Show NORTHWEST AND OLD SOUTHWEST The Canadian Northwest is advancing in wealth v p a and por population In 1881 1851 Manitoba ba Alberta Albelta an and Sas Sar Sary Saskatchewan y had a population of inclusive of 22 83 Indi Indians ns The census census that year showed a wheat h r acreage a of of producing bushels That I a. a s same me year bushels of barley and bushels of oats were harvested In 1891 the population had increased to the r-the the area in wheat was acres of barley 64 64 J 72 acres and of oats acres the yield of wheat w eat being b 29 bushels of barley bushels and of oats bushels Beginning with the twentieth century in June 1900 there was a a p population of which on June 24 1906 hadi had f i increased to The production of ce cereals eals for I t 1906 was computed as follows i 1 Acres Bushels Acres Bushels n Manitoba Manitoba l 1905 1905 19 1906 6 1906 S Wheat J Barley c 1 Oats Saskatchewan wan wan- 4 Wh Wheat at Barley Oats Oats' Alberta Alberta- 1 Wheat Barley 8 38 I Oats 1 The whole area in hi wheat barley and oats increased increased increased in in- creased from acres in 1900 to acres cres in 1905 and to acres in 1906 and the yield r eld of the three crops increased from b bushels in 1900 to bushels in ill 1905 and to bushels in 1906 The number of I farms increased from in 1891 to in t 1901 and to in 1906 r Our Northern neighbors a at a are e very proud of that t showing and it is good but we eve do donot not believe it c compares n pales with Oklahoma for the same years We We do not believe that this years year's increase in either ither people or in jn the valuation of 01 products or of the tlc land on which the they grow glOW will compare with Avith that o of Texas The Canadian Northwest is expanding fast be because ause of her che cheap p lands her railroad builders builders build build- ers are making every every possible exertion to keep up 1 v ah ith th the e rush but our own Southwest that is the theold old Southwest is is without a bit of noise noise making mr more more r homes and producing more wealth than can th they of the theland land of our Lady of the he Snows In selL self defense lef nse the stockmen bought bough up up the ranges in T Texas for pasture land gr growling all the time that those lands were no longer free Last year they woke voke up to find that because they made those cheap a purchases lJ es they are every one millionaires now ber bea because be- be r J cause of the advance in the value of those same lands ands c |