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IHRATIM
Uncounted Miles of Bountiful
Crops Make Glad the Farmers
of Western Canada.
YIELD WILL BE RECORD ONE
Practically Beyond Reach of Accident,
the Fruit of the Fertile Fields
la Being Gathered Elevators
and Railroad! Will Be Taxed
to Their Capacity.
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon,
four weeks ago, the writer started for
a twenty-mile drive into the country,
from one of the hundred or more new
towns that have been well started dur
ing the past spring, In the Province of
Saskatchewan, In Western Canada.
Mile after mile, and mile after mile,
was traversed through what was one
continuous wheat field, the only relief
to the scene being the roadways that
led back into other settlements,
where would have been repeated the
same great vlata of wheat.
What a wealth! Here were hun
dreds and thousands, and millions of
bushels of what waa declared to be a
Quality of grain equal to any that has
ever been grown In the province. As
we drove on and on I thought of those
fellows down on the Hoard of Trade
at Chicago, St. Louts, Minneapolis
and Duluth. While they were exploit
ing each others' energies the farmer
of Saskatchewan, Aioerta and Mani
toba was contemplating how much he
would realize out of his crop, now
past any danger of accident, over
what his anticipations were two
months ago. One man said to me:
"The proflta of that field of wheat will
give me sufficient money to purchase
320 acres of land, for which the rail
way company is asking $6,400. and
pay It in cash." Another, with a field
of flax It waa only 320 acres said
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he could do the aaiM and still have a
balance in the bank. Flax produces
wonderfully well, and the! current
price is about $2. GO per bushel. We
then drove over Into another town
ship, getting further back from the
railway, and the main traveled road.
Here we found ourselves in the center
of a 8wedish settlement. Those form
ing the settlement were originally
from Nebraska. Invited to put up our
horses and stay over for dinner, and
a dinner that waa enjoyed not only on
. account of the generous appetite cre
ated by the exhilarating drive, but
also because of the clean linen, the
well-prepared dishes of roast fowl, po
tatoes, cabbage, and a delightful des
sert, some of the history of the settle
ment was learned. The host and
hostess were moOest in describing
their own achievements, and equally
modest as to those of their friends,
but enough was learned to. satisfy us
that they had come there about three
years ago. In moderate, almost poor,
circumstances. Most of them had re
ceived their homesteads as a gift from
the government, and by careful dili
gence had purchased and paid for ad
joining land. They bad plenty of cat
tle and horses, some sheep and hogs,
and large well-kept gardens, showing
an abundance of potatoes and cabbage
and other vegetables. Their buildings
were good. Schools were in the neigh
borhood and there waa evidence of
comfort everywhere.
On to the Park Country.
Reluctant to leave these interesting
people, the horses thoroughly rested,
were "booked up" and driven on. un
der a sun still high in the heavens,
with the horses pulling on the bit and
traveling at a 12-mlie an hour gait
over a road that would put to shame
many of the macadamized streets, we
were whirled along a sinuous drive
through the woods and then out In the
park country.
i Here was another scene of beauty,
groves of ' poplar, herds of cattle,
fenced fields of wheat and oats and
barley and flax. Here waa wealth,
and happiness and surely content
ment The crops were magnificent
The settlers, most of them, by the
way, from Iowa, had selected this lo
cation because of Its beauty. Its en
tire charm was wholesome. Fuel was
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the shelter for the cattle afforded by
the groves gave a splendid supply of
food, while hay was easy to get They
liked it Here was a sturdy farmer.
.with his three boys. He bad formerly
seen a merchant in an Iowa town, his
children had been given a college edu
cation and one. of the boys was about
to marry the accomplished daughter
ot a neighboring farmer.
v Through Land of Wealth.
The Invitation to remain to supper
was accepted, but teat given to re
main, over night was tabled. It waa
only a 25-mtls drive Into town over
tet of roads, through such a
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splendid country, all on beautiful pic
ture, and such aa opportunity to use
one's Imagination In figuring up the
amount of the wealth of the crops
through which the trip Into town took
us, was not to be enjoyed every day.
And away we started.
, It was delightful. We drove and
drove through avenues of wheat.
which today, having yellowed with
the beneficent sun, is being laid low
by the reaper, stacked and threshed
by the thousunds of hands required to
do It, and In great wagons Is being
taken to the elevator.
A night s ride by train took us
through 225 miles' of this great prov
ince of Saskatchewan Into the south
western purt and from appearances
It might have been as though a trans
fer had been made across a township.
There were wheat fields, oat fields,
barley fields and flax fields, and many
more that could not be seen. Tet
there they were, and during the night
we had passed through a country sim
ilarly cultivated.
It will all secure a market and get
Its way to ocean or local mill by
means of the great railways whose
well-arranged systems are penetrating
everywhere into the agricultural parts.
Prosperous Alberta.
We afterward went over Into Al
berta, and here again it was grain and
cattle, cattle and grain, comfortable
farm homes, splendidly built cities
and towns, the best of churches and
the most thoroughly equipped schools.
While talking with a Southern Sas
katchewan farmer he said that the
lund he was working, and for which
he had been offered $60 an acre, had
been purchased five years ago for $12
an acre, but he won't sell. He is
making a good profit on his land at
$60 an acre, and why should he sell?
Farther north, land was selling at
from $15 to $18 and $20 an acre. It
waa learned afterward that the soil
was similar to that In the south, the
price of which today Is $60 an acre.
The climate was similar and the mar
kets as good. In fact the only differ
enre was that today these northern
lands occupy the same position that
the more southerly ones did five years
ago, and there are found many whe
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Western Canada.
say they will come Into a price nearei
their legitimate value of $50 or $60 at
acre quite as quickly as the southerlj
lands. And I believe it.
Throughout all this great country
practically 500 by 800 miles square,
there are still a great many home
steads which are given free to actual
settlers. Many who have secured pat
ents for their homesteads consldet
their land worth from $18 to $25 pet
acre.
Immense Crops Assured.
Throughout the southern portion of
Alberta, a district that suffered more
or less last year from drouth, there
will be harvested this year one of the
beat crops of fall wheat, winter wheat
oats, flax and alfalfa that has ever
been taken off these highly productive
lands.
In Central Alberta, which comprises
the district north of Calgary and east
two hundred miles, through Camrose.
Sedgewlck, Castor, Red Deer, Wetas-
klwln. Edmonton, Lacombe, Vegre
vllle, Tofleld, Vermillion and a score
of other localities, where are settled
large numbers of Americans, the
wheat, oats and flax, three weeks ago,
was standing strong and erect, large
heads and promising from 30. to 35
bushels of wheat and as high as 100
bushels of oats on carefully tilled
fields, while flax would probably
yield from 16 to 18 bushels per acre.
In these parts the harvesters are
busy today garnering this great crop
and It will shortly be known whether
the great anticipations are to be real
ized. Throughout all parts of Saskatche
wan, whether north, south, east or
west, the same story was beard, and
the evidence was seen of the splendid
and bountiful crop.
Rich Yield In Manitoba.
In Manitoba It was the same. The
fields of grain that, were passed
through In this province promised to
give to the growers a bumper yield.
and as high as 35 bushels of wheat
and 60 bushels of oats was freely dis
cussed. It would appear as if the expecta
tion of an average of 25 bushels ot
wheat throughout the three provinces
would be met. ,
In a few days the 40,000,000-bashel
elevator capacity throughout the coun
try will be taxed, the 25,000,000 bush-
vis capacity at Fort William and Port
Arthur will be taken up, and the rail
ways and their equipment will be
called upon for their best Today the
great broad, yellow fields are Indus
trial haunts,' the self-binder is at work
in its giant task of reducing Into
sheaves the standing; grain, the bar
esters are busy stocking and stack
ing, the threshing machines are being
fed the sheaves, the large box wagons
are taking It to the elevators, and no
matter where you go It la the same
story and a picture uch aa can only
be seen In the great gratn fields of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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to pay hex a visit at Newport. They were entertained at Mrs. Belmont's magnificent mansion, Marble House;
lunched there; listened to a musical program, and bathed at Bailey's Beach, where their hostess introduced
them to some of the society notables. After that they had afternoon tea and then returned to the cows and the
plows, the fields and their yields of the farm.
RATS CAUSE PLAGUE
First
Cases Appeared Nearly
Ten Months Ago.
Infected Rodents Imported With Grain
Held Responsible War of De
struction Is Being Strong
ly Urged.
London. Three reports of the ex-
tremest Importance, dealing with the
suspected cases of human plague in
East Suffolk, and more especially with
an epidemic of plague In rats, were
Issued the other day by the local gov
ernment board with a covering letter
by Dr. Newsbolme, the medical offi
cer of the board.
The history of the outbreak, which
has been the subject of many articles
In the Daily Mall, is as follows: On
October 2, 1910, four cases of pneu
monic plague were notified to the
board at Freston in Suffolk. All four
persons affected died, and it is a rea
sonable Inference," says Dr. News
holme, "that the cases may have been
plague; and there is a further possi
bility that two previous limited out
breaks of Illness in the same part of
East Suffolk may also have been
plague."
On investigation being made it be
came clear that rata were Infected.
Rats and hares found dead were bacte
riologlcally examined and proved to
have had plague. At first the infect
ed animals were found only In the
portion of tho Samford rural district
between the Orwell and the Stour. But
In the middle of November the Wood-
bridge, Cosford and Tendrlng dis
tricts were also affected.
"From the first It was realized that
grave significance attached to the
presence of a focus of plague in ro
dents in East Suffolk," Dr. Newaholme
says, and the local authorities were
urged to show activity in meeting the
danger. Other sanitary authorities In
England were warned, but though rats
from various parts were examined
none of them were found to be in
fected. In the infected area rat de
struction has been hampered by the
failure of some owners of property to
co-operate. It Is suggested that the
FEAT OF A MODERN COWBOY
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Texas Ranchman Evades Law With
Automobile and Lariat Plenty of
Trophies as Witnesses.
Dallas, Texas. Folks used to think
that Buffalo Jones was quite some
wild west performer. Of course, be
Is all right in a way, and little stunts
like lassoing Hons and rhinos in the
African Jungle land is. at least out
of the ordinary; still, his work Is
crude. At least It lacks the final
touch of refinement and eclat- which
marks the really finished performer.
Down on the plains of Texas, north
of Big Springs, la the 8oasb rases.
owned by the C C Slaughter com
pany. R. L .(Bob) Slaughter, a mer
chant club man and all-round good
fellow of Dallas. Texas. Is president
and general manager of the ranch
and. Incidentally, Is Interested In the
automobile trade. His favorite sport
It seems, is bunting snlmala.
Now. as 'a matter of fact it Is
against the law to shoot antelope in
Texas. Slaughter la a law-abiding
citizen, so he wouldn't shoot one for
anything. He simply gets out bis
trusty auto, loads It with gasoline and
a lariat and goes out after the game
He ties one end or the lariat to the
steering post of the auto. He handles
the rope with on band and the steer
ing wheel with the other. When he
sights a bunch ot antelope ha simply
MRS. BELMONT'S "FARMERETTES"
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farmers on that lady's Long Island
question mny arise whether the local
authorities may not have to compel
"the assistance of individual owners
and occupiers in destroying rats on
their premises and rendering their
premises and food stores fairly safe
against invasion by rats."
In December, 1910, a systematic ex
amination of Tats from a belt of coun
try round the Infected districts was
carried out. Altogether 6,071 rats
were examined and none showed
traces of plague. Rat fleas from the
Infected area were also examined, and
It was found that the number per rat
is small. From 568 rats only 684 fleas
were obtained, and of these about half
were of a kind that does not bite
man. The other kind readily bites
man and was found In many cases to
be infected. The test was made in
November, and it is not certain wheth
er the comparative freedom of the
English rat from fleas holds good in
the summer.
The probable channel by which
plague was introduced was infected
rats, imported with foreign grain. But
it is pointed out that no other In
stance, with the possible exception ot
Glasgow, ' has bgen known in this
LONELY WILD PIGEON
Only Survivor of Species Be
lieved to Be in Chicago.
Reward of $500 Offered for Any Pair,
and Public Is Warned: "Dont
Kill 'This One If You
Find It."
Chicago. Is there a wild pigeon In
Jackson Park? Is an individual bird
of a species once numbered by the
millions, but now supposed to be ex
tinct making Chicago its summer
home and thereby reviving hope that
somewhere there are others and that
the pigeons one day may come back
to their own?
The story ot the reappearance or
the bird has much to give it the color
of truth. Most scientists are con-
throws tbe throttle wide open, goes
down among them and deftly plants
bis noose ovsr tbe best one In the
berd. To prove that tbl ian't a fish
story, Bob has plenty of trophies and
witnesses.
In a recent letter to bis brother,
telling of a trip be made In tbe early
part of tbe month, when be took his
father out to Soash. be says: "My
tires are giving wonderful satisfac
tion. I got two more antelope last
week. This makes six we have caught
without even a puncture, and you can
Imagine what a hardship that turf
work Is on tires at the speed ante
lope generally force you to use."
Board for Goose.
Toungstown. O. Judge Brandmlller
will decide whether M. J. Strawlarskl
can collect board for a goose which
wandered onto bis premises and
which he fattened In expectation ot a
feed, but which was later claimed by
Its owner. M. Susman.
Bicycle Balks Wild Cats.
Tacoma. Wash. Returning on a bi
cycle from summoning a physician to
attend bU father Jesse Chadwlck was
Utacked in the outskirts of Tacoma by
three wild eats, Chadwlck interposed
tbe machine between the beasts and
bjmself and escaped. Tbe bicycle waa
found with the tires chewed cit.
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estate, accepted her invitation recently
j country of the spread of plague from
ship rata beyond the Halts of a port
This Is reassuring, the more so as if
there had been any such spread it
would have been indicated by exces
sive mortality in rats.
"The evidence appears to indicate
that rat plague has been present tor
several years in East Suffolk. Never
theless, during that time only three
very limited outbreaks of probable hu
man plague have occurred, showing
that under the conditions there exis
tent human infection is an excep
tional and, as It were, an accidental
phenomenon. As Is well known, the
possibilities of spread of plague from
rats to man are much smaller in this
country than In India."
Bubonic plague Is spread by rat
fleas. Pneumonic plague, however,
can spread from human being to hu
man being, especially where the do
mestic conditions are uncleanly. The
precaution of regarding all cases of
pneumonia in a suspected district as
plague, obtaining bacteriological an
alysis and securing Isolation Is recom
mended. "A considerable outbreak ot human
plague might be anticipated," Dr.
Newsholme concludes, "if such fail
ure to recognize early cases occurred
In a district in which the conditions
favored spread by direct Infection
by means of fleas."
vlnced that the wild pigeon, ectoplstes
mlgratorlus they call it has gone
never to return. The other day. how
ever, Charles E. Hayden, an old-time
rportaman and bird student told Ruth-
ven Deane. president of the Illinois
Audubon society, that he bad seen a
wild pigeon in Jackson Park and that
"there was no mistake about It
About three weeks ago a high school
teacher, a man who has made orni
thology a study, reported that he had
seen a wild pigeon In Jackson Park.
The discovery was recorded in tbe pa
pers, but tbe scientists who had run
down hundreds ot reports ot this
kind, only to find a mistake bad been
made, were skeptical to the point of
disbelief.
Now comes Mr. Hayden, who knew
tbe pigeon when Ita tribe numbered
millions, to make positive statement
that a fine male bird of a supposedly
extinct race was under close observa
tion by him In Jackson Park tor an
hour.
It was 4:30 o'clock in the morning
when Mr. Hayden went "bird study
ing" In Jackson Park. He was ss
tounded when he saw the pigeon. He
knew the tribe waa supposed to be
extinct and that a reward of $500 bad
been offered for authentic knowledge
of the existence of a single nesting
pair. He made allowance for decep
tive lights and shadows, conditions
which might exaggerate the common
mourning dove to the else and sem
blance of its bigger relative, and then
was convinced that the stranger waa
the wild pigeon which be had known
in youth.'
There was another early morning
stroller tn Jackson Park, Attorney F;
A. Pennington, and Mr. Hayden called
blm over to see tbe bird. Mr. Pen
nington pronounced the bird a wild
pigeon. He Is familiar with the bird
only from description and picture,
but be knows the mourning dove, the
only species with which the pigeon Is
likely to be confused, and be knows
It welt Mr. Pennington said that
barring what appeared to be a mow
ting of the feathers on the back of
tbe neck of the bird was a wild pigeon
to a dot
"Rat" taves GlrL
Frankfort. Ky. Mlas Nannie Dun
can, a school teacher, was kicked Is
the head by a horse the other day,
but her life was saved by her "rat
RENEWED INTEREST IN LIFE
Something Really Happened at Recep
tion, and Old Attendant la
Encouraged.
The guests at Mrs. Arthur Mire's
tea yesterday afternoon detected an
odor of aometbing burning. They
laid: "Poor Mrs. Mize, something Is
burning up in tbe kitchen." But the
odor grew stronger, and at lost on
woman said: "It smells as though,
leathers are burning." Then sudden
ly one woman acreamed: "Mrs. Cha)
llss, look at your hat!" Sure enough,
Mra. Jim Challlss bad been standing
near a lighted candle, and tbe aigrette
on her hat was on fire.
Tbe guests had a great time pu'tlng
out the fire. Tbe aigrette waa what
tbe insurance men call a total loss.
An Atchison woman who has gone to
thousands of receptions says the burn
ing of tbe aigrette yesterday is the
first time she ever knew anything to
really happen at a reception. She
has given up going because nothing
ever happened, but now will start In
over again. Atchison Globe.
Not Impressed.
Mme. Nordlca at a garden party at
Deal Beach, said apropos of her re
cent European tour:
"Many good people refuse to be Im
pressed by the armless and legless
fragments of antique sculpture treas
ured In the museums of the old
world.
"One day In the British museum a
guide was recounting to a little knot
of tourists tbe glories of a battered
centaur, when a Chicago meat sales
man broke tbe reverent hush v. ttb tho
question:
"'Excuse roe. sir, but what would
they feed a bloke like that on bam
and eggs or hay?"
Important to Mothors
Examine turefully every bottle of
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Monotonous.
Madge So the place you spent
your vacation got to bo awfully dull?
Marjorle Just dreadful, dear. To
ward the end I had to get engaged
again to a young man I was in love
with early In the summer.
Many a man doesn't realize that ha
married an angel until she begins to
do tbe harp act.
Some men are honest because It Is
too much trouble to be otherwise.
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