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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1905)
CIAL Trade exhibits an even Chicago. progression and has de- rived added strength Jfr * from the latest government report , in dicating large crops. The distribution of commodities maintained exceptional volume. Forwarding has been very heavy in iron and steel products , steady in general merchandise , and close upon 10,000,000 bushels of grain. Against 8,211,228 bushels last week. Railroad traffic almost equals the greatest aggregate throughout the West , and will be heavier with in creasing deliveries of farm products. The markets for cereals , provisions , hides , wool , and leather exhibit fur ther activity. Retail dealings improved in season- .able lines , stocks undergo satisfactory reduction , and current business iu wholesale branches makes headway. Interior advices reflect gratifying .agricultural conditions , liberal absorp tion of supplies , and mercantile col lections good. Dun's Review oi "Trade. Midsummer influences Rev York. still govern general trade and industry , but bcttei weather and crop reports make for quite optimistic trade reports' in the surplus cereal producing sections of the West. Very farorable reports as to fall trade orders come from aiearly all points west of the Alle- ghcnies , north of the Ohio river , aud Whence westward to the Pacific. Large , though except iu a few cases not record breaking , crop yields now .appear reasonably assured in that en- lire region , and there is a general agreement that fall business already Tjooked exceeds that of a year ago at this date. Less assurance is found in the reports' from the western half of the South , where it is feared serious damage has beeu done by incessant rains to cotton , wheat , aud other crops. Business failures in the United States for the week ending July 13 number ICG , against 127 last week , 203 in the like week of 1904 , 173 in 11)03. 174 in 1002. and 208 in 1901. Brai treet's Commercial Report. * - $ [ g Chicago Cattle , common to prime , $4.00 to $5.75 : hogs , prime heavy. $4.00 to $6.10 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00 to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2. SGc to SSc ; corn. No. 2 , SGc to 57c : oats , standard , -SOc to 32c ; rye , No. 2 , G9c to 70c : hay. timothy , $8.50 to $13.00 ; prairie , $ G.OO to - 11.00 ; butter , choice creamery , ISc to : > 0c ; eggs , fresh , 12c to 13c ; potatoes , jiew , per bushel , SOc to 41 c. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to -5.75 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to .fo-00 ; sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to $5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , SGc to SSc ; corn , No. 2 white , 55c to 5Gc ; oats. No. 2 white , r.2e to 34c. St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $5.50 ; hogs. . $4.00 to $0.00 ; sheep. $4.00 to $5.15 ; wheat , No. 2 , S4c to SGc ; corn , No. 2 , .S3c to 55c ; oats. No. 2 , 30c to 31c ; rye , No. 2 , 70c to 72c. Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.00 ; hog * . $4.00 to $ G.10 ; sheep , $2.00 to . $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 94c to 9Gc ; corn. ! No. 2 mixed , 57c to 59c : oats , No. 2 mixed , 31c to 33c ; rye , No. 2 , 75c to SOc. SOc.Detroit Cattle , $3.50 to $5.20 ; hogs. $4.00 to $5.GO : sheep. $2.50 to $5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , S9c to 90c ; corn. No. o yellow , 58c to 59c ; oats. No. 3 white , .34c to 37c ; rye , No. 2 , 77c to 79c. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern. $1.05 to $1.0S ; corn , No. 3 , 55c to 57c ; oats. No. 2 white , 33c to 34c ; rye , No. 1 , TGc to 77c ; barley , No. 2 , 51c to 52c ; pork , mess , $12.77. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed. OOc to * )5c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 4Sc to 50c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 30c to 32c ; rye , No. 2 , ' 74c to 76c ; clover seed , prime , $7.40 , Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers , 34.00 to $6.00 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00 to $0.10 ; sheen * common to good mixed , 4.00 to $5.25 ; lambs , fair to choice , $5.00 to $7.00. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $ o.GO ; hogs , $4.00 to $6.00 ; sheep. $3.00 to : $4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 93c to 94c ; orn. No. 2 , Glc to G2c ; oats , natural , white , 37c to SSc ; butter , creamery , 18c * o 20c ; eggs , western , 15c to ISc. Humorous News Notes , Mr. Tuft to Mr. Loomis : "Not guilty ; iuit don't do it again. " The bird of peace is very liable to get ! shot if it tries to land in Manchuria. When Philadelphia does get after the grafters , she doesn't carry a fan , but a -club. Senator Mitchell was unable to weep .a favorable verdict out of that Oregon jury. jury.The The Czar needs a man about Secre tary Taft's size to sit on the lid in Po land. land.Look -Look out for an execution order abol 1- 1f ishing yellow fever on the Isthmus of Panama. Up to the present time neither Sweden nor Norway has threatened to build a -spite fence. Emperor Nicholas is in need of peace plenipotentiaries nearer home than is Washington. The red flag on the Black sea is a natural sequence to the white flag on the Yellow sea. Secretary Shaw talks about the $25- 1.000,000 deficit as if almoit any nvm owed . that amount of money. , - ift CROP OUTLOOK PROMISING. favorable Temperatures Have Prevail ed and Corn Makes Fine Progress. The weekly bulletin of the weather bureau summarizes crop conditions as follows : Favorable temperatures prevailed dur ing the week ended July 17 throughout the country. Heavy rains interfered with work in the Ohio valley and over a large part of the South Atlantic and east Gulf States , but a' ' very general absence of rain in the west gulf district , with only light showers over much of the Mis ; souri and upper Mississippi valleys , ar- forded favorable opportunity for much needed cultivation. Rains would be of great benefit in the southern plateau re gion. gion.Corn Corn has made splendid progress throughout nearly the whole of the cornrt belt , and is decidedly improved in the States of the Missouri valley , where its previous progress had been retarded by cool weather. While the general outlook for this crop is very promising , it has sustained some injury on low land in Missouri and in portions of the South Atlantic and east gulf States , and is not in a good state of cultivation in portions of the Ohio valley. Further reports of injury to harvested winter wheat are received from the cen tral Mississippi and Ohio valleys , the midde Atlantic States , Texas and Oka- homa and Indian territories , but no corn- paints of the character nre received from Kansas and Nebraska , both quality and yield in the last named State being bet- ter than was expected. Harvesting , where not finished in the more northerly districts , is well advanced. Spring wheat has experienced a week of favorable weather , and continues in promising condition. While rust is still prevalent in the Dakotas and to some extent in Minnesota , it is not increasing in the first named States , and there is very little in Minnesota. Spring wheat is filling nicely on the north Pacific coast , where the hot winds of the previous week caused but slight injury. Rust is increasing in Washington. In the central Mississippi and Ohio valleys and in portions of the middle At lantic States oat harvest has been in terrupted , and considerable damage to both harvested and standing oats has re sulted from wet weather. Harvesting is largely finished , except in the more north erly districts , where good yields are promised. In Illinois some wheat and oats in shock and stack has been damaged by rains , and harvesting and thrashing has been hindered. Oats , rye aud barley are ripe in the north , and some has been cut. Corn is in splendid condition , the early planted tnsseling in the northern and shooting in the central part. Much hay has been damaged by rain. Grapes are promising : berries plentiful : apples scarce and dropping. Early potatoes promiseji light yield. The late planted are grow ing rapidly. rapidly.WtfS&fVDS WtfS&f/VDS Mike Donliu made 100 hits in 73 games. He leads the New York Giants in batting , his figures being 329. Mathewson , Taylor and Ames , all of the New York Giants , lead the pitchers of the National League in the number of games won. Samuel Gompers , the famous labor leader , is a baseball crank of the 33d de gree. He never misses a chance to see ' a game while moving around the coun- try. Billy Kceler maintains his position at the head of the American League bats men of New York. He has an average of .324. while Pat Dougherty is second with .295. Reno , Nev. , is after the bout between Jimmy Britt aud Battling Nelson. Nel son has assurances that the Nevada club will bid as high as $25,000 for the mill and looks with favor upon Reno as the battle ground. Johnny Evers , the little Chicago sec ond baseman , who hails from the New York State League , is a big favorite in the Windy City. They regard him as a second Fred Pfeffer in the wild and woolly metropolis. The miserable work of the Brooklyn club has utterly disgusted local enthu siasts. The management and player * havo come in for fierce criticism by th Brooklyn papers , but Hanlon's crowd g < i on losing just the same. The cost of balls is a big item in tht yearly expense account of the National and American League clubs. President Hart of Chicago figures that he loses from $600 to $1,000 every year on balla that are carried away by spectators. Abe Attell will take a trip to Europe and engage some of the foreign cracks. Young Corbett and Kid Herman , the Chicago feather weight , have been look ing for an opportunity to engage the California crack , but without success. Earl Kiser , a few years ago a noted bicycle racor , is gaining great prominence as an auto driver. He carried off the honors at the St. Paul Automobile Club races , although Barney Oldfield and Chevrolet were among the participants. There are four players in the big leagues who were star football players when at college and before they broke into professional baseball. They are Christy Mathewson of the New York Nationals , who was fullback at Buckuell ; Overall , the Cincinnati pitcher , who was a guard at the University of California ; Dave Fultz of the New York Americans , n ho was a halfback at Brown , and Jake Stahl of the Washingtons , who was a halfback at the University of Illinois. Mike Schreck * is one of those who ar after Hart for a go. and the two may come together in the fall. It does not look like a good match for Schreck , a Hart lias at least 30 pounds advantage in weight , and this fact alone indicates him as a winner over Schreck. Gus Ruhlin has aspirations for the heavyveight championship. He is to meet Jim McCormick in San Francisco , and will then go after Marvin Hart. "Hart has no more claim to the cham pionship than I have , " says Gus. "L t him beat me first and thea he can d * tome talking. " ARMIES 5IAEK TIME. PRACTICAL ARMISTICE SEEMS TO EXIST IN MANCHURIA , Grave Rumors in Washington Diplo matic Circles that Peace Plans May Miscarry-Vladivoatok Reported Sur rounded by Jap Army and Navy. The Japanese report that they have possession of the southern half of tha island of Sakhalin. They will be mus ters of the whole of it soon , for there cannot be a large Russian force on the island. Therefore one of the Japanese conditions of peace will be that Russia shall relinquish all claim to Sakhalin. Probably the Russian plenipotentia ries will not spend much time over the proposition. The island has little value for Russia apart from its proximity to the Siberian coast. It has been used only for the confinement of the most , dangerous criminals. Another convict st-ttlement will have to be established. The island was once held by Japan , but Russia laid successful claim to it in the days when she did much as she pleased in northeastern Asia. If peace is not concluded speedily the Japanese may lay claim by right of possession to Russian territory on the main land. It is reported that the Rus sian forces in northern Korea have1 been driven steadily backward during the last month , and hold only two po sitions south of the Tumen River , which forms the boundary between Korc-a and Siberia. It cannot require much of an effort on the part of the Japanese to drive the Russians across the river as far back as Vladivostok. The state of affairs in Manchuria is such as to create the impression that Liut-vitch and Oyama have an under standing that there is to be no serious fighting while the peace negotiations ire on. Reports come occasionally from St. Petersburg of the growing strength of the Russian army and its desire to take the offensive , but ijt makes no forward move. General Oyama sends in no reports of prog ress , and presumably he is simply- marking time and refraining from sac rificing the lives of any of his men. It may be that without any formal agree ment there is a practical armistice so far as the Manchurian armies are con cerned. Meanwhile , it is reported that a Jap anese army has been landed north of 11ndivostok and thecomplete envelop ment of the fortress is imminent. Thus Japan carries the war into undisputed Russian territory on the mainland. Undoubtedly , too. a strong Japanese fleet is outside Vladivostok. Japan's navy has nothing else to occupy it at the moment. At least five battleships which the Russians tried to destroy before sur rendering Port Arthur will be added to Japan's navy. A naval officer return ed to London from Port Arthur reports that the damage done to the vital parts of the vessels by the explosives the R-ussians applied is much less than was anticipated. Tuere are grave rumors in Washing ton official and diplomatic circles over the interview accredited to M. Witte , the head of the Russian peace com mission , the portent of which is that the peace parleys will result in a pro longation of the war instead of peace. What gives this feeling strength is the assertion that Witte has been instruct ed by the Czar personally not to enter into any peace1 arrangements that will lessen the prestige of Russia or ons that will be a further burden to her people. In the Japanese legation Minister Takahira shook his head gloomily when he was told of Witte's declara tion. "Ah ! " he said. "This looks as though we might have our work for nothing. Still , let us hope that M. Witte has been misquoted. " HIS MOTTO : "STICK AND DO. " Panama Engineer Talkswith Deter mination of His New Duties. "Whatever human beings can do for the building of the Panama canal shall 11I be done. To the best of my lights I I i shall attack the task and stick to it. For the rest. God ( | knows , " said John F. Stevens , chief engineer of the Pan i- ama canal , the oth er day. "I have taken this position with the canal commis sion fully realizing the magnitude of the task before me. JOHN F. STEVCXS. It is a big job. but ite I expect to pnlI through. There will be no failure through lack of determina i- tion anyway. "When I get to the isthmus I will start right in. There won't be any time wasted in preliminaries. ' There is little that I can say .about the plans for pushing the work on the canal. I have not formulated them ex cept that I have always in mind to keep tilings going. "I expect to make Panama my home until the canal is completed. That is the scene of operations , and that is where I shall be. " President Roosevelt has authorized the announcement that he has appointed . Charles E. Magoon of Nebraska as United States minister at Panama. Mr. Magoon is at present governor of the iCf canal zone in Panama and a member of the executive committee oi the isthmian canal commission. Later information is that Gilbert John son lost his life at Thomas Lawson's 'sa Mexican mine in trying to prevent a drunken miner , Jesus Rocha , from stab bing Arnold Lawson , sou of the Boston millionaire. SWEPT BY HOT WAVii. WHOLE COUNTRY SWELTERS IN EXCESSIVE HEAT. Thermometer Mokss High Records in Many Cities and Deaths and Proa- . trationa Are the Besult Much Suf fering iu Crowded Centers. Chicago gasped and suffered as she has not done for four years in the in tense heat of Tuesday. There was liigher temperature , greater general distress , more deaths , more prostra tions than on any day during the re cent scorching wave , while the ther mometer stood at 95 degrees for two hours , a higher point than has been reached since 1901. Eight dead and over forty prostrations was Chicago's toll to the burning sun for the one . . . . f1 n < * ft S\t1 1 TV day , while almost 100 lives and nearly 700 prostrations was the total tax lev ied on the people of the country. From almost every city between the Rockies aud the Atlantic coast rose the same cry for relief , as the pitiless sun smote down on streets and pavements. In every large city there were numbers of deaths aud prostrations. Philadel phia was the hottest place in the coun try , with a mark of 98 degrees , while New York City was but two points lower. Chicago was the sixth hottest place in the United States , being ex ceeded in temperature only by Phila delphia , New York , Albany , Concordia and Washington , D. C. The official thermometers located in exposed places above the street did not , however , indicate the temperature in which the ordinary mortal moved aud many street thermometers in Philadel phia and New York indicated a tem perature of 100 or higher , some relia ble instruments registering 104 and 105. Following is the record made by the thermometer in various cities : Max. Prostra- temp. tious. Deaths. New York 90 190 2G Philadelphia 98.3 50 5 Baltimore 97.3 Washington 95 6 Chicago 95 41 8 Boston 94 4 1 > Pittsburg 93 26 13 Buffalo 78 2 1 Toledo 81 20 3 The suffering was inteuse among workers in mills and factories and in the great plants of South Chicago , while the dwellers in the ghetto and the tenement districts also underwent severe suffering. The cumulative ef fect of three days of intense heat w&s generally felt , aud men , women and children were less able to withstand the weather than on the first day. Many in the crowded tenement dis tricts slept on the pavements or on door steps , while thousands of others sought the roofs of buildings in the hope of obtaining some cooling wind. The last day which exceeded the maximum of Tuesday was July 21 , 1901 , when 103 degrees Avas recorded. This is the heat record of the Chicago weather bureau since 1871 , the first year shown in the books. In July , 1897 , the mercury climbed to 100 de grees , and that is the next hottest day in weather bureau annals. Last year the hottest day was July 17 , with a mark of 94 degrees , while iu 1903 the record was 92 and in 1902 it was 91 degrees. The record of Tues day has been exceeded eleven times since 1871 , but seldom by more than one or two degrees. Wednesday the crest of the hot wave was on the Atlantic coast , tem peratures in the West and .Northwest having moderated slightly. New York reported that an area of oppressive heat , which recalls the record-breaking summer of 1901y had settled clown over the eastern and New England States , already having claimed hundreds of victims and causing intense suffering to thousands. From all points adja cent to New York came the same story of the hottest day of the summer. The suffering in New York was par ticularly great in the tenement dis tricts , where scarcely a breath of air relieved the stifling atmosphere. Thou- sands who could afford it flocked to the beaches , but in the crowds that ensued women and children fainted ami men were overcome , making the trip from home a doubtful experiment as far as obtaining any comfort was concerned. To add to the misery Brooklyn was threatened with a water famine , w iile the whole city was startled by the prospect of a strike of the ice men. In Boston the thermometer shot up suddenly in the early afternoon. Re- parts received at the Hub showed that the southern part of New England was the hottest part of the adjacent coun try. At Newport , R. I. , drill at the forts and on the warships iu the har bor , as well as all work which took laborers into the glare of the sun , was suspended at noon. In Pittsburg the temperature was 94 on the pavement , as it was at Alle gheny City. In the latter town coal wagons temporarily abandoned the coal business and peddled ice from door to door. From all points in the country , both iu the East and in the middle West , came the same kind of reports , suffer ing , prostrations and deaths being fre quent. From points throughout Illi nois , Wisconsin , Indiana and Michigan came news of the hottest day of the summer. Roscoe E. Harris , aged 16 , only son of Judge Ira Harris , former Mayor of Colorado Springs , was shot in the heart by a chum , Matthew Dailey , aged 15. Death ensued within a few minutes. IN WESTERN CANADA. WHERE MILLIONS OF FARMERS MAY FIND HOMEa Four Territories With Sparse Popula tion Hare Become Two Provinces with Half-a-Million People Best Aericul- * 't ral Country on Earth. When In 18G9 the Canadian govern ment paid $1,500,000 for the extinguish ment of the Hudson's Baj Company's title to the whole of Western Canada , embracing an area of well on to 2,000- 000 square miles of land , that ulti mately will be used in the different lines of agriculture , there were wiseacres at tome as well as abroad who declared it to be a bad bargain. When again , in the early seventies the government be gan the effort to build the Canadian Pacific railway from ocean to ocean to open up this country , some of the ablest m n inside as well as outside declared the road would never pay , not because they were not anxious to see the Domin ion grow and expand , but because they had no knowledge of what nature had done for the great West. They believed at best that the soil was not good and ven if good , the latitude of the coun try precluded the possibility of anything like moderately successful agriculture ; but it has remained for time , but a short period at that , to do the country justice. WESTERN CANADA SCHOOLHOUSE.a At the time of the purchase in 1869 , the [ white population of the entire country , including the officials of the Hudson's Bay Company , could be numbered on four figures. With the creation of Manitoba into a province a year later , and navigation tof the Red river improved , the attention 'of settlers to a limited extent was drawn that 1 way ; but it remained for the ap proach 1 of the railway ten years later to give shape to the marvelous growth that j has since followed. In short , the settle ment of the entire country is the work tf but the last 25 years. The "We tern Territories. In 1882 , that part of the country now open for settlement was divided into four ! territories Assiniboia , Alberta , Sas katchewan and Athabasca and an ele mentary form of government conceded to \ them. In the present year these four i territories were converted into two prov 'j inces , with full provincial autonomy and admitted { to full membership in the Ca nadian confederation with all the pow ers and privileges * of the older prov inces. Very naturally the agriculturist of old er countries who is satisfied with present surroundings , and the man whose inten tions are to give agriculture n trial , have a few leading questions revolving in their minds , and ever before them for consid eration , such as climatic conditions , char acter of public institutions , educational facilities , postal conveniences , transporta tion facilities , and last , but not least , the nature and extent of the natural re- sources and advantages of the country in which they are about to locate. Nobody claims that Western Canada is perfection in every particular , but it is claimed and fully borne out by the ex perience of thousands who have settled there , that there is no country on the face of the globe that surpasses it in opportunities for the man of limited meanswho is content with pioneering for a couple of years. Its productive capabilities are now fully past the experimental stage , as the crop yields , dairy returns , profits of the rancher and general satisfaction to the man in mixed farming fully demonstrate. Under territorial or primitive govern mentwhere authority between federal and local governments was divided , there could not have been the same liberties and freedom that now exist when the whole legislation of the country is vested practically in the hands of the people themselves under manhood suffrage. This gives them the freest form of dem ocratic government under the sun. L.OW Taxation. One of the terrors of the people of the older countries is taxation. In the prov inces of Manitoba , Alberta and Saskatch ewan , which constitute the entire Cana dianwest that is open for settlement , theirs is no taxation but as the settler imposes it on himself. On the home- taad in the unorganized territory , the tax collector is never seen. As people organize municipalities , however , roads and bridges have to bo built , and schools have to be maintained ; but the govern ment defrays much of the cost of the latter , and taxation is necessary for the former. The taxes for both purposes , however , rarely exceed $8 a year on a quarter section (100 ( acres ) . Schools are established in every coun try section where there are ten or more pupils to attend them , conducted by high ly certificated teachers under the best lystem known to the most advanced edu cationists of the world. In 1S8G there were but 70 schools in the territory that now comprises the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan with a government support of $8,908. la 1004 there were 875 in the same territory with a govern ment support of $292,070. As the sub sidies these two provinces are now in re ceipt of from the Dominion government amount to about $1.093.000 each , they are a sufficiently large sum to carry on all the expenses of the country , includ ing schools , with but little or no taxation on the people. As these subsidies in crease as the provinces grow in popula tion , settlers in the Canadian west will always have immunity from taxation. Crop Statistics. The following statistics as to crops and areas under crop of the territory mow comprised in the two new provinces , tell a tale of advancement more ! quantly than can be givon in words : 1893. 1004. Acres under wheat 827.3SO 860.73 * Buahela wheat 5,730.630 17,250.180 Acres under oats 116.275 500.610 Buihels oats 3.250.300 13,260.940 Acres under barley 17.WO 72.8JJ Bushels barley 485.350 2,350.ad Tho average yields for those six yean wer as follows : Bushtl Wheat , per ncre Oats , per acre 82. Barley , per acre 24. This does not include the great graia growing province of Manitoba. As there is at least 25 per cent more land under crop this year ( (1905) ( ) on ac count of the favorable spring for seed ing , "than there was last year , the crops will doubtless reach these figures : Bushels , Wheat 22.500,000 Oats 24.000.00d Barley 3,000,000 It must be borne in mind that wheat is the only grain exported easterly to anj ( great extent , the local demand in Brit * ish Columbia , the necessities of the in coming population for seed and other wise consumes a large portion of the annual product. Placing the price of wheat at GO cents , oats at 40 , and bar ley at jO , which aro very conservative figures , the value of the crop of 1904 wa $18,825.070. This would give each farm er established in the work well on ta $1.000 for his year's work. To thli must be added the receipts from th sale of live stock , hay , dairy products , roots , vegetables , etc. , well on. to half as much more. From a condition of nature , the two provinces , though lying side by side and extending from the 49th to the COth parallel , have different climatic influ ences , and as a result aro different in their producing capabilities from econ omic points of view. Alberta lying next the iloeky mountains , but more especial ly in its southern district , is affected by the 'Chinook" or warm winds from th Pacific ocean. As a result it has dryer summer weather than its sister province , and is not so much in favor as a grain growing country , but is without question the must favorable ranching country on the globe. Large tracts are leased at n mere nominal figure , and the herds live out the whole winter through and aro invariably in excellent condition in the "round up" or enumeration in th spring. There are at least 150,000,000 acres of free grazing lands in this wid country , nn area six times aa great as the combined areas of all the Western States. Dairying Many of the ranchers take up farm ing with the cattle industry and Inci dentally dairying as well. The latter promises yet , profitable as the other branches \ of agricultural industry icaj be. to become a leader in farming wealth. There is a system of dairying establish ed in the country under government con trol , supervision and management that relieves the farmers of much expense and anxiety. Instead of being compelled to build structures for the care of milk and its products , they simply turn their milk over to the dairymen , who call for it once a day , receive advances once & month on the butter and cheese , aud at the close of the season , or when th year's product is sold , balance up tha accounts. A.s cattle double every third year , are worth about $35 as 3-year-olds , and ara fed the year through on the native prai rie , the doubter can readily understand there are fortunes in ranching and dairy ing. There is a class of the community who imagine the country must be subjected to much inconvenience if not privation , because of lack of fuel. Because th country is prairie they conclude tbero must be a complete absence of fuel. Tha man who takes a trip over the country is , however , soon relieved from all anx iety on this score , as he finds all of tha rivers , many of the lakes and ponds fringed ! with timber and often large bluffs of fair sized timber in patches in the open prairie , to say nothing of small forests in many districts of the entire GOVJ3RNMENT CREAMER ? AT CALGARY. country. When , however , timber la not available , an excellent quality of coal is always on hand. As early as 18S7 some 75,000 tons were mined , and this was increased to 325,000 tons in 1900 , which amount has been growing annual ly. Although mining is but in its in fancy , enough coal has already been lo cated to do the whole of Canada for centuries. Wheat. To turn again to the great staple of the country , wheat , we may remark that year in and year out. the entire cost of production to the fanner , even if h hires e very thing done from the ploughing to the delivery at the market , is set down by a number of calculators at $7.50 per acre. As the average crop of the country , year in and year out , is 20 bushels to the acre and the average price GO cents , or $12 per acre , the profit to > the fanner is $4.50 per acre. If he does his work himself he , of course , earns wajjes in addition to this profit. These figures are very conservative. The farmers who are living on small overcrowded farms in other countries , or even land they can , sell for $20 , $40 or ? ( )0 nn ncre. should bear in mind 160 acres of better producing land , where climate , educational facilities and ev erything else necessary for the farmer's welfare , can be procured in Western Canada free-of charge. Settlers are no r locating at the rate of 150.000 a year from all parts of the world. The testi monies of these settlers , which can be got from any of them for the asking , art all the recommend the country require * to place it in a very few years in the front rank of the populous nations of the glo < Je. It is already as prosperous a * any and the success of those who bar * ventured and won is all the assnranc * that is necessary for the prosperity development of the future.
