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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1911)
MjmEfi,' rw Oi -jf;- i-.r ,;JSiL i- -V wwww,"'''Jni i WESTERN CANADA BEYOND THE PIONEER STAGE Liberty-Loving People Have All the Liberty the Heart Can Detlre Under Canadian Laws. The New York Commercial of April 19th contained an Interesting article on conditions In Western Canada. The following extracts will provo Instruc tive reading to thoso who contem plate moving to Canada. The writer opoakB of land at $8 to $18 an acre. As a matter of fact, thero Is very little land that can be had now at lesR than $18 per acre, but when one considers tho productive qualities of this land it is safe to say that In two years time there will be little avail able land to bo had nt less than $30 nn acre. Already the free grant lands in tho open prairie districts ore becoming exhausted and tho homesteader has to go farther bark to the partially wooded areas. This Is no drawback, however. Some pre fer this land to tho open prairie. A recent publication, Issued by the De partment of tho Interior, Ottawa, Canada, and which is forwnrded free to applicants by mall by any of the Canadian government agents throughout the United States, says of tho uewly-opened districts: Water Is always abundant, wood and fuel are plentiful and tho soil that can grow the poplar and tho willow as well as the rich grasses that are to be found there can bo relied upon to produco all tho small varieties of grain with equal success. Tho New York Commercial article referred to deals moro particularly with condi tions along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific, but what Is said of one line of railway may with truth be said of the land and the conditions along both the Canadian Northern and the Canadian Pacific. The article says: "It would be no exaggeration t7 aay that practically all the land along the entire distance traversed by the Grand Trunk Pacific system Is capa ble of furnishing homes to those who engage 1n farming. The lands are of three classes. They may be desig nated, first, as having special adap tation to the production of grain; second, as having such adaptation to mixed farming, of which live stock will form an important feature, and third, as being mainly adapted to the production of live stock only. On the third class of lands the area is not very large, of tho second it is much larger ana of the first it is by far the largest. "As soon as mixed farming shall be generally adopted, land that may now be obtained for from $8 to $18 per acre, and even lands open now to free homesteads, will sell for $50 to $100 per aero. This is not an ex travagant statement. In natural fer tility these lands fully equal those of the American corn belt. In vari ety of production they excel them, and yet the latter sell for $100 to $200 per acre. In addition to the grain crops now grown of wheat, oats, barley nnd rye, much of the land will grow winter wheat when properly prepared. Eighty per cent, of tho land will grow clover and alfalfa. A Etlll larger percentage will grow field peas, and the entire tillable area wllP grow good crops of the cultivated grasses, timothy, brome grass and western ryo grass. With theso ele ments what can prevent this region from becoming the main source of food supply of the Empire and Im perial domlnloup?" Special stref.s Is laid upon the edu cational conditions. The writer says: "The foundation of the social fabric of the agricultural country may be said to rest on the efficiency of Its school system. Liberty-loving peo pie have all the liberty the heart can desire under Canadian laws. In this regard Western Canada has a system of education based upon the best that can bo obtained from the United States or Eastern Canada. Its school system and regulations are second to none. Every boy or girl has a school house brought to his or her doorway. Tho government Is most liberal In its support of higher education. In Win nipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton are to be found excellent colleges and uni versities, so that the problem of higher education 1b solved. The pro vincial agricultural schools, located at Winnipeg and Saskatoon, give practical courses in scientific farm ing, preparing graduates to take up tho responsibilities of farm life. "The newcomer settling In this favored section will find tho social conditions far beyond n pioneer stage. He will find helps on every hand. In 'stead of his going to the 'jumplng-off place,' as is often supposed when thinking of Western Canada, he will And himself surrounded by wonderful opportunlttea for social advancement In a new country fraught with prom ise." ' Getting On. "Well, little boy, did you go to tbe circus the other day?" "Yes'm. Pa wanted to go, so I bad to go with him." Whoever slncorely endeavors to do all the good he can will probably do much more taan he Imagines or will tver kuow. Dowdier. Start freh this Spring cleanie and purify the system by o. course of Garfield Ten, Herb laxative and blood-puritier. It Is difficult to convince the head of the bouae that two beads are bet ter than one. mini' aqj '"i I'lHi Mrmimmm-iuirniri n rini-irmriiiTiTar'nurwn AN'AGED ILLINOIS WHEELMAN Bicycle Rider It 84 but Is Still Able to Take Frequent Long Spins. Blpomlngton. HI. Thomas W. Da vis, 84 years of age, and distinguished aa tho world'c oldest wheelman, has impatiently waited for summer weath er so that he could rcsumo hl-i dally spins upon his bicycle. Acquiring the bicycling fever at the age of 61, ho has been nn enthusiastic devotee since and has no equal in tho world of wheeling. The feebleness In cident to age, has prevented his long distance rides of other days and lie must now be content with short con stitutionals limited to the city streets and adjacent rural roads. He has bid a regretful adieu to the "centuries" of a decade ago when he wait but n septuagenarian and less mutured than the present day. Mr. Davis is now living In retire ment at his home In Peoria county and Is fond of recalling his early ex perience as a wheelman. He was 61 years of age when the craze for blcy clea swept over the country. He be came intensely interested and invest ed in one of the early type with the mammoth wheel in front and small wheel behind, known as the "ordi naries." He made tbe switch to the safety type as coon as the latter was .Introduced and has ridden many ma chines since, running up a mileage close to 150,000. greater than any oth er man of his years. At the age of 75 he bad ridden 100, 000 miles and earned a remarkable col lection of medals In various competi tions. The medal which he prizes the most was given to him by the Century Road Club of America for riding 8,030 miles In 1902, more than any one per son in the United States. In 189C he covered 12,400 miles and was then ninth on the list. Tho fact that he was In tho front rank In 1902 with 4. 000 miles less, Indicated the decline of the wheel as a medium of sport. RUINS OF TEMPLE OF THEBES Great Building Was Egyptian City's Chief Glory In the Days of the Pharaohs. Cairo, Egypt When Thebes of the Hundred Gates was the favorite resi dence of the Pharaohs of Egypt, and the seat ot government, when she could furntsh 20,000 chariots, fully equipped nnd fully manned for war. Ruined Temple of Thebes. her great temple was her chief glory. The glory of that which was Thebes aro tho ruins ot that temple, erected for the ivorsblp ot Ammon, tho Unre vealed, holder of tho Scoptro of Power and tho Cross of Love, late the Zeus of Greece and the Jupltor ot Rome. What Is left of it is colossal; what It must have been In its full magnifi cence many bave sought to imagine; that which exists is but a tenth part of that which has perished. The enclrclllng wall of raw bricks, some parte ot which are still visible, enclosed a space ot over 320 acres. The first entrance, from the Interior of which this photograph was taken, la about 367 feet wide and about 131 feet in height. It stands before tbe large court -shown in the foreground. On either side ot this are columns; then comes tbe great columned hall, Us entrance guarded on the right by a tone Pharaoh. In the Inner court stands an obelisk of Thothmea I. The huge doorways leadings from court to court are particularly fine. The tem ple was one of tbe wonders of the an riant world. Thomas W. Davis. T1' 1 . , tTT" aasapaasfiasif npro City of Winnipeg WINNIPEG, Man. Ueforo the close of the present year this city will be looked upon as the greatest ex ponent of public ownership on tho American continent. Its Investment In public utilities is now moro than $30,000,000. It Is nearly a quarter of a century since tho city council laid the founda tion of municipal ownership by buy ing out tho Winnipeg Water Works company and establishing a municipal plant. So successful did the venture prove that when tho city decided to lay asphalt pavements sonio years later it was decided to install a mu nicipal asphalt plant and tho ninny miles of pavement in this city hnve been Inld by it. Trouble with tho Winnipeg Electric company, which controls tho street railway franchise, gas, electric light and power franchise, resulted In tho city voting $3,000,000 for a municipal power plant. Out on tho Winnipeg river, 05 miles from the city, u plunt Seeking Wives for NEW YORK. American heiresses who may be pining for alliances with Austria's titled youth need plno no longer. The way Is opon to them, nnd the method of acquiring a prince or a count of cither the Hohemian or Tyrolean variety Is so simple that It Is within reach of all. There Is no mystery about It. Miss Yrma Pdcycr of Vienna has arrived hero to arrange It all. "We In Vienna know," says tho pret ty matchmaker, "that In the United States there are many daughters of millionaires who have had overy pos sible luxury showered upon them alnce their birth, but who long for what ban always seemed to them unattainable, namely, pride of family and social po sition. I can glvo thorn both. "I have on my list two princes, brothers, ono twenty-threo and the other twenty-five years. Doth are offi cers In tho Austrian army, and their regiment Is btattoncd at Vienna. Their family Is of ancient llnenge and they own two castles In Uohemla. Each has n fortune or $3,000,000. A condi tion which must be met in the cases of both my princes, should 1 find wives for them, is that tho American girls must bring them fortunes equal to their own. ? fcCDft BELIEVE QMmMM Utilities 235Lly it saves Whistle Takes Place of Curfew Bell yJL. . VUKH MM. I v ) ' A. THAT curfew WHISTLE AHY WAY KANSAS CITY, Kan. Curfew must ring in Kansas, -and Its sounding must ho heeded. Tho W. C. T. U. has determined thnt too little attention Is paid to the curfew law, particularly In Kansas City, Kan., and asked tho city commissioners to see that It Is enforced. In this city, where tho sounding of a steam whistle on the packing plant takes tho place of tbe old-tlmo boll, it is alleged that It Is no longer "tho curfew whistle," but Is generally spoken of as "the nine o'clock whistle," from tho fact that It sounds at that hour in tho evening. Ten years ago tho W. C. T. U. took up tho matter of tho boys' remaining out lato at night nnd determined to put a stop to It. They secured tho adoption by most of tho city councils of tho Sunflower stato of ordinances similar to tho Now England curfew Jaws. In this city, which was far too large for any boll to be heard In every State Is to Have MOUNTAIN OKOVE, Mo. An egg laying contest to begin Septem ber 1 and last ono year Is being ar ranged by tho Mlshouii Agricultural college and will be held at tho state poultry experiment station hero. It will he the first contest of Its kind held In America and will no doubt tit tract much attention among breeder of flue poultry. Australia and New Zealand have shnllnr contests and plnns for some thing of this sort are under way both In Philadelphia and In San Francisco, but the first in the field with a defi nite arrangement is Missouri. Entries will be limited to fifty, and the first 50 breeders to make entries will furnish tbe hens. Each owner is limited to six hens, with tho priv ilege ot substituting a hen for ono that becomes sick or injured. Fifty pens will ho built, exactly alike, and each pen of hens will have the same food and treatment. Managers of the -contest have made a rule so that each pen with Its en- -s2?-cJN. $( !, V-yTr-XJ- VVJjy-. rffly XV tv frVVi 4L. lninn.fi. LJJ- lAyfrf'wr,,a.i.nn.',ii,,Mnii' a Owns Its Utilities Is now nrarlng completion, The near completion of this plant and the pros pects that the city would build Its own street railway system, led tho Winnipeg Electric company to sell out to tho city. The purchase price Is $18,000,000. Winnipeg's telephone st-tem Is nlt-o conducted under public ownership, (or it Is a portion of the system extend ing nil over the province nnd owned by tho Manitoba government. In this city thero are over 17,000 telephones, the tales hrliiK $'J4 a year for resi dences nnd $18 for office phones. Winnipeg owns Its stone quarries In the vicinity of the city, and there, under n stuff of civic employes, mltietl the products for paying the macadam streets and the crushed stone for many purposes. A force of city cmplovcH ulso col lects the garlmge nnd refuse and takes It to the elxle. Incinerators for destruc tion, and when n Wlnnlpcger dies ho, can he burled. If ho mi wills, In the municipal cemetery, for the city owns a larno plot of laud on tho western outskirts of the city, In which Its dead hnve been burled for many years. Thlily onrs ago Winnipeg was a fur post. Now It Is one of the most rapidly crowing cities en the conti nent nnd Is tho largest wheat market; In the world. Titled Noblemen "There Is one of my clients of whom I can speak freely because he has re-' turned to Austria after n visit to thin country, during which he made Jour neys to several American cities, In cluding St. Louis, Chicago and Clove land. I refer' to Count Hugo Chris talntgg. Ills family estate is at Ystereln. Austria, nnd ho has a fine castlo there. "Count ChrlBtalnlgg, who Is about thirty, visited America on a furlough of two months nnd returned to Aus tria about six weeks ago after meeting several heiresses. Two of them he found to be Impossible. One was very pretty of face, but so fat that her for tune of ninny millions possessed no attraction for tho count. Another par took of fried potatoes with her fingers, which may or may not be good form here, but which is nbhorrent to a well bred Austrian. Hut lie has hopes of finding ono thnt will bo possible." section, a grave question nroso as to how the boys wcro to know when to "mako It home." After some discus sion the packing houses solved the problem by agreeing to blow tho wills tlo nt nine o'clock. All was well, and when tho loud blnst of tho big steam Wen, which can he heard forty miles on a clear day, sounded at nine o'clock the boys scampered home. If they did not the policeman took them to the station and they were warned "never again to bo out after curfow." The women were satisfied and all went well. But the boys grew up and neglected to Imprets on their younger brothers n dread of the curfew. Tho brothers did not scamper homo at the Bound, and the people began to think Httlo of It. Meantimo tho housewives had be come accustomed to regulnto their clocks by the sound, and nt nine o'clock they went to sco If the time piece lost or gnlned. Tho habit spread, and ono by ono the men grow accus tomed to rcgulato their watches by the whistle. Now every night tho watch of ench man who works in tho city comes out of his pocket almost by force of habit at tnc first sound ot the whistle. Egg - Laying Contest tries will be designated by number. Tho owner and tho management will know who owns tho hens, but no one olse will hnve this information, unless tho owner carte to give It out. This is done tn protect an owner In case his hens mnke an Indifferent showing. There will be a number of prizes offered for the best showing at the end of each month, also special prizes for the best showing made by repre sentatives of different breeds, For the result of tho year's contest thero will be other valuable prizes and own ers who capture one ot theso will find It worth much to their business, for reports of the contest will he pub lished in newspapers, magazines nnd poultry Journals all over the country icquhti iPomc-W t??( 3 I. ! " VtJit-tllftx,-llV1l1iV'f ', " ji.ifi, -ss- $3.50 RECIPE FREE, FOR WEIK KIDNEYS. RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY TROUBLES, BACKACHE, STRAINING, SWELLING, ETC. Slops Pain In the Bladder, Kidneys and Back. WnuMn't It lw nli within u week or fi) to tii'Rln to my Rood live freer to tint bchIiIImk. iltlbblliiK. straining, or loo fre- TaTaTaTaTaTaTiBw 'Ti 9 vaTaTaBf aaaW BBBBBBBrBaV KiP l slaBBaE .-aBBBr nur-nt rnpsfiKC of tlin mine; tbo.forelie.iil ami the li.irk-uf-tlie-lieuil item-); tlio Kiltclipii iitul mini In tin tmrki tlio .' IUK tiitlfi'lti weaklii'FiM: mhiIm ln'Tine llui vch, ji'ltow skin ! mIiikkIhIi IiowpIh; hwoii rn cy lltln ot- tinkles, ti'K' runups; uiiniit oral sliiiit liientli; tdpepli'SHiirM nlitl tlio itpsiHiudenry? I tuYnnri-i'ljiefnr trn'.ctrniit1r Unit yiiurnndit iiMiliii.iiii1liminnttiiniilirnUlt'krrrmirjr, toii utiu lit to wrltnntiitKi't ni-iipruf II. Mmijr lulix tor wiinlil ohurvi" roil H Ml Jiiit fur wrlllnu tliln tnc-N-llpllun, tint I Imvi'lt iiiul wllllmflluitliiwMiil It tn miiMitlrrlY firt. .lint ilmp wen llnclUi'l hli llr, 'A. H HulliiNti. KSW l.tn-k IIuIMIhk, Ihirt.ll.MU'h. nn.l I will M'tnl It lT mtirn timll In plulnrnvli'i-. An fun will mm win n uiiiii't ll.tMrvi'l(Milllnlti mil)' mr. hitrinli-K ri'tunlli , tint It ti.ii iirt-nt liral I n it un. t imlii-i-iinnm-rliiK imwi-r. ft will iniliklT Mum Un nii-r unit Toil in II. ml think tun lindbrttiT M-Knhut.il l without ili'lnj. I will ii-ml jon n roi'j froe you tun uo ll ami i-uru joutM'lf ul homo. So Familiar. 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