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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1901-10-25, Page 17'7—'144'W kset, • 11 V X XIIIIP-43 • .CaDitiii. PAW if '1.995.750 tteservPhiPd 1:500,000, tttl AssetS f0.000,0(10 onx $rus.'n:r. TraSideut 4, G. Itkitsar, IT,Joe-President.. • Tununua Geb,'14anager. LUCKNO R NC A, Gi,gNiligAL -BANKI*G. BYSiriESS - • . VarM-erfe PrOtelf discOnntea and ad- - raeees Pladeta-talmers. to feed .stock.--• Sit'as'Narrat bought and collected. •'All rattle moderate. DaArtS, issued- payable at all the • Principal points -in Canada and the treite lates. n'ngs. DepattroOnt• 0UA11.00'.. and- artviards, isticived . and interest allowed at 'Current rates from • The depositoris not subject to Any delay whatever,,in the withdrawal of the whole or any peitionot the deposit. • ' 'JOAN SPROAT, AGENT. . ' LUOKNOW.• 6 Notes of 'A trip ,through Mani- toba, Assiniboia and Alberta fi0111 the traits is Of or -t.10' velue , Lar fanning purposs,' As We near Wabigoon • In ",New On:t however, vie .noticed many, nicely cleared farms with'', good *tub- stantiel hotietta: end' bergs meted . thereon, and pear Drydee thei•e, is a large past et Rich, fartnieg toentty, that•is being rapidly' taken uti'by new settlers::: Tho. whole. country Ice° is thickly cevered...vtith.a heavy, ffrerh of Spine° trees, and it all.the stations' along.the line there were la,rge,piles of ,pulp Wood Out into four foot • leogths 'awaiting shipment to the' paper mills at the Soo. . • , Shortly aftcr leaving Bat Portage. the rocky: ridges !ind-Unhrokein,"--land disappears and thegreot prairie ot the west Comes into View and fin- eearly a- . ... hundred miles' on thit,Side of•Winni- peg. the train paseet 'through a.rich farming -'0OnAtry. • .Winnipeg, the gateway' of the great 'Nerthwest,'-iwa-beautifel'Dityand"liat.- More than.. doubled. • its • population. withi ,the 'petit ten years. . has .at • it.i.esOt..a population. ,Of nearly' 'fifty- IhOustUdr ana4itihrtheEeliebo Venial boom going or, theplace' is making rapid • and aubitintial progress, and theMany, large and •magnificent build- inga in course of, .ereOtionin ill. Pvta. . . of ,theeity, Certainly indicate: that in :the very nearfuture Winnipeg is. 'bonnet tnlinotiro of the--greatestcities in the DinniniOn. ,It le the. great commercial centro of the. West and all the leading.. banks and:other ,iiionitary, On"are'*ell: represented :there,: • w‘hile'.,:•itti,, large' mistiefacinting ..eStabiislittientti stores, and other sbusiues p!nces.willk compare. favor4b1y with these in Toronto and , the.' other- ,eitiet:-'46-Gaterio, It -fel isittiated-in, the 'centre cf a rich cultural :Country; : and .se., great has been the rush for land in that •.section . the Past '100,.' year's, that:. 'forming: • property..:thet:.COnld' be, :bought :five. -years ago fer.,$$':te$5..periiete eanticit be purchased tedtty for leis:than 1.0 0Q6 per acre,and in some cases even as high as $30 peracre: hiri• been Paid, _In , Winnipeg, like , in many other parts; of the west, we haelhe...pleasnre of meetinga great many formercititens. of :.Liteknoer and surrounding town - hips, and Wittiout.a. 'Ong's; eiCeeption we are pleased to 'say: they are all deing. and during, our sty Of 'a .weelc in thecityrthoy left nothing uudone to • make , our visit . pleasant, end' to Show us everything:in the place worth seeing.. Mr. 11. *C, .NIctetyra'Whe Wt bete Sopie.twenty years ago.. - ger. and partner ot., the Paulin, 0hau- bers Company, the 1#rgest hiseuit and confectionery establishment in West- ern Canada. : They.: de an enormous •triltleand although they, iconstatitlt enitiloy from :.'150 to .200 rands..at present, .Mr. U'eXlitYrei informed .urt that. they .'.intend • erecting -a ..largo addition to .tho..factory next. 'spring. , • it-thosfatibery-.-is-terba* the sihts of the city. n Mr. T, T. Smith; who for niani years Was a resident of 'Lucknovi, is a ' pioneer :of Winnipeg, and ono elite .boat known AtiSenio, , He is •a. hustler and- is engaged in the. reit, estate and attre ;fetter bneirtait and if ,yeti.trant to See Winnip‘kand every' plate of interest in it, get :Tonito thew you round: 4r, J. 0. .gaiityre; :Who lett; here about A year and aelf•ago Is .heacl of the. collecting department of the J. 1. 'Oist, 'Compaq, Of Ratline, .'Witiconsin,- :the•,laigett manufeetUrets of threshing machines in the:*Crld,'.with asalary of l200 per Year,. **Ilk -111r. InsePh Scott, .who left' for the: west only fait Spring. is bead collector' for. the Chain-, pion Company, of implement Manufa,e- ltirSti3; at a salary ‘ Of $66 per month and eioohoto„ .4oloog" the '..triany others 4hoin, We had the pleasure of •itteeeting . the oiii ...intoMi. and Mrs. W. L.,i_edIetivdd and family fornierit of. LiicknoW f 'Mr. and Mrs; E. • ilOilitib# and . fiiiiiily ,of, Ripley; • Ralph •genry, and Mr. and Mrs. Sae,- Denaghtie pf Kincardine; Mt, B. .MeCal,eot Wiest_Womottioir,c-Sfi:Titld Atm; Robert Ohattiherit •ioa Mr Will formerly of tOoictio*'. •abil alio% • - of $700 And to 84 hie floek of ,3,000 Vioin Winnipeg le MAASejatit a elieen,• dat.4 and 'hOreeS are: Worth, In company with. Messta.Wilham A11111. 9.nd Geo H Levirenee of thia yillago -sand Grant Murraroflelifield, we left Diablo* on, the atorning of the __ 17th of _Septembet , for a _tip through Manitoba :and the \ Northwest Territlies; After ',reaching the pity of Toronto:we leaincd to our ,disgust. ,that the, twelve coaches of tourist sleepers provided to take:the party- to ' the west were all taken upland, that we would have -to• asti on a train . • ' Made: up entirely DE., colonist cars: . Sp ., far as` roorn and other accommodation is .Ceneernetl• one is .as well provided as the -other; Wtth.this'ilight Clifferersce, that t lie former have .cuilioned. seat, ,. • . . . while . the latter...have only wooden alats.on.vibich to sit or lie upon: ' But , , having takeniIorace Oreeley'S advice te "o west” the Want of ouslimiit- or other luxuries of the kind did nOtrystep , . , , . - .„..,„ . : Us, and after a-gool deal of hustle and :bustle we were safely located.itt tho . cars, and F,',0011 apeedi4g on: our 'iVay. to . North 134y; which paint Wejtetiehed 'aboutten o'clock at night. tete, tbe . *bole party .were provided' -with nont- fortable mattracses, and aftbr a good -*night!ti sleeP,. We 'awoke in the morn= ingt , find the ,:ground covered••..With ,..il four ,o five inches of Snow: From , *petit, 'Ray to within a :150 mile . of •Wifinfieg _the train .tnisaea through the mast . desolate looking - ,ccultitry. we'have ever Seen.,...\_gor.-.'. 560 "mike :nothing can be Seen ;but ,. 'barren rooks, many' ef: thenr tOwering • 'hondred-t of feet'in height and relived only, .4 -the. dark green' Color- Of semen , elnstere tit little pines growing in the crevicesiof the, t'ocks,,.. and the ''totolt, ' Role. 'bikes' that , are to be found in abundonee' ,,i throughout - ...the whole country.; .- - •,, '' ' . ', ' - ' ; . The seenery arentd the north shore OE:Lake Septtricit, liov4veirt is .simply , grad and. iie the traii'i •Wilicii ,artnied riifiv one , .rp curve after aiMther isloeg. . themountain side', and then iseddenly- 'clothes thrOugh a. series ;;If l'Oisg tui bele, cnt but a t,.ho solo .rock, ,it -gives' ., the visitor kr the first:time; some ides, , Of the °herniae* difficelty to be ett. - countered and the wonderful .etigineer ing Skill that Inuit 120000peti teetiition. :to htill.4 the Canadian Patifi*Railivai thiongli that part of. tbe'enuntry. Ens nearly ' u linndrestl ::miies` the ' train :tuna- along, Vim lake -shore, and rdanY 'timed to close : 0: the. wateee eder t li-4t 'you , would, octUally think' .• the data were rubbing in the water, while' Oh the ,Other side of tilt ',train tbe mode:taint of rock 0.3,e hundrede ti fee 04-height...'--Aftei-,1sitlint Arthur and Vert :William th ..'country vie" is more thickly 'weeded 4th second 'groWth pine, ,t,prUce, popI,tatnaraCk, ' .044044t," What land there -440 b# Wien. through the great. *beet , belt et the P;:airie P,rovince Anil heavier crops we have neyer Ar. • Portage • 14 Prairie and Brandoh the yield was exctsptionallY tine, and as far ag th ,eye could see in dircetione was on 'vast iltdd of stooks of leak oats and barley. It WWI the greateet crop ever gathered in 'Menitohai 4ful The weather . continued 6:te 'fOr a :few weeks longer litany Mere, millions of bushels •et 'vain 'w01114 /1,11,04een 'safely, gathered into granaries. .Tbis grand crop,: however,' was pot alone eonfined , these localities, for throughout the entire_ Province from one end to the Other the same glowing accounts of the great 'yield' of grain was given, and Mani of the oldest settlers say they never se* anything ,like it before in Manitoba. While :Many farmers had finished threshing „ and. the Yield was from:. 40 to 45 hnsbels Per -acre for -wheat and .from -60-to7-to-for ,ifiat.er: the „ireat bulk cit the grain Was still in the 6014 in Stooks' or steelier and the • feat •was , expressed. by „ninny that,a,kAtteTer-tieb ofthe triihreOtild notlxi• ?laved. " 'while grain growing is the staple, pro- dueb. of the' province,: there also a large number of bores,' "cattle arid sheep 'raised , Manitoba and 0114 year. thouainds Of young cattle. are sold CO lite ranchers in Alberta. and ,other places. . During our staiat Bran- don. We were , pleased' te,:. meet Mr Harry son of Mr. Henry "Wild West" entertainment provided 11.0.1448; 80Aicci flow aiA' tu use .hia:. own age -50 6usliolfs to the 00034 Opetet from vinrds, "'Ilere is tete Of 'frea land , for 80 to :100 bushele, and in $Q1110 eases pasture anj pi.i.nty of noney yci to be over 110. bushels - of oat!' have been , . v made in 4 toOkluitibg in .this country." prOcluCed.'19 the acre. All elOng the Mr, Johnston is only one of then:tiny line, the land is being rapidly taken Men , we me,t who had ttsried with uP, *n4 hunoreo of Americans from vely 'little capital and are to day all Parts et. the United States have wealthy: . ' located there during 'the. Peet year • Thirty tivo*ziles frem..-Medicine.liat Oldi we met ' and itfra, W. • war'';e0ter • itial'atintherA Bremptorl, ferMerly" of latioknevrt the ritechers' paraclice of the andz, they . are delighted .V.ith the west :end for nearly'100 Miles we pass' country: ' Mr, Brumpton is theleiding oVer. an open, rolling, ,country,:4M4 !tierc4,0.0. place and does a .frora theApin 'ygindo'vistonld fr4, Urge an.A. priifitable The town .t1,14014. nOof horses and cattle: roaming is rapidly:growing' and a very 'snecess- , , , . • , - a . ill over the rich prairie 1.4,440 that far fall show was held daring Our SPY presinCes' the .finett; grist -ea in ilia -there. VA 4. wq,9 eleeted Overseer or weidi..„'Aa we near__Calgary,_hosv- *14.9..r. of the, tewn: and a'ffret-elaett the great foothills •of the rook Official he makes • • les,. Come into view, and a. prettier. ; Weteekitvin, another thriving, vil- ,country it would be difficult to flnd. loge, is one of ,the .best places on the • The OitY of Calgary is a beautiful- line and is growing rapidly. Jiere place and lies at the confluence of the we spent, a very 'pleasant the Bow and Elbow rivers, almost ender guest's' of MIL. W. H. Miller. and 'Mrs. -the. Shadow of' the vont Rooky' moun W. J. for many Fears residents tains. Ib is tbe centre of the enortnpws. of Lneknew- lYfiller ;lies cattle trade of the 'west, and if Yon talran pplh ranch 36 miles east. of the -want 101.1.00.4#9 1Pallactaife,p,moog, !vinfige,,,,,dttagAl.goenaid -notion-a the7cewbotte, spend . country and Will cannot fail to do Calgary.. Here we had the pleaiure sr'ell.1 • . , , :ofIneetingtbe Duke and Duchess Of Sixty miloa further' we reach the Tork . and although space',forbids :a .Pu4 of the railivey at •Stratheona, a lengthy reference to their-stai there, town of 2,400, iiihabitaritS! it has a suftleesit to 887 that nowhere in, Can. large ...number of :very tie buildings: ada did the Royal couple receive and it the chief grain market of 'a more ;hearty; and.: enthusiastiCfiecep. large section of Magnificent farming tion than in ,,C41gari. The genuine :country. They have just _erected beautiful new school house, and its able Principal 8. McKenzie, fotmerly. of tatigside, :while his brother "Mr. K.-*. McKenzie is the popular . Mayor of Erbriontoric two , • Pierce; 6th' eon; of Kiniese; HarrY eiusk._._...e_er' 'Paola! Tho , manager of •,..the tiretta goods . depart - Merit; of the iiirgest dry getdi store: in:. and alike popular' with all chisels Of the cOmMunity:1•:• MiAlohn. MoDonalk a fernier ,resident Of :the 12th• concession .; of West -Wawanosk. is siso it,reSident,of Breneltin,..and one ,OLthe inotit s.uecestifur lnietchartre in the place. Brandon is, one of the .finest towns in • the Prairie Province and a pOpirlation of 'about 6000„. At-Meetelaw the ...characteristics, of land cbatigecand it it Chiefly e ranch- ing country to. 'Palgary,. in ta, The soil is of a:lighter color than that of .ManitOba, being. amixture .of sand _ , and clay,. and • altliongli it will not produce crops of grain, it Claimed to be the. finest sheep and cattle pasture lands in the world. At Altledicuse Hat, a thriving town,,eff ,2,0001nhaldtaute, we met Mr: Thomas „Hutchitonx who. formerly-werketi-fer Mr. ARM; ROBS; of this rillge. H� has a very fine harness and eaddlety. business • and is • One of the: leading: oitizens`ef the place, and an allroned good Allow. Tin:nisei* Alderman of the town and has just had •eOtopleted Very.fine, residence:• • • • . • Asalniboia is essentially a rano 0 district, and :although we saW ro fly, fine fielder et grain growing there; the chief product of the country is shop %He there we also mei otir friend, Mr. D. LkoKerriolter. of Walk, eets-ranch. abut twellie.-milea :frail Medi - eine nat. He likes the country ,well and 'Making money. They have •etime.0,000 'sheep and the *opt alone. 'Pais 'the •rinining .eipenses• -of the • , 7 whole ,place was beautifully 'decorated and. in the Merl** 2,000 Indians and theirduskylovers, pointed ,in • all :the 3o1ors of , the rainbow, , gave.' p.'. "pow- wow" or. war -dance and in the 'aftei-: . mien - the:tow: boyiril-ffiiiiedsiiiiirdeliglic ed them with the :finest. exhibition. of. "bucking horses," kneeing steeriii etc, we htiv ever:seen:. . The. Pity •of . Col: gary has 'a population of nearly 6,000, but its long Main street, built upon either sirle,With Utaisificient buildings,. gives • it.. the appearance of a ',Mach larger place : - There is a tremenietle amount of ,businets.lciene:thtireft and - although the innnense Cat& ifidnetry is tencentrated in the city, they alto: do ;•••ei heavy trade in hellos, eheep,'; hogs, hey, griin-inealt kiodif of fares i produce, ,Here tve,'Met our friend and . former, tee:ins:min; Dr. G. n..nicaid, who is not. only one Of the. most prant: . .inent7--citizinii Of./ t he- PI ate,- .1S-nriis7: the leading physician in that .coun-:, try. • . Aneither very prominent. citizen of Calgary, and pne. of the 'richest cattle men in the:weak IS Mr. Gle,orge Leeson, formerly Of Ripley, ,and both he and the dectOr,aparediseither tithe not expense. to make our stay- ' . 'city pleasant. , . •After an interesting drive of sixteen' :mules: southwest._ froin the city, We reached .Lakeburot reiseh the honie of 'Mil. Reinhardti'one of the. wealthiest ranehers ' in the r,dietriet, ' She has 6, ove 37:-. p ace, an th011g - t,he,--obtof - .priicluet ef, the ranch is heroes, cattle' and pigs; a large amount of 'itein is . also produced in Wheht, ' Oats And bar: lei, find finer aropanould not be found ,anywhere. •,, The ranch'. is ,.ii eiiw::the' foothills of tbe ROc,kies,and the Whole Country is tolliog:end hilly, with. great stretches of bench lands and 'valleys which produce a luxurious and nutri- tious 'growth of naive . grasses,. chief among which is the farittriscid ..'busseli.. grasa." ", The - .snottlall ' diirifig the winter is very„light,' and it is rapidly melted' by the prevailing warm Chin- ook- •. Winds -irons 'the 1 mountains and lortea,'eattleend sheep graze' outside daring the .,whole year. ,llere iwe .spent.a most pleasant . week ,shootitig duekt and prairie chickens, whidi are • to le found in great abundance in all ' par teef the country. .-, . • The ranching distriet.,ef''southern, Alberta extends nearly to Olds, aboia 60 miles north of.Calgary, add from there to tdinOoton mixed farming and dairying it, etensiVely"iarrictori, and at every' ebation -alOrtg. the Jinn We notteed big grain elevators ,a4t1 sisfieti- aia dtieso ooct 'hither •facterieS;::The eountryja Well wooded and the toil is a bl ck' loam, rum:slug from ono to thre .!teet in ' depth, and capable of Pi` o'd eiti 'g ,al kindsdf raid.,,V6-saw .• ., g distance of 400 inilea the:,train Piiiteti $30,000. He is an -enthuiiastick NO'hole. .matitt 'fields Of whet Mit Woold aver- rancb. . Leaving Medicine Eat we drove twenty Milog ac1'088the prairie °to Visit the !ergo sheep 'ranch, owned by Mt.,/tICI,tiy,, gentleipati formerly of Wattorcli Ont. no has,abeautifil ,place and his flock of sheep number 6,000, " ilere vie had the extreme: pleasure of meeting Mr. J. 0. Lyons, san of Mr. lames Lyons; of this vil- lege, ond lleppier and more enthttai.- elastic raneliet cannet"be foinid in all. AsSiniboia. lack /likes the cOnntrY Well and, like all others engageti in the, ranching business; says there it heaps, of money in. it. The gran which is tennailee distant, has 10,000 head of sheeiand.the Manager informed uti that a few*detys proviontly they hat1 disposed Of 5,000 yearling . . wethers ,rit $4 per heal We else had • tho pleasure ,of meeting' Mr.' Thomas Johnston, of Maple Oreelry one of the best ,known randhere ,that country. Tons,• its • he fsinilierry known all littough to dititrict, settled there fifteen yeare\-e`e-Witb capital ' • • miles anda halt' distant. , We also -rhetlfere Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Morrison, of Kinlose, and Mr. antr Andrew, of Ashfield.' They all speak In glowing terms of , the Country' and are doing welL The town of Edmon- ton, which is in the centre of a- rich --agricultural , district, is. situated, on the north branch of the Saskatchewan riVer and has a -population Of nearly 5000. :_The river is navigable, at this point and every.7,day the-diedges--may-, be seen at 'VtOrk taking up rand from - the bottom °faits river, where geld is found in paying -.quantities. • .Coal mining is also extensively carried on, and there is no Scarcity •ef• timber either . for fuel,:er building purposes. 'There it a large amount_ of business done iu the place, the fur trade" alone amounting to 'nearly a: million dollars per, year... • . The town . is nicely ,built up and contains ' many. large and beautiful buildings; . :Mayor zie is the leading book and stationery dealerthe pliee and has 'a verY , . JIno_bus ine,as.-Settlement' i tepidly going on in all.direetiont And for fifty nsiles 'north of Edmonton land is 13e - lug taken riP. Mixed ,farmiii and dairyiUg is successfully carried on there, and although the 'snow, fall is. heavier there than in southern Albcr tat cattle. run out • the- viholeYear, There is plenty of land yet openfor., settlement. in . all parts of :Alberta ranging in'price from $3 to ,$10 per acre, while fivirt ten to twenty miles beeitoin the railway lines free htirne• , _ eteadi pait,*tsetured. • ,Returning to Calgary,Ave take: the train for .thinft; eighty miles 40 the .west renCitig the snow clad hale of•blie Botity Mountain*, , and for grandeur Of view and beauty Of scenery it can- -not be sirpassed. The train follows thethanoel of the BOW river, for the entire distance, winding, itself around One. Mountain after another, and crossing and recrossing the "river dozens of time' before • it reaches Banff.; The little village,is beautifully situated in, the *okay of the Dow. river between sit great mountains, eXtending„coMpletely around it, and 'towering thousands of feet in height, In the valley it was warm at summer, but on the nicinutain tops the 10 ,and now -remain the Year: round. .There were many, otht3r interesting and beautiful sights which ite visited In and'around this lovely- place, Web its the Wonderful caVe, the :boiliug sprifigsitlio hot waiter' baths, tho great Thighlo herd, xstdi• but an We have already ttestapitsted too ranch on the patience and 'good Vatter, ef onr reader, wo tnust bring .tt:Itunbling rcivarks to a close. With the chilly winds of. October Comes tin) need of warmer things to wear.' Our stock' is now replete with' pold weather .goods—the best in as. sortment—the beet in -style—the best in all-round values that has ever bren within the four walls of our store. You will find our prices,' quality for quality; as lew a4.."3" in 'al-611*de' r Clothing . _ '• In Men's Suit's oar special heavy- weight blue serge double breasted at $1000 is without doubt the best suit value ;we 'ever offered. g We know of .the wearing qualities of . • this serge and can thoroughly recom- mend it. . In Boy' Suits see our twospeoial 111;t1.9.':40.440-02.,76tand<$.1.400._ , Miderwear .„ This line is moving 'briskly now. Our Men's fancy. stripe shirts and drawers at 50e and Our Standard Un - shrinkable all wool - at st.00, being . leaders in this line. • - Coating and Cul Cloths; For' making Jackets and Capes for Ladies and Children our range contains the leading shade's and styles, .1,• • " , • ••• • • • -Mallets . . 1 1•••••-••• • Cold weather always suggests Blonkets warm and comfortable. See 'what we are offering at $2,50, .83.00, $3.50 and $4.00 In wool also white and grey cotton blankets, and white and grey sheeting by the yard. LUOKNOW WE CAN TELL , • . what' wrong with your watch ane we'd like the .ehance to look •It over. ' We Can Fix It • ..• •• • • Noatter its. just a re - plating that's 'needed,. or a cleaning, or some new parts. - • treo'llryloauillwor. A1.1:;eile _a,ni:bessit,yaock frievery home We - inviterinspection of oar clocks. They ,00 here in great variety of styles. • We ales" have thoselanious Tattoo • alarms.; Cali in tods.Y.. . • ,17ett,'-or:_-do-ther•-=-. • • ARMOTO9NO.:: Jeweler and Optician. At Banff We hut:lite. Pleasure of_ meeting' the flv G W YOhnStOr,‘ ' and his wife,, who Was :fortnerly Mist Michael , Gaunt, of Kinlost. Mr. Johnston as paster of the Methodist einigregittion in t,h,i) villag and', they .1 have a nice chureli' and parsOnege. • droitlIttia a IiAt•Itlt .Nessts, John Bentiett. and Edward.: ,i Collzns of this place :tuttle just' been- ; granted a patent for the Minh:don o. • Canada for the posePractical wishing rcachirLe itt tho world i called the " Sepey v.Washer," the only le:whine' :with tin atitoMatie toaper, The Sept,' _is a houtiehold,nedeatity ; can be used as Washer, ironing and Icitchen table: 'It iS also ix convenient batli tul, or children; „it is oinething yott luilve. been looking 1or at8ntd Oct 16 1901-f .tuartufaottired y Derinetb titsZAN. ,Co1lfn, LitekneW, 6•. • • , tuu