year's stubble on it, that netted its owner (a half-breed 

 Indian) $700. Fruits, hops and vegetables are equally 

 prolific. 



The climate is dry, with hot days, cold nights and 

 few sudden changes. Even now the days are as hot as in 

 July and the nights cold enough for November. The 

 onh^ doctor in the neighborhood says he never saw nor 

 did he ever read of such a healthy district. Children 

 don't get sick. People eat well, sleep well and live long, 

 and the only business on which a doctor can earn his 

 living comes from accidents or from practice incidental to 

 the natural increase in the population. 



The Earl of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada, 

 has a ranch four miles from here, which is managed by his 

 brother-in-law, the Hon. Major Majoribanks. He also 

 has another ranch of several thousand acres at Mission, a 

 settlement at the other end of Lake Okanagan. His lord- 

 ship owns almost countless herds of cattle and sheep and 

 droves of horses and pigs. A couple of young men, rela- 

 tives of the Duke of Argyle, are now here shooting. 

 So, between the noble Earl's adherents and his Grace 

 the Duke's relatives, the little town is full of fuss and 

 feathers. It's "Me Dud" this and his "Grace the 

 Duke'' that on every side. The Earl's lower ranch, at 

 Mission, is to l)e irrigated and rented out in plot^ of 

 twenty acres or more to fruit farmers, for which it is said 

 to be peculiarly adapted. 



Four of us have been having good sport during the 

 past week, shooting prairie chickens, ruffled grouse and 

 wild geese. A little lake four miles away is almost cov- 

 ered during daytime with the geese and ducks. The 



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