The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-24

given successfully up - the sixtietA
parallel and IN the years to come your
vacant land win Be taken- at . rate
q which you have q present no con
ception- We havs enough people IN
the United States alone, who want
homes. to take up this land.
What you must do In Western Can
you are doing what you ought to do
IN this regard. the land which Il now
selling for $40 per acre win be worth
from $50 to 500 pre- acre. It Il ~
good land ~ that which 10 selling for
more than 800 per acre In the corn
4 would rather raise cattle In West.
ern Canada than In the corn belt Of
the United States. You can get your
food cheaper and the climate Il bet.
ter for the purpose. We have q bet
ter market, but your market will i'm.
prove faster than your farmers viii
produce the supplies. Winter wheat
can be grown In dne-half Of the coun-
try through which l have passed, and
alfalfa and one OF the varieties Of
clover in three-fourths OF Il. The
farmers do not believe this. but It -
true"
Keeping pace with wheat produc.
ton. the growth OF railways has been
quite as wonderful, and the whole
country from Winnipeg to the Rocky
Mountains will soon be a network Of
trunk and branch lines. Three great
transcontinental lines are pushing
construction in every direction. and
at each siding the grain elevator ID
to be found. Manitoba being the
first settled province, has now an ele-
vator capacity Of upwards Of 25, 000, 900
bushels. Saskatchewan 100000, and
Alberta about 1000, 900, while the ca,
pacity Of elevators at Fort William
and Port Arthur, on the Great Lakes,
Is upwards Of 10000. 900 more.
Within the provinces Of Manitoba.
Saskatchewan and Alberta there are
flour and oatmeal mills with . 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 100000 more. A
recent summary shows that on the LIT
OF January. 1909. the surveyed lands
of the three western provinces. totaled
134,000,000 acres, Of which about a.
100000 have been given as subsidies 70
railways, 1l,000.OOU disposed Of in 9th.
er ways and 100000 given by the
Canadian Government as free home
steads, being $4,000 homesteads Of
100 acres each. OF this enormous ter.
ritory. there is probably under crop
at the present time less than 11,000.-
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.
Aneients 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
Gent ladies also dressed their hair
deliberately with puffs and padding.
They painted their faces and lips, AZ
shown by rouge and pomade jars. All
OF this Is reassuring to man who may
have thought that some of the modern
deve .opments of the dressmaker were
without precedent In their eccen-
tricity. Once more Is demonstrated
the fit coupling OF the words 'eter
nal" and feminine"
The country's Spread.
While the area conceded to the Is
original states by the peace treaty OF
1888 was $4,000 square miles. their
present area is but $4,000 square
miles. the other sos. 900 square miles
forming In whole or In part - other
states.
Just Like Him.
Howeii-Do you think that DR.. Row.
ell will make much OF Q record In the
Powell-Sure; the FIRST thing he |
will try to do will be to perform An
operation ON the foot of the calendar. |
The Way II Happened.
Aaude-Bigsby literally fell at my
feet.
Belle-Aeroplane or intoxication?
A dealer sold imitation Spearnint
His customer gave 1t to q friend. The
iealer lost his customer. The Gus
.omer lost his friend.