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good condition. Cattle graze in the day- 

 time and in many cases are housed for the 

 night. The climate here must be experi- 

 enced to be appreciated. 



The Moose Mountains are fast becoming 

 a much frequented summer resort, having 

 .a number of small lakes throughout the 

 hills, fringed about with a dense growth 

 of heavy timber. In some of the lakes 

 fish are very plentiful and afford the finest 

 sport for the angler, where one can catch 

 as many as fifty to seventy-five fish, mostly 

 pike and pickerel, in a single hour with rod 

 and line. On the lake known as Fish Lake 

 there are two summer hotels and a large 

 -number of private cottages built by part- 

 ies who annually spend the hot season of 

 the year at this resort. On the lake are a 

 number of gasoline launches and sailing 

 boats, besides a large number of row boats, 

 which can be hired by the day or hour. 

 Wild game is very plentiful, including elk 

 and small deer, wolves, foxes, rabbits, 

 partridges, ducks, etc., iii the mountains, 

 and wild geese, turkeys, ducks and prairie 

 chickens in abundance on the prairies. 



The cost of living in the Moose Moun- 

 tain district is perhaps less than any other 

 district in the American or Canadian 

 West. Wood in the mountains near by 

 and coal at a distance of from thirty to 

 sixty miles ready for loading on wagons at 

 $1 per ton, make the fuel question an easy 

 one. Farm produce always brings a good 

 price at any season of the year, and in 

 nearly every case can the average farming 

 family be maintained by the butter, eggs, 

 and general smaller products of the farm. 

 Timber for building is obtained free and 

 the large saw mills of Lake Superior and 

 the Rocky Mountains keep lumber at a 

 normal price. 



We could give many examples of the 

 splendid results that have been obtained 

 by the persevering and industrious men 

 who cime to this district a couple of years 

 ago. In cases where land was purchased 

 for $8 per acre, with a small payment of 



$150 down, the farm now is clear and other 

 land has been added. The prospects were 

 never brighter, and with the natural wealth 

 of our very fertile district the farmers 

 here will in a short time be among the 

 wealthiest in the North American West. 



In the center of the district stands the 

 new and thriving town of Arcola, laid out 

 in the fall of 1900, and now with a popu- 

 lation of about 500, with over forty places 

 of business. Here is established a sub- 

 Dominion land office where all business in 

 connection with Dominion .lands can be 

 transacted. Mr. A. B. Cook is in charge. 

 There are three standard grain elevators 

 and good stockyards, also a chartered 

 hank. The Canadian Pacific railway has 

 its terminal here with first-class station- 

 house, and round-house large enough to 

 accommodate four engines Almost every 

 line of business is represented. The erec- 

 tion of a large flour mill is now being con- 

 sidered and undoubtedly one will be es- 

 tablished within a short time. Five hund- 

 red thousand bushes of wheat were mark- 

 eted in Arcola this season. 



For further information about this mar- 

 velous country write the American Coloni- 

 zation Co., Ottawa, 111., and they will 

 furnish you a lot of finely illustrated print- 

 ed matter free, including the opinion of 

 James J. Hill on the future of the Canad- 

 ian northwest. 



TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS. 

 The prosperity of our country depends 

 largely on the growth of grasses. That 

 we are not giving as much attention as we 

 should to the pastures and meadows is 

 shown in the census report for 1900. Dur- 

 ing the past ten years the population has 

 increased 22 per cent, while the increase 

 in beef and mutton, milch cows and sheep 

 has not averaged over 10 per cent. This 

 failure of the farmers to keep pace with 

 the increasing population of consumers is 

 due largely to the decrease of grasses and 

 the natural falling away of farm animals. 



