-... upnuiinuuum i i wiiinimwiimwiimnKtifiaibUGrf .miLnm'atrvitfsstt t h WELL PLEASED WITH WESTERN CAHADfl. GOOD CROPS, SPLENDID CLIMATE AND WELL ENFORCED LAWS. Mr. Ocorgo E. Hunter Is a Maid stone, Saskatchewan (Central Cuti ada), farmer, who writes to n Canu tllan Government Agent as follows: "It wbb the ilrst week In November, 1907, when wo arrived hero. There wua very little biiow or cold weather until after the holidays, then the snow and cold Increased, but to no great extent. 1 think tho coldest 1 heard of was 30 degrees below zero, but that degree of cold would not be felt hero any more than 10 degrees below zero would bo hack home hi Michigan, owing to tho beautiful dry atmosphere of this coun try. There came a good thaw every month that settled the snow, the fields boou became bare, and on the 12th of April 1 commenced ploughing. Tho enow was then all gone and Bummer at hand. This last season was some thing more than an average year around here, with fluo crops gathered from a largo acreage. In parts tho crops wcro less than average, but gen erally speaking they were nbovo it. Tho prlco of wheat was quite good. $ome fine yields bold at $1.10 per bush el, whllo some were marketed at much less, but hardly any went below about 00 cents a bushel. "Oats started on tho market at 35 cents a bushel, barley about GO cents, and flax from 90 cents to $1.00 a bushel. "As thiSjWaB my first year In this country, It was a hard year for my horses, owing to their being eastern horses, and not used to tho western climate, but they will boou get ell matlzed. "Tho soil on my farm Is a black loam, about ono foot In thickness, be low that we find about bIx feet of clay, and below that again gravel and sand, with an abundance of excellent water. This was the condition of the ground as I found It when 1 dug a well. I can Bay that tho water Is as sweet and as free from alkali and Im purities ns I ever saw. "My opinion is that the man who comes Tiero with a little means can do no better than invest $500 or $1,000 in cattle, after locating a homestead ad joining or near somo hilly part of tho country where it will not be taken up as soon. There ia plenty of grass nnd hay to bo found in tho hilly country and small lakes and sloughs will afford sufficient water for any nmount of cat tle. Tho bluffs with a few hay or rtraw sheds will make sufficient shel j ter for them. There is no need to ' worry about the market for cattle, as (hero Is already a great call for stock of all kinds to satisfy the continued demands of tho largo packing house at Edmonton, established by Swift and Company. "Tho dairy business should by no means be forgotten. It Is ono of tho paying enterprises of this great west. The prlco of butter seldom goes below 25 cents and reaches us high as 10 cents a pound. Also the new cream eries that nro fast being erected along the lines of railroad are calling on tho farmers for their cream. ' "Theso creameries are greatly wel comed In all communities, becauso sell ing cream is better than making but ter, even nt an average prlco of 25 cents a pound. For a new country the railroad transportation facilities nre good; not yet, of course, what they nro la older countries, but tho new linos uro swiftly gaining as tho coun try gets more settled nnd supplies them with produce to ship. It Is hard to say too much in favor of this coun try. All one needs is a llttlo money with grit and ambition. I have soon homesteads that were filed on a little over three years ago that the owners havo refused $3,000 for. "There Is much more that can ho said In favor of Western Canada, but I think my letter has been long enough." When a man's heart Is broken by a woman he employs some other wom an to mend It. 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Sold by nro M TareT UUUUt B!SJ rirku. a elll'RE GREAT FLEET IK HOME PORT AGAIN AMERICAN SHIPS DROP THEIR ANCHORS AT HAMPTON ROADS. VESSELS IN FINE CONDITION Long Voyage Has Demonstrated the Marvelous Efficiency of the Amer ican Navy Foreign Countries Im pressed as Never Bofcre Deser tions Reported as Surprisingly Few President Roosevelt Reviews Armada from the Mayflower. Hampton Roads, Va , Fob. 22. The most stupendous task of naval his tory was completed when President Hooscvflt reviewed the fleet of 1t battleships as they filed Into Hampton llouds to drop anchor at the port from which they sailed one ear and two months before. The homecoming was much the same ns the departure. The ships were the same, with tho exception of the Nebraska and Wisconsin, which look the place of the Maine and Ala bama. The flag of Rear-Admiral Sper ry flew from the Connecticut, Hoar Admiral Evans, Ilcar-Admlral Emory and Henr-Admlrul Thomas, who wero successively in command, having been placed on tho retired list. Crowding tho piers the samo wlvo3 and sweethearts gathered to welcome VlJh,U3 THE USS &5gM&$. 4 jr mwMwwr77cMJA SpSJfX v jZ. ti, c. ic. 7iit us& jKSeiXw i " vij. rr us j. OiS-r . Urw us a XL THE W5 J6 ffEhl JIR3EY KEAR3fRbr ( 1 THE U.S3 eZttf MISSOURI &THe U&S&ffmBStt HAMPTON -""" gfc ROADS. -- T VKJlt Int. U.O.z NSS e Louisfltifl 7 THE VJJ. V , ALIGNMENT OF WARSHIPS AT HAMPTON ROADS. thoso to whom they waved their fare wells from the samo spot over a year ago. And with the rnttlo of chains and tho splash of anchors, ns tho great ships wheolcd Into their berths, tho journey of 42,227 miles not In cluding the sldo trips In tho Mediter ranean nnd other waters from zone to zone, over the world's oceans and through foreign seas, was at an end. Marks Epoch In History. The event marks an epoch In tho naval and diplomatic history of tho United States. As a mere physical achievement It Is a thing of enormous proportions. As a test of naval effi ciency it has shown tho sailing value of tho fleet and demonstrated to many peoples the power of tho United States nnd Its equipment for war. It has been a sort of gymnnstlc exerclso with tho big Btlck. It has given tho navy department the results of an experience that will ho Invaluable In the upbuilding of futuio fleets and brought out defects that must bo over come. As a diplomatic messenger it has dissipated international misunder standings nnd brought closer In friend ly relations the United States and many of tho world's countries. Tho successful completion of the cruiso without noteworthy accident or untoward Incident, from cither n naval or political point of vlow, Is regnrded by all nations as history making from sovoral points of vlow. Never heforo has any Imttlo command made such a long, continuous voyage. Novor he fore has any battlo command circum navigated tho globo, whether In one or scparnto voyages. Novor heforo has any fleet or nrmadn of any of tho countries of tho world visited so mnny ports, bo many countries, under bo many flags. And novor was any naval command received with such wldo and universal acclaim and enthusiasm of friendly feeling and spirit of wolcomo nB marked tho progress of tho Ameri can battlo fleet at overy ono of its twoscoro or moro Btop3 on tho cruise around tho world. Few Desertions Reported. A remarkable featuro of tho cruise has been tho oxcollcnt discipline. Whllo thero havo been a fow deser tions, the number has been far less In proportion than It usually Is In homo ports. Tho oxtent of the drink- Ing on tho part of tho men and offi cers at receptions and whllo on liber ty In strange and peculiarly Interest ing places has been far less than was expected. From thopolnt ofvlew of the trained mariner, bringing a ship around the world Is no extraordinary task. Utit bringing 16 battleships, with 15,000 men, around the world Is a most gi gantic nnvnl undertaking. Vnllke tho merchant ships, they are things of massive nnd Intricate mechunlsm. They moved In battle formation, ma neuvering nt sea, to simulate, as far na possible, war conditions. At two stops In their Journey, Magdnlena bay and tho Philippines, the great bnttrrlcs wero brought Into play for target prac tice, without preparation, to prove tho lltncss of the ships for lighting ut tho end of a long cruise. Many Countries Visited. Tho fleet visited 20 countries nnd anchored In 20 foreign ports. Tho 10 ships passed through tho Straits of Magollnu, made tho Journey through tho Suez canal without mishap and coaled at Port Said In record timo to be off to help the Italian carthquako sufferers, all without mishap. Two passed through tho Dardanelles, tho first foreign warships to do so without gravo conferences between the vig ilant powers, to pick up tho young Turkish officers who wero to corao to tho I'nltcd States. Two saluted tho new sultan of Morocco. One division dropped anchor at Amoy to do honor to China. Tho wholo fleet flew their colors In the ports of Jnpan. Tho flags of nearly all tho world wero un furled In welcome to them. To drive tho ships 410,000 tons of conl were used. Practically all of this camo from America, In order that there be no variations In quality which would lntorfero with tho elaborate steaming tests to determlno the maxi mum power to bo obtained rom tho quantity of fuel consumed. In this re spect alono tho experience gained 1b invaluable. Nearly 100,000 gallons of oil wero consumed in lubricating tho engines and machinery. All Nations Impressed. It Is as a naval test that the cruise of the fleet takes rank as tho most Interesting and greatest achievement' of modern times. Naval experts of foreign nations waited with cynical patience for tho fleet to arrlvo In Map dalena bay, battered and disabled aft er tho first leg of the rigorous journey. When tho ships went through target practice without nny preparation they hastened to report to their govern ments. Later, when the same BhipB continued on their way around tho world and did the samo thing nt Ma nila bay, the fighting efficiency of tho American navy was unquestioned. Foreign naval expertB also waited confidently until the ships should roach California, to seo tho bluejack ets desert In shoals as soon ns they Bet. foot on their own soil again. On the contrary tho men kept to their posts more faithfully than even tho department Itself anticipated. This is tho one problem of tho American navy that has been a. source of con stunt dllllculty. Hc-cnllstmentB be come moro common than heforo and for the men who left tho fleet after tho long cruiso around South Ameri ca there wero moro men to tako tho places when they wore ready to leave San Francisco. Hut thoro wero somo things, somo very simple things, brought out by tho fleet's voyago which seem to havo escaped tho critics of tho navy. It naval oporatlons aro to bo carried by tho United States at long range, and that will probably ho tho case, bo far as tho Pacific is concerned, thoro must bo colliers to fill tho bunkers of tho battleships, supply ships to All tho store rooms, nnd ammunition ships to fill tho magazines. In tholr last re ports tho chief of tho bureau of ord nance said that n navy without am munition was helpless, tho chief of tho bureau of supplies and accounts said that a navy without food for tho men was helpless. Tho colllora nro being built now and It Is only a matter of time beforo each of tho bureau chiefs will got what ho wantB. THE PROFESSIONS NO GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT - ELECT TAFT TALKS OF INFLUENCES THEY MAY EXERT. SHOWS DUTY OF THE CITIZEN Address Before the University of Penn sylvania on the Present Relation of the Learned Professions to Political Government Coupled with a Eulogy of the Life and Works of George Washington The First President's High Character as a Man. Philadelphia, Fob. 22. Hon. William II. Taft, prosldeuteloct of the United States, was the principal speaker at tho exercises in the University of Pennsylvania, commemoratlvo of the birth of Washington. Ho chose for tho subject of his ad dress the "Piosent Ht'lutlonn of the Learned Professions to Political Gov ernment." Ho discussed ut consider able length the Influence which the learned professions, in this day, have upon nntlonal and municipal govern ment. Ho outlined luminously tho pnrt each of the Important professions plays In a government by the people and compared their influence, one with another. In brief part, ho said: "It is the duty of every citizen to glvo as much attention ns he can to the public weal, and to tako as much Interest as he can In political matters. Americans generally havo recognized those duties, and wo find active In po litical life, men representing all pro fessions, all branches of business and all trades. 1 propose today to Invito your attention to tho present i elation of each of the learned professions to politics and government. Ministry Placed First. "Tho first profeslson Is that of the ministry. Time was In Now Kngland, and In overy other part of tho coun try under tho Influence of Its tradi tions, when the minister of tho Con gregational church, In addition to that of his sacred office, exercised a most powerful influence, which was of a dis tinctly political character. Ills views on tho IssueB of tho day wero consid ered of tho greatest weight In the com munity In which ho lived, nnd he ranked evcryono as Its Hrst citizen. This was In the dnys when New Eng land might almost bo called a 'theoc racy;' when It was deemed wise and politically proper to regulate by law, to tho minutest detail, tho manner of life of men, and as theso laws were un derstood to bo framed in accord with moral and religious requirements, tho minister of tho community was tho highest authority iib to what tho law should be and how It ought to bo en forced. Great changes havo come over our methods of life slnco that day. Then tho ministry, becauso of tho re wards In tho way of Influence, power and prominence, attracted tho ablest of educated minds, and tho ability nnd force of character were where power and influence resided. Hut the spread of education and Independent think ing, tho wldo diffusion of knowlodge and news by tho press, tho enormous material development of tho country, tho vast increase In wealth, tho In crease in rewnrds and Influence of other vocations, tho disappearance of tho simple village life, have all con tributed to changn radically the posi tion and Influence of tho ministry In tho community. To-day It Is not true that that profession attracts tho ablest young men, und this, I think, Is a dis tinct loss to our society, for It Is of tho utmost Importance that tho profes sion whoso peculiar duty It is to main tain high moral standards and to arouso tho best that there is In man, to stir him to higher aspirations, should havo tho genius nnd brilliancy with which successfully to carry out this function. Of course, tho profes sion of ministry Is supposed to have to do largely with tho kingdom of tho next world rathor than with this, and many peoplo expect to find In tho rep resentatives of tho profession only an other worldliness and no thought of this. This, of course, 1b the nar rowest view of the profession. What ever the next world, wo aro certainly under tho highest obligation to mnke tho best of this, and the ministers should ho tho chief instruments In ma king this world morally and religious ly better. It Ib utterly Impossible to noparato politics from tho lives of tho community, nnd thero cannot bo gen eral porsonal and social business mor nllty nnd political Immorality nt tho aamo time. Tho latter will ultimately debauch tho wholo community. Has Made Improvement. "During the administration of Mr. Roosevelt, and under tho lnlluenco of certain rovelntlons of business Immor ality, tho consclonco of tho wholo country wbb Bhocked and then nerved to the point of domanding that a hot ter order of affairs bo Introduced. In this movement tho ministers of tho various churches havo rocognlzed the cnll upon them to assist, and thoy have been hoard In accents much moro offoctivo than over heforo in half a century. Tho greatest agency today In keoplng us ndvlsqil of tho condi tions among oriental races Is tho es tablishment of foreign missions. Tho leaders of these missionary branches of tho churches nro becoming somo of our most learned statesmen in respect of our proper oriental pollclos." Judge Tuft, discussing teachers, said that "their relation to politics and gov ernment is of tho utmost importance, though indirect." Ho wont on: "Tho next profession Is that of tho tencher. Of course, tho great num ber of teachers uro engaged In pri mary and secondary instruction and In Industrial or vocational work. Their rotation to politics and government Ib of tho utmost Importance though In direct. It Is, nnd ought to bo, tholr highest duty to Instill In the minds of tho young girls and boys the patriot ism and lovo or country, because tho hoy Is father to tho man and tho pa triotism of tho oxtiemo youth of tho country may well determlno that of the grown men. Tho effect of nn In tense patriotism which thrills through tho norvos of the boys of a country ISj Illustrated In tho Immense strength which Japan derives from It. No ono who visits that liitoiestlng country or conies Into contact with tho Japanoso enn avoid seeing Its patriotism. Tho term 'Hushldo,' Is n kind of apotheosis of patriotism. The Joy with which Japanese glvo up tholr lives In defense of their country has Its foundation in a real religious feeling, and Is most In spiring to nil who come to know It. It should ho full of significance to thoso of the teaching profession who hecomo responsible for tho thoughts nnd Ideals of the young." To the writer, In whntover cnpnclty ho may labor, Judge Taft ottrlhutod greot Influence, either for good or for bud Judge Taft paid u high trlhuto to the profession of medicine, becauso It had contributed to tho preservation of the health of all the people. Ho pointed uit that tho profession had been exalted by Its great discoveries and by Its assistance In the expansion of our government In the tropics and In tho construction of tho Panama canal. He said: Medical Profession Eulogized. "The triumph which hns boon reached In tho name of tho medical profession In tho discovery as to tho real cause of yellow fever and malaria and tlio Bupprosslon of thoso diseases by killing or preventing tho propaga tion of, or tho Infection of tho mos quito, Is ono of the wonders of human progress. It has mado tho construc tion of tho Panama canal possible. It; has rendered life In the tropics for I in-' migrants from tho temperate zone con sistent with health and reasonablo length of life, nnd it has opened pos sibilities In tho improvement of tho health nnd strength of tropical races themselves under governmental teach ing, nsslstanco and supervision that wero unthought of two decadcB ago. Sanitary engineering with Its proper treatment of wntcr, making It whole Konio and hnrmless with ltB romovnl of tho filth and sowngo nnd ita con version of what was noxious into most useful agencies, all confirm the gov ernmental importance of tho profes sion of medicine und the kindred tech nical profession of chemistry, engin eering and all branches of physical re search. So marked Iibb been this In crease In the lmportanco of tho med ical profession In governmental agen cies, that tho doctors thomsolvoB hnvc organized a movement for tho unifica tion of all agencies In tho federal gov ernment used" to promote tho public health, In ono btironu or department, at tho head of which thoy wish to put a man of their own or kindred branch of science. How near thin movement will come In accomplishing tho com plete purposo of Ub promoters, only the national loglBlaturo can tell. Cer tainly tho economy of tho union of all' health agencies of tho national gov ernment In ono bureau or department Is wise. Whether at tho head of that department should bo put a doctor ofv medicine or Bomo other person must depend on tho individual and not on his technical professional learning or skill. It Is tho capacity to organize, coordinate nnd executo that is need ed at tho head of a dopartment, and not so much deep technical and pro fessional skill. It Ib tho ability to judgo whether' otherH havo Biich tech nical or professional skill that tho head of tho department who makes tho Bolcctlon of tho membors of his dopartment Bhould ho endowed with. However this muy bo, It is becoming moro ami moro clonr that tho extend ing of governmental duties into a ter ritory covered by tho profession of medlclno is bringing physicians moro and moro Into political and govern mental relation, nnd wo may expoct that In tho noxt decade they will play a far greater part than thoy havo here tofore; and It is proper that thoy should." Washington's Greatness. After mentioning tho grent good, in actunt results, accomplished by many technical professions, Judgo Taft con sidered In extent tho profession of tho law, which, ho said, "Is in a wldo sense tho profession of government." Ho said that lawyers ofton wero se lected to carry on governmental work, because tho oxccutlvo faculty was a very marked attrlbuto of tho modem lawyer. Whllo ho realized that thoro wore defects and weaknesses in tho profession of tho lnw, ho rogardod it as tho most Important In Its rotation to political government. In conclu sion, ho said: "Natlonnl exigency seems to call forth tho men peculiarly fitted to meet the requirements of tho situation. Such wero Lincoln and Grant during tho groat civil war. Such was Washington In tho revolution, tho anniversary of whose birthday thlB unlvorslty appropriately makes ltsCom mencoment Day. Ho was not a law yer or a doctor, or a minister. Ho was a leader of men. Ills pure, disinterest ed patriotism, his 'freedom from Binall JenlouslcB, his marvelous common sonso, his lndomitablo persoveranco nnd pntlonco, nnd his serenity and calm under tho most trying clrcum Btancos, gavo him tho victory a vic tory which could ho traced not to bril liant gonlus or professional training, but to that which, of all things, Is tho most to bo pursuod and doslred to his high character as u man." 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