the town from the great steamers plying to Japan. What 

 did this little town of 15,000 people do to encourage the 

 designs of the railway people ? They put the question to 

 popular vote, and the result was that they decided to give 

 the railroad $300,000 as a bonus to enter the town. 



Think of it, you Philadelphia Councilmen ; you, who 

 voted so often and w'orked so hard to keep the Baltimore 

 and Ohio out of the city ; you who kept the Philadelphia 

 and Reading bowing and scraping before ^-our committees 

 for years ; you who kept the Belt Line so long out in the 

 cold, and you who fought so long and fierceh^ against 

 elevated railroads in our "Traction" ridden city. Ah, 

 there are some profitable lessons that may be learned 

 by getting away from home, and probably there is none 

 that needs a lesson of that sort more than the average 

 Philadelphia Councilman. Let us hope and trust, how- 

 e^•er, that the Quaker city has got through with her nap 

 and that her eyes are open wide enough to see that when 

 railroads knock at her doors for admission they should be 

 welcomed not repelled. 



We arrived at Morley, Alberta, September 25th. 

 The town consists of one store, three dwellings and the 

 railroad station, having a total population of about 

 twenty. It is of importance by reason of its being the 

 distributing point for the reservation of the tribe of 

 Stone}^ Indians. Large herds of cattle are pastured there 

 by the Canadian Government to provide a weekly supply 

 of meat during the year for the Indians, and the 

 annual payment of five dollars per head is made and 

 blankets distributed in accordance with the treaty stip- 

 ulations. 



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