Show I t I MORMONS IN CANADA CAN AD A Their Growth In Numbers Causing Some Somo Alarm Franc Frank In New Ne York ork Tribune The Mormon is a religious colonizer or the sake of the faith he lie Is ever ready to obey tie the t e mandate of or his su superiors and ah l to tei fresh fields For Forthe the sake Bake of the power P political social religious that is involved he is an earnest advocate of a policy volley of trial extension Hence It the Mormon power has Ulas invaded western Canada and is al already a aready ready reldy causing some sonie apprehension there thereIn thereIn thereIn In the newly newl organized province of ot Al Alberta Alberta Alberta berta bordering the foothills of ot the Rocky mountains Is the latest lat st stake of or Zion There SOO trekkers from itom Utah are farming and ranching and inci mci incidentally Incidentally dentally building up a strong cause C ue ot of Saints ir iI i the dominion as nn integral part of the amy a my of that constitutes the tho sect the th world lover WerNo over No less Jess than Mormon mission missionaries aries are scattered Over jer the globe zeal lou ly propagating their faith without ut remuneration from the home center It vas as this ruling thought of ot that led a small smal company of it t eight el ht or orKen Ken Iten families to leave Utah a few years ears ego ago under the guidance of or C O 0 Card wio thus became one of or the pioneers rs of ills people In the western Canadian plains and who has hail had his reward of fame by hiving having a t town named after hini him a V i c They weM eto t a delegation 1 appointed by the Salt Lak to spy out th the land and their report must have been ben factorable fa judged by the emigration emigration tion lion that resulted and nd that Is still un under under der tier 11 T TA way wa o Afew A f w miles north of tile the International line Card alid nId his hl company c i jr r empted government lands and laid th foundations of ot their prairie homes horned Whey They The ware wre the first agriculturists to little In ih what I had UD un to that time timet been t een looked upon as exclusively a touching Country in fact it Was as mani manifestly ff st y in Ia tile die interests of the cattlemen to circulate such a But Bitt the v western stern f Mormons who had overcome the t h seeming obstacles of nature In cut eul cultivating t the unpromising soil of Utah wore ere vere just the he type of workers to solve Iho 1 he problem in Alberta and hundreds Of t farmers are art re satisfactorily solving so h hIn lag ing In it today Thus It happens that where scarcely noro lor ore than a n decade ago there were few igns of ot human occupation outside of the wandering cowboy and his roving herds now now th ther r i are a score of towns townsend find end villages each the center of ot a grain and stock raising region The Mormon has brought It to tp t nasa naSS As q an in industrious frugal pettier P cr he is a welcome addition to Canadas western pioneer population here ht re the dominant need is men to cause cau the soil so l to bring forth of Its abundance where according to the Celtic Where here Lord governor g general of df canada ana o one has ha only onty to tickle prairie pr with a plow to have It laugh back with a harvest o But many man thinking Canadians are nevertheless not so certain about the value of this human Inflow Judged by their history as a al or organization In numbers nU the Mormons are steadily increasing in Alberta Alb with witha wl h ha a corresponding increase in Influence and wealth The first Raymond was founded f d in 1901 In the period since then several other th r populated centers have come into existence Cardston Magrath Stirling and arni Tabor to each of ot which large districts are tributary Heretofore Lethbridge has been the northern gateway of ot this Canadian but tile the movement Is spreading northward in the direction of Calgary Calgar the town of High River hav hay having having ing tog recently been started between Mac Macleod Maclead leod lead and Calgary Further evidence of Mormon activity tn In n this stake of Zion ZIn under u der the Brit British BritIsh ish flag is found In their recent re nt pur purchase purchase purchase chase of the famous ranch composed of acres of tho choicest land in southern Alberta for 16 6 an acre A large beet sugar factory is in operation at Raymond and this indus industry Industry induStry try bids fair to be an important feature of their Industrial life Ufe Raymond Is named after rafter a son of If JC Knight The Tho latter believes his hisson hisson hisson son is to be the Instrument In the hands of Providence of gathering to together together gether ether the long lost ten tribes of Is Israel Israel Israel rael and that they the will ultimately re reassemble assemble at Raymond Jesse Knight himself Is one of or the picturesque fig res of the great eat west Once very poor now he Is correspond correspondingly correspondingly correspondIngly rich and the acquirement of his wealth is in itself a strange tale Some years ears ago the old Mormon had a dream that at n i certain spot In the mountains i he would find a mine of great value hn that he Ie was to use its wealth w alth for forthe forthe forthe the good of mankind In due time the treasure mine was located and in two Years vears thereafter Knight was a million millionaire aire Now by process of evolution he ho hohas has several se rl mines and consequently millions He Is also carrying nut out the terms compact by b caus cans causing causing ing thousands of acres of irrigated prairie land to be plowed for beet boat rais raIn raising raisIng raInIng ing and amI hs hIs schemes for the benefit of his Ills people are many and widespread He lie HI elf works in the field feld like the of his men when In Alberta and sets an example in his personal life for Cor simplicity and abstinence Cardston i Is the th creation creaton of Joseph Card a v of Young Mr Ir Card Car is the resident of this Canadian stake st e of Zion and con conducts conducts conducts ducts a large cooperative cooperate store for co cooperation cooperton cooperation operation Is effective throughout Mor in n the purchase of and com corn use uso of steam stem thrashers and In Inthe Inthe inthe the erection of grist gist mills mis and amI cheese and other factories Surrounding Card Cardston Cardston Cardston ments ston are a number of smaller settle settlements sette A majority of the Saints live lve In IIi vii vil village vi lage lago communities for the sake of the social life and the educational and roll reli reI religious privileges involved in such an ar arrangement the church and the school constituting an important part in the economy econom of the sect A deep interest Is taken in the schools school Excellent build buildings buld buildIngs ings are provided provide and fairly well wel 4 equipped are secured secure Wisely too the trustees take a more moxe than per interest in the work to them by frequently visiting the schools and inspecting the work of the teachers While they were compelled to adopt the public school system of ot that part of Canada they the have steadily pursued the th policy poley of preparing their t own young people as teachers teacher As a 0 re result resul suit sult sul Ih Ina a year ear or two there wilt will wi be no Gentle Gente teachers t needed arid and none em employed Furthermore F they take full lul advantage of the law which allows a atar half af hour of r daily d ll religious l and tar with wih the schools all al In the hands of f Mormon teachers U as they will wi soon oon be De It I will wf easily Easly be seen n that t lt the edu educational e u atonal system may be b made subservient tient to tl t the th Interests ts of the church A Arge Arge large rge church school Is to be built buit at Raymond this thi fall fallIn fal fallIn In the matter of land tenure the holdings are arranged so o that the th own owners owners ers em may lve live in a village vU ge or r town t wn A small email piece of f ground gro nd Is is attached to 0 each dWelling In in which garden ganen produce Is la grown Orchards too are being planted with wih good god prospects of reach reachIng reaching reaching Ing maturity The main farm aver averaging averaging averaging aging about abo t eighty acres s lies Hes out in the territory the settlements I and ad an a t drive in any direction dIrton will reveal what has already been accomplished by irrigation Irr Irrigation gation gaton and otherwise on land lind that hat was once declared to be useless for tor grain gin growing gowing p The Mormons who settled In Canada gave a to t the Canadian govern government government government ment that they the would refrain ln from the practice of polygamy Complaints were soon made that they were violating the compact but Investigation ton at at the time proved the charges to be groundless In 1890 however to quiet the public Un tin Unrest Unrest rest regarding the matter mater an amend amendment amendment ment meat to the criminal law l w of the domin dominion dominIon dominIon ion made any nn person peron guilty guity ofia mis misdemeanor misdemeanor demeanor d meanor who practices practiced polygamy and liable to imprisonment Im rJ for five years yeats and a line fine of This applies apples to any anyone an anone anyone one who practices polygamy or spirit spiritual spiritual spiritual ual marriage or assists in any such ce ceremony ceh Ceremony remony h mon moni Will i these Mormon Immigrants be Canadian and amI British many m nya a Cana Canadian Canadian Canadian dian anxiously asks Time Is necessary in h to reply They are ar undoubtedly steadily In Increasing Increasing creasing in numbers and are as stead steadily ily Iy aggressive as Is I to be bo expected It ItIs I Itis Is true also that the Gentile Gente population thin tion ton In southern Alberta is s growing less lessin lessin lessin in view of ot the ceaseless ceaS liss proselytizing Influences of or their Saint neighbors and It I Is equally probable that the thoy y Will wi gain in hi time a corre corresponding core corresponding voice in parliament parlament There Is as ns yet ret however no evidence i that the Mormons In Canada Canada are doing other than strictly obeying the laws of the land Indeed they complain that they are constantly being misrepresented in the discussions that have arisen regarding their suitability as I immigrants |