Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1915 — THE GROWTH OF WESTERN CANADA [ARTICLE]

THE GROWTH OF WESTERN CANADA

Increase in Railway Mileage, School Attendance and Population. Some Mm of the extent of railway construction in Western Canada can be derived from the fact that the railway mileage in the Province of Alberta has been doubled in three years. The mileage is 4,097. In all of the settled districts there is ample railway privileges. The rates are governed by a Dominion Railway Commission, and in the exercise of their pow* * ere they not only control the rates, giving fair equality to both railway and shipper, but form a court to hear complaints of any who may desire to lodge the same. In the matter of education no better instance of the advancement that is taking place can be given than that found in the information to hand that attendance at the University of Alberta has Increased 1.000 per cent in live years, and is now thoroughly representative of all settled portions of the Province. The students in attendance are from sixty-one distinct districts. , Then as to the prosperity which follows residence in Western Canada, J. E. Edward of Blackie, Alta., gives splendid testimony. He writes, “In the spring of 1907 I first came to this locality from the State of lowa, Cass County, and located on a quarter section of land near Blackie. Since coming here I have been engaged in mixed farming, which I have found to be more profitable than where I formerly lived. On coming here my worldly holdings were small besides having a family to care for. I now own three quarter sections, sixty head of cattle, twenty head of horses and .forty head of hogs, without encumbrance. \ “During the seven years I have not had a crop fail. My best crop of oats averaged ninety bushels per acre, with a general yield of thirty-five bushels and upward. My best wheat crop averaged forty-three bushels per acre. When I have had smaller yields per acre I have found that it has been due to improper cultivation. The winters here, although at times the weather is cold, I find as a whole are very agreeable. The summers are warm, but not sultry. The summer nights are cool and one is always assured of a good night’s refit. My health has been much better, as I do not suffer from catarrh since coming here, have no land for sale, and am not wishing to make any change, bul would be pleased to answer any en qumes concerning this locality.”—A* vertisement The trouble is not so much that people cheer nonsense as that they vote for it.

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