The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-04-10
FROM ALIX, N. w. T.
Alix. Alberta. March u. |,


Yale, Mich.
Dear Menzies,
Judging from the tone of your paper
that you are a little short on cash,
take the liberty of enclosing two dollars
$500, on subscription to the expos
itor."
Trusting that some of my old friends
would be interested in a description of
AliX and vicinity, l will give you brief
description as | see it from one years
observation.
AliX, town some twenty-five miles
east of Lacombe on the eastern branch
line of the G. i. r., is the most prosper
Gus of the smaller towns Of the north
ern portion of Alberta. In many re-
spects AliX is unique. She is unique in
her resources, unique III the opportuni-
ties which she offers to incoming settlers,
unique in the fact that there is no des-
cription of land which cannot be found
within a few miles of the town, and
unique because not only are all kinds Of
lands to be had at reasonable prices,
but also because all kinds of dairy pro-
duce can be successfully raised through
out the country.
But this does not exhaust the list Of
advantages which this fertile and won
derful country possesses. Within six
miles of the town, lying to the south,
are coal mines wherein can be found
ineXhaustable supplies Of the best hard
coal, which has not only unsurpa ssed
qualities for domestic purposes but
which has also been commented and re-
ported on favorably by the officials of
the &. u. II. as regards its suitability
for steam purposes. The water supply
is excellent, good water being available
all over the country at a depth Of TWEEN
ty.eight to thirty feet. The prospecting
settler is not fettered in his choice of
land in any way Should he wish he
can obtain land suitable for mixed farm
ing, or if his taste lies in the direction
OF ranching, land lies to the north and
northwest. There is no kind of dairy
produce which has not been grown in
the neighborhood. Potatoes, cabbage,
celery, beets, cauliflowers, cncumbers,
parsnips, pumpkins, and all kinds of
small fruits have been sent from AliX
! to exhibitors throughout the district,
and have never failed to take number
of prizes in open competition with all
| throughout the north.
] 1t is the proud boast of the people Of
/ Alix that at the recent fair which was
held at the town of Stettler. AliX and
district carried off no less than sixty
percent of the prizes, and the excellence
of this feat will be realized when it is
pointed out that the town of Stettler is
not only four times as largeas the town
of Alix, but it also possesses a much
! larger country to draw from. Cabbages
have been shipped from Alix weighing
no less than forty pounds, and recently
! the members of the Hundred Thousand
Club of Calgary carried away with them
specimen of this weight, when they
made trip through the district.
During the year just closing the crop
of spring wheat was extremely success
full and the average yield per acre has
been from thiTtylive to forty-five bush
els. Immense quantities of oats, barley,
rye, fall wheat, and all sorts of cultiva-
ted grasses. including timothy, broom
speltZ, and red clover have been sent
out of the district to the various mark
cts for which they are suitable. The
shipping of carloads of hogs to T.. Burns
Il Co is matter of weekly occurrence
throughout the year, while Alix is also
the center from whence very great
number of cattle are constantly being
sent out, and on Nov. 5th of this year
over five hundred head left the siding.
In lesser degree sheep are raised, and
on two ranches within three miles Of
the town over one thousand sheep are
grazing today.
The ST ranch at Buffalo Lake, nine
miles from Alix, is noted for pure bred
Suffolk Punches, all of which have OBJ
tanned prizes both in this country and
Continued next week.