The Forrest City times., 1911-02-03
THE SCHOOLS OF
 WESTERN CANADA
In Some of the Cities and Towns the School Buildings Cannot Accom- modate the Increasing Num-
 bers

One of the most important factors in the building of a new country Is the attention that is paid by the au- thorities to the education of the rising generation Fortunately for western Canada, the settlement of that new country began in such recent years that 1t was able 10 lay a foundation for this work, gained by the expert ence of older countries Tn this way the very best is the result Through out the entire country are to be seen the most improved style of architec- ture in school buildings. The cities and towns vie with each other in the efforts to secure the best of accom- modation and at the same time get architectural lines that would appeal Sufficient to say that nowhere is there the greater attention paid to elemen- tary and advanced education than in western Canada. report just to hand shows that in Calgary, Alberta, there are eighty teachers employed, and the enrolment 4,22S pupils. In the Province of Alberta there was a total of 46.000 pupils attending schools in 1909. The total enrolment for the year in city, town and village schools was 22,SSS, and the total in rural schools was g, ,165. There are in the province 970 schools with 1928 de- partments. At the close of 1909 there was a total of ,096 school districts in the province. Great attention is paid also to agricultural education. The best uses of the soil and such other matters as tend to make the agricui- ture less of a drudge and more of a success are employed. When there Is the combination of good soil. splen- did climate and healthy and advanced ideas in the methods employed in agriculture. we see accomplished the results that have placed western Can ada on its present high plane In the agricultural world There is to be found men of high standing in liter ary spheres as well as in financial circles who are carrying on farming, not alone for the pleasure they de- rive but for the profit they secure. MT. Adler, wide-awake business man of New York, has ranch near Strath- more, Alberta. He is highly pleased with his success the past year. He says:
 On July 18th we estimated our crop at 5000 bushels of wheat. A week later We increased our estimate to 12.000 bushels A few days later we again increased our estimate, this time to 1s,o00 bushels, but after har- vest Tn September we found we had t0 150 bushels. If that isn't a record, what is?" he asked.
 ' This crop was made with practi. eally no moisture" he continued, and Be now have better opinion of the fertility of Alberta lands than ever and value our lands higher than We ever did before"
 MT. Adler. who has been on the ranch for about a week, leaves for New York Saturday
 This gentleman Is conducting a farm on large scale. and has plenty of means to develop 1t, and his may not be taken as a fair case There are, though, instances of thousands who have begun life on small farms in western Canada with but brains and the determination over and above the couple of hundred dollars in ready money that they possessed, and today are owners of large farms and hand some incomes, all the result of their efforts on land that was responsive to the touch of the hand that held the blow. Instances such as these can be quoted if you will communicate with the nearest Canadian government agent, who will also mail you free de- scriptive literature