CHAPTER IX 



Through prairies to Rockies — Portage le Prairie — Regina 

 — Government offices and mounted police — Climate — Growth 

 of railways — Saskatchewan Province — Census returns of 

 industries — Moose Jaw — Alberta Province — Uncultivated 

 millions — Picturesque forests and streams — The home of the 

 buffalo — Four great rivers — Misconceptions of climate — The 

 heat line — The " chinook " — Wild grasses — Cattle rearing — 

 Cereal productions — Exhibition medal awards — Wheat returns 

 — Clover — Sheep and wolves — Horse breeding — Champions at 

 the World's Fair — Calgar>' — Democratic principles — Ranching 

 and lumbering — The Bow and Kananaskas Rivers. 



JOURNEYING from Winnipeg by the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway, the great plain stretches to 

 the horizon. Its topographical features are 

 varied by lakes and rivers, but the general sense of 

 flatness is so great that the traveller is unconscious 

 of the fact that in the first fifty miles there has been 

 a gradual ascent of lOO feet. 



For many miles westward Winnipeg leaves its 

 impress on industrial life, repeating itself in agri- 

 culture and commercial enterprise. At Portage le 

 Prairie a busy grain market is indicated by huge 

 elevators and agricultural plant. Mills and factories 

 show activity in other branches of trade. At Brandon 

 there are large flour and planing mills, and a 



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