Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-07-24
OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBOR
SUPERVISOR B.L BAILEY WRITES
FROM THE FROZEN NORTH
Is Up There Drilling Wells-Tells of
General Condition. of the Coun-
try and People

EDITOR CENSOR: Having the time
will write and give you a short de-
scription of this country and what it
holds. The soil is a rich loan and
crops look fine. Most wheat is headed
and bids fair for a good crop. There
has been plenty of rain and one more
shower within two weeks will insure d
crop, barring hail. Land sells from
So. 90 to S26 90 per acre and there is
timber enough on the most of it for
firewood. w
The main river is the Saskatchewan,
from which this province takes its
name. It is the Mississippi of Canada.
There are two branches, the north and
south; source of each is in the noun
tains of Alberta The south branch is
called Red Deer in Alberta, and when
it reaches Saskatchewan takes that
name. 1t is very pretty stream and
swift, running eight and nine miles per
hour. The ruth branch courses south
east, then east, then northeast. The
north stream runs east and they Join
thirty miles east of Prince Albert,
which is an old and nice city of about
9. 900 with all modern improvements.
This is the high water season, caused
by melting snow from the mountains
and lasts about two months. 1t raises
very fast at times, as much as FIVE feet
in twenty four hours
The railroads are the Grand Trunk,
the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian
Northern. There is a great amount of
new road. Trains run very slow, about
twenty FIVE miles per hour.
This country has wild fruit in abund-
"a Nf nall af~ 10 s~r.a
raspberries, currants and gooseberries,
and Saskatoon berries, similar to our
June berries. There is much game =
deer, moose, elk and plenty of fish in
the rivers, but none in the small lakes
Two moose were killed by Indians not
seven miles from here.
This is white-collar country, but
one may see all sorts of dress and much
Of the backwoods type -buckskin coats,
pants and moccasin, and all beaded
Have been over the battle field of the
rebellion of 1885, where they lost 35
killed. They decorate June "a. The
first of July is Dominion day, and stands
for our Fourth of July. Where there
are many Americans the Fourthis made
sports day, so as to not forget it. |
saw wild west show and one at a time
rode in with the flags of different ma
tions. All were cheered but none more
than when Old Glory came in sight.
There are great many people from
the states here and they are coming
fast.
The long days are noticeable. One
can see to read at 2,30 a. m. and on to
$50 in the evening, and plant life grows
fast with so much sun. 1t has been
very warm, UP to i03 one day and SO
two days and we had eight days above
IS in succession. But in January it
also reached 60 below zero. Poor water
is the worst pullback they have. We
have drilled some wells for the gov
eminent and have some to drill for
towns. We find great trouble TO get
material. All shipments are slow.
There is a good creamery where we
are moving and large one. Most of
the people there are from the states
and many Scandinavians and all rustlers.
There are many cattle and horses raised
and the horses run in the woods all
winter and come out looking fine.
The hotel men have a spap here.
Each hotel has bar and 40 saloons are
allowed, and all prices are high. Travel
ing men wire ahead for room and it is
not uncommon to see some sleeping in
the halls on cots and sometime in chairs.
With best wishes and hoping to see
you all soon. remain yours truly,
B. l. BAILEY.
Duck Lake. Sask. Canada. July IL.