The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-16
ALBERTA HOLDING FAST
PACE N BUILDING LINE
Its People Are Living Right Up TO
Record Set i'm Earlier Days Of
New Town Of Brunswick.
COMMUNITY Is PROSPEROUS
Upper Floor of Two Stores Under Sim
gle Roof WIN Become Town Hall.
Grist Mill Under Construction.
Very Few Farmers Among Borrow
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Alberta, May I5.---Albsrta 10 still
living up to. It's past record in the
building line. Messrs. c. s. Barrow
and e, r, AbernaAhy are erecting two
large brick stores. which. when COM
pieted. will be used for grocery and
department storeS These buildings
ara under one roof and the second
story will be used for q town hail.
which will have q space of so by rs
feet. A stage platform and ante
room will be installed. also modern
folding chairs. Mr.. Herbert Waithall
Ii also building a large store house.
which will be completed IL = few
weeks.
The large griss mill now unds. con-
strnction Is reaching completton. TIL.
cwner OF this sssll. Mr.. Johnson. Is also
erecting n very fine dwelling house.
There are under construction at this
time three store-houses. TWO sarne
dwellings. grist mill and many small
buildings.
Parties are here now with the view
OF locating q large brick plant. Plans
are now completed for other buildings
TO 80 up before the summer.
Crops Looking BETTER.
Since the coming Of q much needed
rain of last week and a glorious
SQdACF va w GunCSudy, ku8 k6ASEAt
appearance of the crops. the activity
OF the people. are evidences that old
Brunswick is taking on a new lie.
The general reaction in business and
the low prices OF tobacco are the main
factors which retarded progress. For
the past two years the farmers have
been borrowing to a greater extent
than producing Therefore, they Fave
gotten financially behind. Thinking
that high pIsces would continue. they
ventured out just little too far In the
sea OF credit.
Realizing the present conditions.
they have commenced to farm on a
more extensive plan and more BUSH
ness-likes manner Very few farmers
arc borrowing money this year. last
year every farmer was busy ere -tkng
barns: this year, they are clearing
more new lands, clearing up old
hedges. digging more bitches. blowing
entirely with double piows and culti-
waiting moro land.
II is true that he drought has cut
the wheat. clover and grass consider
ably, but granting this to be true. the
farmers are stiil ahead. a. they plant
red as much more In proportion as the
shortage Of the crops win be. Owing
to the excellent weather In March, the
/ farmers We're able to get their lands
ready for pitching time and are now
rwell UP with their work.
To sum up tho condition In few
words, all are happy and the prospects
of glorious crop year are unusually
good at this time, Everybody. old ard
young, seem optimistic and are taking
life easy. The gardens ars fun Of
new vegsfabiss--the men o re- basy
planting their crops: the ladies are
attending the civic leagues and mis-
sionary societies: the young girls are
merry making their new dresses. the
Ecld men ara fishing; the young boys
playing ball and the children Rejoicing
over the closing OF the school. With
all OF these come thousands Of robin
red breasts. with their chirps and
singing songs In the. burrows. and the
orchards and fruit trees are heavy
ii den with fr,lit. the topic of war IL
no longer discussed. and the only war
IL with, the fresh spring chicken