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of to run out into the open. Just m in the head and killed him 'Was an enormous og. It-had taken the farm again. McCoy's bush but a slash which was extreme: 'related, but these are sufficient to of the great tornado, and to show bd to put things to rights again. LING AND MIL 5 10 be Ashamed of the siwdust that has ri You will probably be somewhat surprised at hearing from me, tho' I have often thought of you in my trav- els and have sometimes wished that you might see some of the things which I have seen since coming here: Owen Hoover and I are together on government hydro-graphic work, which takes us from one end of this province to the other and we have, as a' result, been. able to compare the different cities and towns and realize the var ious assets possessed by the 'different places, It has been very interesting, For instance, such places as Moose- Jaw, Swift Current' and 'Regina are not muchmore than divisional points on the railways and do as distributing centres for the jmmediate surrounding country. They possess no particular features, except perhaps Regina, which being the provincial capital, of course is recognized by most people as have ing the makings of a pretty good city, Tho it, like the other cities men- tioned, is crippled, or will be some day, on account of the fact that their water supply is. very limited. To-day they are considering ' the idea of piping in water from South Saskatchewan one hundred and fifty miles to the north. Then again Saskatoon, Battleford, Prince Albert, Edmonton, Calgary, and Medicine Hat have the advantage over 'the former towns in that they are all situated on quite large rivers as well as being in the centre of large fertile areas. of farming' country. These places will no doubt before long bé of the size of the cities or the Wes- tern States. ! "Jowa, I believe has some twenty large cities, and "that state could al- most be 'lostin Southern Saskatch. ewan... area of this 'province is; im- © Many of the Eastern people are e} Attra 'H. Purdy, class of people we want; bub chief work seems to be on the where they answer the purpose have made their little pile they get out leaving the country In better shape ' than when they entered it. £23 Qur Western cities are 'a credit to the country, in that the buildings can- not be duplicated anywhere but in the: i largest and best cities of the East: and even then I sometimes doubt. if any. but Toronto and Montreal can equal them, ; will see anywhere. It is called the "Wonder City" and it is well named Ten years ago there were some 11g people there. To-day there are over . 30,000. It is thought by the Westeners that the development is almost at a stands still this" year, simply because they have become accustomed to stich an exceptional pace. Tho to-day there are eight or nine large buildings; that is averaging five stories, under course of construction in Saskatoon ' alone. They consider things quiet! : Regina is also putting up several fine looking structures as well as most. of the. other cities. : One gentleman whom I knew in the' East and who has made' well past the million mark in the last six years said to, me the other day in Saskatoon, "You couldn't 'keep this city down with a sledge-hammer." It was well said. : ® Just now on account of the quiet?) time some are finding difficulty in making the payments on the proper ties which they are trying to bold, in ordes'that they may still keep some, they are sacrificing others at prices: considerably below market valve, As] have said, things are somewhs quiet here just now, but they must' brighten up soon. The crops look as' well or better this year, they tell me than they have looked for years. This is the case throughout the entire West. 'There is plenty of rain and with a month of good weather now, we will have a record yield. . Yours truly ROSS JEWELL, Port Perry Fair COMMITTEES: ctions--Messrs, S. Farmer, E.« and W, H. Harris. 5 + Wh Saskatoon has as fine an array of tall and pictiresque buildings as few % %