.
I IN a Liberal myself We had the hottest
election out here you ever saw not long
ago. and we Just cleaned the C0nscrva-
uves up. People in Toronto and Ontario
and In the eastern part OF Canada gen
orally are shocked out OF their boots ST
the way we whoop it up at election time
ont hero in Saskatchewan. and Alberta
provinces You know what does it It's
the American influence You know we
don't get regular elections every four
years like we used 20 IN the States Only
once IN a while. when the government
goes out So. when we do get a chance
at an election We sure do 20 in and stir
en- ny We know how. you see. We
s.idnt live In the United States for moth
ing
.'F5ow about the Fourth Of july I
asked.
'Say." said young AIr. Wentz. earnestly.
'you ought 90 come up here some time
in July. The first Of July Is the Cana
dian national holiday. and We celebrate
rhat and then three DAYS later it's the
Fourth. and We celebrate that fust as
much as we ever did down IN the States.
and an the other Canadians. born and
naturalized, turn u and help US It
seems funny 20 see British subjects
marching around and cheering over the
Declaration Of Independence. but it's all
right at that. out Of the Declaration Of
Tndependence came the Federal Canst,t5s-
ton and out Of thar experiment came the
second great free government. founded
on Just about the same liues-Canada.
We arrived az the c.ry % Asouth.
which is one Of the older cities Of the
neighborhood around Saskatoon. having
arrived az the mature aEa of one year II
now has 30 people. several banks. and
newspaper. the Asquith Empire.
The editor. SIr. MacT.achIaud. presented
himself. and I promptly insuIted him by
suppoSing that his paper was printed on
q hand press
"A ;Iand press7 No. no. said the in
disnant editor we have a gasoline en-
Eine-
Suitable apologies were presented and
we walked around Asgu!th for two hours
and watched j. grow We met numerous
citizens who had landed there the wear
before whith Sums varying from 70 cents
90 8 in Confederate currency Tra,
showed Us their stores and banks and
houses We liked everything, but depI1r- ,
cd there were no trees"
Give US fine said The editor We
can build hotels and banks and homes
and things. but We can't build trees Z
That's about the only thing around here
that takes time 20 Erow'
The Wan from Missouri.
We went back TO Saskatoon and on the {
way we passed IN OK cart and STOPPED I
TO talk % the driver. He was q sturdy .
looking Young man.
I thought everybody that came I'd
here owned an automobile inside Of five
years complained 10 young Ar Wentz.
and that man IS driving an OK team
Well said young AIR W-utz he /
hasn't been here FIVE years. Ask him
Have you been in this country five
years. I asked the driver o. the OK
Team
No. sah.~ said the driver politely. I've
been up in this country a little over a
yeah
DO YOU want 20 bay an automobile
{ asked trying to look Ike 7 owned young
dr- VENTS machine
Ny oxen are all right" SAID the strar-
ger They re kinder slow. but they Ger
ainly git there What kind Of a otter
What part OF Missouri co You come
ROM, I asked.
II m from Old Pike. % SAID the stranger.
lroualy- 7 got n nice piece of land o-r
iere about fifty miles NY wrear-s eoiu-
70 run about forty bushels % the acre
nd I'll be driving horses next year. Come
'ut IN about three years. mister. and II
ertainly buy an otIeru0hiIe. all right
Don't you freeze 20 death IN winter
.sked one Of our party h
7 hain't ylt.- said the man from Ms
curl
Wouldn't yog Ike 10 be back 3. Old
'ike2' I asked him
Nope said the stranger This com
r. looks pretty Sood 70 me. Especially
'5eu go out and take a squirt al that
heat field Of mine. That's the pdrtiest
hing 7 ever saw
We left the oxen drive- after promising
Q come on; % the lourishing city Of
'ikevlile, which De IS going 20 start on
ne corner Of his farm
Make II three years. he said. as he
.aFed gopd-1y- III meet yoG AZ the
t1tlon with my ottermobne"
Have a Regular Club
We drove back TO Saskatoon. and vounr
r. Wentz spoke proudly Of its = a51 nom
alton and fine new hotels and took Is
yer u the club II was a regular club. ~
nth thres billiard tables and a bs- and :
4oiaTy and readi1s-roon with every Il.
noEn magazine on the tables.
We haven't got club building Of our z
WI YET said young 1Ir. Weutz but Z
ONE hack next year and we-I have ON - {
We rode that afternoon through tna G
askatcheTan Valley. and men on the / \
-aln pointed out steam harveSrers ar Z u
ork and told us what fields would -l-n s
iiItF cushelS 20 the acre and which ones a
-obahly would make o-rr forty bushels + L
We arrived al Edmo-ton. rbe flrtbsst =
3rth town in Amertcr that can be ra7ci1- / I
! by rail. with grf u pomp and cers-
.'nF- H@c11nen W re shouting At the G.
-pot the names Of half a dozen hotels q
20 newsboys and 1 wsZirls we're ca al1In- $
be morning papers There he's been 4 [ Il
Ut at this point for over 10 years. but o
odeTu Edmonton is o1lv ten wears olF b
owns seem to grow in til=s no-t77-estarn 7
'untry as rapidly as wheat. A Ions Hna
automobiles were waiting at the .Ie-ot