Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-09-05

class of people. He attended the Fair
at Edmonton and said that the peo-
pie dressed in much better style than
the average seen at the same places
in the United States. All the nation
alities are present. Wherever there
are ten children in one school that
speak the same language the law
provides them with a teacher speak
ing their own language. Nineteen
different languages are being taught
in one school 1t is very evident that
the people of all the races are pros
porous as whole for there are Ger
man banks, French banks, Bohemian
banks, in fact banks Of nearly every
nationality.
While the new country has drawn
the best of people from every race
and they are pushing the country to
the greatest of their ability, yet the
American leads them all in every de-
partment He knows the needs of the
country and with the characteristic
Yankee push is moving forward at
faster strides than the people from
other countries. The American farmer
UP there is as a rule from Michigan,
Iowa, Illinois, Montana and other
northern states. He has sold a good
farm at a good price in this country
and has taken with him a good knowl-
edge of farming, which combined with
his capital gives him a great advant-
age over the other people. His crops
more than anything else prove this
conclusively.
Mr. Hooper visited the Spragues
and the Fishbecks at Bruce. They
are very pleased with the country,
in every sense. While there, Mr..
Hooper said that he was exceptionally
we'll fed; in fact, he was never fed
better in his life. The only thing he
did not like was the salty water, and
he said, "An Englishman likes a
little better drink than water
Around Moose Jaw there is a strip
of arid land two hundred miles in
breadth upon which there is not
enough grass grown to fill ones
pocket This land is to be irrigated
Canals are already in progress and the
next few years will see this land re-
claimed.
Every lake in this northwest coun-
try has large hocks of wild geese.
Mr.. Hooper spent two days hunting
them and his party returned with a
half boat load of game Wild game
is very plentiful in this territory.
While Mr.. Hooper was in Edmonton
some Indian hunters brought in over
$4,000 worth OF pelts bagged in last
years hunt They purchased about
$4,000 of ammunition and supplies
for the coming year and put the rest
Of the money in the bank.
In speaking of reciprocity, Mr.
Hooper said that the majority of the
people were in favor of the measure
and this was particularly true among
the farmers who believed that such a
measure would give them a larger
and quicker market for their prod
ucts. At the present time they have
to ship them east through the Cana
dian seaports. The class that do not
ldNOl ICClDI OClly comes I1Onl tIlc
cities. The duty on American manu-
features has caused the Americans to
go into Canada and build large fac
tories and ship the raw materials from
this country. Thus the cities are
built up and prosperity abounds in
them. Reciprocity would allow man
ufactured products to be shipped in
and sold below the prices now OBJ
taincd. This would hurt the cities 10
a large extent and for this reason
the urban population do not favor the
measure.