The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-11-26
DOWN MISSOURI WAY.
Cnnada's Respect for Law and Order
tho Subject for Favorable

tho Subject for Favorable
Comment.
Those who have visited Canada are
always impressed with the strict OBJ
servance chat is given to the laws OF
the country, and the order that is
preserved everywhere. The editor of
the Gazette of Fulton. New, recently
paid ~ visit to western Canada lie
was so impressed with the conditions
that he saw everywhere that on his
return home he was inspired to write
as follows:
Reverence and respect for law is a
dominant characteristic Of the Cana
dian people. Wherever n goes in
| Canada, whether east or west, the law
is supreme. The law is obeyed because
it is law, seemingly, and not because
violation carries a penalty. Canada
enforces the law and makes every law
effective. No country is more free
than Canada. In name Canada is a
fact, it is almost a third republic. All
it's taxes are voted, collected and ex-
pended by the Dominion n the pro-
yinces. The nominal head Of the gov
eminent is the governor general, mp.
pointed by the English crown. Prac-
tically his only authority is to veto
the acts of parliament, which he scarce
ly ever exercises. Canada gives nothing
to the support of the English govern
ment or the English king. She gives
England the advantage in trade regu-
~1ations and tariff laws, and in return
receives the protection of the British
army ana navy. Canada enjoys the pro-
lection without sharing in the ex-
pense.
The sale of liquor is strictly resu-
lated. None but hotelkeepers nay OBJ
tain license to vend the stuff, and be.
fore a license can be secured an appli,
cant must prove good ~cEaracte, and
provide 20 rooms in his tavern 1or tEe
accommodation Of guests. The bal
rooms close at z o'clock Saturday
evening and remain closed until Mon,
day morning. The schools and churches
in western Canada excite admiration
Though new. western Canada is moi
Goddess. The finest buildings In every
town are the churches. Next com
the school houses"
Turning to the wheat fields of west
: (Neb.) Advocate of Sept. II, says: %
!, have often thought that the reaso
:, that the characters Of Charles Dick
: ems are so impressed upon the mind!
l of his readers Is because he dwell;
: upon them so long and describes then
so infinitely that by the time one ha5
e waded through his long drawn on
stories they are so burned into hi
. brain that he can never forget them
! 1t was this way with the Canadian
wheat fields. Had we only seen a fey
e the memory Of them might have worl
:, away in time, but q long drawn on
experience such as we had is sure t
leave an i~neffaceable impression
y Never While we live shall we forge
n the Canadian wheat fields. They cal
it the granary of the British Empir
and we don't blame 'em. Nobody VIII
has seen their wheat fields can wonde
at their enthusiasm"
1t is worth while to record tina
these fields have now beer harvested
and in many cases yields as high a
forty and fifty bushels per acre hav
been marketed, while the general az
eragc has been away above twent
! bushels per acre. Oats and barle
\ have also done well, and the profits
the lri,Cs OF grains being high. hay
paid the entire cost of the farms q
many a farmer. There is now 1G
\ acres of land given away, in additio
| to the 100 acres that the homesteade
may purchase at $500 an acre. Pal
ticulars Of this as well as the loves
railway rates will be given by the Ca
madam government agent.
] "A man never appreciates the valu
of his wife, saws the AtrhjSOn Globe