mm. -»H»»~fm»<»~= i riii-: ciiaiiiorrsrowu cuiiiiiiiiiii ' m".°'“” ""1 ‘r'l°"“"‘r‘»“r"~.l?~"°° 7 name.-ages-.,=_ ._ _ - ----~-'--~- .~=e ' f -A J ` _ V fi* _ _ _ _ n with __ grmdulment to the fourth pqnfwg of iiiis riiiircie couiiiv GUARDIAN( “M --me -»~ ~ compliment to the Bp¢Bk0\‘~ H dm B to add “°"’l°l'ri' _ _, g _ , , ,ed some apiusenuitiu llilywlriglg gat' That it il doubly to N “tm oifimin summmiae. 1. smut uiimy. mwspapsr r port . .C now sous: it aumeient tum", 0, U “<1 » ' its ii... rwpit or Prim _salma iéit.t.i.- ' (Continued .) I In the year 189'; I look a party of people from the Maritirrie Pri-viiiccs, including _the following gentlemen from Cliarlottetownz- - _ Rev, Father Burke, Rev. M r. Gordon, Alexander lloriie, ltlercliant, Charlotte- town, The late Robert Bruce Stewart of btragtltgarliiey and the_l_~lon. eenatcr Ferguson. Un our return trip we canie by way of Cliicago t_o_ visit _ the worlds fairand at that time passed over the lately completed Soo Pacific' Railway from Moosejaw to North Portal. At that tiiue ,there was not a Iioiiiestcader iii this region of one hundred and forty miles. It was then that I decided that this dis- trict was one of the uiost attractiie for farming purposes that I had ever seen and the time would conie when it would be the niost considerable in the C ruadian Northwest for wheat growing. In the fall of rgor I took a large party of American farmers and investors to Weybiirn, among wlioiii was Theo -F _ Myers, of Soirhern Iowa, whose letter io. nie is printed hereivitlr. At that time we found it difficult to get enough groceries, bread, etc., in the town to outfit our little party for the three days we expected to be on our expedition. Since then there has grown up a number of toiins which are uiieqiialled perhaps iii the Northwest for their wealth producing ability. Weybtirn itself is a town of 1500 population and its business houses compare favzitirably with those of Charlotte- town. It will market one and aquarter million bushels of wheat. oats and flax from the 1908 crop. 'I hey have three banks there, fiiic churches and, it is a thoroughly progressive inodern town. This is true, to ri less extent, of the other towns along this Iiiic naiiiely, Roiicaii, Ilriiikwater Lang, Hitestonc, Yellow Grass, halbritc, Riplay, Coon, Ilitchcock. It is no exageratiou to say that the district south ofthe Qu’Ap,-iella River and the whole of the south eastern por- tion of Saskatchewan is the most productive spring wheat growing region in the Canadian or Amerciau west. Indeed it has been demonstrated that the ivliole of Southern Saskatchewan and Alberta, instead of being only suitable for raiicliing is now the choice wlieat growing porti in of the North west, The developement in places iii Southern Alberta is reiiiarkable. Forty and sixty bushels of wheat to the acre have b.-en growing there during the last three years and the whole district betwccii the Sn Line and the Rocky Mc»'.intaiiis is being qiiickly brought t.ii.ler ciiltiviitioii. Five hundred hoiiiesteaders took up land in this district iii one day last aiitiiuin _ It is .vith the developement of this splendid rt-_criou 'that this country has been identified and will continue to operate. Soine yt-;irs ago I sold a tractof land to C. W. Williams of Galesbuig, Illinois ’I`his gentle- man is known to a great many people on account of Iiiiii being the owner of the two fariious trotting stallfons iiainely Axtell and Alcrton. He gave a section of land to two of his sons who with one Iiired nian grew and marketed on this section of land ten ftliousaiid dollars wortri of wheat during the seasm of r9oR. This district is spleiididly adapted for the growing of flax, for which there is a large demand, and the only place in \-/hich it can be grown in the American continent is in North Dakota and the Southern part of Saskatchewan. A recent inveiitor has discovered a process by which the straw can be made into flax fibre by a very cheap and ingenous process. This will turn thc by product of the flax seed into an article of prinic coin- mercial necessity. It will preclude the necessity of importing millions of dollars worth iiiaiiilla and sisal fibre annually. The VVeyburn Security Co purchased from us in loo: a tract of land aloiig+his line. After disposing of their land holdings to settlers lroui Miiiiiesota the: established a string of banks along this line and iioiv ure engaged in the financial hiisiiiess. Thiscoiiipany earns and annual divideiid of twenty per cent. We could give a number of instances of like success. A railway is being built from \\'eyburn west to Lethbridge by the L`anadiaii Pacific Railway aiid will he coiiipleted in three years. Fifty niiles or more of this line is now under construction and the Canadian Northwest are exteiidiiig tneir line troiii Hartiiey west to the Rocky Mouiitaiiis. .\Ii'_ .\IcKeiizie, the president of this company assiircd nie .1 few days ago that this line would be completed as soon as possible. The bonds have been guaranteed by_tlie Province of Saskatcliewaii. Seven htiiidred miles of additional line of railway is to be built by the Canadian Northern and tlic Grand Trtink this vea. The Government of Saskatchewan liaviiiglike\vi`se guaranteed the bonds. The Canadian Pacific railway have made provision in their estimates of the ctirreiit year for seven iiiillioii dollars to be spent in railway conrtriictioii iii the Canadian Nortliivcst. Iii all there will be fifteen hiiiidred iiiilcs of additional railway lriiilt iii Saskatciiewaii during the present season- The Parliiiieiit liiiildiiigs being iioiv erected iii the city of Regina, will lic when coin- plcted, the finest iii Canada. The goveriiuieiit of Saskatcheivan has made provision for thc creation of a great university in that Province, comparing with and to some extent patterned by the splendid state universities iii the iieigliboriiig republic the school system of Saskatclie wan _is a very progressive one and everything is being dfiie what possibly can to iuake that province as de:ii'¢ctoi'_4. ~ .l. Heber Haslam L`liai'lotfcto\i'ii (`rit ilii= our nr-1] iriril i., _l. ll IIA ‘I».\ \I. Clir.|'Iii1~'tri\\~ _ l‘le~i~i- wiiil mi- p.,~ti'iiI:~r~ 'rl' [lic Stock of tic Ilielriiii I, iil Iiiviiaiiri`r Loiiipaiiy tiigt-tltv' wi h Il.\' -ii if sliot-i<_ ur.-. .\`:iriie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I "< lf» ll- 173) -. _ , Ilriinjritr |32. i I X » Lfiinairer. and in Albertou. Herbert Clark, Manager 'Morell at wliith .. CL¥.d moved a lima not been received to enabfehlmyi lconlldvnf Of his “ “ lvaxailon on the farmor - ln” _ _ . 4 ii it th t the , ° 1° in _ l _1-h, ln", m.,,._ mn of .u_ l -The Guardian should have stated'f=l0l_“tl°“ t° th” ° ec t B X ,ess fshed. ’ “ml . tent O 8 P _ __ yesterday that ine Gough vs Gourlielmeftlns W" “Ot comm; M question. MR' MATHIEBO” 5107011 tt. _Commute change at Happyhmd case was trieu in .niiinmai-side. lan opinion ondtlpimiiutzisyuw Umm jmrnment ofthe dw", une . _ _ . ' , C Cl le _ ‘ _ l l ,bunimcrsiile tonigl. I. 2-12d1i. l _ i- lst?) ‘watt said the honorable H°“5° ld