Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-30
WESTERN CANADA
BEYOND THE
PIONEER STAGE
libsrty-Lovins People Have An =.
Liberty the Heart Can p..irs
Under Canadian Lave.

The New York Commercial, :, II.
18th contained an interesting ,r,,-,a
ON conditions in Western Caraa, IT.
following extracts viii prove Ins,rrs
tive reading to those who co,,--
plate moving to Canada. The r,,.-'
speaks OF land at IS to SIS an 49,
AS a matter Of fact, there 4 49,
little land that can be had NOV,
less than SIS per acre, but whe, -.
considers the productive qualities !,
this land 1t is safe to say that h. -
years time there win be little al,
able land to be had at less than e.
an acre. Already the free ,,s,.
lands in the open prairie distrIcf,
are becoming exhausted and *.
homesteader has to go farther hsrt
to the partially wooded areas rs,.
is no drawback. however. Sons m.
fer this land to the open prairie
recent publication. issued BY fhe ~
partment Of the Interior. ottar,
Canada, and which Is forwarded fr.s
to applicants by mail by any 4,
the Canadian government agent.
throughout the United States nav.
OF the newly-opened Districts
Water is always abundant. WOOD ana
fue! are plentiful and the son int
can grow the poplar and the willow
as well as the rich grasses that sr,
to be found there can be relied roon
to produce all the small varieties 4,
grain with equal success. The New
York Commercial article referred ID
deals more particularly with cond.
tions along the line Of the 0rart
Trunk Pacific. but what IL said q
one line Of railway may with trolh
be said of the land and the condition,
along both the Canadian Northern
and the Canadian Pacific. The article
says:
1T would be no exaggerated to
say that practically sll the land along
the entire dis ance trayersed By he
Grand Trun Pacific system Is capa-
BILE Of fu. FISHING homes to those Who
engas in farming. The LANDS are d
three classes. They may be desir.
mated. first, as having special adsp
tation to the production Of grain:
second, as having such adaptation to
mixed farming. Of which live stock
VII ioin an i,npoI,ah' lesle soo
.nl'a. as De'n NANNY asspeee " W
p - ~ I'VE 800 on'S ~
sn enua s'ass u '.nus ~ s'sa
10. Wy as, ~ sne $500
uuen "a, ~, ane "a ING H's' "
" .a' sne -. s.ss . Ii.
az ~. 90 no LIS s-.''
De s,neas auopso1' 'sn' '- ~.
uow % oo'z,neu loi ~" y }" ~
pei so'.' anu 49, ~, ypsH ~ =.
- ee noa ~ va" ), 'sn -
~ wv ~. 49, nus ~ :"
.,,, s's 1919 en-. ~ ..s, 49,.
w ~ ans . 80
- nc ns.s $500 - 49,, ..
80 a. ,ss.a III - e,cs !,
sann ~ ' ss..s
800 80. 49,. $50 - ~h... ~.
s.-,av 90 20 ,s,,oh - ~. ,erS '~a'
crow w,rtar wbsat when nro,e,lv
orsrsrsd r,ehtv ner cent - Is.
land win grow slower ana alfans 4
.til, larger nercentaee VIII, grow se,d
meas. and the entire tillable ares uIlI
vrow good erops Of the cultivated
grasses timothy. bronze grass md
western rye grass. with these sIs.
ments what can prevent this ree|cs
from becoming the main source d
food supply Of the Empire ane In
perial dominions?"
Special stress is laid upon the edr.
cational conditions. The writer says:
THE foundation Of the social fabric
Of the agricultural country may De-
said to rest on the efficiency Of 70
school system. Liberty1ovins peo'
pie have all the liberty the heart can
desire under Canadian laws. n t11
regard Western Canada has a sys'<F
of education based upon the best ttzt
can be obtained from tie Uns'et
States or Eastern Canada. Its school
system and regulations are second 70