Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July %, 1908


We reached this beautiful city this
morning after ten days III the wheat
fields OF western Canada and have been
royalty entertained Uy The representa-
tive men here. l'his forenoon was
spent in ali automobile ride around the
city and this afternoon a splendid ban
quet was given the Minnesota thought.
moulders by the Winnipeg board ot
trade and other civic hodles at the mag
niticent Royai Alexandra hotel. The
hosts gave very cordial welcome 20
the editorial party responses made
by Editors W. NJ Jones, Z. f M,:Oon-
aid, q D. heIden, A. j. Halstead, Dean
E W. Randall aud others We leave
this evening for home and expect to
arrivein minneapolis Wednesday morn.
ing in time for the outgoing trains.
Winnipeg Is indeed progressive city.
u hen | Sas here ten years ago the
pOpuiatlon was about 10000 today it is
about 10000. We nute here as ut 9TH
er points the experiment of municipal
ownership. The city owns its own city
quarries, asphalt plant, waterworks
plant, street lighting system etc. There
are here about l5O manufactures and q
large number of wholesale houses max.
ing it the chief distributing point for
all of western Canada. There is sub
stantial look to their public buildings
as Well as to the residences which is
very pleasing. Many of the streets are
paved with asphalt which stands we'll
this wintry climate. The grain trade
OF the three western provinces is con-
trOlled here and all roads lead to Win
n RonY flooriYon in 1(Nl7 0f GR0O
OU), 600 show u volume of business. 1t
is the political capital of Manitoba and
is the educational center for this whole
district. The provincial agricultural
college is here In speaking of Mani
t0ba our maps must be revised anew
as recently the whole unOIganiZed ter
ritory lying north and east Of Mani
toba along the Hudson Bay and James
Bay have been divided between Man
itoba, Ontario and Quebec. The old
province Of Assiniboa has been
blotted out and Manitoba, Saskatch-
avian, Alberta and British Co!umbis
cover the territory to the Pacific ocean.
But it was not OF geography that
sat down to write. 1t will be Of in
terest to the readers to know of con-
ditiOns through western Canada, crop
prospects, prosperity, fertility etc. OF
these l shall write generally in this 60
ing into details at more leisure. The
Minnesota Editorial association left
St. Paul July II by special train for
Duluth where the evening was spent
The folio wing morning we entered
Canada at Rainier, crossing the new
International bridge just completed
over Rainy river and had breakfast
at Fort Frances. From there We
travelled to Winnipeg, northwest to Ed
monton and Prince Albert, then to Cal
gary and west into the Rockies at Banfl
and Laggan, returning by way OF
LethDrldge. Medicine Hat, Regin ano
Brandon to this eli ty all by special train
OF our own and twelve continuous
nights in sleeper berth A real bed
will look good to all OF us There
were about 12O in the party, not all ed
itors, as enough did not apply for the
trip. We have been disappointed in
this as the Canadian courtesies would
never have teen extended except fol-
the editorial end of the bunch
The total mileage for the round trip
from st Paul WAS 346O miles.
The whole trip was continual
round OF enjoyment. Complimentary
banquets ana luncheons, automobile
and carriage rides into the immense
wheat and oat fields, visiting sawmills
and manufactures, wholesale houses
and public buildings, experiment agri
cultural stations with day in the
midst of the Rockies at Banff and Lag
gan make trip long to be remember
ed and highly educational as WE'LL We
believe that the readers of the TRANS
CRIPT will benefit as well and thous
ands of Minnesota people in the vari
GUS sections will get more correct ideas
First in regard to the crops. They
are looking fine in nearly every sect
ion visited. They talk Of 35 bushels
of wheat to the acre and we saw lots OF
pieces that would approximate this
The winter wheat sOwed last August
is turning in some localities and cut
ting will commence Anpnst I Most