The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-10-02
OUR TRIP THROUGH
CANADA CONCLUDED.
MEDICINE HAT.


Ca m. Rudyard Kipling described thi
progressive place as "the town tha
was born lucky" In an article writer
last Spring. Medicine Hat is locates
on the South Saskatchewan river ant
here the Crows Nest Pass line t.
Spokane joins the main trans-continent
al Vancouver to Montreal line of tn,
Canadian Pacific, which we left a
Calgary, when we went out to Macleod
This town is $50 miles west from
Winnipeg and 70 miles north Of tn.
Montana State line. Natural gas Il
here in great abundance, consumers be
ing supplied at the low rate Of 12I
cents thousand and manufacturers a,
FIVE cents a thousand. This is also 0
coal mining point, and extensive ship
ments are made from here. The popula.
tion is about 5000 and the town is sub.
stantially built. The country surround.
ing is adapted to raising livestock, and
by the aid Of irrigation good crops Of
grains are being produced.
MOOSE JAW
At II a. m. we left Medicine Hat and,
soon thereafter, the province of Alberta,
arriving at Moose Jaw at 1890 o'clock
p. N. Moose Jaw is railroad town of
some Importance about 400 miles west
Of Winnipeg, being located near the
east and west center Of Saskatchewan
province. The "Soo,"a direct railroad,
runs from here to st. Paul. Moose Jaw
is strong rival Of Regina, about 40
miles east. She has 5000 population,
the town being surrounded by splen-
did wheat producing country. he
public buildings Of Moose Jaw are very
fine, the Methodist church being an
$4,000 structure. Speech making at
the City Hall marked the formal cere-
monies Of our reception here.
a.. INDIAN HEAD.
Wednesday morning at 7o'clock we
rolled into Indian Head, Saskatchewan.
The country surrounding this town is
said to be as rich as any section OF
Canada, and the production here of
wheat, oats, barley, rye, fax, etc, can
not be excelled anywhere on the globe.
Twelve large elevators are located here
and at times they are not able to handle
the grain. The Dominion government
has one Of it's great agricultural ex-
perimental farms right near Indian
Head, and our party was given carri-
age drive through this great farm and
into several adjacent farms Of indivi-
duals, where we witnessed the harvest
ing of some of the finest grain crops we
had ever seen grown anywhere.
BEAUTIFUL REGINA.
Our train was back at Regina, the pro-
vince capital at noon. We were met by
citizens committee and escorted to
the magnificent and handsomely fur
1ished City Hall where formal well
zone was given. After our party had
registered at the City Hall we were
hen, taken to the Kings Hotel and
given a splendid course luncheon,
ollowed by toasts. After luncheon
'utos and carriages were in readiness
o take us to different points of interest |
round the city. The editors were re-
'elved at the handsome Government |
iouse by the Kings representative,
4ieutenantGov Forget and his
wife, both Of whom made
plendid impression on each Of MS by
heir most cordial greeting and gracious
manners. Many Of our party visited
he Barracks Of the N. N. W. Mounted
'olice, where the noted rebel, Riel,
vas hanged In 1885. TIE remainder Of
he afternoon was devoted to seeing
he city. Regina is perhaps the best
aved city in all Western Canada, and
he owns her water works, electric
ght and other public utility plants.
ne has ten banks, several loan COM
anies, and is an educational and rail-
oad center. It's city Of pretty parks,
no public buildings and pretty resi-
ences. Regina is great distributing
ONT for all kinds Of agricultural i'm
lements, etc. The new provincial
arliament building now in course Of
obstruction Il to cost one million and
half dollars and will be . magnificent
efucture when completed. 1t was the
oncensus Of opinion among the visiting
altors that Regina is altogether
'orthy Of the distinction Of being the
Apital Of the great Saskatchewan
rovince.
60URlS, MANITOBA.
we arrived at Souris, Manitoba,
thursday morning, Sept. Srd. This IL .
retty town Of 1900 people, situated on
10 Souris river, In we'll wooded
ountry, noted for its fertile soil. Here
9 wers given an hours drive. Over
million bushels Of wheat were shipped
ON this point last year, and this year
70 ahipment will be considerably In
Our time being limited here
one hour, We LEFT promptly at 7
clock tor the progressive city Of
4-t BRANDON. Ii