The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-10

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cars loaded with grain going south
The appearance of tents at Bassa-
no typifies the condition that pre-
walls throughout Alberta The wea-
Their has imposed no hardships upon
| the settlers. men women and chill
dren, who have been living in tents
The temperatures have been mild
and spring farm work has progress
ed rapidly. Crop conditions are IN
advance of normal seasons, and disc
ing has been in progress for weeks
The influx of settlers including
the English colonists for the ready
made" farms of the Irricana tract
has so far exceeded expectations that
prospective purchasers who have
been unable TO go in person have
sent agent with certified checks 70
make tn selection of their Lana.
Many farmers OF Ontario have done
this. One agent from there arrive1
with checks and authority to ouv
$4,000 worth OF land
One picturesque feature o. the
movement from the United States &
that from the states OF Idaho Wash
ington and Montana One Spokane
agent last year purchased fer Amer
lean clients Alberta land asge-sa--
ing in value over s1.5oo.Qo0 These
American neighbors are coming n
/ special cars in such numbers thai
the difficulty is not in making sales
but in finding land for them 70 buy
Two railway land agents operating
in Washington declare their sales viii
total 100 sections each this year.
Arrivals at Stra,hmore, according
TO the reports, have increased ea I
week and that town is said 10 have
the unique distinction of welcoming
the largest number of colonists o,
any town of like size on the con
tinent. Merchants are finding it diff
ficult to keep up the stocks OF dr.
goods and groceries necessary t.
meet the demand. and the implement
dealers are overwhelmed with Gus
toners. Probably nothing like this
situation ever was seen during the
building Of the West.
An American spectator of the ORA
ma at Bassano enacted after train
load of settlers from the Unitea
States had arrived, over the Cana
dian Pacific railway, writes:
across the track. in the deepen
ing twilight, the settlers busted them
selves preparing for the night FroH
the box cars from the States thee
tumbled their effects in great STOCK
on the prairie. covering them with
huge canvas sheets. or, loaded them
they backed up against the car doors
for the purpose. Others pitched III
minutive tent shelters into which
mother and father and children re-
tired for the night. with the COW. the
horse and the pig and the COW. the
tethered nearby. A regular village
of tents they formed. What sig.
nificant link they made. ! thought
as looked them over. in the grea,
chain Of settlers so steadily stream.
, ing northwards into the far Red Deer
country. Day after day, in cloud
of dust, they disappeared over the
rising prairie in their great lumber
ing wagons, children dogs. poultry
utensils, lumber, to build the home
seed for the farm, hay for the horses
and implements for operations, az
packed promiscuously together into
the cars; so characteristic of the
hegira that is taking place back K
the land on the part of our neigh
bors from across the line.
GAS whole, fine looking lot OF
people; people with fine faces. fui
of character; splendid physiques, evil
IDENTIFY filled with optimism and am
bition. happy in anticipation of th<
fact that they themselves would 500
take possession of farms of their
own. Three thousand of these peo
pie have already trailed north this
year from Bassano and one or two
other points in the block and sti!
they come-never ceasing. And the,
bring capital, most of them expert.
ence. and all of them determination
courage and ZEAL.
The increase of hazard of life in
Chicaoo hy tho advant NJ tho outo