Show LOOKS GOOD 1001 TO HIM thomas bingali im returns hrom alberta country thomas bingham called at the express ohice office saturday ard a pleasant gnp among and torn er Vernall ti who bavo up tip their aboda in far aw aa ay canada under the shadow of the un on oil jack lie ile does nut cuni ial at ilie tact fact that ho he was vry favorably impressed with tl t 6 country and gives a glo globing ng arcure account of it ile he describes it pa na being bein I 1 toad licad and extensive bellec vh ih gitles cities for young meu wl ak 0 aspire to lecome fat fa ittem imera on nn i s n extensive ecal calf the weather ho pronounces pion ounces nu no frigid than that ol 01 oVi alj ial at it is ia well known that vernal I 1 dsa s a model din clin ate SO BO it that climate ib h any where here neur near hs as good a portion person would ja is I 1 ard to cleabe if f he found any laula nv wi 11 it lie ile handed ua ti 1 I of the I 1 ecord of ji nt i i 1 1 p i uns urt a tit nt the city of calgary alii it ii is ia about miles nuila nath ol of karieth Ma rieth in alberta Al herta canad r v u A p a wu 0 ol 01 f nil na a 0 3 bears ears ane ricord allows ll 11 at their Janu Jar marics anca average from f rom 15 to 40 at ove aro while the month of I 1 has haa as low as one above zero the I 1 iguest average bein being 21 above tho tha inantha of 0 july and august produces aselage temperatures tempera turea hanping rang ing from 50 60 to 62 above these figures ellow no ti ten pt that one could not easily ardire mr dingham has only one t implant to make and that is ia that the ture Is ia so ari anable able and tho the cuntro c huntr altogether too windy the record cf the total rainfall during the birn st mi nine years ranges from 11 to 35 es a year irrigation is ia a partial nei rie eshi ei i t u t ei oie e though most seasons are tr ough to mature crops yet evely I 1 I 1 ce cc in a while daiy diy di y seasons like tho the bif bail 1 i iwo wo come along and light chops are the result unless they are uble able t resort to irrigation Irrig atio 1 the canadian ir 11 ignation lav lau I 1 ron ides that every irrigation comp compres hall furnish one foot of ator for each acres of land this ii oid eaid to be ample for that country wl ere rainfall Is much more abundant t iab ia it is here extensive tracts of country are are owned by the canadian railway ra ilNay company it has been tf 1 air I 1 ol 01 ey cy for several deais a PL pi si 41 to ufer over N rv calta ca ptA vatin terms to prosper pro speet t va s in order to develop the country they usually construe construct exten extensive sivo irrigation systems sell the I 1 ind ani aal i lent erit tl abi water ot at a noy nominal ninal figure mr bingham tind others made a vait to ore of these in the Gluc GILIC district north of here the people ae live h ve just completed arn feted ar e canal can altho the water foi which 14 t 1 ir alie phel i from the B river tho the land is i i black loan ion n covered with iness from one to two feet high the railroad runs rung through the tract and lar jar ro 0 o rain elevators eleva tora will soon be put in t I 1 andle the immense quant ses mes of vl 1 I eat which m bich will surely be produced tilt the LO will put the ahe water on each ft I 1 i cep ing thi canals and lat literals laterals late rals erali in iriti i c u r for a yearly water tax of fifty cent an mer mr bingham thought h otie of ele hie rost tempting pioppi tiri uns I 1 ie e has evet seen aleas sho ever po possible sible courtesy by mr patti i aitor toi ot 01 e of the dirce tors of tho the canad pacchi railway who bas hdm cl arge of 0 t niel en 11 oj act mr rat Pat terson terEon av vt viry anxious to secure colonists fro utah to settle there reverting to the verral peo le e who are there he says they are co i fairly well jake woi k man is st and id t mohave 0 have prospered more than the otheir some have made the mistake of i epting to take too much land had it not peen feen for a number of capita capitalize lits who have taken up land and employed the poorer settlers to work for thern them many would have been compelled to abandon their land but as it ii is most of them are on safe footing and will le ie able to hold their land and build up gc god od homes most of the land in the vicia vicinity ity of cardston bardston Card ston raymond sterlin Sterli nj and magrath has haa been taken up PAt BL t further north there are almost boundless tracts of virgin territory equally as good as the country already settled we are in no danger of losing mi ali bingham though he is sure alberta is a great country with a promising future before it |