| Show MORMONS IN CANADA THE guelph conn herald contains the to following flowing I 1 it is learned from the regina leador er that lieutenant governor royal recently visited the mormon selde ment at lees creek alberta he found a village of about forty houses fand and three hundred inhabitants an sid address suddress dress of welcome was presented to his honor in the course of his reply he be said that although canada opened tier doors to the people of ail nations and welcomed all classes and conditions of men of course she laid down one condition that the new settlers must come to a determination to obey all laws this the they assured him they fully intended to go do they e have each said his honor but one family they are a self suppo I 1 community neither seeking nor addee deriving V government aid for their a hoots they are well satisfied with the prospects of the part of the northwest north west in which they have settled and our own people might with advantage borrow many of their ideas and customs they are good irrigators and this year are going goin to irrigate their town to assist in growing trees a number of which were planted last year but did not make m ich progress on account of the draugh to the representative of the leader mr royal remarked that while the mor mons were active propagandists no effort was made to alienate them from their system he advocated missionary work among them next year mr royal stated the mormons cormons at lees leea creek settlement intended to go into the dairy indest industry ry they are a well to do people he said they do not practice polygamy they are sober and industrious they own stock and their log houses are very comfortable they do everything on the operative cooperative co plan their store is run rtin on this plan and of course they can ban sell lower than the stores at macleod and this is the cause of much of the jealousy that exists regarding the mormons cormons Mor mons they take a great hiie reat in our canadian laws and in polities politics 91 |
