The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-05

now have $50 wholesale and jobbing
houses, 445 factories and over 1900 re-
tail establishments, besides having
the worlds largest railway yards with
| 10 miles of siding The city operates
it's own hydro-electric power works,
water works, street lighting system,
stone quarries, fire alarm and police
signal system, asphalt plant and grav
ell pits and during the war period built
an aqueduct at cost of Sl5, 200, ,0GO
which will bring 81, COCOON gallons of
water daily from Shoal Lake. The
city makes the claim Of having the
cheapest electrict current both for
lighting and power, of any city on
the continent. Juice being furnished
for as low as cents per kilowat for
manufacturing purposes. Besides be-
ing the political capitol of Manitoba
it Is also the financial and commerci
al center of western Canada.
On Wednesday July 3Oth the special
train moved westward over the Can
adian National Railway, and our first
stop was at the thriving city of Por-
tage la Prarie, where we were the
quests of the city at a very good
breakfast, which was followed by a
rs mile auto trip through the wheat
an oat fields Of that very prosperous
farming section. The crop was about
ready for the harvesters and the ap-
pearance of the fields certainly indi-
Gated good Weld of grain. Oats,
barley and wheat are the chief crops,
but potatoes and all sorts Of vegeta-
bles seem to do exceptionally we'll
The country is very level and the
whole section is covered with well
graded roads. Some phenominal
grain yields are produced by the sum-
mer fallow method of farming. The
:ity is located in the center OF the
Portage PLANES often referred to as
the Garden Of Manitoba" and this
name is no misnomer. At III o'clock
we were again aboard our train steam
ing westward through great fields OF
wheat, oats, barley and potatoes and
it three o'clock we arrived at Dau-
phin, It's miles mort west Of Winnepee
As the crow flies
Autos were awaiting us, and VT
we're soon being driven through more
and better wheat, Oat and barley
fields than at the former stop. After
returning from this ride we vert
guests Of the city at banquet, and
we're entertained up to the time OF
the departure Of our train at 8 o'clock
Our next stop was at Saskatoon In
the province of Saskatchewan. This
is sometimes called the Mystic City
of Saskatoon" as its growth has been
at once phenominal and permanent.
1t is located on the banks Of the
Saskatchewan River. This year they
have had almost a complete failure
i'm this section of the Saskatchewan.
there are no crops and pastures are
almost barren and little vegetation OF
any description was to be seen. But
numerous large grain elevators gave
mute testimoney of better days and
bounteous harvests Notwithstanding
the adverse conditions this season
on account Of the severe drouth, yet
there is much life manifest and the
people seemed TO be in good spirits.
Our train arrived at o'clock I'm the
morning, and we were Immediately
ia ken for an auto ride about the CITY
and were shown the most interesting
sight to be seen there including a
visit to the University of Saskatche-
wan and the Agricultural College and
experimental farm Just outside of the
city. This Is young school, but a
good one and growing very rapidly.
We were entertained at luncheon by
the citizens of Saskatoon after which
we boarded our train and continued
our journey westward. we were now
travelling through very barren and
drouth stricken prarie section with
numerous dry lake beds covered with
alkan from which the wind raised a
fine alkali dust resembling mist
raising from lake. These lake beds
were of varing sizes, the largest per-
ma ps 10 or Is miles long and mile or
two wide. The country we were now
passing : through was in marked
contrast to the rich prarie farming
section we passed through the prev
lous day In Manitoba province.
Our next schedualed stop was at
Prince Albert, the most northernlv