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Show A WORD ABOUT CANADA. Pl'.enomlnnl Clrowtli of Raymonds 3iOOO InliabltnntsliiTuo Years. The following account of the Alberta section of Canada, taken from the columns col-umns of tho Xephi Iteeord, will be of interest to those of our readers who arc in search of a location for a new home: Attorney Henry Adams, who left here last winter for Canada, was called httmc last week on account of the ill. nes of bis son Lloyd. When interviewed inter-viewed as to ills opinion of tho country Mr Adams said: "Canada is a large country and during dur-ing the beven months I was there 1 only on-ly saw a small portion of it. I spent some time in looking oyer southern Alberta and finally decided to locate in Itaymond. I secured a tract of land puf?in some crops, and then bought some carpenter tools nnd went tu work. Ituymontl 1h situated .In southern Al- tho international boundary line between be-tween the United States and Canada,' and is on the Hue of the St, .Mary's' ltlver railroad. Two years ago last month the first house was built in Ila.vmond-now It is a thriving town of nearly a.OOO inhabitants inhabi-tants and has a municipal government. It has a bank, postollice, newspaper, hotel, bakery, restuarant, two general merchandise stores, hardware store, grocery store, drug store, two caudy stores, a millinery establishment, butcher shop, barber shop, tuo" blacksmith black-smith shops, harness shop, tin shop, two lumberyards, five farm Implement houses, two livery stables, twochurches, a seventeen thousand dollar school house, a mill, wheat elevator and a sugar factory. r To Uncle Jessie Knight, the wjell-known wjell-known mining man of this state 'and some of his busincsh associates, Ih 'due great credit.for the founding and rapl'd growth of such a town. Adjoining tho town on all sides can bo seen thousands of acres of agricultural and grazing land. Vast areas of tho agricultural lands has been under cultivation for tho lust two years and its cultivation is rapidly increasing. For the growth of small grain, roots and vegetables theso lands are second to none 1 have ever seen. Small fruit can also be grown nnd a great many trees ot the larger fruit nro being grown ami time will tell when they are old enough to bear how they will produce. The land Immediately adjoining Kay. mond. except the best land owned and used by tho sugar company for grow-ing grow-ing beets, is cut up Into 5 and 10 aere lots, and further out into -10 and DO acre lots, as you go btill further out Into In-to 100 to IH() acre tracts. These lands arc all owned by private persons and companies, some few of these pieces are for sale and can be bought treasonable prices. 1 ho is no .cleaning nf land before plowing, as it is covered with a heavy growth of grass, Land broken up in tho spring cnu be planted and will pro. dueo a good crop the same year. There has been no irrigation needed there this season, lint should It Income necessary nec-essary to irrigate growing crops the most of tho lands I have mentioned are under canals from which water can be. obtained. Stoek raising Is also carried car-ried on extensively In the vicinity of Raymond. ' With what little I havo seen of Canada Cana-da I am convinced that It In tho country coun-try for homseekers, but I do not want Intending settlers to go there or stay away on my opinion, better investigate for themselves. I intend to leavo for Canada In a few days to put In tho win-terand win-terand prepare to move my family tlicro next Bprlng," 4 J - L |