Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-03

Gently purchased all the elevators out
side OF the large cities in that province
ton, an. will run them in the future
precisely as they have been conducted
by private owners.
Tendency Toward Paternalism.
The provincial government receives the
grain from the farmers. gives them ware
house receipts. which are as good as cash
at any bank or store. and stands the
risk Of depreciation in price. destruction
by fire or other losses. which are paid
from the public treasury. In that way
the farmers are insured against any loss
at the expense Of the taxpayers OF the
province.
Similar privileges are now being de-
! manded by the live stock men. who want
the government to provide abattoirs and
cold storage warehouses, purchase their
| cattle. sheep and hogs at the nearest
station. slaughter the beasts. dress the
! meat and dispose of it in the market at
public expense without any risk to the
shipper.
government ownership of public utilities
is. very strong The government has
given stupendous subventions to trans
portation companies, and now the farm
ers insist that it is their turn to be re-
lieved from all risks in grain growing
and cattle ranching. on the same prin-
ciple that the railroads have BEN guar
anteed interest upon their bonds
The government officials accuse Amer
lean immigrants Of introducing and fos-
tering these socialistic ideas. which are
discussed in. the village debating So
cieties and at the meetings OF the local
grain growers association during the
long winter evenings. ana are formulated
| into political platforms. to which candi-
dates for the provincial legislatures and
the Dominion parliament are required to
pledge themselves before they can secure
a nomination.
Intelligent Glass of Settlers.
The eighty-six villages along the line
are rapidly filing up with well-to-do and
Intelligent people, and, on the principle
that birds of a feather flock together,
some of them are composed almost en-
tireiy Of Americans. others of English
and Scotch men, and the remainder of
Canadians from Ontario and other east
ern provinces These thriving towns,
with from 600 to 1000 population, have
appeared where three years ago was
bare prairie. and every one of them has
churches, schoolhouses, libraries and
comfortable cottages of excellent archi-
lecture. There is a striking contrast be-
tween these towns and those which first
dotted the prafries of the United States.
Few hardships need be borne by the pio-
neers OF this country, although the Win
tiers are long and intensely cold. Most OF
the settlers come here with considerable
money. AS Consul General Jones stated
In his interview, those who came last
year averaged $1,000 each. which is suf-
ficient to give them a comfortable start
until they can reap their first harvest.
which can instantly be converted into
cash at the nearest elevator and is suf-
ficient to pay their expenses to a milder
climate for the winter months.
The homestead laws give a quarter
section Of 100 acres to any person who is
the sole head Of family or any man
ment of a fee of $40 Homesteaders may
also pre-empt land at 50 an acre. The
conditions are six months residence $500
worth of improvements and the cultiva-
ton of at least thirty acres each year for
three years.
Wild land can be purchased for $40 an
acre and upward according to the loca-
ton. Near all the railway stations home
stead rights and farms that are improved
and cultivated can be purchased for $50
an acre and upward
There are telephones everywhere. Some
of the larger towns have electric lights
and the Standard Oil Company operating
under the name Of the Imperial Oil Com
pany. has distributing station in every
village. and does a great public service
in furnishing good light at low prices.
The climate is about the same as that
Of Minnesota and the Dakotas. The ex
tremes of heat and cold are probably
greater than anywhere else on earth.
ranging $50 degrees. The thermometer
often goes down to so degrees below zero
and often goes up to 100 degrees above,
but there is an absence of wind. the at
mosphere is stimulating and the doc
tors say that 1t is an absolute specific for
tuber; ulOsis.
Summer Comes Suddenly.
There is no spring. Summer arrives
with the most astonishing regularity be-
tween the 18th and 9th of April. AS
some one has said 1T comes 1eaping
across the prairies at the rate of 90 miles
a day." and. once begun. the warm
weather continues until the first of Sep
TENDER. The nights are cool. the Their
mometer often falling as low as 20 de-
grees, and that is considered one of the
secrets of the superiority of the No. 1
hard wheat that brings the highest price
in the market.
I heard discussion the other day in
lists demonstrated that. owing to the
length of the days-for it is light at 3
o'clock in the morning and you. can read
your newspaper at 10 o'clock at. night
without difficuNy-there are just as many
hours of sunshine on parallel 80 as there
are 40 degrees nearer the equator.
The many lakes are credited with keep
ing off early summer and autumn frost.
and perhaps they nave good zeal 10 90
with it.
On the western slope the temp erature
is very much railder than on the prairies,
and the thermometer. seldom goes down to
freezing point because Of the chinook
winds. The explanation of the warmth
Is that the rain clouds of the American
interior are drawn up by. the sun and
float off toward the Pacific. They are
then carried northward by the trade
winds. and as they pass over the earth
raise the normal temperature of the en-
tire region.
The Grand Trunk Pacific crosses sew
eral large rivers, inclding the Saskatche-
the foothills of the Rocky mountains are
vast coal deposits now being developed
by Canadian and Scotch capitalists, which
the government biologists declare are
practically inexha ustible.