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vinces, authorizing any four municipalities to 

 raise funds for the building of a common hospital 

 between them. 



It would seem, too, that the farmers' co-opera- 

 tive elevator company has proved a great success, 

 at least in relieving the farmer from some of the 

 disabilities and remedying some of the grievances 

 to which I have referred in the preceding pages. 

 In some districts, too, co-operative stores and 

 societies have made great strides, though it is 

 difficult to bring about some of these needed 

 changes without " treading on some one's toes " ; 

 but if the men and women who are making the 

 country, as the saying goes, are to have a square 

 deal, they must come. If newspapers speak 

 truly, the Hudson Bay Railroad is nearing com- 

 pletion, and should form a very important link 

 between the Prairie Provinces and the markets 

 of Europe. 



I believe, too, there was a brief notice in the 

 Press very recently to the effect that the 

 Dominion Government had acquired the control 

 of the Grand Trunk and Canadian Northern Rail- 

 roads, and it will surely tend to the betterment 

 of the prairie-dweller if the great network of 

 railroads which is spread over the plains, in- 

 cluding the outlets to tide-water and the States, 

 can be wisely worked in the interest of producer 



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