The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
CHURCH CALLS FOR COL0NISTS Catholics Will Move Into
 Ontario.
 - NEW ENGLAND EXODUS History Repeats Itself in the
 Movement. New Homes In khe Primeval Forests for Desceaasats of Pioneer. of canada and New Engiand--
 Pisns Made for the
 Settlement.

Montreal. Que, Feb f3.--After a lapse of centuries since the pioneer days. the Roman Catholic Church, which played such great part in the exploration and settlement of the United States and Canada has again taken up the work of colonization and Is leading an exodus of French Cana dians from New England. where they have settled to the number of several hundred thousand in the last twenty years. The place selected by the church for this important revival of Seventeenth Century methods is the timbered region of Northern Quebec and Northern Ontario.
 Bishop E. A. Latulipe, the apostolic vicar of Temiskaming. who has often been called the bishop of coloniza- ton" Is at the head of this great en- terprise, which means the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars immediately and millions in time. Bishop LAtilupe has been In this city recently comforting with, those above and below him in the church and with railway and transportation, companies and making other preliminary arrange ments for the establishment of head quarters, which will be at No. 5S Notre Dame Street, East. in the City of Mon- treal He has selected Rev. Eugene Corbeif Sure of LATuque, as his eoi- enizati0n missionary. Cure Corbeil ia popular with his people. as well as an enthusiastic and energetic organizer. The Bishop has also invited Dr.. Bris- son, of the Colonization Society of Montreal to< assist in the settlement or land adjacent to the lines of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Temiskamfnk and Northern Ontario.
 Back to Forests Primeyar.
 ' At this point, near the height of land and running away west along the line Of the Transcontinental. Hes a rich Aclay belt fifty miles wide and some 800 or 400 miles long, and in this dis trtcts where splendid wheat has already been grown In a few cleared fields, 1t VIII be the aim of the coionizers to es- tabitsh many settlements of farmers. Already BishoU Latuiipe has planted a cross near Vile Marie. west of Que- bee. This Ia R sort of foundation stone or guide post, fos here at LaTuque Is the gateway to. the. new region to be peopled by these priests and their fol- iowers By, LaTuque from the east and the south will the :. future settlers enter this promised land.
 The French belong to the bush tribes, just as the Crees differ from the plains IndiaHs. 5They settle fin the forest and clear their own homes, while the English Canadian and American settler prefers the open growing wheat without having to clear the land. The "lfabitat," as he is called, inherits eontented mind. With a little home. c hearth and ftreside, surrounded by his growing family, a team, some cattle and a few pigs. he will live happy ever after and bring up his family to be contented in that lite tie world within which its lines have fallen. <l
 New tanwsanslpH, aoe, 1000.
 For years. in en5ntnon with other Canadians. French Canadians have been drifting over the border. According to the last census retufhs nearly 4 per cent of the foreign born population of the United States. or about 100000 peo- pie, are French Canadians. Most of these, have settled in New England, where they have nlied the factories and lumber camps and have brought about radical changes in labor conditions, on account of their numbers. It will be the aim of Bishop Latulipe and his army of assistants not only to hold the men they have <but to beckon those who have wandered back over the bor- der. They have been working at this sehene for some years. and now the building Of the Grand Trunk Pacific wiyes them their opportunity It opens a new empire In the north land. . country with a climate with which the French Canadians are well .ac- ouainted and of which they are noE afraid. The timber wealth alone of this great territory is exceedingly val, uabie. not to mention it's agricultural possibiiifies These and the undevel- oned but known mineral resources are the lure that leads them on.
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