Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-02-03
THE SCHOOLS OF
WESTERN CANADA
In Some Of the Cities and Towns the
School Buildings Cannot Accom-
modate the Increasing Num-
hers.

olO vi l1C AAipcA ~"
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 to lay a foundation
for this work, gained by the expert
ence Of older countries. In 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-
mediation 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. A report just to
hand shows that in Calgary, Alberta,
there are eighty teachers employed.
and the enrolment APPS pupils. In
the Province Of Alberta there was a
total Of $4,000 pupils attending schools
in 1909. The total enrolment for the
year in city, town and village schools
was 22,SS3, and the total In rural
schools was 23,165. There are in the
province $40 schools with 1923 de-
partments. At the close of 1909 there
was a total of 1896 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 agricul-
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
airy 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.
Mr.. Adler, q wide-awake business man
of New York, has a ranch neal Strath-
more, Alberta. He is highly pleased
with his success the past year. He
says:
OQ july lClu VIC CStliudlcu Jul CIOY
at 5000 bushels OF wheat. A week
later we increased our estimate to
10000 bushels. A few days ter We
again increased u estimate, this
time to $4,000 bushels, but after har-
vest in September we found We had
20,15O bushels. If that isn't a record.
what is?" he asked.
'This CROP was made with practt
cally NO moisture" he continued. and
we now have a better opinion Of the
fertility of Alberta lands than ever
and value our lands higher than we
ever did before"
Mr.. Adler, who has been on the
ranch for about a week, leaves for
New York Saturday. tt'
This gentleman is conducting a farm
on a large scale, and has plenty OF
means to develop 1t, and his may o
be taken as q 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 tho
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 tho
pillow. Instances such as these can be
quoted If you viii communicate with
the nearest Canadian government
agent, who will also mail you free de-
scriptive literature.
etr-s{ lonorAnce.
Laura Jean Libbey, discussing IN
Brooklyn her appearance on the
stage, said:
u talk in my, monologue about love.
marriage and the other interests OF
the heart. On these subjects women.
especially young women, are strangely
ignorant.
They really make me think, you
know, Of the little girl who was asked
by her teacher:
What can you tell US Of Solo
mon?'
Solomon replied the little girl
was very fond Of animals
".And how, my dear said the
teacher, do you make that out?
BECAUSE answered the little
girl, the Bible says he had 500 porcu-
pines"