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

| city, and this diversion, varied with
| shopping at the stores by the. ladies,
and a banquet at the hotel at noon,
served to make the day pass very
| pleasantly.
Winnipeg is the largest town and
| the great gateway of the Canadian
Northwest, having about 10000 peo-
| pie. 1t is very progressive and thor
oughly metropolitan city with fine
| business blocks, including sky-scrapers
| of ten or twelve stories. 1t has nine
teen banks, half dozen railway lines
| radiating to all points Of the compass,
| and is the great wholesale center for
Western Canada, as well as the chief
| grain market, as all shipments go
through here. The city has had a
| wonderful growth during the past five
or six years, with still greater pros
poets in the immediate future.
IN CONCLUSION.
Everywhere we went in Canada we
| were given a most cordial reception.
At places where banquets were served
American and British flags were in
| tertwined, and the kindest expressions
were voiced, showing the good feel
ing toward the Americans as people.
A word in regard to the extent of
| this Canadian country would not be
out of place. The three provinces of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,
extending west to the Rocky Noun
| tains, each contain two hundred mil
lion acres, or six hundred millions in
all. So far as we could see the most
| of this land is tillable, though but five
| million acres are at this date actually
| in crop with grain, and this small
| area is expected to produce this year
| hundred and twenty-five million
bushels. Figuring the tillable area
| in the three provinces at half the to-
| tai, and we have three hundred mill
| lion acres of possible wheat fields.
| The government statistics show that
| the average wheat crops in the past
| In Western Canada have yielded q
| bushels per acre. Three hundred mil
| lion acres and q bushels per acre
| would make total that is staggering
One years crop would flood the mar.
| kets of the world and feed all the
people on the earth for several years.
Such a stupendous result will never
| work out in fact, but it shows the
possibilities of this vast region for
| the production of grain.
During the entire trip we saw very
| little poor grain. No doubt the crops
| there are shortened by the lack OF
rain and by frosts at times and in
| places, but the fact remains that one
year with another, there will be a
steadily increasing amount of grain
raised in Western Canada. This in.
crease in production will be astonish
ing.
Cattle and hog raising is already an
established business in this same ter.
ritory Corn is not grown, but hogs
are fattened on barley, wheat and
other grains. Cattle fatten on the
abundant ranges without stall feeding
and dairying can be carried on sue
cessfully.
Western Canada has a future be-
fore it which may exceed the dreams
| of the most sanguine enthusiast. II
would be difficult to make a predic
| ton of future progress that may not
| be exceeded many fold in the next ten
years.
| The editorial party was congenial
one, good feeling and good fellowship
| prevailing during the entire trip. Not
| a single member was forced to aban
don the trip by sickness or any other
reason. There was no accident save
that once the tender jumped the track
hurting no one, but delaying the train
about three hours. The excursion has
| passed into history as one Of the most
| pleasant and instructive trips among
all that have been taken by the Min
| neSota editors.