WONDERFUL GROWTH OF
THE CANADIAN WEST
The Cities of Western Canada
Reflect the Growth of the
Country,
As one passes through Western
Canada, taking the City of Winnipeg
as a starting point, and then keeping
tab on the various cities and towns
that line the network of railways that
cover the provinces of Manitoba.
Saskatchewan and Alberta, and cover
ing the eyes as the gaze is bent on
these it is felt that there must be
•Something of a country” behind it all.
Then gaze any direction you like and
the same view is presented. Field
after field of waving grain, thousands
and hundreds of thousands of them.
Farm hands and laborers are at work
converting the virgin prairie with
more fields. Pasture land in every di
rection on which cattle are feeding, j
thriving and fattening on the grasses
that are rich in both milk and beef
properties, but it is unfortunate that
more cattle are not seen. That, how
ever, is correcting itself. Here we
have in a large measure, the evidence
of the wealth that helps to build up
-he cities, and it should not be forgot
ten that the cities themselves have as
citizens, young men who have come
from other parts, and brought with j
them the experience that has taught !
them to avoid the mistakes of eastern :
and southern cities. They also are i
Imbued with the western spirit of en- j
terprise, energy and push, and so
Western Canada has its cities. At a J
banquet recently given In Chicago, a j
number of prominent citizens of Win- j
nipeg were guests. Among the Bpeak- I
ers was Mayor Deacon of Winnipeg. I
In speaking of the remarkable growth !
of that city, which in thirty years has
risen from a population of 2,000 to one ;
of 200,000, he spoke of it as being the j
gateway of commerce and continued: !
"Now. how great that tide of com- I
merce is you will have some concep- ;
tion of when I tell you that the wheat i
alone grown in the three prairie prov- j
Inces this year is sufficient to keep a j
steady stream of one thousand bush- 1
*\!s per minute continuously night and !
-ay going to the head of the lakes for !
three and one-half months, and In ad- j
dition to th'-t *the oats and barley
Would supply th»s stream for another
four months.
"The value of the grain crop alone
grown in the three prairie provinces
would be sufficient to build any of our
great transcontinental railroads and
all their equipment, everything con
nected with them, from ocean to
icean.
“Now, if we are able to do this
with only ten per cent, of our arable
land under cultivation what will our
possibilities be when 288,000,000 of
acres of the best land that the sun
shines on is brought under the plow?
Do you not see the portent of a great,
vigorous, populous nation living under
those sunny skies north of the 49th
parallel? And if with our present de
velopment we are able to do as we
are doing now, to purchase a million
dollars' worth of goods from you every
day of the year, what will our trade
be worth when we have fully develop
ed the country?
"Now, who shall assist us to devel
op this great empire that is there?
Shall it be the alien races of southern
Europe or shall it be men of our own
blood and language? In the last three
fiscal years no less than 358,000 Amer
ican farmers have come into Western
Canada, bringing with them goods and
cash to the value of $350,000,000. And
I want to say here that no man who
sets foot on our shores is more en
tirely and heartily welcome than the
agriculturist from the south.
"So long as these conditions remain
I consider that this is the best guar
anty that the sword will never again
be drawn in anger between the two
great branches of the Anglo-Saxon
race The grain crops of Western
Canada In 1913 have well upheld the
reputation that country has for abun
dant yields of all small grains.—Ad
vertisement.
Zanzibar.
Zanzibar, now figuring as a possi
ble pawn in an Anglo-German deal,
has not come into the British empire
without paying a heavy price in blood
and treasure. The island of cloves
was visited for the first time by the
British fleet during the Napoleonic
scare era, but since then we have
kept the upper hand. Very uncompli
mentary things have been said about
>be people of Zanzibar. Professor
Drummond found the island in 1888,
“Oriental In appearance, Mohamme
dan in religion, Arabian In morals—a
cesspool of wickedness, fit capital for
a dark continent.” But the British
residents appear to have a good time
—big dinners, golf, tennis and cricket.
? he local cricket team indeed can be
beaten only by the combined strength
of the British fleet, ‘‘once a year, and
sometimes jiot even then.”
is EPILEPSY CONQUERED?
New Jersey Physician Said to Have
Many Cure* to Hia Credit.
Red Lank, N. J. (Special).—Advices
from every direction fully confirm
Previous reports that the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admin
istered by Dr. Perkins of this city, is
achieving wonderful results. Old and
stubborn cases have been greatly
henefitted and many patient* claim to
have been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Dr. H. W.
Rerkins, Branch 49, Red Bank, N. 'J
f°r a supply of the remedy which is
being distributed gratuitously.—Adv.
And Baby, Too.
Heck—What do you do when your
*‘fe asks you to mind the baby?
Peek—Mind my wife.
H’* impossible for a mother to bring
her son up in the way he ought to go
*n after years—from his wife’s view
point.
The sins of omission are more plen
tiful than sins of commission—because
they require less effort.
*r*-Win«low’§ Soothing Syrup for Children
•eething, softens the gums, reduce* inflnmmw
“.allays patn,cures wiadcollc JBc »tiotll* AW
The smooth talker 1* sometimes full
of fagged fight •
GRIDIRON PLAYERS DISPLAY THEIR GRIT.
Captain Norgren of Chicago, Who Aspires to Be a Coach.
A western follower of football, tak
ing to heart the whimsical remark of
an eastern humorist that “today’s”
football hero is tomorrow’s lumber
shover,” prepared a statement the
other day showing the prospects of the
35 gridiron heroes of western schools
who will be graduated in the spring,
and there is not a lumber shover in
the lot.
Complete information from all the
schools was not available, but the list
is regarded as representative, and
many of the real stars who have strut
ted their brief span* across the grid
iron are included. Engineering, com
merce and the law claim the major
ity. The list follows:
Engineering, 9; business, 7; law, 7p
coaching, 3; miller, 1; forestry, 2; ag
riculture, 2; dairy expert, 1; medi
cine, 1.
Elmer Q. Oliphant, idol of Purdue
students, who shook ofT Wisconsin
tacklers at 70 yards and frighten. 1
Chicago into framing defense for his
special benefit, will not shirk the
grease and overalls of the early stages
of a mechanical engineer's experience.
Bierman of Minnesota; Gallagher, Mis
souri: Glossop, Indiana; Sidorofsky.
Kansas Aggies; Weidlein, University
of Kansas; Patterson, Michigan, and
Gauntpier of Gifford, of the surpris
ingly effective Michigan Aggies, are
others who will follow engineering in
its various special branches.
Some of the strongest players of
many seasons will hang out their mod
est shingles as lawyer?: McGinnis,
largely responsible for Iowa’s remark
able showing this season; McAlmon
and Shaughnessy of Minnesota;
Price, Chicago’s redoubtable full
back; Groves, Missouri; Wilson,
whose 155 pounds worked like 200 at
center for Missouri; Dorala, popular
candidate for all-American quarter
back; Pontius, a defensive stonewall
for Michigan (he has picked Chatta
nooga, Tenn., for his future home),
and Simons of Drake, whose name is
linked with Purdy as one of the great
est backs ever developed in the west.
The comparative obscurity of busi
ness will call seven stars—Harris, Chi
cago, a very destructive player, who
will go into the house-wrecking busi
ness; Fitzpatrick, who starred as a
substitute halfback at Chicago, will
work for an independent oil company
at Independence, Kan.; Purdy, Nebras
ka, one of the greatest ground gainers
the Missouri valley ever knew, will
become a builder at Beatrice, Neb.;
Tanberg, Wisconsin, whose admirers
say he can plunge through a stone
wall; Briggs and Geiseman,^ Ohio
State, and Wilson, Kansas, will adopt
various commercial lines. Beissman,
who has taken the course in agricul
ture, expects to coach for a while be
fore he ultimately goes into business.
Norgren, Chicago, whom Walter
Camp placed on his all-American team
last year; Davis and the versatile
Fleming of Indiana, who has starred
in every position on his team, expect
to coach. It is intimated that some
of the men in the other lists could be
persuaded to work along this line.
Robertson of Minnesota and Rowe
of Illinois will become expert farm
ers; Aid worth, Minnesota, and All
mendinger, Michigan, will engagfe in
forestry; Butler, Wisconsin, whose
home is at Montclair, N. J., expects to
become a municipal dairy expert; Tor
mey, Wisconsin, will take the medical
course at Harvard, while Loomis, Kan
sas, having learned all about grain,
becomes a miller.
/(OTES °f
SPOKTDOM
Boston’s city gymnasiums are free
without restrictions save good behav
ior.
• • •
Leata J. started 12 times and won
seven rtfces and $15,475 this year, mak
ing her the biggest winner of any pac
ing mare in ten years.
* * *
The New York state fair is to run
two weeks next year, with the grand
circuit program on the 'first and the
runners on the second.
• • •
The Brooklyn Dodgers will meet
three American league teams next
spring—Washington, New York and
Philadelphia.
• • •
Manager Stallings expects to have
one of the test outfields in the league
next season. He has several good men
on his roster.
• • •
Manager Griffith has tendered a con
tract to Second Baseman Nye, who
has made a great record with Witten
burg college nine.
The Athletics will have a new pen
nant pole. It will be 100 f«*t high and
made of battleship steel. The cost is
said to be $1,000.
* • •
Patsy Drouilard of Windsor gave
Joe Mandot of New Orleans an eight
round test at Windsor, Canada, and
lost only by a shade.
• * •
Harry Welchonce, champion batter
of the Southern league, has signed a
contract to play center field for the
Atlanta club again next season.
• • •
Peter the Great and Walnut Hall
are likely to be tied for the honor of
being the leading sire of the year,
each having passed the twenty mark.
That the finer points of the Ameri
can college style of football wil soon
be adopted by the Canadian -Intercol
legiate union teams is the opinion ex
pressed at the Queen’s, whose football
leaders are favorable to the idea.
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ENGLISH SLOW WITH FUNDS
Special Olympic Committee Greatly
Disappointed at Inadequate Sup
port Given by Public.
The special Olympic games commit
tee unanimously has decided that if the
fund which is being raised for the
preparation of a British Olympic team
for Berlin does not reach $125,000 by
the end of the year the committee
would not be justified in proceeding
further in the matter.
The committee expressed great dis
appointment at the inadequate sup
port given the fund by the public, and
pointed out that the money is urgent
ly needed for the 1916 preparations
which are being held in abeyance un
til the committee is assured of stronger
backing.
In the meantime several of the best
English trainers are being sought to
train foreign teams, and unless a quick
decision is made they will be employ
ed in caring for the rivals of England.
The fund now stands at $48,700.
Ask* $75,000 for Athletics.
The German Olympic committee for
the 1916 games, to be held at Berlin,
has been informed that in the next
budget the reicnstag will be asked to
vote them $75,000 in aid. Of this sum
it is intended to distribute $50,000
among the German federations, while
the balance of $25,000 will be devoted
to the two-fold object of studying for
eign athletic methods and of send
ing German specialists to the princi
pal international sport meetings.
Oxford to Send Team.
Oxford university will send a toam
from England to compete at the am
nual relay races under the auspices
of the University of Pennsylvania
next April. A letter has been re
ceived by Frank B. Ellis, graduate
manager of the games, from Arnold
A. S. Jackson, president of the Oxford
University Athletic club, accepting an
invitation to participate.
Kilbane Bar* OnljVTwo.
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight, in
his bid for more worlds to conquer,
has announced his intention of jump
ing into the lightweight division and
challenges all boys of this class with
the exception of Leach Cross and Wil
lie Ritchie.
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HURLING IS EXCELLENT SPORT
Irish Game Fully a* Stirring to Spec
tators as America’s Great Pastime
—Contest Described.
That the Irish have just r« excitini
sport in hurling as Americans have in
baseball or football is shown by the
appended clipping from the New Ross
(County Wexford) Standard, detailing'*
the story of a match between Dublin
and Kilkenny for the Irish champion
ship.
The paper devotes nearly a half
page to a descriptive tale of the bat
tle. The clipping follows:
“The Kilkenny captain was lucky
on the spin of the coin, and took
whatever slight advantage the light
and wind offered. The match was ad
vertised to start at half-past 3 o’clock,
but it was quite 4 when the teams
lined out. The first few minutes of
play saw Dublin pressing, and for a
moment looking really dangerous.
Rowan sent wide. From the puckout
Gargan and 'Drug’ Walsh were promi
nent in brilliant play, which resulted
in an invasion of Dublin territory.
"Cooney saved brilliantly, and a lit
tle later saw Gargan mis6 the net by
the smallest of margins. Play con
tinued fast and furious in Dublin ter
ritory, and inside of the first five min
utes M. Doyle, from a long shot, com
pletely beat Cooney with a daisy clip
per, and opened the score for Kil
kenny with a major. Gargan contin
ued prominent in brilliant play, and
was very much in the limelight during
the first quarter of an hour. Fast play
along the side line resulted in Calla
ghan being cheered for a brilliant
save.
“A minute later Grace sent to Bren
nan, who sent wide from a rather
awkward angle. A low ball sent down
by Kelly also proved fruitless, and
Cooney was again prominent in sav
ing a well intentioned shot by Wral
ton. Long fairly beat ‘Drug’ Walsh,
and brought the play into Kilkenny
ground. For a short time Dublin con
tinued to press very hard, and the
game was very strenuous. Gargan
and ‘Drug' Walsh were prominent in
some brilliant play. Walton and Kelly
were loudly cheered a moment later
for a movement in which the latter
had hard lines in not scoring."
MINISTER IS WORLD MARVEL
Fred Thomson, Graduate of Princeton
Theological Seminary, Holds
All Around Athletic Record.
Fred C. Thomson of Los Angles.
Cal., having juts completed a three
year course In the Princeton Theolog
ical Seminary, where he graduated in
the 1913 class, has taken the pastorale
in a Los Angeles church. Thomson is
regarded by many athletic critics as
a world marvel in his athletic ability.
As his mark in many cases is nearly
equal to that of Thorpe, the great In
dian. and in some instances he excels
Fred C. Thomson.
that of Thorpe. Thomson intends tc
keep in training and endeavor to make
a world mark. Below are his records
compared with those of Thorpe.
Thorpe. Thomson.
100 yard dash.10 3-5 .11
Shot put . 44.3 1-8 43.2 1-2
High jump. 6.1 1-8 5.1 1-2
Half-mile walk... 3.48 3.33
Hammer throw ..122.10 126.6
Pole vault . 9.6 10.00
120 yard hurdles.. .16 2-5 .16
56 pound weight.. 26.2 27.0
Broad jump. 23.3 21.4 1-2
One mile run- 5.26 5.25 1-5
Motor Cup Firmly Held.
The international motorboat trcpfcy,
known also as the Harmsworth cup,
which Americans failed to lift in Eng
lish waters last summer, is pretty
firmly in the grip of the Englishmen,
according to Count Casimir Mankow
ski. He is the owner of Ankle Deep,
the only American entry in the year’s
race. “It will take a $60,000 craft,
40 feet long, and with the most power
ful engine to bring that cup back to
America,” said Count Mankowski. He
declared ht would spend all the win
ter in preparation for another race
for the trophy next year.
Lipton and His Superstition.
The yacht races to decide the su
premacy of England and the United
States will take place in June, 1914.
Sir Thomas Lipton has backed his
country twelve times in an effort to
take this trophy across the ocean and
has always been unsuccessful. He
believes that the hoodooed thirteenth
itme will work in his favor. The
British yacht contender will be named
Shamrock IV., and this is another
good omen, for four leafed shamrocks
are generally lucky.
Possibilities in Goteh.
Admirers of Frank Gotch heavy
weight champion, believe that the
Humboldt Apollo could down all the
white-hope brigade and easily annex
the title of champion if he were dis
posed to turn his prowess to pugilism.
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If you think the boys eat too many of them,
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Biting on Germs.
Seme one told a certain young wo
man, says the Orleans Progress-Ex
aminer, that the family physician had
said that there were thousands of
germs in ice cream. “And all the
time,” ran her comment, “I thought
they were just strawberry seeds.”
No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It’s a
pinch of blue in a large bottle of water. Ask for
Ked Cross Ball Blue, the bins that’eail blue. Adr
The average boy ls»d better take
bis father's advice than follow in the
old man's footsteps.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes color In cold
water. Adv.
The man who has horse sense sel
dom feels bis oats.
jfgjry - ^ MADAM:—Do you remember that best cup
SgpMESSHH of coffee you ever drank? It must have been
niyjhVJ PAXTON’S GAS ROASTED COFFEE because
the delicious flavor and captivating fragrance of
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