Show BIG PRAIRIES S IN MANITOBA one thousand milci of level lerel rand land LL straight wet wel of if the horse could stand it said a well known resident of winnipeg ma manitoba to a washington star reporter a man could leave winnipeg and ride one thousand miles west and northwest over overa a level prairie before he would be abs obstructed by the mountains this gives an idea of the great territory lying west of winnipeg which to the eastern man seems way out of the world orld the soil of this prairie produces W the finest spying spring wheat grown anywhere and this enormous plain ive just mentioned will in a few years be the great granary of the world eastern people have a misty idea of our expansive territory we weare are just commencing to grow wheat corn compared to a decade hence though our crop two years ago was thirty million bushels we have but little snow and the many years I 1 reside in manitoba I 1 never saw the tops of the bright prairie grass covered cattle fairly rou roll in I 1 fat a t and we are becoming a great cat cattle tle while most of our are from across the water yet the number from the western states is yearly increasing we have no wil wild d westeron west frontier scenes there are no settlers killed lolled over disputed claims as has been an everyday story in the west for years our homestead laws require a three years residence of six months each land maybe may be preempted too goldbas gold has been discovered dis severed in wonderfully rich quartz deposits a few miles east of winnipeg and paying mills have just been erected by minneapolis apolis capitalists I 1 predict a rush rash to the lake of the woods district next year winnipeg winnice las thirty five thousand inhabitantS kandia 11 I 1 a thriving city our oar w winters are cold 1 but b U t we do not mind igind them the atmosphere is dry and the day dayta tb clear fresh and sunny murky weather eather being almost unknown w tf i dak |