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NEVER SAW SUCH LARGE YIELDS
The Climate Is HealthyThe Winters
Are Ploasant In Western Canada
Writing from Stirling Alberta to
one of the agents representing the
Canadian Government freo homestead
lands Mr M PIckrell formerly of
Beechwood Ky says of Western Can
ada
In the first placo wo will say that
tho summer season 13 just lovely In
deed As to the winter well we never
experienced finer weather than we are
now enjoying Wo have just returned
from Northern Alberta and will say
that we found tho weather to be very
mild tho air dry fresh and invigorat
ing Considering everything wo can
say that tho winters here are most
pleasant healthy and enjoyable to
what they are In the States Here it
getB cold and continues so till spring
there aro no disagreeable winds In
South Alberta It is some warmer two
to four inches of snow may fall and
In a few hours a Chinook wind comes
along evaporating tho entire snow
leaving terra flrma perfectly dry In
fact we did not believe this part until
wo came and saw for ourselves and
wo now know what we herein write
to bo Just as wo write it There has
not been a day this winter that I could
not work out doors Farmers here aro
calculating on starting the plow the
first of March
As to farm wages we would not
advlso a man to come here with the
oxpectatlon of living by his days
work but all who do want a home I
advise to have nerve enough to get up
and come for there never has been
and may never be again such a grand
opportunity for a man to get a home
almost free
As to the crops I havo been in the
fields before harvest saw tho grass
put up and the grain harvested and I
never saw such large yields I saw
oats near Edmonton over six feet tall
that yielded 80 bushels per acre and I
talked to a farmer near St Albert who
had a field year before last that aver
aged 110 bushels per acre and weighed
43 pounds to the bushel All other
crops would run In proportion as to
potatoes and vegetables the turnout
was enormous I have such reports
as the above from all sections that I
have visited and that has been every
community between the Edmonton dis
trict and Raymond In the Lethbridge
district
As to stock raising I would ad
vise a man to locate in this place or
any place in South Alberta but for
mixed farming I would say go up
farther north say near Lacombe We
tasklwln or Edmonton where it Is not
quite so dry and there is some
timber to be had I will say that no
where have I ever seen a better oppor
tunity for a man whether he has
money or not to obtain a home No
where can be found a more productive
soil better water and a better gov
erned country than Western Canada
affords Inducements to the home
seeker are unexcelled I met two men
near Ponoka on the C E R R
who borrowed the money to pay for
their homestead and in four years
those two men sold their farms one
for 2500 the other for 3000 I met
a man near Wetaskiwin who landed
here with 25 cents six years ago He
is now worth 8000 The advantages
for ranching are excellent In fact I
do not believe this section can be
heat Markets are good as to living
a family can live as cheap here as
they can in the States The average
yield of oats in this neighborhood last
year was 70 bushels per acre wheat
averaged 35 barley 40 and the beet
crop was good In consequence of
the successful cultivation of the beet
a large beet sugar factory is being
erected at Raymond seven miles from
here
In conclusion I will say that N W
T from Manitoba to a long distance
north of Edmonton produces most won
derful crops Lakes and rivers abound
with fish and game is plentiful And
that this is unquestionably the coun
try for a man to come to if he desire3
to better his condition in life I would
advise the prospective settler to look
over the Lethbridge Lacombe Wetas
kiwin and Edmonton districts before
locating
I will locate in the Edmonton dis
trict next fall and several families
from the States will locate with me
In the meantime I will receive my
mail hero and will be pleased to give
the interested all the information de
sired
For information as to railway rates
etc apply to any agent of the Cana
dian Government whose name appears
elcewhere in this paper
It is well to be off with the old foe
before you can fight with the new
If you dont get the biggest and
best its your own fault Defiance
Starch is for sale everywhere and
there is positively nothing to equal
It in quality or quantity
There is a place for everything
but few people have access to the in
dex
LIVE STOCK BREEDERS
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Lincoln Importing Horse
company They have a large number
of imported black Percherons Eng
lish Shires and German Coach stal
lions which they are offering a special
inducement to buyers in the way of a
discount of 20 per cent This com
pany has been In business in Lincoln
for sixteen years with the largest
and most convenient barns in the Uni
ted States one barn costing over 10
000 They own their own plant and
their guarantees and statements are
well fortified both financially and
morally This is a rare chance to buy
a first class stallion at a low price
Visit their barns or write them at
once
It sometimes happens that the guy
who hesitates doesnt get lost
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A PLEA FOR POLITICAL UNITY
Moral Courage Needed Among Men
All Stragglers Invited to Come
Back Into the Democratic Fold and
Be Forgiven
KANSAS CITY William J Bryan
speaking here to the toast Democ
racy at the banquet given by the
Democratic County club and the
newspaper men of Missouri compli
mentary to William J Stone at
which the addresses did not begin
until long after midnight bitterly ar 1
laigned Grover Cleveland and his sup
porters who are making the plea for
harmony among democrats
The assembly was made up of rep
resentative Missouri democrats and
the remarks of Mr Bryan met with
enthusiastic favor with his hearers
He said in part
What we need in this nation is
moral courage among men We need
moral courage more than ability and
we want the kind of moral courage
that will fight for honest dealings In
your junior senator William Joel
Stone you have in Missouri a man
who possess both moral courage and
ability
I am glad that you have harmony
in this state I believe the democrats
of Missouri give the best idea of how
to secure harmony among the demo
crats of the nation I believe in har
mony The democratid bed is wide
enough for all who want to come in
but we do not want to have to sit up
nights to keep certain pretenders rrom
picking our pockets
We invite all who strayed from
the fold to come back if they so desire
but we want them to stay in after
they come We have had enough of
Clevelandism in the democratic
party We had four years of Cleve
land and after his administration was
over we found ourselves weaker than
we had ever been before because we
had been betrayed These so called
harmonizers Cleveland and his fol
lowers showed their nearness to re
publicanism by deserting us in our
hour of greatest need
The democratic party won a great
victory in 1892 which gave our party
a great opoprtunity but Grover Cleve
land betrayed the democratic party
and I carried the burden of his ad
ministration through two national
campaigns and there was not a plank
in either platform that was such a
detriment to me in those campaigns
as that burden was
Cleveland had the best opportunity
to redeem the democratic party of
any man since the time of Andrew
Jackson but instead of being true to
his party he disgraced himself As
a party we must stand true to demo
cratic principles and if we do I be
lieve democratic victory will soon
come and it will be here to say
Montana Cattlemen Meet
MILES CITY Mont The eighteenth
annual meeting of the Montana Stock
Growers association began on Tues
day The report of Secretary Pritt
shows a balance of 17000 in the
stray fund and 7000 in the general
dues fund The total beef output for
1902 was 23000 head 14t000 strays
Were recovered by inspectors 130000
cattle weer shipped into Montana
during the year and 55000 horses
shipped out
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AND THEY TOLD US THE ROAD WAS CLEAR
Now Inclines to Use Kelley as Lead
ing Witness of the Prosecution
ST LOUIS Disgusted at the fail
ure of Lieutenant Governor Lee to
return to St Louis Circuit Attorney
Folk will probably go to New York
to negotiate for Kelleys surrender
Mr Folk has had the move under
contemplation for some time as both
he and Attorney General Crow believe
Kelley will turn states evidence if
given the opportunity
Governor Dockery wired Mr Folk
that he had received word that Lieu
tenant Governor Lee was in Staunton
W Va
The absent lieutenant governor is
said to be willing to return to St
Louis if he would be allowed to tell
only a part of what he knows about
the transaction said to have taken
place here and at Jefferson City Mr
Folk will not listen to any such prop
osition He insists that Lieutenant
Governor Lee return and reveal ev
erything in connection with the mat
ter under investigation
BIG PROTEST FROM EDITORS
Tell Pennypacker Why He Should
Veto the Libel Bill
HARRISBURG Pa Every impor
tant newspaper in Pennsylvania was
represented at the hearing on the
Grady Salus libel bill by Governor
Pennypacker Tuesday in the hall of
the house of representatives Attor
ney General Carson sat with the gov
ernor throughout the hearing but
neither indicated what would be the
governors action on the measure
At the beginning of Mr Smiths ad
dress Governor Pennypacker took ex
ceptions to his use of the word in
solently and suggested that it would
be well to omit strong adjectives Mr
Smith accepted the suggestion saying
at the same time that he spoke
strongly because he felt strongly
White Will Not Talk Money
WASHINGTON Andrew White
former ambassador to Germany has
declined to serve as one of the Uni
ted States commissioners at the forth
coming monetary conference thus con
fining the delegation to three per
sons already named Messrs Conant
Jenkins and Hanna Mr Whites dec
lination is based on the unsatisfac
tory condition of his health as well
as pressure of private business
Looking After Food Supply
LONDON King Edward has ap
pointed a royal commission to inquire
into the question of importation of
food in time of war and other similar
subjects The prince of Wales is a
member of the commission and Lord
Balfour of Burleigh is its chairman
Bob Fitzsimmons Wife Dies
NEW YORK Mrs Robert Fitzsim
mons wife of the former heavyweight
champion pugilist died at her home in
Brooklyn Friday
He Gets 10000 Damages
WASHINGTON D C The United
States supreme court Monday icfus
ed to reverse the decision of the
United States circuit court of ap
peals for the Fifth circuit in the case
of the Texas Pacific Railroad com
pany vs Abe Behimer Behimer
was a brakeman and being knocked
off the top of a freight car by a
bump in coupling caught his trousers
on a nail and was pretty badly in
jured He was awarded 10
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MR BRYANS CLUB
IT IS WIELDED VIGOROUSLY
AGAINST CLEVELAND
FOLK GIVES LEE UP
ALLOW DIVIDEND
PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE
MERGED EARNINGS
SHAREHOLDERS WILL GET CASH
Injunction is Modified Pending De
cision of the Supreme Court The
People Will Get the Money Bench
Sees No Reason for Imposing
Hardship on Innocent Persons
ST PAUL Circuit Judge San
born on Monday decided to allow the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
dividends to be paid to the Northern
Securities company
After rehearsing the positions of
the case and mentioning that an ap
peal lo the supreme court is pend
ing his honor said
The appeal in this case will prob
ably be determined by the supreme
court about November
It is not perceived how the pay
ment or retaining of these dividends
during the pendancy of this appeal
can injuriously affect any right of
the United States and the only ques
tion is whether these dividends shall
be piled up in the treasuries of the
railway companies or paid to the
stockholders to whom they legally
belong and who must ultimately re
ceive them whichever way the final
decision of the case may be These
dividends will ultimately go to the
stockholders of the Northern Securi
ties company whether paid as they
are earned or after the final decision
If the railway companies are per
mitted to pay their dividends to the
Securities company that company
will pay them over to its stockhold
ers The decree permits the stock
holders of the Securities company to
exchange stock for stock of the rail
road companies for which it is
issued If the supreme court affirms
this decree the stockholders of the
Northern Securities company can
exchange their stock for the stok of
the railroad companies and can draw
these dividends upon the latter If
the supreme court reverses the de
cree the same parties can draw
these dividends on their Northern
Securities stock
The order of the court will accord
ingly be that the operation of that
portion of the decree which enjoins
the railway companies from paying
the dividends upon their stock which
is held by the Northern Securities
company be suspended during the
pendency of the appeal upon the giv
ing of approved bond in the sum of
50000 by or in behalf of the defend
ants conditioned that they will pros
ecute their appeal with effect and
will pay all damages that shall re
sult to the United States by reason
of the order
All other portions of the decree
and of the injunction it contains re
main in force and are unaffected by
the order
After the reading of tho decision
the appeal was perfected and the
bond was filed
NEW YORK Northern Securities
stock sold off to 4s early in the
day out Just before official news of
the decision reached this city the
market turned and the stock sold up
to 98 Representatives of tho Se
curities company expressed much
pleasure over the news
It is a longjoan that has no return
ing
IMPRISON THE PEACEMAKERS
Albanians Turn Deaf Ear to Pacifica
tion Proposals
CONSTANTINOPLE The mem
bers of the special mission sent by
tho sultan to pacify the Albanians
it is now announced are practically
imprisoned at Ipck Albany where
they are surrounded by sevoral hun
dred Albanians whose chiefs refuse
to accept the proposed reforms and
demand the appointment of an Al
banian governor adding that other
wise they will continue the revolt
The Austrian and Russian ambas
sadors are urging the sultan to adopt
energetic measures to suppress the Al
banians but he Is averse to coercion
as he relies on the Albanians to help
him in the event of further complica
tions
TO SEND LETTER OF THANKS
Pope Leo Gratified at President
Roosevelts Gift
ROME The pope was gratified
when informed that President Roose
velt on the celebration of tho papal
jubilee had forwarded to the pontiff
through Cardinal Gibbons the vol
umes containing all the messages and
official documents of the presidents
of the United States He said
The messages are the essence of a
century and a half of American politi
cal wisdom J shall be happy in hav
ing it as a companion to the set of
President Roosevelts own literary
works sent by Governor Taft last
year The pontiff added that he will
thank the president by sending him
an autograph letter
AVOID DOUBLE INSPECTION
Kansas Men Will Examine Cattle at
Same Time as Officials
TOPEKA Kan Governor Bailey
and the members of the state live
stock sanitary commission have agreed
upon a plan to prevent the double
inspection of cattle coming into Kan
sas from Texas J H Johnson the
state inspector at Arkansas City has
been ordered to go at once to Fort
Worth Tex and will inspect cattle
consigned to Kansas He will remain
in Texas until the rush of spring ship
ping is over Under the present sys
tem Texas cattle are inspected in Fort
Worth by federal inspectors and again
in Kansas by state inspectors This
system has been the cause of much
dissension
ARE DISORDERS IN MINDANAO
Band Which Raided Suriago is Dis
persed
MANILA The band which raided
Suriago island of Mindanao on March
23 is practically dispersed The
troops and constabulary pursued the
men into the Lake Manit country and
defeated them five times killing
twenty and wounding many ethers
Most of the arms stolen at Surigao
were recovered
The disorder which recently broke
out in the province of Misainis is
land of Mindanao is spreading The
civil authorities have appealed for
military assistance People are leav
ing the towns and going to the moun
tains and many are proclaiming them
selves rebels The troopb have en
countered and dispersed a band of
400 wounding thirteen men
SIR OLIVER MOWAT IS DEAD
Was Premier or Ontario for Twenty
Four Years
OTTAWA Can Sir Oliver Mowat
lieutenant governor of Ontario died
Sunday at Government house He
was 83 years old Sir Oliver had been
in feeble health for some time but the
accident in which he broke his leg last
Sunday night hastened the end
Sir Oliver was premier of Ontario
from 1872 to 1896 twenty four years
thus earning the distinction of having
had the longest continuous term of
office as premier ever accorded to any
man by the people of any province
or colony in the British empire In
189G he resigned to become lieutenant
governor of Ontario He was one ol
the fathers of confederation
Boodlers Denied New Trial
ST LOUIS Judge Ryan on Mon
day refused to grant new trials to
the following members of the St
Louis house of delegates who were
tried and convicted of bribery and
notice of appeal to the supreme court
was given
Charles Gutke convicted on Jan
uary 10 and sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary John A Sheri
dan Edmund Bersch Charles Denny
and T F Albright all sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary on Jan
uary 15
Dates for Junior Normals
Supsrintendent Fowler stated that
the junior normal schools would be
opened June S On that date he ex
pects to have at least 1000 teachers
assembled in the five schools He
has selected North Platte as the place
for the first school which he is per
mitted by the new law to locate and
W H Gardener of Auburn will be its
principal Each school is to have a
faculty of five teachers and more than
enough have applied
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Miss fiooii SecV Detroit
Amateur Art Association tells
young women what to do to
avoid pain and suffering caused
by female troubles
I can conscientiously recommend
livdia E Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound to those of my sifters
suffering with female weakness and
the troubles which so often befall
women I buffered for months with
general weakness and felt so weary
that I had hard work to keep up I
had shooting pains and was utterly
miserable In my distress I was ad
vised to use Lydia E Pinfehams
Vegetable Compound and it was
a red letter day to mc when I took tho
first dose for at that time my restora
tion began In six weeks I wasa
changed woman perfectly well in
every respect I felt so elated and
happy that I want all women who
suffer to get well as I did Miss
Guila Gannon 359 Jones St Detroit
Corresponding Secy Mich Amateur
Art Association 5000 forfeit If original of
above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced
It is clearly shown in this
younjr ladys letter that Iiydia E
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
will surely euro the suf ferlngfs of
women and when one considers
that Miss Gannons letter is only
one of hundreds which we have the
great virtue of Mrs Pinkhams medi
cine must be admitted by all
The mayor makes the money go
The KleanKool Kitchen Kind of stoves
make no smoke smell soot ashes or ex
cessive heat Always look for trade mark
Punctuallty Is the thief of time
Defiance Starch Is guaranteed biz
gest and best or money refunded 15
ounces 10 cents Try It now
Some men go to bed too late ever
to wake up famous
Tipped the Mayor
The lord provost of Glasgow whose
office corresponds with that of mayor
in this country told at a dinner recent
ly how he was tipped by an Ameri
can sightseer A party of tourists
from the United States were viewing
the splendid municipal chambers in
Glasgow and were especially enthu
siastic about the great marble stair
case The lord provost happened to
pass and offered to guide them about
While doing so he gave them some in
teresting information about the rise
and growth of his interesting city
As he was leaving one of the Ameri
cans quietly slipped a half dollar into
his hand The provost had not recov
ered from his amused astonishment un
til the Americans left the building
Honeymoon Thirty Years Old
The honeymoon tour of Mr and Mrs
Fred A Hull of Danbury Conn in
terrupted almost at its beginning thir
ty years ago was begun all over again
last week They have become grand
parents since then Mr and Mrs Hull
were married on March 11 1873 They
started to visit Wisconsin and return
through Kentucky The trip ended
abruptly at Albany for a business tel
egram called Mr Hull home They de
cided then to postpone their tour un
til the first anniversary of their mar
riage but something happened then
to prevent and also on the following
anniversaries This year they sailed
up the Hudson to Albany They will
visit all the places they intended to
and will be gone a month Mr Hull Is
wealthy
BUILT OVER
Food That Rebuilt a Mans Body and
Built It Right
By food alone with a knowledge of
what food to use disease can bo
warded off and health maintained
also many even chronic diseases can
be cured It is manifestly best and
safest to depend upon food to cure
rather than too much drugging
A case in point will illustrate A
well known man of Reading Pa
Treas of a certain club there says
I have never written a testimonial
letter but I have been using Grape
Nuts about a year and have recovered
my health and feel that I would like
to write you about it for the case is
extraordinary
For five years I was a sufferer
from a dreadful condition of the bow
els the trouble was most obscure
Here follows a detailed description
and the condition
certainly
was dis
tressing enough details can be given
by mail
Nothing in the way of treatment
of drugs benefited me in the least
and an operation was
seriously
con
sidered In May 1901 I commenced
using Grape Nuts as a food and with
no Idea that it would In
any way help
my condition In two or three weeks
time I noticed an improvement and
there was a steady gain from that
time on until now I am practically
well I dont know how to explain
the healing value of the food but for
some reason although it has taken
nearly a year I have recovered
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health and the change is entirely J
tributable to Grape Nuts
food for t
long ago quit medicine 1 et Jni
Grape Nuts for breakfast and lunch
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