Preparation ~true--that's why it is valuable-- | but it contains no oil and ts delicious in warm weather. GEORGE W. MAHOOD, DRUGGIST. : |The Natural Mink | Sets, Muff and Tie $35 UP. |W. F. GOURDIER, 76, 78 and 80 Brock St. ST pet sei il Optical Work Carefully and promptly ex- ecuted mew style, mounts and specially shaped lemoee made to order. K Repairs of all kinds: Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted. 4 Attend our Big Exhibition of FALL COATS now on ar and ready "for tion. » your inspec. No longer any need to' to hig cities for me Tod in Wearables. We show you the pick of New York's Favorite Coats for Fall wear, only difference is the price, which is 'about half co id of the price asked in the big Something swell in Dr Goods; for Fall, now show ing in this store. Call as early as possible and see the range while i unbroken: sis is We are headquarte Favorite Coats, oe on Children's School Hosiery. don't g together. A man an't.da good: work with an aching head or an upset stomac B H= won't be at his best in the morning, after a seeps sight. t 1 GC { i . { 4 ra Effer- me; Salt : cures Constipation, Biliousness, Headaches, Stomach and Bowel Troubles. It sends a man to the office with clear brain--steady -nerves--and his whole system bound with good health. Try it yourself. system. bounding { tp ja { le 2c. and 6oc. a bottle, At All Druggists. "3 { it it * "Fall I i HAVE ARRIVED. called Alherta until fment in developing agricultural and min- "Will be pleased to show. you the New Lasts, Styles and Cuts. Come in to-day. -------------- JH. Sutherland & Bro, he House of Good Shoemaking. White Lawn and Muslin Waists One-Third Off Regular Prices At Crumley's. ¢ SILKS : Peau dé Soie-- Rich blackdouble faced Peau de Soie| Dress Silk, absolutely unfading dye, soft and_pliable,, will not cut, regular value $1.00, 'Special at ac. per yard. , REMNANTS. One table full of Dress Goods Remnants, all lenges] and kinds, suitable for the little gets : Soho dress, or separate skirt or waist, and all marked at q ' selling prices. : : LE PARASOLS. 10 only White Parasols, every ou We are closing out at the following prices : Regular $1.50 Reduced to $1.00. Regular $1.75 Reduced to $1.10 Regular $2.25 Reduced to $1.50. one fresh and new Sa SUMMER SHOES IN MANY VARIETIES. A Ladies' White Canvas Gibson. Ties. | Ladies' Tan Calf One<Tie Pumps. 3 Ladies' Chocolate Blucher Oxfords. { Patent Colt and Blucher Oxfords. 1. { ot ButtonedrOxford Pumps. Sailor and Togo Ties. ; a sibson,J'ies & mps. Gun Metal Gibsonglics and Pum] 3 Sawyer Shoe Store. § -- IE: { Editor) :=1 have long intended writing {general, and the Calgary district in par- {ticular. After we came tO live here some of our friends wanted i {children could go to Sunday school, and another was very anxious to héar what { kinds of wild animals lived here (in Cal {must be .in an immense forest. { after living all our lives where the most {beautiful trees, grow we did miss them {50 much, especially the dear old maples. {They don't survive the winters here as { fully washing and' wipmg i 3 ; | there is not snow enough to protect the {roots from frost. {not least, some human animals not equal {in intelligence to the first-named. They are not peculiar (to Calgary, though, for we find them wherever 1 We consider Alberta the land of golden ~---- |wheat, fat steers, industrial opportunities and unequalled climate. The Canadian west is a country of - vast extent, only Zufficiently developed to reveal its 'im- jmensity - and possibilities. |ta~day a huge stream: of humanity is "igéuring in from the old world, eastern {states and provinces, secking free or | ew cheap lands, and wider scope for labor. | > The Britisher who is undecided whether Ihe will emigrate to theStates,or Canada may decide by following. these statistics fof American immigration into Alberta and other parts of western Canada-- Teidés to go with the crowd { Portland, Oregon, in 1903, it was stated : " "The jone and sinew of the Mississippi valley have been moving C for the past four years to find farms} - and fortunes. {from t S ; ' @ {past nine years. 7¥he reason is obvious ls { Oe {acre of his land in the States for from | {four to ten times more productive and . profitable land in western Canada. By ~ {doing sa he can also escure a Canadian farm for himself and one for each of his sons with: the money derived from contains 253,000 square miles, or 162, innivmpesccsnren "Lh THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1907. THE WIGHTY WEST SOME STATISTICS ABOUT ONE SECTION. algary is a, Flouris hing Spot-- The Distributing Centre For Alberta and Eastern British Columbia--Details of Its Life. |; Calgéty, Alta, Aug. 21.--(To the letter to your paper on Alberta in to know if the algary ). Well, Now | wish to say that Calgary has a ypulation of 22,000 people, still there re a few wild animals not numbered, oyotes, monkeys, bears, and last, but hquor 1s sold. Less .than wenty-five years ago its white popula- jon could-be numbered.in four. figures; Sob, 49; 1905, 105,000. He wisely de- At the National Irrigation Congress at into Canada The annual movement United States has increased v prac thousand-fold during the I'hé American farmer can exchange each sale of his smaller home farm Not much was known of the territory the advent of the CPR. in 1883." Since then the advance- eral interests of the district has been wonderful. Even our postal service was through the U.S. up till 1883. Alberta 537,000 acres. The largest river is the Bow. The Elbow, High, Old Man's, Belly rivers are smaller. Good water ribs FROM KINGSTON three or four bottles of different pow- ders for application to the face hat | 3 was in t 1 couldn't They - evidently thought we {they all seemed 0 « gig purpose, and he itry first a safety; | FARE VERCOATS TO then a Thursday "razor--a Fridiy or a " BUITS-Aln © Wednesday wouldn't do--and. then go back to the other ments before Fethini them to theif cases. The onlool > pad more patiehce than I had for they said nothing, they only spoke in eloquent smiles. Of course Coa most a necessity, Kenora was reached TO VANCOUVER. " -- «}: (Continged fom Page 2.) , cach time cyre- the igstra- 1 understood. t r. native 'modesty would not allow of their addressing this straiger without, an introduction, but 1 at last got up and a8 1 had a newspaper self opposite the basin next the side of the car and in the mildest of tones asked him if-he could possibly spare it. "He hesitated for a little, during which time 1 quietly s his shaving and other utensils to one side and took up a'posi- tion aver the third basin and man; to get through shaving and dressing before he had one cheek cleaned. | have noth- ing, however, unpleasant fo say about him as he was a most gentlemanly man, and he asked me in the course of con- versation if I wasa't Sn army man. § had to tell him that I wasn't but that my father had been the army and ho doubt I had inheritell from him anything of a military a france which I pos- sessed. It ait do to say too much about yourself to'a stinger, so [ didn't tell him how I eked out an existence, otherwise made a living. '1 hope the di- gression will riot be'unacceptable; but let us return ta our mutton, as they say in French, and resume our journey. ---- Magnificent Scenery. All along the north shore of Lake Superior the train carried us during I'hursday, and but for what 1 saw later [ would have been sutisfied that no grander or more magnificent scenery could have been yhet wath; it was of the wildest description there was a cold- ness in the air which 1 supposed came from the lake to make an overcoat al- at eight in the Morning, a most beautiful spot. 1 was informed by some one on the train that it was a great summer re- sort for Winnipeggers. It did appear to be used for this purpose for tne place was dotted with beautiful cottages, which could be used only in r. Winnipeg is reached in about five hours from Kenora. It was just noon when we arrived at the western Chicago with the thermometer ut the station go in. the may be found almost cverywhere, ac- cording to the location of the well above the level of the rivers. Soil varies from black: vegetable: to sandy clay loam. It is beihg recognized now as the greatest winder wheat field (largely undeveloped as vet). Om--~the American continent Every threshing machine by haw to furnish a certified statement of the amount of grain threshed and the \creage from which the grain was taken. Here is a partial copy of crop Bulletin No. 1, issued by the Alberta government, April 1st, 1900: Spring Fall Districts Wheat. Wheat Outs Barley. Lethbriige, 9.43 11.68 2095 14 Districts SW. FW .¢ 28:62 32.94 494 3 Wetaskiwin, 2 3 19.60 42.08 30.59 Fxlmonton, 24.57 23.89 35.95 M453 Calgary; 33.92 32.18 43.41 32.01 I should like to tell you a great many more facts about wheat and lands, but shall not do so now as I am afraid you are already commencing to think this too long a letter and 1 want to. mention \ few other things which Calgary has Large stock yards, cold storage plants, and coal mines within 'a few miles of High River here. The Bankhead has an output of | 2000 tons per day if required. There are also the Knee Hill, Fish Creek and Sheep Creek mines near here. Calgary ws eleven churches, four built with Cal- gary sandstone, average seating capacity, 1.200: twelve chartered banks, builders' exchdhige, brick yards, stone quarries, two general hosp two theatres, tone court house, nine plumbing estab- ents, seven néwspapers, three fire and = fire brigades, R. N. W. P. racks, large soap works, biscuit and np factories, three flour mills, two s. two electric and one gas plant ow boring for natural gas), car shops, 1 . jron and brass foundries, ten lumber yards, thirty-six doctors, fourteen livery stables, four saddleries; two tent factories, music stores, woollen mills, sixty-four wholesalers. Our town is the distributing centre for Alberta and H ba pm elevat operator - i { Alberta and Saskatchewan is required] me : {letter R [without a shade. After a wait of about ten min- utes we started westward again. We took on here a farther instalment of English travellers, and they were book- ed for Banff, where they ot off. My {friend before mentioned "had several | parcels with him, but with the new ar- {rivals came a perfect army of them. Ley were give seats just in frout of They were a gentleman and his wife and daughter. There wis a young man with them but he didn't seem to be one of the family, whatever his hopes or aspirations may have been: Every now and again the father' would call out: i ------------------ FOR KINGSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL, a Note Principal. first-class acquaintanceship. with him I placed my- | ee ---------------------------------- CUSTOMERS, FOR PORK TENDER- and Kidne! A FEW PURNACES 10 v eee A JOB CLEANING ASHES OUT OF FOR Ba a. a AA OUR POLICIES COVER. MORE building and LIVERPOOL, LONDON F Com, on -- -- : ad a TT ND COOK. | | RS outans wi A GENERAL VANT TO nl Eh = Ti 3 Migr oom 7) SE - » : LADY _ P ALSO. LADY Kner! he bese ogi TERE make, also 'ones to and clean, and' repair work done well, oes. loway. 181 St., next lo by's Livery * \ ins! h . NY ans, JARS Sal BARN TNO PUL; loins, Rits v8, LO-MOrrow, yat A. Meclean's, Ontario street. CARE FOR rough fall and winter; by =» man of good standing. Call. or add Frank Johes, 80 Union St. West. yards or or other bagrege carted. Prices night. A 10 N tog mn fo gp Fg Th FEW, MONTHS FROM S \ ist, or Oct. 15th, hi or two or three roolus out board. Apply Box 45, office. MONEY AND BUSINESS. OF contents than any other company offers. Examine Shem Goodwin's Insurance Emporium, et Square. AND GLOBE fire Insurance pany, Available assets $61,187,215. In addition to which the cyholders & ited Habil perty at lowest rates. Before renswing old or Kiv new business ok] from rae & Strange, A 4 ave for the Aa cknoIders Farm and ein ty insured Postible ' office. CA u PARN s ase AEE BARNET |f EE ET "Barnest," Whig FRI Ty ot sey Lh work calling ------------------------------------ ARTHUR ELLIS, ARCHITECT, OF- fice, Cor. nd Bagot tL HENRY P. WM. NEWLANDS, fice, second "Eliza, did you sec my travelling slip- pers, my silk skull cap," or Some tther of would have to drop'her novel in whic she was deeply interested amd hunt up the missing articles, most likely fin them inside one of they had burdened themselves with: porter about the parcel business and asked proportion. - He replied: ™ sah; dey expec' me to get all dgm tings out for 'em at de usual rates, 25 cents, I jus' rule to make dese people parcels at home or pay proper rates on dem. Dese English people carry more logse traps dan Iralf a dozen Canadians or Americans." And he was right. We continue our journey westward over 'a level prairie country, and there is scenery, though it was interesting to. me, until we leave Calgary. Before leaving this place 1 must say it seemed to me to be one full of, stir and enterprise. I judged this, however, crowds at .the station. 0) railway to Edmonton and Macleod en- livened the place very much, 'As we ap- proach Calgary from Winni one is struck by the appearance of the irriga- tion canal which takes its watér 'from the Baw river. 1 understand these works are the largest in America and of very reat importance to those engiged in ruit farming. Calgary, 1 dm told, has a sanitarium for those suffering from pulmonary plaints, the air being dry and particularly beneficial to them. After feaving Calgary we have our first sight of the Rockies. I'm afrgid jt would be impossible for mie to ' them. | can only say that if I 'was delighted with the wild scenery north of e Superior, I was filled with awe when | looked upon the peaks of the Rockies, '| reaching as. it seemed into, the clouds and covered with their everlasting dress of snow, looking from the Histance like h whterfallk $ushing #8 white féam between the diffe T can't tell how it affected g I am certain, that oll be forgotien. 'We ri evening and here we companions, but thergiNess fo take their places, the ODYSCtN nt being Vancouver. During the 1 missed Yome J} he grandest of the scenery,' but I intend oni um to So arfange my departure Tah Vancom. ver thati] will have daylight for what | missed. ~ All. Sunday. the train ran along the banks 4f the Thompson and. Fraser. rivers until Vancouver was fedchéd at 750 pm, on time. I'm afraid [ have taken up more of your space than this tgs, but '1 cannot close it rsofal rewiniscence." Brother Meets Brother : : TL Fanourtt i dad aioe Shalt ous 'ahaaet in view. My firs was fp sec. some mem- bers of our fama Wricthave ided for 3 or just just 7: his decorations, and _Lkza, the daughter, | Bend, 1 was | ¥ h (the observation car and ding {of my brothers whom 1 had not Seen the many bundles | for thirty years. » 1a gentleman talking to some ladies on said something to the very, gentlemanly FeThmt man doesn't look unlike the one him whether he w tipped in | NO, wonder de company 'ddan makc some | leave dere | | cluded that he was like some one | knew. about | | was the one | was looking for, and just rery little to vary the 'monotony of the | ye i : y Of the | sked him if Mr. Walkem' was on the | car and he said, "Yes; just got dm at the [last station, and, by the way, youidok [awfully like him." "Well" I said, "I from the | course, the | {you meet each other." , When 1 determined to: take the trip to | : joel the rane | others ' adjusted a new rope to. 3 {3 ARCHITECTS. A POINTER DOG, COLOR WHITE, with lemon color 8, on Aug. Anyone (1 will be cuted. J. M. King St. Queen a SMITH, ARCHITECT, ete. Anchor Building, Merkel Square. 'Phone, 345. ARCHITROT, OF- floor over M store, corner P SILVER WATCH AND GOLD CHAIN, on Saturday, om Princess, Brock or King streets. 'A lberal reward will be piven for Ha return to Whig $10 REWARD--A PLAIN GOLD RING; mes ved on inside und ring after this notice will be prosecuted. and 0 streets. Katrance om Bagot street. cngra date 'Phone, 608. 186, Uorper Ste, 5, Sntrante of ark ard as . LOST OR STOLEN. an 9 A BROWN SPANIEL pod. ANSWER- VETERINARY. ing | fo the name ~Doc.." on OF n ahoiit Aug. 10th, 1007. Return to/DR. 0. W. BELL, V.8, 8S RE Kenny Bros., 240 Princess St., or moved to his brick block on Clarence 13 Comocession St., end receive & re-|~ #treet, just above the Post Offices. ward. Anyone harboi the same Calls by one or promptly attended to. URSA) He understood I was coming out but didn't know when. His name is. Hugh and he has been for several years one of the engineers on the western division of the CPR , and of course is well known on the road. At a station called North as talking to some parties in incidentally mentioned that I was anxious to see one At this time 1 noticed the platform and 1 said to my friends: I'm looking for." , So I left the car as we had a little time to spare and went out on the platform. I passed him twice and 1 thought he looked hard at me, but he gave no signs of recognition, so returned and said that there was some- thing about him that drew me to him, but as, he didn't recognize me I con- However, he said good-bye to his com- panions and came towards us and got on the train in a front car. I felt as if he then the conductor passed through. 1 believe he's my brother whom 1 haven't seen for thirty years." The conductor said: "Oh, 1 must go with you and see Several of the fadies* of the party were anxious to ac- company "us but i told them 1 would rather not, and so they stayed hehind, A few minutes brought us together and | needn't say anything more except that we seached this city together. Of this place I will just say a few words before 1 close, but 1 may say more. some other time. Of all the cities have been in either on this continent or in Europe this is, I think, the one over and above all others. Of course, I love the place live in, but if I were a young man | wouldn't remain in it twenty-four hours after | hall once seen and tasted the sweets of -this charming phice. 1 carinot close without @'few words of praise for the railway officials. The ut- most courtesy was shown us by all con- nected with the road, the service of all kinds 'was excellent, and even if a man does not intend fo juigtate to this part of the countty he Should if he can pos- sibly do. it pay ita visit utid His eyes will be opened to what he has missed. Very truly yours, J. B. W. 3 ' WAS HANGED TWICE. Rope Broke at Execution of Carmine Rensmo. Indiana, Pa., Aug. 28.-The first hanging in this county" for more than twenty vears (00k place yesterday. Te victim was Carmine Renzo, riysfive years, and weilchi 5 mdb, The weight of the oy ond drop of five feet proved tog m for the « th of fhe oR precipitating Renzo to the ume, jail attendante hurriedly loosen- around his neck while the scaffold, snd the man, already half dead, was carried to the platiorm and the lever again sprung. This time the exgeutipn was succedsful. Renzo killed bis sweetheart, Marien Bearno, aged EE ---------- PRISON ACCOUNTING. Semen The Dominion System is a Superi- | or One. It does not answer to oredit the casual observer's criticiams. Not only is the number of bankers and bpok- keepers confined in the Kingston peni- tentiary fewer than at several other periods, but. there is lesd occasion for their distinguished aid and interfer- ence. , The system of prison secount- ing is most excellent, amd a vast im- ing kept well up to the mark. Ex- Manager McGill, in his banking days, had high opinion of the systems of the Bank of Commerce; but has, to corded the higher praise to that of the dominion penitentiary. And of the clever thi in accounting he oughs to be a skilled judge. ls thers any plage written about with more devia- tion from realities than this same Kingston penitentiary ? A long de scription of it, interlarded with inci dent, which lately adorned the press rerally, contained a vast amount of jon, unbedding its facts. COURTEOUS AND AUDACIOUS. A Case of Mr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Westchester, Pa., Aug, 28 --Judge Butler, yesterday, sentenced Dr. Ben- jamin Holbrook, who was convicted of robbing school houses and railway stations, to five years' imprisonment. Dr. Holbrook by day was a well-bred, courteous physician, and by night an audacious burglar, loo railway] stations for miles around Contesville, where he made his home. Three Ribs Broken. Mrs. Edward Asselstine, Po th, was the victim of a very 1 dent, on ay morning. I was going. down the cellar stairs, NM at her home, when she tripped on her dress and was thrown te the bottom. Her cries brought other members of the family to assistanpe and she was parried upstairs. Dr. oped arid upon examination t three ribs on the right Mee: Aggolstine also y. Miss Edith Culcheth, a trained nurse from New York, who is home on her holidays, is attending the injured woman, . ------------ The Prize Winners. 4 eg Avg: 28. The weather. Sout: itions t , to , were al- most wet oe match, seven shots, at 600 yards, was shot off this morning, ~The prise. winners were + Cup, medall on and $20, Ont. J. Duff Stuart, 6th D.C.O:R., 8 Major F. W. Utton, R.C.R., 34 15, Q.M.S. Price, R.C.R., 3. ow srovement on former days. It is also '} jt must necessarily the credit of the public service, ac- | fish, [tend to degrade. Look well to your = 'Address, Mr. Casson for free ASTONISHING RESULTS. Follow Each New Discovery of . Seience. The great strides that has made in the last to the germ 1 a of a disease has dactors Jave_pot been a drug to kill it. will be Ture to find « Waid Joa dopdral pe Herpicide, Its success has velgus. Not 'a failure { 5k 35 Hel dressing free from oil stances, Try it 00D ts actus mmecit, 4