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TH2 HAYS FUES PI1II23
Don't trifle with a cold
it's dangerous.
You can't afford to risk
Influenza.
Keep always at hand a
box of
cascaraS quinine
Standard cold remedy for SO yer ia tablet
form aafe. sure, no opiate breaks up a cold
ia 34 bouri rclieyea grip In 3 days. Money
. back if it fails. The ceniuae box has a Red top
' with Mr. HlU'a picture. At AU Drue Stores.
WAITER TOOK NO CHANCES
Simply Removed Objects of Tempta
tion From the Immediate Vicinity
of Fair Hotel Guests.
Two Indianapolis women were eat
ing lunch in a hotel in a city not 100
miles from the Hoosler capital.
"My, what a pretty silver sugar and
cream set!" exclaimed one. "Thej
would fit nicely on my dining-room
table at home."
"Yes," said the other, "I can read
ily understand how an irresistible
Impulse often strikes the hotel diner
at the expense of the management."
And she picked up the dainty sugar
bowl and examined it carefully.
The lunch proceeded. The waiter
meanwhile had been flitting back and
forth. Presently both diners looked
at each other simultaneously. With
almost a single voice they exclaimed:
"Did you take that sugar bowl?" For
the sugar bowl had mysteriously dis
appeared. Both denied the accusa
tion. ,
But as they wended their way out
of the dining room they noticed that
their waiter had removed temptation
by placing the sugar bowl on an ad
Joining table.
New Ailment.
The Smart Fellow Calm yourself,
my friend. What's the matter with
you, anyhow?
The Disgruntled One I've been try
ing to start a conversation with that
old fogy sittin over there by the gro
cery. Every time I'd try to tell him
something he'd holler, "Hey?" By
golly, it made me hot!
The Smart Fellow Sort of a hey
fever, eh?
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.
To half p'nt of water add 1 oz. Bay Bum,
a small box of Barbo Compound, and
oz. of glycerine. Any druggist can put this
up or you can mix it at home at very lit
tle cost. Full directions for making and
use come in each box of Barbo Compound.
It will gradually darken streaked, faded
gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. It
will not color the scalp, ia not sticky or
gTeasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
A Leading Question.
Gibbs "I tell you, no one can fool
my wife." Dibbs "Then how did you
get her?" The Clubfellow.
, The war has made table linen, very
valuable. The use of Red Cross Ball
Blue will add to its wearing qualities.
Use it and see. All grocers, 5c.
Young America's Question.
, "That caps the climax."
"Doesn't the climax ever go bare
beaded, pa?"
Whenever there ia a tendency to consti
pation, sick-headache or biliousness, take
a cup of Garnsld Tea. All druggists. Adv.
You have probably observed that
when some persons speak their minds
they don't say much.
The goodness of people Is exceed
ingly tiresome.
But few men can stand prosperity
when It comes.
Weekly Health Talks
GOING BACK TO NATURE
BY DR. W. LUCAS.
People get sick because they go
away from Nature, and the only way
to get well is to go back. Something
grows out of the ground in the form
of vegetation to cure almost every ill.
Some of these vegetable growths are
understood by man, and some are not.
Animals, it would seem, know what to
do when, they are sick better than
men and women. Observers have
noted that a sick horse, dog or cat
will stop eating food and seek out
some vegetable growth in the field or
yard, which, when found and eaten,
often restores appetite and health.
Haven't -you seen these animals do
this very thing yourself?
Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., long since
found the herbs and roots provided by
Nature to overcome constipation, and he
had these vegetables collected and made
up of Mayapple, leaves of Aloe, root of
Jalap, into little white sugar-coated pills,
that he called Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
You must understand that when your in
testines are stopped up, poisons and de
cayed matter are imprisoned in your sys
tem, and these are carried by the blood
throughout your body. Thus does your
head ache, you get dizzy, you can't sleep,
your skin may break out, your appetite de
clines, you get tired and despondent. As
a matter of fact, you may get sick all
over. Don't you see how useless all this
suffering is? All that is often needed is
a few of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets,
which he has placed in all drug stores for
your convenience and health. Try them
by all means. They are probably the very
thing you need right now.
Stop Losing Calves
Yea can Stamp AfcSltica Out
of YOUR HERD and Keep It .Cst
By the use of
DR. DAVID ROBERTS
"Anti-Abortion"
Small Expense
EasttT Applied. Sore Results.
Used successfully xor 33 years.
Consult Ds. DAVID ROEKBTS
about all animal ailments. In
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copy of "The Cattle Specialist with full infor
mation on Abortion ia Cows. DR. DAVID ROBERTS
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A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT
By
RVINB BAEHELLEPw
AUTHOa OP
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BARTON GETS NEW INSPIRATION FROM THE THE WORDS
OF THE GREAT SILAS WRIGHT.
Synopsis. Barton Baynes, an orphan, goes to live with his uncle,
,Peaboy Baynes. and his Aunt Deel on a farm on Rattleroad, in a
neighborhood called LIckitysplIt, about the year 1826. He meets Sally
Dunkelberg. about his own age, but socially of a class above the
Bayneses, and Is fascinated by her pretty face and fine clothes. Barton
also meets Roving Kate, known In the neighborhood as the "Silent
Woman." Amos Grimshaw, a young son of the richest man In the town
ship, Is a visitor at the Baynes home and Roving Kate tells the boys'
fortunes, predicting a bright future for Barton and death on the gallows
for Amos. Reproved for an act of boyish mischief, Barton runs away,
intending to make his home with the Dunkelbergs. He reaches Canton
and falls asleep on a porch. There is he is found by' Silas Wright, Jr., a
man prominent in public affairs, who, knowing Peabody Baynes, takes.
Barton home after buying him new clothes. Silas Wright evinces much
Interest In Barton and sends a box of books and magazines to the
Baynes home.' A short time later the election of Mr. Wright to the
United States senate is announced. Barton learns of a wonderful power
known as "Money," and how through its possession' Grimshaw Is the
most powerful man in the community. Grimshaw threatens to take the
Baynes farm if a note which he holds is not paid.
CHAPTER V Continued.
To Aunt Deel wagon grease was
the worst enemy of a happy and re
spectable home.
We hitched our team to the grass
hopper spring wagon and set out on
our Journey. It was a warm, hazy
Indian-summer day in November. As
we passed "the mill" we saw the Si
lent Woman looking out of the little
window of her room above the black
smith shop a low, weather-stained,
frame building, hard by the main
road, with a narrow hanging stair on
the side of it.
"She keeps watch by the winder
when she ain't travelinV said Uncle
Peabody. "Knows all that's goin'
on that woman knows who goes to
the village an how long they stay.
When Grimbhaw goes by they say she
hustles off down the road In her rags.
She looks like a sick dog herself, but
I've heard that she keeps that room
o hers ust as neat as a pin."
Near the village we passed a smart
looking buggy, drawn by a spry-footed
torse in shiny harness. Then I
noticed with a pang that our wagon
was covered with dry mud and that
our horses were rather bony and our
harness a kind of lead color. So I
was in an humble state of mind when
we entered the village.
There was a crowd of men and
women in front of Mr. Wright's office
and through its open door I saw many
of his fellow townsmen. We waited at
the door for a few minutes. I crowded
In while Uncle Peabody stood talk
ing to a villager. The Senator caught
Fight of me and came to my side and
put his hand on my head and said:
"Hello, Bart! How you've grown!
and how handsome you look ! Where's
your uncle?"
"He's there by the door," I an
swered.
"Well, Ie's go and see him."
Mr. Wright was stouter and grayer
and grander than when I had seen
him last. He was dressed in black
broadcloth an J wore a big beaver hat
and high collar and his hair was al
most white. I remember vividly his
clear, kindly, gray eyes and ruddy
cheeks.
"Baynes, Fm glad to see you," he
said heartily. "Did ye bring me any
Jerked meat?"
"Didn't think of it," said Uncle
Peabody. "But I've got a nice young
doe all Jerked an' if you're fond o'
Jerk I'll bring ye down some to-mor-
rer."
"I'd like to take some to Washing
ton, but I wouldn't . have you bring
It so far."
Td like to bring it I want a
chance to talk with ye for half an
hour or such a matter," said my un
cle, "rve got a little trouble on my
hands"
The Senator took us Into his office
and introduced us to the leading men
of the county.
"Here," said the Senator as he put
his hand on my head, "is a coming
man In the Democratic party."
The great men laughed at my
blushes and we came away with a
deep sense of pride in us. At last I
felt equal to the ordeal of meeting
the Dunkelbergs. My uncle must have
shared my feeling, for, to my delight,
he went straight to the basement
store above which was the modest
sign: "H. Dunkelberg, Produce."
"Well I srwan!" said the merchant
n the treble voice which I remem
bered so well. "This is Bart and Pea
body! How are you?
"Pretty well," I answered, my un
cle being too slow of speech to suit
my sense of propriety. "How is Sal
ty?" The two men laughed heartily, much
to my embarrassment.
"E's getting right down to busl
c ess. said my uncle.
"That's right.", said Mr. Dunkelberg.
Why, Bart, she's spry as a cricket
and pretty as a picture. Come up to
dinner with me and see for yourself."
Uncle Peabody hesitated, whereupon
I gave him a fuidve nod and he 6aid
"All, right," and then I had a deli
clous feeling of excitement. I had
hard work to control my impatience
when they talked.
By and by I asked, "Are you "most
ready to go?
"Yes come on it's after twelve
Vclock." said Mr. Dunkelberg. "Sally
will be back from school now."
So we walked to the big house of
the Dunkelbergs and I could hear my
heart beating when we turned in at
the gate the golden gate of my youth
It must have been, for after I had
passed it I thought no more as a child.
That rude push which Mr. Grimshaw
gave me had hurried the passing.
I was a little surprised at my own
dignity when Sally opened the door
to welcome us. My uncle told Aunt
Deel that I acted and spoke like Silas
Wright, "so nice and proper." Sally
was different, too less playful and
more beautiful with long yellow curls
covering her shoulders.
"How nice you look!" she said as
she took my arm and led me into her
playroom.
"These are my new clothes," I
boasted. "They are very expensive
and I have to be careful of them."
I behaved myself with great care
at the table I remember that and,
after dinner, we played in the door
yard and the stable, I with a great
fear of tearing my new "clothes. I
stopped and cautioned her more than
once: "Be careful! For gracious
sake! be careful o' my new suit!"
As we were leaving late in the af
ternoon she said:
"I wish you would come here to
school."
"I suppose he will some time," said
Uncle Peabody.
A new hope entered my breast, that
moment, and began to &row there.
"Aren't you going to lrlss her?" said
Mr. Dunkelberg with a smile.
I saw the color in her cheeks deep
en as she turned with a smile and
walked away two or three steps while
the grown people laughed, and stood
with her back turned looking in at
the window.
"You're looking the wrong way for
the scenery," said Mr. Dunkelberg.
She turned and walked toward me
with a look of resolution In her pret
ty face and said:
"Pm not afraid of him."
We kissed each other and, again,
that well-remembered touch of her
hair upon my face! But the feel of
her warm Hps upon my own that was
so different and so sweet to remem
ber In the lonely days that followed!
Fast flows the river to the sea when
youth is sailing on It. They had
shoved me out of the quiet cove into
the swift Current those dear, kindly,
.thoughtless people. Sally ran away
Into the house as their laughter con
tinued and my uncle and I walked
down the street. How happy I was!
I observed with satisfaction that
the village boys did not make fun
of me when I passed them as they did
when 1 woie the petticoat trousers.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright came along with
"I'm Not Afraid of Him."
the crowd, by and by, and Colonel
Medad Moody. We had supper with
the Senator on the seat with us. He
and my uncle began to talk about the
tightness of money and the banking
laws and I remember a remark of
my uncle, for there" was that in his
tone which I could never forget :
"We poor people are trusting you
to look oat for us we poor people
are trusting you to see that we get
treated fair. We're havln' a hard
time."
if
My uncle ' told him about the note
and the visit of Mr. Grimshaw and of
his threats and upbraldlngs.
"Did he say that In Barfs hearing?"
asked the Senator.
"Ayes ! light out plain."
"Too bad! I'm going to tell you
frankly, Baynes, that the best thing
I know about you Is your conduct to
ward this boy. I like it. The next
best thing Is the fact that you signed
the note. It was bad business but
It was good Christian conduct to help
your friend. Don't regret It. You
were poor and of an age when the
boy's pranks were troublesome to both
of you, but you took him In. Til
lend you the interest and try to get
another holder for the mortgage on
one condition. You must let me at
tend to Bart's schooling. I want to
be boss about that. We have a great
schoolmaster in Canton and when Bart
is a v little older I want him to -go
there to school. Ill try to find him
a place where he can work for his
board."
"Well miss Bart but we'll be tickled
to death there's no two ways about
that." said Cncle Peabody.
The Sem tor tested my arithmetic
and grammar and geography as we
rode along In the darkness and said
by and by:
"You'll have to work hard, Bart.
You'll have to take your book Into
the field as I did. After every row
of corn I learned a rule of syntax or
arithmetic or a fact in geography while
I rested, and my thought and memory
took hold of it as I plied the hoe. I
don't want j-ou to stop the reading,
but from now on you must spend half
of every even'ng on your lessons.'
As I was going to bed the Senator
called me to him and said:
"I shall be gone when you are up
in the morning. It may be a long
time before I see you ; I shall leave
something for you In a sealed envel
ope with your name on it. You are
not to open the envelope until you
go away to school. I know how you
will feel that first day. When night
falls you will think of your aunt and
uncle and be very lonely. When you
go to your room for the night I want
you to sit down all by yourself and
open the envelope and read what I
shall write. They will be. I think, the
most impressive words you ever read.
You will think them over but you
will not understand them for a long
time. Ask every wise man you meet
to explain them to you. for all your
happiness will depend upon your un
derstanding of those few words in the
envelope."
In the morning Aunt Deel put It
in my hands.
"I wonder what in the world he
wrote there ayes!" said she. "We
must keep It careful ayes ! I'll put
it In my trunk an give It to ye when
ye go to Canton to scooI."
"Has Mr. Wright gone?" I asked
rather sadly.
"Ayes! Land o' mercy! He went
away long before daylight with a lot
o Jerked meat in a pack basket
ayes ! Yer uncle Is goin' down to the
village to see 'bout the mortgage this
afternoon, ayes!"
It was a Saturday and I spent its
hours cording wood In the shed, paus
ing now and then for a look into
my grammar.
What a day it was! the first of
many like it. I never think of those
days without saying to myself: "What
a God's blessing a man like Silas
Wright can be in the community in
which his heart and soul are as an
open book !"
As the evening came on I took a
long look at my cords. The shed was
nearly half full of them. Four rules
of syntax, also, had been carefully
stored away in my brain. I said
them over as I hurried down into the
pasture with old Shep and brought In
the cows. I got through milking Just
as Uncle Peabody came. I saw with
joy that his face was cheerful.
"Yip !" he shouted as he stopped his
team at the barn door, where Aunt
Deel and I were standing. "We ain't
got much to worry about now. Tve
got the interest money right here in
my pocket."
We unhitched and went In to sup
per. I was hoping that Aunt Deel
would speak of my work but she
seemed not to think of It.
I went out on the porch and stood
looking down with a sad countenance.
Aunt Deel followed me.
"Wy, Bart!" she exclaimed, "you're
too tired to eat ayes! Be ye sick?"
I shook my head.
"Peabody," she called, "this boy has i
worked like a beaver every minute
since you left ayes he has! I never
see anything to beat It never! I
want you to come right out Into the
wood-shed an' see what he's done
this minute ayes !"
I followed them into the shed.
"W'y of all things!" my uncle ex
claimed. "He's worked like a nailer,
ain't he?"
There were tears In his eyes when
PEOPLE IN EARTH'S INTERIOR?
Man of Science Believed There Were,
and .Sought Funds to Make
an Investigation.
On November 19. 1822. one of the
most peculiar petitions ever presented
to congress was brought before that
body of lawmakers, "which was none
other than a request from John Cleves
Symmes, asking that aid be given him
to make a voyage to the interior of
the globe, which he believed to be in
habitable. He was permitted to lec
ture before Union college, at which he
expounded his theory, which, however,
was met with universal ridicule.
Notwithstanding which he was great
ly respected as a man. He held that
all planetary bodies. Including the
earth, are composed of concentric
spheres, open at their poles. In one
of his memoirs he thus illustrates his
conception: "With dividers describe a
plane of matter of loose texture, and
in. the center add a very small circle;
draw a line through the center. It is
evident that either half of the Inner
circle, being almost equally surround
ed by matter, must be very little grav
itated centerwise, so being suspended,
only a rotary motion Is needed to
throw tt' compactly toward the outer
he took my hand In his rough palm
and squeezed it and said:
"Sometime I wish ye was little
again so I could take ye up In my
arms an kiss ye Just as I used to.
Horace Dunkelberg says that you're
the best-Iookln boy he .ever eee,"
I repeated the rules I Lad learned
as we went to the table.
Tm goin to be like Silas Wright If
I can," I added.
"That's the Idee!" said Uncle Pea
body. "You keep on as you've start
ed an' everybody!! milk Into your
pall."
I kept on not with the vigor of
that first day with Its new Inspiration
but with growing strength and effec
tiveness. Nights and mornings and
Saturdays I worked with a will and
my book in my pocket or at the side
of the field and was. I know, a help
One Day Mr. Grimshaw Came Out in
the Field to See My Uncle.
of some value on the farm. My schol
arship Improved rapidly and that year
I went about as far as I could hope
to go in the little school at Leonard's
Corners.
"I wouldn't wonder if ol Kate was
right about our boy," said Aunt Deel
one day when she saw me with my
book in the field.
I began to know than that ol Kate
had somehow been at work in my
soul subconsciously as I would now
put it. I was trying to put truth
into the prophecy. As I look at the
whole matter these days I can see
that Mr. Grimshaw himself was a
help no loss Important to me, for it
was a sharp spur with which he con
tinued to prod us.
CHAPTER VI.
My Second Peril.
One day Mr. Grimshaw came out
in the field to see my uncle. They
walked away to the shade of a tree
while the hired man and I went on
with the hoeing. I could hear the
harsh voice of the money-lender
speaking in loud and angry tones and
presently he went away.
"What's the rip?" I asked as my
uncle returned looking very sober.
"We won't talk about it now," he
answered.
In the candle-light of the evening
Uncle Peabody said:
"Grimshaw has demanded his mort
gage money an" he wants it In gold
coin. We'll have to git It some way,
I dunno how."
"Wy of all things!" my aunt ex
claimed. "How are we goin to git
all that money these hard times?
ayes! I'd like to know?"
"Well. I can't tell ye," said Uncle
Peabody. "I guess he can't forgive
us for savin Rodney Barnes.
"What did he say?" I asked.
"Why, he says we hadn't no busi
ness to hire a man to help us. He
says you an me ought to do all the
work here. He thinks I ought to took
you out o' school long ago."
"I can stay out o school and keep
on with my lessons," I said.
"Not an please him. He was mad
when he see ye with- a book in yer
hand out there In the corn-field."
What were we to do now?' I spent
the first sad night of my life undoing
the plans which had been so dear to
me but not 6o detr as my aunt and
uncle. I decided to give all my life
and strength to the saving of the
farm. I would still try to be great,
but not as great as the Senator.
Barton passes through what
are looked upon as the second
and third of the four perils pre
dicted for him by "Rovin Kate."
Don't fail to read of his experi
ences In the next installment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
circle. This being admitted It follows
that half way from the outlet to the
inner side of this circle of matter thus
thrown out, a like rarity, suspension
or balance of gravity should prevail,
and hence a disposition to concentric
circles; therefore It follows that suc
cessive similar subdivisions should ex
ist, gradually lessening in force and
quantity. By applying this principle
to the earth I find the necessity of
hollow concentric spheres."
Some Tables Priceless,
There is a tremendous demand today
for old mahogany or oak tables. If
there are any historic associations at
tached to these tables they bring fabu
lous prices. There are plenty of ta
bles in the country possessing real his
toric interest, but none of them Is in
the least likely at the moment to come
on the open market. The table on
which Napoleon signed his abdication
may be said to be priceless In Eng
land there i3 a mahogany table which
tradition says was washed up on the
coast of Clare after the wreck of the
Spanish armada.
Only Left It a Comb.
"Mamma," said Bobby, "when you,
told the new cook to dress the chicken,
she started to undress It, Boy's Life
WEALTH
Western Canada Has Unbounded
Possibilities.
Glorious Opportunities for the Stock
Raiser, the Wheat Grower, and the
Mixed Farmer Its Fields to
Feed the World.
Before there were any- cattle In
Alberta, or it was known that It was
possible to feed them outside all the
year round, the Indian hunters could
always find the buffalo during the
winter months pasturing in the foot
hills. In the summer the herds wan
dered on the plains and fed on the
prairie grasses. The plains have since
become grain fields, but the foothill
district extending north from the In
ternational boundary for a thousand
miles will always be a natural feeding
ground for live stock. In the southern
part of Alberta the altitude is greater
than in the more northerly districts,
but while the herds In the south have
winder tracts of treeless pasturage, in
the north from Red Deer on into the
Peace river country there are more
trees, a richer vegetation and more
natural shelter.
Those who have been advocating
stock raising and mixed farming for
the past few years point to the number
of .hogs marketed as an evidence of the
increased production of the Western
Provinces. They may also take credit
for the increase In cattle and sheep,
which is very great, but perhaps not
so marked as what has been accom
plished In hog raising. For the first
six months alone last year about half
a. million bogs were shipped from
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A very conservative estimate value of
these animals to the farmer would be
$25.00 a head.
The Canadian West Is fast forging to
the front of the wheat-producing coun
tries of the world, aad "No. 1 hard"
Is without doubt the best wheat In the
market today. When it Is considered
that the three hundred and forty-three
million four hundred and seventy-three
thousand bushel crop of 1915 was from
only eleven million acres of her hun
dreds of millions of acres. It gives an
Idea of what her future will be.
It Is felt, however, that on account
of the great money there will un
doubtedly be In growing wheat during
the next few years there Is a possibil
ity that farmers may be tempted to
drop the growing of coarser grains,
which might result In less stock being
raised. Every effort is being made by
the Agricultural Departments of the
various Provinces to Impress on the
farmers that forage crops and coarse
feed in abundance mean production of
flesh and milk, and that in the long
run the great future of the Western
Provinces lies in mixed farming which
will found her prosperity on a more
enduring basis.
Mixed farming has always been the
rule In the Eastern Provinces where the
formation of the land Invites variety
of orop. but It has not been as common
In the Western Provinces, though the
practice has grown In recent years.
Hitherto the man mining wheat from
the rich soil has purchased most of his
household food and necessities, his
energies being devoted to getting every
possible bushel of grain out of every
foot of his land, and he has paid prices
for his supplies that have made a big
dent In his profits. It has now dawned
on him that he can raise vegetables
and poultry, and supply his own table;
that with very little effort he can raise
a lot of garden produce and In a very
simple manner solve his own problem
of the cost of living. Further, that
there is an increasing market for do
mestic necessities such as poultry,
eggs, butter, milk and cheese, which
command very high prices, and that
there are other roads to prosperity
besides that through the wheat field.
In 191G Canada imported 7.9S9.2G9
pounds of butter, most of it from as
far away as New Zealand, and for the
first time In GO years failed to ship
butter to England, a condition due to
the home consumption, which Is esti
mated to be Increasing at the rate of
$3,000,000 worth a year, being great
ly In excess of the Increased supply.
This condition has brought about a
change in farming methods that Is far
reaching, and will result in greatly In
creased production all round of the
necessities demanded by the home
market.
Natural Resources.
One of the most important consider
ations to the farmer Is fueL In north
ern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
berta, where portions of the country
are well wooded, the settler has little
difficulty in getting all the wood he
requires and thousands of men find
employment in the winter cutting
wood, which Is shipped all over the
prairie portions of the provinces.
There is an abundance of coal
throughout the country. It is estimat
ed that the coal deDosits In Alberta
cover over 81,000 square miles and
represent an available tonnage of over
ten hundred thousand million tons,
while those In Saskatchewan cover an
area of 13,000 miles, containing over
59.000,000 tons. In Manitoba the coal
reserve Is not as large, but even there
160,000.000 tons Is considered a conser
vative estimate. At the present time
these deposits are only worked to a
small extent, but there is no doubt that
they will be a great feature in upbuild
ing the country and will exercise a
powerful Influence on its commerce.
It is a common thing in the coal dis
tricts for farmers to get their coal
supply oft their own farm. Near Ed
monton, for example, the farmers not
only supply themselves, but they car
ry cual to the city market and find it
a considerable source of revenue in
the winter time. The Edmonton coal
fields under and around the city have
en estimated content of sixty thousand
million tons. Farmers sell the coal
at $4 a ton for domestic use.
The pioneer of Western Canada
knew little of the enjoyments of life,
compared with the fanner in that
country today. The continual exten
sion of railway lines afords faculties
undreamed of a few years Jigo, closing
up the gaps of communication, creat
ing Immense business for the East In
the West and the West in the East
and drawing the farmer all the time
nearer to the zones of commerce. Ia
creating- wider markets the railways
are doing more than any other agency
can do for Western Canada and the
country as a whole. The products of
the farms, which are now readily mar
keted, and the vast train of employ
ment that follows the enlargement of
the farming industry, is creating new
agricultural centers and causing towns
and cities of importance to grow all
along Its lines.
An admirable system of agricultur
al instruction has been developed
through the efforts of the Dominion
government and the various provin
cial Departments of Agriculture. Tils
forms part of the educational system
of Western Canada and Is doing much
for all branches of agriculture. Ex
perimental farms have been estab
lished at various points In the prov
inces, which have done wonders in de
veloping Improved methods of farm
ing. The result has been a great awaken
ing to the necessity of better methods
of tillage, scientific stock raising and
dairying. Farmers are beginning to
realize that to get what they are en
titled to out of the land, they must
adopt scientific methods, and as a re
sult, careful seed selection, proper ro
tation and summer fallow is the order
of the day. Under the favorable con
ditions generally anticipated, prospects
point to an all round increase In pro
duction that will leave a great deal
of money In the hands of the western
farmer this year, and prosperity for
Western Canada as a whole. It will be
years before Europe will make up ar
rears In agricultural production,
caused by the enforced Idleness and
wholesale destruction, and Western
Canada will play a big part in filling
the void.
The result of the continued shortage
in cattle, the future price of beef and
the solution of the perplexing problem
of feeding the world are vital ques
tions uppermost in the minds of many"
thinking people today.
There Is no doubt that the wide
aaes of Western Canada can, and will,
be made to play an important part In
bringing about a proper balance la
supply and demand. In the northern
parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
and In Alberta are many thousands
of acres of the richest pasture in the
world, well watered and treated by the
sunniest of climates. These rolling
hills for the greater part are still un
peopled and untrodden by the hoofs
of domestic animals.
One of the causes assigned for the
decline in stock-raising is the reduc
tion in the areas available for grazing
on account of so many big ranches be
ing converted into farms. Experi
ments conducted at Vermilion, Al
berta, would rather go to show that
the old grazing grounds were too large,
and that the feeding Is really better
when the animal Is confined to a com
paratively limited area, providing the
pasturage Is of the right kind and
there is plenty of water. Advertise
ment. An Advance Copy.
While Morton T. Hidden was a mem
ber of the staff of a recent Hoosier
governor, he made friends with one of
the porters of a train that runs Into
Indianapolis. The other day he was
on the train and was recognized by
the porter. "Hain't you in Europe T
he asked. "I done would think they
would a took you on that peace
party."
Mr. Hidden smiled. "Not me, he re
turned. "I'm a Republican."
The porter sighed and then looked
disappointedly at Mr. Hidden, "You
would have made such a handsome edi
tion," he deplored. Indianapolis Star.
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