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“Kunloopa, which is in the dry: Ht, will hove thousands of acres: opened up in the spring, through a; ivory extensive plan of irrigation now 1 nearing completion. Tho land will; "Vancouver Island contains many 5 beautiful {arms in the vicinity of} Wictoria," says Mr. Lindsay, "thel' climate being similar to that Ofi England. All vegetation producedi there goes exceedingly well. ; grow mthing from a peach to a. ystermglonL In t_1_zo K_ootn_eys are “Timothy hay, seven tons per acre I. not. an uncommon yield. Much lend is yet available, and much cheaper than corresponding lands to the south in Washington. Wild lands fun from $5 to $15. Improved farms 1mm $20 to $70. In the municipal- ity of Chillwack, for instance, a valley of forty thousand acres, only twenty thousand acres are under cultivation. While one hundred and dirtyâ€"acre farms are the average hora, forty acres comprise a good- Iized farm; in fact, hundreds are making a good living ofi‘ ten acres. Ten dollars per acre is usual yearly mental. and in some cases $15. “Fruit-raising is rapidly increasing. 'Apples, plums and pears grow to perfection and also bring good pric- es. For instance, apples not. $1 per boxâ€"W50 and one-half boxes would equal one barrel. Crop failure is practically unknown. In grains wheat, is not grown extensively, the land is too valuable for dairy pur- goscs. Outs bring tremendous yields. ens one to one and a. half tons per are. "The high prices paid for produce mad the {act that British Columbia (be: not. and cannot produce enough ”or home consumption, importing :‘produco to the value of $600,000 burly. will always keep the prices up. Butter, for instance, nets the farmers from twentyâ€"two to twenty- elght cents per pound. At present eggs are worth from twenty-five to fifty cents per dozen, with other pro- duce in comparison. “Mixed farming is the usual oc- cupation, stock-mixing and dairying being the most profitable. On acâ€" count. of the wonderful pasture an get. will pasture one animal per you. I saw one iarm 01' fifty acres on which a dairy herd of forty netâ€" bd the owner over $2,400 in one year. According to the creamery statistics, cattle, practically speakâ€" Ing. are out the year round. Pork 1. another remunerative product, the comparison of production between he and there will demonstrate this -â€"t.bo one feeding skim milk and dam and the other grains. “Tho agricultural area. of British Columbia would be a. big surprise to Rh average person, who is under the hpression that the province is prac- flcglly a. Sea of mountains,” says Hr. Lindsay. “While part of this is flmbaed, yet when it. is cleared, which can be done at a. Very moder- tta cost, its productiveness is un- qualled in Canada] , Speaking of the lower Fraser V-al , Icy Mr Lindsay says it is probably I the garden of the province tour through this innzmnse districtA would b. g revelation to one unacquainted , flith the possibilities of the wonderâ€" hl climate enjoyed by that district. Says he: “The warm days and cool nights produce luxuriant yet hardy vegetation. but uh, minerals and pin-headed politicians, but such is not the case, ”I The New Denver, B.C., Ledger, “gin; from What J. K. Lindsay ”Id in Winnipeg the other day. He mi'people are or the ~ - § “w -- _--- 7 7 . ”Om“ nothing in Briti::1€:fi%?: “The Okanggan district contains pople are of the opinion that We! the finest frult-grmwgg land in the I'll-e nothing in British Columbia ; provmce, also producmg an eXCellent but uh, minerals and Pin-headed i grade of cereals. Lord Aberdeen's . _ A - . . A. 1 Coldstream ranch is a. magnificent lb Agricultural Are: u Vast Surprise to the Aver-3:0 Unintomod Canadianâ€" lo'or truer Valley tho Gurdou of the Maoâ€"Fruit Raising Bupidly In- Mgâ€"A Nutshell View of Farms sud Products in British Columbia. WT THE PACIFIC PROVINCE CAN RAISE ON ITS'FARMS. BRITISH COLUMBIA. PAGE TEN The most important. of the project- ed roads’ for which a subsidy has been granted is .the. tailway from Halifax to the Strait of Canso, run- ning through‘ a rich timber and gold- bearing country. This with the South Shore line will form a; trunk line 250 miles in length long the Atlantic Coast from Yer-mouth to Canso, and will be one of the most, inlport- ant rallyay entez'pmseg in Eastern '-Ca.nwda., as it will place Eastern. Nova ,Soo‘tia. in almost direct com- munication with Boston and New York, ind will open up_a. fertile and ‘ rich miningcountry. ' All of; the‘ N"!- Smfl. mleéto will 5. under-1 I New Non. 3cm. Railways. Extensive railway construction is planned in Nova Scotia during the next few years. Projects are now formed‘ for‘the buiLding of over 700 miles of railways in difierent sections of the province, and when these lines ‘ shall have been completed nearly ev- ery part of Nova Scotia. will be withâ€" in easy reach of-railway communica- tion. To aidin building these _lines, most of n‘iv‘hich are branches, the Do- minion Government has appropfigted subsidies aggregating $2, 137, 000 which sum will be supplemented by equal subsidies to be voted by the Provincial Government. ‘These rail- ways do not include the south Shore line from Halifax to Yarmouth, 217 miles long, which is now in course of construction by Mackenzie 6'. Mann, and which will be completed neXt autumn. i ter of no small importance to the people of the United States, who jointly with the Canadians are in- terested in the preservation of one of the most marvelous works of na- Most important, however, are the ithree concessions granted to power 'companies to take water from the { river above the falls for the genera~ 1 tion of electricity. It was a fortu- nate alter-thought that led the com- missioners to add the sites thus uti- lized to the park holdings. Thus the greatest electrical development in the world is to be carried out under requirements that call for the ap- proval of every detail by the com~ missionâ€"the work especially desigm ed in a. way to do the least violence to the environment of the great on . aract, all construction on the surface artistically harmonized with the sur- roundings. For these three fran- chises the present rental is 860,000 a. year, while a. royalty on every horse power to be developed will yield a total revenue when all the works are l in full operation of about $250,000¢ annually. The establishment of this great park on our northern border, says The Bufialo Courier, is a. mat-l I Queen Victoria Park was establish- : ed by the Provincial Government of Ontario, and the method by which it was accomplished, practically without cost to the public, is in- teresting. It appears that the lands were paid for by the issue of deben- tures secured by the property and revenues of the park. The revenue for improvement and maintenance and for meeting the interest and sinking fund requirements was then assui‘e'd by granting certain i‘ran- chis-es and privileges within the park. One of these franchises was for an electric railway running twelve miles, enabling tourist to visit every place of interest at a. small cost. For this franchise a revenue of $10,000 a Year is received. Another franchise for restaurant privileges, ‘ taking visitors under the fall by elevator and for taking photographs brings a. like sum. The establishment of a. great ro- servation on the Canadian side of the Niagara River is a. remarkable instance of the creation of such a public domain practically without cost to the public. Queen Victoria Park, as the reservation is called, embraces a strip of land extending the entire length of the river from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, 9. dis- tance of about thirty miles, and complements the original reserva- tion on the American side established by the State of New York. l At least six present United States ; Senators can never occupy the \l'hito , House because of the constitutional ! provision requiring Presidents to be native-born, says The Washington Post. Patterson of Colorado was born in Ireland, Nelson of Minnesota in Norway, Millard of Nebraska. in Canada. Wetmore of Rhode Island in England, Gallinger of New Hamp- shire in Canada, and Kearns of Utah in Canada. The proportion of foreign members of Congress is much greater in the Senate than it is in the House, for while six of the eighty-eight Sena- tors are foreigners, all save seven of the 386 members of the House are natives. The House members who were born abroad are Lorrimer of Illinois and Baker of New York in yEngland; Lucking of Michigan, and Hughes of West Virginia. in Canada; Lind of Minnesota. in Sweden: Bar- thold of Missouri, in Germany: Rodey of New Mexico. in Ireland. and Mc- Lachlin of California, in Scotland. For voting purposes Gaine of West Virginia might as well have been a. foreigner. for he was born in the District of Columbia. I An American Exchange Gives ion: In- formation About the Reservation. sight." 50M 01-. acre? of“ n."- Ooj'nadian Pacific -R_a.flwa.y Compaz; A These lands are. situated on we Kootney Lakes, north and east irom Nelson and in the Cranbrook dis- trict. These lands can be bought from $1 to $5 per acre, and contain many valuable minerals. The bot- tom lands are taken up, and many thousands of acres can be used for grazing lands. The rolling and she]- tered nature of the_country makes it an ideal cattle country, as the large areas in the Territories are being rapidly cut up and this must be the cattle country in future. The clim- ate is also much milder.“ “The Okanagan district contains CANADA’S NIAGARA PARK. Canadians In Congress. ies that seemed to promise a. healthy prosperity and it has viewed with commendable calmness French en- croachments on what'it believes to!» its heaven-born rights. The French shore'queStion is a. standing menace to the happy relations existing‘ be.- tween. Newfoundland and the ~Hother Country. “Why the Question was not' settled long agojg g puzzle to those who understanmthe really. trivial. lea sues inVolved. L‘s-“Hm: British .yGo‘vern- ment has never-gmeuuthe . 'inegtion: up with enemaed'l’mceu‘ ‘ 5:! -11ny became.” thmePl'OmiSedflo serious “compilation! Wit‘h foreign} nowecaa. 131 'the ‘ treaty “whiChf'; cedied4 Qmada.‘ to Englang. t3 11%.,“ ' 1 Sir William Whiteway Inaugurates Strong Movement Canndianways. Sir William Whiteway, a former Premier oi Newfoundland, has inâ€" augurated a strong moVement in far- or of confederation with Canada. His campaign promises better results than any previous efl'ort to bring the island into the Dominion. Newfound- land is not prosperous. Naturally the people attribute the lack of pros- perity to the island’s isolation and they demand a change of some kind. Until recent years Newfoundland sen- timent was not favorable to politi- cal amalgamation with Canada. To the islanders confederation meant ab- sorption, and from this fate their rugged independence shrank. They preferred closer commercial relations with Canada or the United States, thinking that this e edient would ‘ place them on the hi road to pros- perity and preserve their identity. In negotiating commercial treaties, Newfoundland has not been success- ful. Twice the island Government was on the verge of cfiecting a recipro- city treaty with the. United States and each time the Imperial Govern- ment declined to ratify the treaty. ‘That .Newfoun-dland at heart is ‘ soundly British is shown by the comparatively slight resentment that followed the disallowance of the Bondâ€"Blaine treaty at a time when the island was in the depths of ad- versity. The people of Newfoundland are not satisfied with present condi- tions, but they are hostile to ‘ the idea of annexatipn with the' United f 5%“; States. The island .will never pass from British~savereigity unless it is; ». thrown away by stupid diplomacy. , ‘ The pro-British sentiment. of New: foundland has been more than once put to the test, and it has always conquered. lt has calmly withstood the disallowance of commercial treats. make much mist”: "Will be Quioi about it, mom,” 0“ one. “We'll b. storekeeners thu don‘t awause." NEWFOUNDL ND. A country papa: tells of two little bays who asked thdr mother -if they might play store in the dining room. “Yes,” she replied, "i! you don’t taken by priv'ato corporatldhs, “in only Government owned line in that proVince being the Intel-colonial Ran- way. § Extra Values 1n liens Dress, Street and Business 3 Suits; Dress, Business and Driving § Top Coats. §V 1o oSuch Qualities Elsewhere for $l2, $10 $7.50, 9 $0.50, $5, 53-90152-25- Eastpf Bensan House A Hint {0 ti. Broth)... ccivdng teller} box 2nd man: that sh. wishes to pa in the bank. When the teller for the money this lady displays slight ~_em,ha._l’ra.uxnent .and GK; that "sh... can’t fat at. .11: ‘~ right}, in the long room when there I 10% 0; people. ' , -~ Down in the Bank 0! wick there is a. room ‘ ‘ known to the general ' which has proved itself venicnco to a, certain cla tors and the usefulness >ly justifies .its existence. I‘ This is what is kn: atpcking room, and is i receptacles ‘than pocket book: or chatelaines. The room is not. used every guy,- but‘now and; than it hap- pens that. 8, lady approaches the,"- ceivdng taller) box: 94 imam ”mo nu.- ---'â€"'--- ‘ Settlement of the French shore question is ’undoubtedly a preliminary condition to bringing Newfoundland into the Dominion. No Dominion Government would be anxious to deal with such an embarrassing issue. Sir James Winter, who was one of the British Commissioners at the Anglo- American conference. held at Quebec, 1 and later at Washington, was at the time Premier of Newfoundland, and a strong advocate o! confederation. He approached Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his colleagues in an informal land are not unanimous in their de- mand for union with Canada. but there is no such hostility to the movement as was manifested by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to con- federation and which was successfully overcome. If Great Britain and Ca- nada do not do their utmost to as- SiSt the present mnvnmnno (â€" a- __ ‘ mquuulon and eat. Hen-e were retain- ‘ ed by France and to the French were conceded fishing rights on a specified stretch of Newfoundland shore. The contested point is whether those rights are concurrent or exclusive, whether the French alone should be permitted to fish along the shore al- lotted to them, or whether they should enjoy these rights in common with British subjects. Bitish diplo- mats admit that this French shore question can be easily adjusted. Now that the relations between Britain and France are on an unusually friendly footing it is not improbable that the French shore question will soon be settled. - ~ g _ mQhelon anFâ€"S'i. Piem Bank Deposits in Stockings. When it; (pt ~‘ a: fit 2 firming-£113; imk of New Brung. room which is not 8938111} public, but m the teller viii; Indy “3le some known Wt room of whicfi ml- 3 great con- by lad- mm this 4 vvâ€" r'l-’ In“ C 0 H HOPKDfls. Axel! It UNI!) “In bloc-aminmnw ém. lusts-mutants»: ‘ m bridge-at. Iothodht thumb. Touch- 01 Voice Culture; Plano Ornn ad hoot-y. Including Ham II. J. PAINELL HORRIS nuow or In: TORONTO CONSERVATORV OF MUSIC T. H. M. BAKER, a. nut 1.1m. THE HATHBUN EU. The new addition to the Dunedin: Atlantic fisheries fleet will be con- structed in England. It will be a. war vessel pure and simple. Although not intended to be very lute, it will be swift. and will be equipped with modern rapid-fire guns. It is not improbable that navel Instructors may. be asked for from England. The Polson firm of Toronto will build the new fishery cruise: handed for \Ve wish to thank all our Customers for their patronage dur- ing the past year, and Wish each and all a very Merry Christ- mas and a Happy New Year. To all Customers: A 80.1 War Youol. Phone 77. THE WATCHMANâ€"WARDER, 0! Ct- Agent One 8600.00 machine and one $800.00 machine for sale fully gamnteed. For particularsfiwribe Owen J. B. Yearsley 35-4 Euclid Avenue. anonto 28 Dnlhonsle Street A few Shares of the above Company will be sold at $50.00 per Shaae Par Value. Iorooto AUIOMOBilt Mfg. (o. I will pay the ahme rm :Hd frr 31‘.- form»: tion that will lead to the cc mic- tion of any one destroy mg or mutilat- ing the mnle puts erected by me on the difl'exent roads leading to Lindsnv. $5.00 REVv’ARD The Clo bier B. 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