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Show Still Read the Newspapers from Home . American Settlers In Northwest , Canada Stick to Their Favorite Newspapers Though Dwelling Under Another Flail. From away out at Calgary, In tho northwost territories of Canada, Into which wo nro Informed that Americans Ameri-cans from our northwest nro pouring In ono continuous stream, comes nn admission a newspaper admission which will bo read with Interest nnd plensuro by tho friends theso Amorl-I Amorl-I can settlers havo left behind them under tho stars and Btrlpcs In Ne- braskn, Iowa and Minnesota, says : tho Uoston Transcript. Tho admts-i admts-i slon comes In tho form of a com-i com-i plaint from tho Calgary Herald that "In Calgary nnd other western Cann- dlnn cities tho newspapers of Chicago, 1 Now York and Minneapolis aro found In greater numbers thnn thoso of eastern Canada" that Is than tho nowspapcrs of Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Mon-treal, Halifax and St. John. This preforenco for American news-papers news-papers may bo dlBnppolntlng and a llttlo discouraging to tho Calgary Herald. Hut Is It not natural? Tho Americans who aro In northwest Canada nro thero becauso land Is chonp; and becauso thoy consider that In their particular lines of enterprise enter-prise mostly farming nnd stock rnls-Ing rnls-Ing thero nro moro opportunities than In tho states from which they hnvo emigrated Dock of all, too, thore Is tho Inherent lovo of the Anglo An-glo Saxon for movement nnd chnngo; for pushing Into new nnd untried fields, nnd meeting now experiences. Thoso Americans on tho other sldu of tho boundary line, In tho northwest will undoubtedly mako good subject J of King IMwnrd Thoy possess the samo qualities as tho men who settled set-tled our own western states, and theso qualities will como Into play whothcr they nro under tho Drltlsh or American flag, and will help ta build up the new country on good lines and on nn enduring basis. It Is, how over, no disparagement to theso now comers In tho Cnnidlan northwest north-west to say thnt they still cherish tho Institutions of tho country which thoy loft; nnd among thoso which can to practically cherished nnd carried clong Is that great Institution, tu American newspaper. |