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Show SASKATCHEWAN, WESTERN CANADA IS CALLED THE "GARDEN , OF EDEN," By a Former Resident of Reed City. Michigan. In a letter to the Reed City, Michigan, Michi-gan, Clarion, Mr. Jas. G. Armstrong, of Meltford, Saskatchewan, says, writing writ-ing on 27th May, 1901: "This is a fine country for 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 of food, they never wander wan-der away. "A lady, who has lived here eight years told me that this was the original origi-nal 'Garden of Eden'. I certainly would believe it, if we could only find the apple tree's. But as it Is, we have many varieties of fruit strawberries, cranberries, saskatoons, huckleberries, red and black currants, dewberries, plums, 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 if not superior to those grown in Michiga i. We have sweet corn 7 inches high. As the Western farmers are all done seeding, branding cattle and sheep shearing are now progressing. progress-ing. Wool is only five cents a pound, and many ranchers have on hand last year's clip. I '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, beautiful beau-tiful rivers, tracts of timber and mountains, what more does a man Information concerning all parts of Western Canada will be cheerfully given by communicating with the agent of the government of Canada, whose advertisement appears elsewhere. |