Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-17
A NEWSY LETTER
TO BANNER FROM
ALBERTA, CANADA
BANNER RECEIVES NEWSY LET
TER FROM ALBERTA,
CANADA
Sullivan Lake, Alberta,
March l. 1919

March /, 1915.
Editor Belding Banner,
Dear Sir:-When we left Belding
two years ago we promised to write a
letter To the Banner. But through
neglect we have put il off until the pre-
sent time.
We have had a very nice winter
thus far. While the thermometer has
gone down TO 35 and 40 degrees below
zero at times we don't seem TO feel
the cold as you do in Michigan at 10
below zero. It's on account of the
dry atmosphere
We have no sleet storms here. There
has been/ no rain since the last OF
October. The crops have been good in
this part of Alberta since we came
here. Last year the crops in the
south part Of Alberta were all dried
up, no crops at all but this part has
no reason TO complain | very often
used To wish that the Michigan peo-
pie could see the fields Of wheat last
year. Some fields were a mile long
and such beautiful grain. Some men
own a section and a half of land and
some still more. 1t rs common thing
to see one man working four.
six or eight horses on a binder disk
is a fairly good price now, wheat $40
per bushels, oats 55 cents, barley &C
cents, flax s1.35, butter 80 cents per
pound eggs 40 cents per dozen, flour
1915 per hundred, sugar cents per
pound And as for other groceries
they are about the same as Michigan
prices. Fruit is high on account of
it all having to be shipped from other
countries. We get il from Ontario.
Canada and British Columbia Apples
are $1.75 per bushel; they are hand
picked and shipped like oranges all
wrapped in paper. Oranges and
lemons are about as in Michigan but
bananas are so cents per dozen. We
have lots Of wild game-geese, ducks.
prairie chickens, jack rabbits, ante
lopes, badgers. / often wish thai
some of the Belding huntsmen could
enjoy days shooting here when l see
so many ducks, so tame and close
enough together that several could be
killed with one shot. Mr.. Waldron
has shot ducks geese, prairie chick
ems, jack rabbits and enc badger. The
jack rabbits weigh four and one-half
pounds dressed. While the country is
new ii is advancing very fast as there
is no government land left that isn't
filed on for miles around us. School
districts are well established, many
schools are built and school is being
reeld at the present time.
DIR. G.. G. Williams, optician at
Greenville Michigan came up here
last summer to town named Stettler.
about fifty miles northwest Of us and
bought q farm. He writes us that he
liked the country very much. His
father mother and sister are there
now
Stock is high here For instance.
cows that could be bought in Michigan
for $35 and $40 sell here for from 500
to Sis; calves from one day old to
one week bring $40 TO SIS; hogs arc
cheap at the present. only S5.75 Coal
is very cheap and of a good quality.
$1.75 per ton at the mine, and there
are several mines not far from US.
There are quite a number Of Michi-
gan people up here We have neigh
bors from Perry, Mich. Port Huron.
Lansing and Chicago, Illinois The
people in general are very nice. The
climate is nice. person doesn't have
to take any tonic to build up an ap-
petite nor to bring sleep There IL
lots of room to exercise and get the
fresh air. There is very little sickness
here. / haven't heard of one case Of
la grippe but il is n good thing for
people that they are we'll for If
doctor comes out here from town his
charges are S25 a trip and you have
to pay for your medicine beside that.
Now in closing we wish TO say that
we enjoy reading the Banner and wish
il success. Please address il to
Mr.. and Mrs II. 5. Waldron,
Sullivan Lake, Alberta.