Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1910 — A NEW TOWN EVERY WEEK. [ARTICLE]

A NEW TOWN EVERY WEEK.

And a New School Every School Day. The Above caption about represents the growth of Central Canada. The statement was made not long sihee by a railroad man who claimed to have made the remarkable discovery that such was the case. There is not a district of a fair amount of settlement in any of the three Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, but has its school, and the railways have stations every seven or eight miles apart, around which group the towns, some large and somq small, but each important to its own district. Schools are largely maintained by public funds an;) the expense of tuition is but a nominal sum. The final returns of the grain production for Central Canada for 1909 are now in, and the figures show that the value of the crops to the farmers of that country is about 1195,000,000, as compared with 1120,000,000 last year. American farmers or those who have gone from the United States, will participate largely in these splendid and these comprise those who have gone from nearly every state in the Union. One of the many proofs that might be put forward showing the immense wealth that comes to the farmers of Central Canada is seen in tke sum that has been spent during the past two or three months by the farmers who have for the time being ceased worrying over the reaper and the thresher, and are taking to enjoying themselves for two or three months. It is said that 50,000 people of these Western Provinces spent the holiday season visiting their old homes. Most of these passengers paid forty and some forty-five dollars for the round trip. Some went to Great Britain, some to the Continent, others to their old homes in Eastern Canada, and many thousands went to visit their friends in the States. The amount paid alone in transportation would be upwards of two million dollars. Some make the trip every year. It need not be asked, “Can they afford itV” With crops yielding them a profit of 's2o to $25 per acre, and some having as much as twelve hundred or more acres, the question is answered. The Canadian government agents at different points in the States, report that they have interviewed a great many of those who are now visiting friends in the different States, and th,ey all express themselves as well satisfied, and promise to take some of their friends back with them. There ib still a lot of free homestead land in splendid districts, and other lands can be pn* chased at a reasonable price from railway and land companies^