The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24

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pafatel ma s. the yearss t. oene yuur
yasalt land win be' taksn 6 ! rate
g which zen have g present no con-
iosption. We have enough psople 81
the United States alone, who want
homes, TO take up this land.
What you must do n Western Can.
ada = to raise moro live stock. Whsn
you ars doing what yo1 ought to do
n this regard, the land which u now
selling for $40 per acre VIII be worth
from $50 TO 500 pre- acre. Il Il a.
good Land % that which IL selling for
more than 500 per acre In the corn
Il would rather raise cattle In wsst
srn Canada than In the corn. belt q
the United States. You can get your
food cheaper and the climate 70 bet
ter for the purpose. We have q bet.
ter market. but your market win i'm.
prove faster than your farmers viii
produce the supplies. Winter wheat
can be grown in one-haH Of the coun-
try through which I have passed, and
alfalfa and one of the varieties Of
clover In three.fourths Of It. The
farmers do not believe this, but It 10
true"
Keeping pace with wheat produo
ton, the growth Of railways has been
quite AZ wonderful, and the whole
country from Winnipeg to the Rocky
Mountains will soon be network of
trunk and branch lines. Three great
transcontinental lines are pushing
construction in every direction. and
at each siding the grain elevator is
to be found. Manitoba being the
first settled province. has now an ele.
vator capacity Of upwards of Is, 000, 900
bushels, Saskatchewan 100000, and
Alberta about 100000, while the ca.
pacity Of elevators at Fort William
and Port Arthur, on the Great Lakes.
is upwards Of 100000 more.
Within the provinces of Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta there ara
-four and oatmeal mills with a com.
bined capacity of $4,000 barrels per
day, and situated along some famous
water powers In New Ontario, there
are larger mills than will be found
anywhere in the Prairie Provinces.
Last year the wheat crop totaled
over 100,000.000 bushels. This year
the crop will yield 30,000,000 more. A
recent summary shows that on the LIST
Of January, 1909, the surveyed lands
Of the three western provinces, totaled
1874 100000 acres, Of which about 49,.
DOC, 900 have been given as subsidies to
railways, 11,00O,OOO disposed of in 9TH
er ways and 100000 given by the
Canadian Government as free home.
steads. being 100000 homesteads Of
100 acres each. OF this enormous ter.
ritory, there is probably under crop
at the present time less than 11,O00.-
900 acres; what the results will be
when wide awake settlers have taken
advantage Of Canada's offer and are
cultivating the fertile prairie lands
one can scarcely imagine.
Ancients Wore Sheath Gowns.
1t need not be supposed that even
feminine fashions can evolve some.
thing new under the sun. A learned
Psychologist discloses that the sheath
gown was popular among the ladies of
the Nile Is centuries before the Chris
tian era. One gown was made of fine
linen. adorned with elaborate designs.
The professor thinks that the slit in
the side was intended to display the
wearer's precious anklets. These an
cient ladies also dressed their hair
deliberately with puffs and padding.
They painted their faces and lips, as
shown by rouge and pomade Jars. All
of this Is reassuring to man who may
have thought that some of the modern
developments of the dressmaker were
without precedent in their eccen.
tricity. Once more is demonstrated
the f1t coupling Of the words "eter.