| Show saskatchewan WESTERN CANADA IS CALLED THE GARDEN OF EDEN by a former pest lent of reed city mid igau in a letter to the reed city michi gan clarion mr jas G armstrong of mellford Me ltford saskatchewan says writ ing on 2 th MB 1901 this Is a fine country tor a poor man as he can go out on the hay slews and cut all the hay he needs he turns his cattle out on the prairie and when he Is not using his horses he turns them out also there Is such an abundance ot food they never wan der away A lady who has lived here eight years told me that this was the brigl origl nal garden of eden I 1 certainly would believe it it we could only find the apple trees but as it is we have many varieties of fruit strawberries cranberries huckleberries red and black currants dewberries pluma red and black cherries and red raspberries all of these fruits grow wild then the flowers that dot the prairies making them look like a real garden we have eaten of the wild red currants and they are equal it not superior to those grown in we have sweet corn 7 inches high As the western farmers are all done seeding branding cattle and sheep shearing are now progress ing wool Is only five cents a pound and many ranchers have on hand last year s clip I 1 enclose you a potato blossom slice of new potato which measured 6 inches when cut this is no fairy tale as we are so much farther than reed city it is all facts come up and see this has been truly called the garden of the west with fruits and flowers lakes and streams fish and fowl beau ticul rivers tracts of timber and mountains what more does a man want information concerning all parts of western canada will be cheerfully given by communicating with the agent of the government of canada whose advertisement aphea s else where levi garret is in a critical condition at li s home la run ford falls me as the result of knife wounds received at the hands of h gh waymen |
