Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 October 1909 — Page 6

Simultaneous Discoveries

coif; cm EjvcEs ijv ms-TOny that kes-emvle THE TEAUV'COOK. EXTLOIT

What has doubtless struck many ton record of simultaneous or nearly as the most noteworthy point about I simultaneous Discovery by two aoiefltthe .louble dlscovorv of the north jtole ists working independently or oacli i that aftar so liianv years of en-. other Is thut In connection With the

deawr. during which explorer after explorer has gouo Into tho froion North, some nover to return, two men should claim to have found the coveted goal practically at the samo tlmo. for tho year Intervening betwoen the two datos mentlouod bv Cook and

planet Neptun. Astronomers round that the planet I'm mis was wandering from Us regular track. In IMS the KngUsh nst.onomor. John Couch Adams, surmised that this Irregular ity of movement was caused ly some hitherto undiscovered planet. Ho fig-

Peary enn hardly be said to be a long i urod out the latter s probable l'0"0'1 period. Vot this simultaneous attain-1 and sio. hut search for the miscmeiincut of an end long sought by men j makor was not at once mndo In vamis by no means now in the history of land. ih t hue rnnnAii in aeain 1 In the same year, however, tno

and again in connection with some of French astronomer, Jeat Joseph Lev th,. crantmit achievements In science errlor. became Interested In the troub

anil other fields of research

1 is after all. nothing so wonderful. Each successive expedition that pushes farthest north, evor a bit furthei ava from us, adds Immeasurnl 1. lj tl, rtnan u-ltti nnrflllnl nv-

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ploits in science, to the data upon , supposed planet to '.niie. 01 mu u hi Ii., i) vibsenuent explorers cau base j Observatory, who proceeded to make their dashos to tho polo." This has a thorough search of tho heavens. On btt-n so true of many of the greatest- September 23. 1S4C. he announced of s.im.,n ihJvon,onts that it is ex-, that he had discovered the mystert-

les of 1'ianus, and came to the same

conclusion as Adams that Is, that the Irregularities could be caused only by outside Interference. Ho communicated his theory and a Quantity

of data relative to the position of the

treiuelv difficult to sav to whom be

longs the ultimate credit for some of them The invention of the telephone, for instance, claimed by several men. mnle necessary a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to clear up the tangle a decision so .'!o. 'ha th Judges stooJ the to f' ur, o d 'R tti cue of the !".! g side Arotr-. c.-' m: point, 'ikew.se of spe 1 r inte--- t to American, i 'hat o- tie Kgia:! Almost .tn American a -.'! of!: u:.l. who invented it. w ul 1 eo.ifid- i ' name Samuel F II. Yo: Yet !. . ace h b no means

t .e.tr M i --e to ii..-ry cTo. ph Hen

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ous planet. But before he could toll England of what he had found astronomers there had also begun a thorough search. On August 4, August 12. and September 29. C hallls. of the Cambridge Observatory, discovered the new planet in three different positions, but owning to a delav in getting it mapped the announcement of his discovery was anticipated by the arrival in England, on October 1. 184i".. of the news from llerlin. Neptune, by the way. had already been observed as early as 1795. by Lalande. but astronomers ere under the impression hat It was a ilxeJ star not a planet. The entire credit for the original

announcement oi tne uocinue oi one

whose great u i-take mal selection goes, as a rule, to Dar-

was that he m.i.l no pram al api-n win ut a review oi ui lacis in me aim of th-In addit u Mose cas would seem to show that some

owe ' some OT Hie most important anu pan "i nie rauins -

iTijrenious featiitt-r. of the Invention. Riissel

for which hfr sets the Hons sha e of' vesilgator.

Wallace, another British in

As early as 1S45 he had

ere. lit. to Alfre l Vail, his partner.

Nor is this ill Moree managed to ge' a telegraph line in operation btweeu Washington and Baltimore in 1M4 Yet in England as earlv as is . 7 i here wus a line In operation, the ßr-f to be used for commercial purP . BS And tlermany cos Morse ime better still. Th' re people consider S-mi-meilng of Munich the Inventor of the telegraph. As earlv as 1H01 he is said t 1 have had a telegraph apparatus in operation. Another cas- of particular interest just at preen is that of the invention of th sextant most necessary of aM things to p ilar explorers, since by Its help alone can they determine whether or not they have reached their goal. It started with the crossfctaff. a primitive instrument for taking observations, much improved by John Davles. who described his perfected Instrument in 1500. Further improvements were made in 1729 by

Pk rre Bougeur. In 1730 Tho t i God-

embodied, though in a rather vague form, in an essay published In 1S5.V But Malthus. in his "Essav on Population." went more deeply Into the subject, and Inspired both Wallace and Darwin to more thorough research Wallace's essay entitled "'On the Tendency of Vnrltles to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type." and Darwin's first essay on the subject were published together In the "Proceedings of the 1-lnnaean Society of Ixmdon" for August. 1S5S. Wallace. In his essay, covered ground similar to that of Darwin, but the latter alone used the term "natural selection." Here, apparently, was the basis for acrimonious controversy, but Wallace proved to be too high-minded and too good a friend of Darwin to enter Into it. He not only refrained from claiming any credit for the famous doctrine, but continued to maintain relations of excellent friendship with his more celebrated colleague. The above are anions the more

THE CHEVALIER from the French We nil came to the old chateau for grandmother's funeral children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was burled In the comer of the cemetery whkh she had chosen long ago, and after the sad ceremony, wo returned to the old house. Here were memories for all of us. For three generations she had hold children In her arms, soothed their sorrows, listened to their Joys, and now they wore all met to mourn her absence from the old place so dear from Its associations with her. 1 mounted the great staircase and entered the room from which they had just taken hor. Here were my earliesi recollections of her. I recalled how as a little girl I would come in In the morning as soon as 1 was dressed, wiyIng. "Good morning, grandmother.'' I always found her dressed, for she was an early riser. She would leave her ?halr by the window and go to the big. Did fashioned wardrobe, which looked so immense to me, and take from It the expected daintv. With what awe and respect had this wardrobe filled my childish heart! It seemed to me a perfect treasure house for all that a child holds dear. With these remembrances In my mind I opened it now. It was full of fragrant linen scented with lavender, except for a little shelf at one side, whore lay several papers. I picked up a roll of yellow writing paper tied with a pink ribbon and carried it to the light. Had I any right to read the pages? They were discolored by age. but I knew the writing. Could grand mother have any secrets which she would wish to keep after death? Even as I debated I had untied the ribbon and discovered that I held a diary In my hands, and tho first words in it were of love, sweet, pure and tender the first love of a young girl. I could not resist, and 1 read the pages as I stood there In the fading light which laid before me the romance of my granüißother. It waf. In the month of June, 1S12. on a beautiful evening, when even the

flowers exhale more strongly their sub

theories regarding evolution which heH tile perfumes and the human heart

fr-v designed n sextant, soon after

nut to use bv navlcators. and close striklnc insianees of simultaneous

t,n his heels in 1731 came John Had- discoveries. They arc by no means loy with another. It Is claimed that. ' all. When Benjamin Franklin was whereasf the latter's sextant traces experimenting with his kite. In order Its descent from the invention of to learn about atmospheric electricity.

IkniRGuf. that of Godfrev was en-'there was an Investigator in Europe

ureiy indenenaent both or tne latter

of the jHadley sextant. Sir Isaac

Newton, too. evolved something like a soxtgit. but apparently no developments of the instrument wore ever basedVn'it. One of the most curious Instances

busy with similar lines. A more recent Instance is that of the first application of anaesthetics to relieve human suffering, jhe credit for which seems to be divided between American and British physicians. Baltimore Sun!

DAY OF "SNAP SHOOTER." f We want Photos of Everything Now-adays.

likewise Is afflicted with the German picture card mania, and with his camera makes IiIb own cards to send to his friends. Even the house of Roosevelt seems to have added the camera to the gun and the big stick and the Teddy hear in its coat of arms

At 2 'o'clock In the morning of Sep tember'12 Max Wolf leveled the great

Heidelberg telescope on a spot In the They Knew a Thing or Two

heavens. He put tn a pnotogrnpnic . Thore waB a couple who has two plate and Halley's comet, which "art ' children. a hoy or 10 and a girl of 11. passed out of the earth s Isht eventy i About tmU tJni0 of f(f another bnby four years ago. registered its return- alonp Wllh that nui3hne8s inc presence Tho humnn eye. with I con,n,ol,iy ft)mui, tnc parents took cen th aid nf the greatest telescope. , (he greHte8t pinH that the children couid not y-t see it. but tin camera , shom,i not know anything about the searched it mt of th- heavens ann I condition or their mother or the 1m pMured It-a ru little nebula. pending event, and when the time ai-

H is an vix- anu p"' ur","'u . nrnarhori. the e rl wnt sent on a vn.

to ridicule ttu man with the camera. But how limit' d would be our vision were ir not foi the box with the glassy ee. Dr CcK'k and Commander Ppary are hririiriim the frozen north In thetr cntti' r;s. Of course, the first thine the people wanted to know when U was announced that Dr. Cook had reached the pole was what he aw there All or us Amerlc4ir. at least.

cation to some relatives in another city. At last the great event took place, and th father came and said to the boy: "Jchnn. you have a new baby brother " The Ihv said nothing. The father sat down at his desk and in a few moments handed the boy a telegram. "Take that to the telegraph office." he said, and send It

'Ito sister. Here I a dollar to pay the

want to see ho flaK o,in . charges." The boy came back after top o f the earth W too. wa nt o see r wh,e nd hg FJ. l1'" "What." said the father.

into the froxen north with Cook, and

the faithful negro. Matt Hansen, stand mg at the pole with Peary. And certainly we all want to see the young Eskimo who went on the perilous trip to gain the rltle. shotgun, boat, knlfo and ammunition with which he would "wrest from a stubborn father the girl whose image filled his hot young heart." Even though ho lives on blubber and she eats tallow candles In

stead of chocolates, we are Interested

: "that telegram cost more than 33 jconts, didn't If" "Oh. yes."" the boy ; replied, "the one you wrote would

nave cost more, i sent one or my own." "You did." tho father said, "and what did you say?" "Oh, tho lad replied. "I Juat wired sister: "I win. tt'a n boy.' "

The Twenty Cent Revenge. Sho was In a very bad temper as

in this nalr of lovers, and the young, sho boarded an American avenue car.

man will be cheered lo an echo on the; Her temner was not Improved by the Chautauqua circuit for months to fact that: as she drew n quarter of a uonie. t dollar from her jeweled purse tho The queen of Holland recently recog-1 coin slipped from her fingers and rollnlzed the wants of her subjects. She , ed on the floor of the car. She made had presented the Hollanders with an no move to recovor the money, but heir to the throne. Baby could not bo ! when tho conductor came In to collect taken out, so the queen mother, hold-1 her faro she pointed with tho tip ol

iiiK the heir In her arms, near a wis ! her hnndsome parasol to the coi

dow. looked pleasant while the royal father pressed the button And thn she placed the baby In th arms of the father, and then In thoie of the grandmother, and took pictures of them herself The pictures are now everywhere to be een in Holland.

Queen Alexandra is a patron of the

"I dropped my fare." she said

snappishly. "Pick it up." Tho young conductor looked her in the eye for Just a moment, and then, stooping, he picked the coin from between the slats on the floor covering. Leisurely he took four nickels from

his pocket nnd put them where the

has a desire to open. Here in tne twilight of the old garden grandmother heard the first words of love. Beneath the deeper shadow of the trees, wrapped in the sweet odor of the dowers, two figures, a young girl and a young man. walked side by side with slow step. "Yes. Clarlse. I am going." said the young man. "And what difference does It make? Suppose I never return from the war. Who would care? I am alone In the world." "You have friends, Horace." , "None." "And I?" said she very low. "You!" cried he. You would care least of any." There was a long silence. Tho gravel sounded beneath their slow tread. The night fell little by little. Horace heard a stifled sound and turned. "You are crying. Clarlse!" "You hurt me so!" "Do you love me?" She faltered, and his arms caught her and held her against his beating heart. Unresisting, she raised her face to his, and their lips met In a long kiss the first. Horace left the next morning. Clarlse waited long for him. The remains of the grand army returned without him. Still she hoped on. Years passed, and the war ended. Many who had been imprisoned returned, but still he delayed. She pictured Jilm buried beneath the snow with numberless others who had

dropped exhausted along the line of the terrible mnrch Her parents unred upon her the duty of selecting husband from the

suitors who surroumieu tier. &ue resisted as long as possible, then yielded, vanquished by their Insistence and by the certnlnty of hi- death. She gave her hand to Count d'Estrarvllle. It was ten years "-.nee tho kiss given beneath the trees. She was sitting on

a bench In the garden when a stranger approached her along the path. As he neared her sho r-cognl7.ed him. It was Horace. Ho came toward her with outstretched arms, ttien stopped, as though surprised at the coldness of her greeting. "It is too late." sh said. "I am already married." He e'xpralned tho t. aaon of his long absence captivity. Siberia, the minoa. all the frightful sufferings ho had gone through, sustained always by a belief in her love and her loyalty to the unspoken vow mndo in the twilight of the garden. "You lied to mo that night when you said you loved me!" ho cried, tho bitterness of his disappointment making him cruel. "No." she said. "I loved you. and I

shall always love you. It is just Tor that reason that you must continue dead to me. I cannot trust myself with you." And he left hor.This was the story or grandmother s life as I read It from the old diary. I remembered an old man who lived in

the neighborhood and whom we ciiudren called "the Chevalier" I identi

fied him with Horare When grandmother betame a widow and when

she was an old lady to us ho came

to live near her. and they spent mnny

long hours together In the sweetest and purest com pan lorn-nip. i understood thnt the two old friends were

dear to one another because tncir nr feet inn had been founded upon some

iblnc more than friendship. They

were too old to have aught to fear

from gossiping tongues, and they had so much time to make up that they

could not deny themselves tnc sau dened nleasure of dully Intercourse.

I nut the little diary safely back In

the old wardrobe and loft the dear

old room

nhotocranhlc art. and so aro most of ' qunrter had been before. Maybe It

lho princesses of Europa. The queon 1 was the effort of bending that mndo

wnon no straightened

exhibits her photographs in public (lis

plays and has sent exhibits to this country and 'hey are remarkably good. The kaiser Is a snapshot artist. He

his face rod

up he rang up the fnce, turned and sauntered bugle to the rear platform.

New lone Prejs

Looking Forward.

Mrs. Gossli) I hear lho widower

von have be.n keeping house for has

married again, Jnno. .Inno Yes. ma'nm.

Mrs. Gossip And how do you like

vour new mlstreiT

Jane Oh, I gnoKS she 11 be nil right

when I finlBh breaking her in.

ONE FOOTBALL PLAY.

Kenard Practiced Three Montho For Ten Seconds' Work. "Bill" Hold. Jr. OA-full back and football coach tolls many Inleioat lug and unllghtunlng stoilos of fontball strategy In the Amurican Magazine. One story ho tells Is us follows: "Wnen Victor Kenard or Harvard kicked the drop kick which won the Harvard-Yale game last year, ninny people called It luck. That drop kkk was really started early in the spring or 19US. when Kennard. In anticipation or just some situation ns this, began to school hlajsolf uro a master of drop kicking. "All during July. August nnd September he practiced, stub lug tho detail of the kick, and prfectlng tho fundamentals. He had someone pass tho ball to him. so as to Increase his speed and accuracy In handling It, and In quickening up his foot-work, for speed Is essential In drop kicking. Then in the evenings he took his bull home with him and made a detailed study or the art or dropping it so that It would rebound accurately and at the right distance rrom his foot. Ho spent periods of twenty mlnutos nt a time standing against a wall and swinging his log alongside of It In an effort to develop an absolutely straight and accurate leg drive. When he returned to college lie hud so far mustered these details that on one occasion he kicked sixty successive goals from within his limits, and nt another fiftylive. To be sure this was not done under pressure. "Kennard was given tniee opportunities to try for goals In regular games. The first chance came In the opening game of the season that with Bowdoin, In which he failed of an easy goal. His second try was In

Springfield Training School game, at a distance of thirty-five yards, and he mude it. Ills third try. which came In the Indian game, at a distance of forty-five yards, and from a point close to the side lines, was a failure only, however, because the ball did not have the necessary 'carry.' Th direction was good, but the kick fell five yards short. Nothing further de

veloped until the team went to Fa.vi Ington. and then Haughton told Ken nard that it had been decided that In case Harvard got the ball inside of Yale's 25-yard line with the third down and more than 2 to gain, that he was to be given a chance to drop kick. "Kennard told Nourso that If he were called on for a kick ho did not wish tho pass delayed anv longer than was absolutely necessiry for him to get his position and allow the protective backs to get the r. Nothing was said to the rest of tho team about it hut every detail was carefully worked out, rehearsed and perfected. It was decided that in older to save every fraction of a second ami thereby make the surprise of ih Yale team the greater, upon going on the Held Kennard should walk backward Into his kicking position in order that he keep Nourse always In Hue with tho middle point of tne cross bar. making unnecessary any further ad'ustment except thnt of distant . Then. Ihat there might be no visible sign by which any vigilant Eli might surmise what was about to happen. Kennard and Nourse agreed upon a private signal for the passing of the ball. A sllgA movement of two fingers It wu, and preparation was comp ete. "Then came the t'alo game. Kennard. sitting on the side lines, sawYale carry the ball down to Harvard's 15 yard line; he saw Harvard rally, take the ball a way frcm Yale ami then start on a steady rapid advance towards Yale goal line, now 75. now 50. now SO yards away. The teams line up; It Is first down the signal Is civen. the piny is off. and Harvard

has made no gain. The secmd play brings four yards, and It Is the third down with six to go on Yale's 15 yard line, and with the ball just a few "yards outside of the left-hand goal post. Cutler starts to give his signal; everyone Is anxious Harvard men for fear their team cannot make the distance. Yale men. for fear that they will. Thoro Is a momentary pause, a slight commotion on the side lines,

something Is abriit to nippen. Ken-

nard's opportunity has come. Out he trots, glad of the chance, ready for It In every detail, confident nnd cool

He backs carefully Intp position, two

fingers on the right hand twitcn. nnu before the astonished Yale players realize what has happened, the ball has boon snt straight and true be

tween the cross bars, and Kennard s year's work is done."

Reward of the Faithful Ssrvant. The merchant prince had sent ror

tho faithful dark, who confronted his

master tremblingly.

"Jonklns," said the men !i mt prince 'vou have been in m employ for

twentv-five years."

"Yes, sir," faltered the r.Utlitui

clerk.

"Twenty-five years toda . is it not ' Yes, sir. Thank you. sir. for rt memborlng It." "Tut! Tut! You hno been on honor to tho house." "Thank you again, sir." "You have provod yourself worthy of my confidence." "Oh, sir." "You hnves grown gray In my service." "Yes. sir." "Jenkins, as n slight token of my recognition of this fact I have a present for you. Pray nccopt this bottle of hair dye!" Woman's Home Campan ion. Allaying Her Grief. The Look on I he Bright Side Society got down its lodger this afternoon and enrolled among the members the name of a newly mndo widow. "I missed John so much when I sat down to meals." she said, "that I began eating off tho pantry shelf, and find In this way I do not have, to clean my dining room more than onco a week, nnd it makes my work so much lighter."

Great Crops in Western Canada

Canadian Correondeni-e : During tho eurly days In the growth of the crop in Western Canada, as well as throughout the ripening und tniruor In period, there la yurly growing an increasing Interest throughout tho United States, ns to the probable results when harvest Is completed. Those nie n imioli to the thousands of Americans who have mndo their home In some one or tho throe Provinces that form that vast iiKrlciiltural domain, und Is of considerable Interest to the friends they have left behind thorn. The year 1901 Is no disappointment; t wMl bring comfort nnd happiness, wealth and luxury to those who aro following uKrlculture as a pursuit In the country now occupying so much of the attontion of the world of this continent In particular. Reports from the grain fields warrant the note of optimism thnt has been so prominent during tho past few months. Tho crops of wheat, oats and barley have been har-

to complain of." lie d. V. i though, for the plonoeru . forefathers was dlsaoinfort . i Hhlp. The opunlng up and ! of wuMturn Canada, with itlinp to iirry omt to almost most part of It, the t tiKr.i f Initli Om news to tin- otl. world, tho telephone to tnli neighbor, thu dath and v : Hurvlce which lringü ainl e.irr to the friends in i!ix:.iut j hcIiooIs lumded l. lOlleve highly - eortllU-ated tea. h cluycho.H mnnii.tl l.v i rllln the clubs; thu sori.il nd fwhat Im there about anv of ti to the man who kh tlu-r. his homo the credit of Mov Nothing! He mUht H1 1 of the old inlddlo wmi suu -A few enrs ago wlun tin was not as well known as to was some Justification in attempts to educato th' real ditlniiH there, to tell him ' frruiihlcnl relation with ttn States, but with about 40o. onus now thero writing !. friends, with tho mns.i of ' that bus been placed In the i farmers In every State of i' nnd tho thousands of cohinir s tive of the country that haw In newspapers and magazines

FARM AM HOME OF Jt-HN Hi'IlN A'iKR

vested and it is now safe to speak of results. Throughout the entire graingrowing area of ;j".ouu square miles there has ln a imt'nrrn produetior and a high average. ireful estimates lgice the jield of spring wheat at 30 bushels per acre, winter wheat at over tO bushels and oats exceed 50 bushel per acre. Barley also has proved an abundant yield. What will attract the reeding public mure than volumes of tlgures will be the fact that those who have been Induced through the Influence of tho Government to accept of 1C0 acres of free grant land, or, by tho persuasion of friends to leave their home State of Dakota, Minnesota. Iowa. Illinois. Michigan. Indiana. Ohio. Nebraska or the other States from which people have gone, have dono well. Financially, they nre In a better position than many of them ever expected to be. and In tho mattor of health. In social conditions, they have lost nothing. The columns of Canadian newspapers are filled with accounts of this year's harvest, writers vying with each other In giving tho proper coloring to their reports. Those make exhilarating rendlns to the man who has lntorests In thnt country. LethbrldKc people claim It to be the keystone of Hon thorn Alberta, while Calgary people claim the same for their district. It was In this district that the growing of winter wheat in western Canada originated. Its success thero led the farmers east and west of It to experiment nnd what can now bo said of one part mny well bo mild of the whole. In a few years from now these great plains over whose breadth for years roved hundreds f thoiiM uuls of heads of cattle, following the millions of buffalo that once grazed their grasses, will be a

sollil grain lield loyerlng a territory of

ovr :in Hn H i.tre miles, and very litth of it lit what will et be worth

seem a reflection on the int 't the reading publlr o r(-p. .it not proj.osid t- i Ii t"1 i-al ch. r. t rinti - ver 1H the el pr.n i. i i Ita r loam and uiwler.. i s o.l (' er and rolling l.iinl h t'f of tlmhcr, the w-.l. .1 Idiots r soil. The wants of .ill n t some want one kind .unl ": and they can all le dted. T who wnnts to put In his and force tho energies of th Immediate production can J and so can the man who tracts for the same purp the same time enjoy the ship of the timber. In muri Is possible to have a liuo.it square of wheat, without writer snys: "We were drU i. north of Moose Jaw through of dead ripe wheat, acres of si well-worked summer-fallow s these fields would yield 40 l the acre, and another man thnt would yield 90 or 10' i the acre. In this district w average 30 to 35 bushels. T Hons wore never better anl out the district the people r. of a most prosperous year Melfort district, three hundr In another direction, we heur mer whose yield of oats will f S5 to 100 bushels per acre, f eling over another stretch ' hundred miles the Pipestone Manitoba Is reached inl w ! more 30 and -tO bushels t.i ft crops of whoot. So it will be tho splendid crops .m not one district, but are g nerul tt i tho entire countn Speaking of his t-xperl. trnvelintc through the I'm. . Thomas f Shitvv.-ll. fun of the New Y- rn Vnur hrtU'fre hr I ul tnttrt '

A Ul SCM OF WESTBltN CANADA CATTLE.

No Blame Attached. "Did you tell that photographer you didn't want your plcturo taken?" "Yes," answered the enilnont but uncomely personage. "Did he take ofTcnse?" "No. He said he didn't blnme me." Washington Star.

from 510 to $C0 per acre. Already the homestead and pre-emption lands aro being well filled. In the district of Calgnry nnd In Central Alberta, since the report of a year ago was made, the Increased acreage In crop has been remarkable. The newly-arrived settler has got to work and with the steam-plow and ordinary methods of farming a largo amount of new land Is contributing to the wealth of the country. Railroads have projected und bullt branches which reach out laterally from tho mnln line, and It Is now possible to reach parts rich In agricultural possibilities thnt were not accessible a year ago. Towns have come Into existence during that tlmo that will soon become cities; schools and churches have been erected throughout the country districts: telephone lines have been constructed, and an air of prosperity la everywhere apparent. Thero are to be found those who speak of a "pioneering" life In western Canada, but ns one mnn said. "If this is plonoorlng I don't for the life of mc see what our forefathers had

tic views regarding the Canad ' roods and lands, but his trip vlnced him. not only of the . of his views, but It also has -f the conviction that the great sion of tho next few years w Canada's western areas. "I h i seen such wheat." said he. It takes an army of men to the Western Canada crop, at estimated that 30.000 people h. brought In this year tn as-lst gront undertaking; there being slons from the outside wot 11 every dny for tho pat six wen In this article no attention 1 " given to the growth of flax wi had Kreut nttentlon paid to It districts. It Is snfo to say that tlon lo the 120 million bust ' wheat, the 170 million bushels nnd the 30 million bushels of there will he over two million or llftx. The approximate nlu those crops may safely be put Hundred nnd Sixty Million Ut against a total of 113 million d In 1508.