The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-11
REG-LsE 2fc-sILE sEFIgCE IN
sUcL 7ATEO 5ET"E5 NEDSOs
EL=EFT- AND T-E ZIG SMOKY
SETTLERS INVADE FUR FARM
ForTe~ Hunting Ground ~ Huosen
cay Company IN Great Save Lake
Fesio-. Rapidly Se-orinq Civil
ize7-Ecse0 IS the os;e"sy

Ed,On. Alberta. Canada, Sept IL
4 zI0uue stsge route mas been open
81 from Etson through the Grand
Prairie distric, 70 The Big smoky
riye-. and another Big slice las been
.s.e- o1- Of what remains Of -he
hitherto h4rd-'o-reach Las, West
in me Peace River aOInry.
i auo-1er year brings the same in
ray Of s-..lers and development as
the past. ne Last West will have
become q memory, and the newcom-
e-s hen H.i have 70 depend upon
aes-say for their knowledge Of what
vas once t3e great fur farm OF the
Hudson Bay Compsuv
a year 40 Edison was a piece OF
prairie Today IT is hustlins town
0, more than 200 inhabitants. grow
Ing so -lpidly ina a census j. re
1u..ed each week 20 enable ne res
iden,s % keep up with themselves.
II Is OF rae line OF ,he Grand Trunk
Pacific .h-. il pushing us way rap
idly from Edmonton 20 Yellow Head
Pass. where .t viii meet he Pacific
coaS, end crawling mp from Prince
Rupert.
Edison is Tho gateway 10 the last
West" ], is the distributing point for
settlers going into the Grande Prairie
district. the new prairie land that
is being metsmorphosized into farm
homes. There are already more than
600 settlers in the Grande Prairie
district, and new ones are coming in
50 rapidly tina, those on the ground
find little difficulty n disposine Of,
all their crops at home
The stage-route from Edison 70
Grande Prairie was established less
than q month ago. Cecil McDougalf
the manager, contracted with the gov
ernment to carry. the mails once
week throughout the year. Already
the traffic has become 30 heavy tha'
he has been forced 10 make TWO trips.
The % miles 10 the Big Smoky are
covered in six and a nall days.
A year ago" said Mr McDougall.
some newspaper men were out here,
and were surprised when they learn
ned that wheat was being raised in
the Peace River country, five hun
dred miles from the railroad This
stage route brings those lands with
in three hundred miles Of good trans
porta,ion. l wouldn't be surprised 10
see the steel going mp there before
another year passes.
I've taken nearly 100 new settlers
TO the Grande Prairie district this
snmmer ! expect 10 have from 60
TO SO teams in use through the fall,
hauling in new settlers who want 10
get on the ground before winter sets
in.
Until recently Edison aas been /
somewhat Handicapped in lis efforts |
10 tandle the incoming settlers. But /
rhe business became 50 big that a
month ago ne land commissioner
opened d permanent office here. This .
official recognition OF Edison as the .
gateway to the Grande Prairie and
Peace River country, mas stimulated
the growth Of the town. Stores are
-pringins up over night, new firms
are coming here 70 enter business
every week. The stage route is the
best and shortest way to the new
country. ard the town is getting the
.enefi, Of the passage OF -he settlers
through it,
I've 1een through this country
often, says Mr. McDousall d little
.ad'y hunting big and little game.
,Ht I suppose another year will see
he last Of hat, unless want 70
oiioW The train from the place where
he stage road stops. and 90 on up
nto the Peace River country. There's
.till plenty o. good hunting and fish
ng up there. but we'd better get all
We want in a hurry.
When farmers start coming into a
ountIy they spread very fast, and
he railroads viii follow them pretty
lose, or maybe 90 elong ahead
railroads and bear. moose and Other
zig game co noc get along very well
ogether'