The sun., 1919-06-24
VAST LAND ACREAGE
AWAITS DEVELOPING
Returning Soldiers Find Big
Opportunities Throughout
Alberta.

CALGARY, Alta. June lS.-Grain grow.
ing. ranchinR. wool production. -four and
cereal manufacture. mining and fur trso.
ing are Of course the principal Indus
tries which have any bearing on AL
oerta's exports Probab bly, less than 10
per cent. OF A!berta's arabic land is yet
under cultivation and very little even
OF this 10 per cent Ia under intense Gull
tivation. Alberta Is most fortunately
situated by reason Of the fact that II
not only has land for the returning SOL
diers and other openings for their occu-
patton. but can assimilate her $4,000
returned men and as many more with
out any trouble.
The wheat crop here should be at least
so. 008.0 bushels this year II normal
conditions prevail. Oats should be two
and q half times as much, with less bar.
ley and rye. Sheep raising Is becoming
an important part OF agricultural life.
Many thousands of sheep are being
brought up from Montana. They are
doing particularly well and cooperate
associations are being formed to handle
the products The increase In Alberta's
farming wealth, the development Of her
natural resources-whch are certainly
among the finest In the world-the build
ing OF railways. the development OF the
dairy business, the raising Of live stock
(cattle, horses. hogs) these are matters
which will occupy Alberta's immediate
attention
Then. too. this summer a big Industrial
congress ls to he held here. which will
be attended by many American and Ca
madam leaders In manufacturing circles.
II is expected this convention will pro-
duce rich results In the matter of the de-
velopment OF Alberta's natural resources,
Along the eastern range Of the Rockies
there are said to be deposits OF many
minerals, and II Is hoped that one of the
outcomes OF the congress will be the
more systematic exploration OF the re-
puted deposits. and also the places where
deposits may be expected to be found by
means Of scientific deductions.
Half or probably moro. OF the people
of Alberta are Americans. Most OF the
people who come here are aggressive,
alert and keen 10 grasp opportunities,
and II In said that "once an Albertan. al
ways an Albertan." Many shrewd oh
servers here look for a tremendous In
tiux OF Americans and eastern Cana
dams, as well as people from other coun-
tries, in the next few years. and are GER
tain that this will become one OF the
richest provinces In the Dominion in re-
spect TO natural production.
Alberta has not yet started TO manu-
facture many articles, but II has the raw
material, and apparently the next step
In development will he connected with
manufactures and with the opportunities
that exist here for the successful build
ing up OF big industrial plants.
The labor troubles now existing will
not continue for long. AS a matter OF
record. In Alberta the men who are out
have had their grievances adjusted In
the last year, and the strike Is purely a
sympathetic move. A'berta's labor leg
isiation is considered the most advanced
IN America. The Government has stud
led the best Legislation in the United
States and Canada and has embodied
many OF the reforms In statutes It's
agricultural legislation has been SINH
larry developed.
The women Of the province have equal
rights with the men in State and munic-
ipal affairs.