Show correspondence DENCE letter from the settlement in it canada the I 1 following communication aiom fr om canada was mailed sometime some binic ago at Cards tono but owing to an iti insufficiency sufficiency of postage was wa s sent to the dead letter office at ottawa the required stamp was forwarded there up upon on request t from the canadian postal authorities and we received the letter yesterday this explanation is 0 given for the benefit of the writer and such readers as may have expected the letter sooner i i alberta canada june 1893 EDITOR will you kindly allow an old subscriber to your paper a little space to correct an error as to a statement made by your salt river correspondent in your issue of tile the ath dinst ile he s states peter allen alien who wrote that letter to the JOURNAL with a view to turning emigration from star valley to canada and afterward moved to the latter place writes that lie he has lost 75 per cent of his E tock stock by cold weather and is now preparing 6 to return to this cold country canada like mexico is a fine country at certain seasons season but like star valley they have their advantages and disadvantages vanta vantages cs the above was news to me today I 1 met peter alien aclei on the street and a asked aled led hini him as to the correctness of this statement ile he denied makim making such a statement and had not lost to exceed 25 per cent of his stock ile he is now located about fifteen miles west of on the belley river where lie he intends making his hi s future home last winter lie he was a little unfortunate in locating too near the mountains where the snow falls deeper then at this place he came here late and like some others liis his stock was poor iu in flesh ile he but illy provided for his stock and the first winter is always tho the most trying 0 on stock driven across the country our losses in native stock here will not exceed 5 per cent and we passed through 0 the hardest winter known in these parts for 20 bears years I 1 will here describe our winter which I 1 think will compare favorably with our southern neighbors the heaviest snow fell in december in tile the latter part of which we had 18 inches of enow all over the auntry ou the first day of our new year 93 a elli chinook nook came along took oil off the snow in four days and we nye plowed nearly a week and had bad fairly mild weather throughout 0 the months of january the fore part of february it ift hii it c ant w wa was quite mild and the most snow we had at any anyone one time durino during feb and march was about 8 inches but all passed a way away the latter part of march and we began to plow arid and tho the first of april found our fa farmers at it in earnest however the latter part of april we had a snow spell or two and some rain but not as much so as even in cache valley I 1 attended conference and also albo the dedicatory services of the salt lake temple remained in lo 10 logan gan until the ath of may then I 1 returned and to my surprise found grain further advanced than in cache under the general showers sholars of this clime our grain lias has improved ever every y day since without irria irrigation 0 grass and grain is from C G to 12 inches high now A few days daya since we had bad a 24 hours rain three seasons out of four wo have had abundant rain to mature our crops both grain and vegetables 0 wo have a fine country for wheat oats barley rye potatoes and ill all the hardy vegetables although 0 we have survived the hard bard winter yet are not discouraged to the contrary wo we have a happy and prosperous people here we have thousands of acres of most excellent soil inviting c tile the hand of industry here is a good place for our hardy young men to make a start land can be home steadied or purchased boys 18 years of age 0 hava the privilege of entering acres under tinder the home stead act as well as heads of families the fee only ten dollars and the homestead in three years or extended five to suit convenience veni ence our country is also well adapted to raising tock and she sheep epand and has recently been thrown open to the latter now mr editor I 1 am not here to 0 o boom this country and do not ask my friends to take my word but invite them to come arid and see for themselves the railway fare only costs you if efty ty dollars for the round trip to helena for 30 which you can call do from salt lake ogden or logon logan via U P arid and montana central the balance of the way via montana central to great falls Nion montana tana thence via great falls I 1 11 and nd canada to lillibridge D alberta which is tile nearest point to bardston cardston Card Blon ston our mail leaves this point every wednesday evening at 5 and you can land at hardstone Card stone the next evening wishing to confect with the hardstone Card stone mail should leave there on oil mondays probably I 1 have transcended my bounds for I 1 have lengthened this communication moro more than I 1 intended but every mail brings me letters of inquiry about the country arid and the latter part of my communication muni cation I 1 have intended to answer many inquiries that your readers may make their own compari comparison sort and guido guide for themselves will state our usual winters that is the severe part L generally last about two months I 1 have been here for six years and two months now and such weather is about our average thousands of horses and cattle roam the alie pharies arid and hills and never see hay and usually good beef can call be procured from the range all winter but in my y suggestions and advice to all that come here is to enter into mixed fa fanning in this we can call utilize the straw and chair chaff and guard against 0 loss on either hand band yours truly CHARLES 0 CARD |