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Show f " 1 1 j the impressions of a woman. n P What Woman Say About Wtattrn I Canada. I Althnush many mm hava written to I this plT ft'KKitliliK tlis prosp.i-1 uf I Wsmcra Canaila and lia arrat ponsl- I kllltlcs, H may not bo unlntnrestln; to I glv th spsrlsnr of a woman ant- 1 tier, wrtllra to II r. M. V MrlLms. th l Mnl of ths ,ivrnmcnl at Detroit, Mtrb. If tha rnador wishes to lint further Information rcicsrilln; Wsstsrn Canada It may b obtained by writing any of lb amenta of tha Government v-bo name ta attached to tha atlrer-tlaenient atlrer-tlaenient appvarlng lrhr In thla paper. Tha following la tha letter referred to: llllldown. Alberta. Feb. 6. US, Pear Blr-I have been here now 1 nearly five ji-ara, and thought I would 1 write you a wmnnn'a Impression of Writers Canada In Alberta. There aro aoveral ranchers In thla dlatrlrt who. In siMltlnn to taking rare of j their rattle, carry on farming aa well: their herda of rattle number from loo to 200 or JuO head, and live out all winter without any ahelter than tha poplar bluffs, and they rome In In tha apring In good order. Misvt of the ranrbera feed tholr rattle part of tha time, about thta time of the year, but I have aeen the fluent fat caul I ever aaw that never got a peek of main only fattened on the Brass. You aea I have learned to talk farm sine I ' came here fnrmltiR la the great liusl- I a eei here. I know aeveral In thla dlatrlrt who never worked a day on tha farm till they came here, and have dona well and are gutting well off. I think thla will be the gardi n of the Northweat aome day, and that day not very far distant There haa been great change alnre we came here, and there will bo a greater rhango In the neit five yeara. The wlntera are all anyone could wli.h lor. We have very little enow, and the climate la One and healthy. 11 summer waa wet, but net to an citent to damage erp. which were a Urge averaKa yield and the bny waa linmenae and fannera wore a broad amlle accordingly. accord-ingly. 1 We have pood irhnola, the govern- meiit pays To per cent uf the ripens of film atlon, which la a great bono I In a new country. Of emirs cburchea ) of different donnmlniitluiis follow the settlements. Hummer plcnlra and winter win-ter rnnctii. uu ell well attemled, ami aa murh, or morn, en)o)cil aa In the Kart W ho would not prefer tbo pure air of thia rllmate with Ita broad arrea of flo farms, Ita rippling streams, Ha beautiful lakea, Ita million of wild fluwera, Ita grovea of wild fruit of eaqulfllta flavor, Ita atreoma and lakea teeming with fish and Ita pralrlea and bluff with game, to the crowded and tiff elate of aorlety In the Kut. I would Ilka to go home for a vlalt 4--' aome time, but not to go there to live, J-Jf even If preeunted with the beat farm n Michigan. Ilenutlful Alberta, I will ' Dover leave IL And my verdict li only a repetition of all who have aetllod In thla country. Thl year I believe will add many thouaanda to our population. And If the young men, and old men alao. knew bow eaay they could make a home free of all Incumbrance In thla country, thousands more would have allied here. I would aooner have 160 crea here than any farm whore I came from In Michigan, but the people peo-ple la the Kaal are costing to a knowledge knowl-edge of tbla country, and aa they do, they will com Weat to thouaanda. All winter people have been arriving In Alberta, and 1 aupuoae In other part as well, which la unuaual. ao we ei pert a great ruab when the weather gets warmer. We have no roal famine here. Coal can be bought In the towns for 3 to 3, according to dlatance from the mlnss, Ind many haul their own coal from the ailnea. getting It there for ftOeenU to a dollar a ton. Very truly youra, (Signed) Mrs. John McLachlan. |