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. , 1911. * ' be: imber i/.e up lho iv nn lm ml luive Chat luit you'll . i lowest Hf-* first grade everything nbor buy ISER D. * 1 timnnlOO, 30 ur 20U8 EST ranee Co, pi EDMONTON . S ES. . rom the rOrcat Mice Company. havo received lis month .or * ICE CO. irick Co. d 'n anr passed aiCK per day. u rnicF.s r a Block -0., Li nil l ti JUHDRY- 9r r r- 88 F-OCND-* EXPERTS. 1 Idnda mad* IB liliEhth Bt. V sting lards . m L arly lo place P *- I outs Cants rompt servlcu sample Iwtnks lect. If unable at ur store. vv will solid inc. 1 )UNG ... LTD. Thone 112* i, Altn. LICENSES ROTHERS :' vci;'rr , rncr Quecn'a, ERT k 76, Nor- ) cash, or rms. gt; ot 2, Block no Avenue, 0; 1-2 cash, months, at STREET 1378 . 5 * . - SECOND SECTION c SECOND SECTION -, VOL. IL, NO. 162. EDMONTON, ALBERTA, SATURDAY, MORNING, NOVEMBER 4,1911. PAGES 13 TO 21. Bulletin Staff Correspondence. Pcacu iUvcr vCrosslutf Tbo i iec river Is a mighty stream whleh tor ages has been flowing -**t-*adUy In J s trough.like valley and tilth It* trrMi- tarles has been draining -an OgteiW Ve basin even trom the western Bide r thc miuntnln- till It Joins the Sla river near Lake Athabasca. Por centuries this basin hus been lhe homeland or the trappers and the redskin. The adventurous rur irutlera long irtneo floated their eanoes.uud barges on tho peaceful waters of the Poite or In the winter drove their di*.*- trains on the snow-covered leg* Tho Grande Prairie ond ity? Splrll River settlement are located In 'the Peace Hlver basin though some distance from the rlv -itself. The surplus rainfall from Gramme Pralrlo eventually drains Into tho Rig Smoky rlvor, which Joins the mighty Peace near Peace River Crossing, when the two troughs become ono. Tho '. . * Waterway. Tho Poaco River Is navigable frjrn tho canyon above Hudson's Hope. down past Fort St. John. P.O.. Dunvegan. Alto., Peace Rlvor Croaslhg IO Port Vermilion and beyond to the rapids above the Chutes. From below thick: mica, copper, gold and other mineral-*-*ot the mountains; *****ynlt.r pov.ur rrom th. cunyon ana the irlbu- t'i gt; Mir*-: -*: * grata from the.exteh- slVe a lt;i*K uliur.il luu*l gt; end the cattle pasturing upon tin* thou mnd hillside-. Think of Ihtao product* on n gr-it waterway co-iimn-tlng wllh the nuvlg-i- tlon oj ihi- world, even if thla route of navigation duel liend Into -h*' Art gt; Hi ocean And s .-iiy open there for pan of tho year. iviti-r -HllII. think of these produ-ts Ob a transetmumiital connecting ihe caxt wiih tne wast through the P*-a *f r.I i*r bajdn -ind across, thp Bockles at a pas* ao In** that ihe Peace and lt- tribul.'ir* have 'been . flowing' through for g,-y. Four hundred m os c f railway, bo- tw.fn F lt;*rt t'hrMu*h*tl nnurthe east end a laiko Athabaska. ivlll ei gt;hnocl tbe Hudson Buy r'lUte wllh tin. vast waterways of the -pence and tho Mnek'-n- xle. A few hundred miles of railway may some day connect tho O. T. P. from Prince Rupert with Hudson's Hope nnd In (hat way rom pie te a link nf transportation binding 'tbe commerce of the world. * Rears nntl Heavers at Bun vognrtu Cr* gt;*slng tlu* Peace River on the camped on the hill alu.ie lht Hudson Bay CO. trading post. After dragging the dead bear 'at th*- end of a rope for over a mllo gtong the hillside and through Ull bra-ib, the puny consented to carry Bruin upon her buck ror the rest cf the Journey t- I'umvcgnn. In the thick bluff* of saskutoun berty bushes trucks wore aaotl Where tho bears, bad walked and with their torepAWg bad ggttt- Bred together the toj-a of thl heavily- laden berry bushes. The big ant-hills hud been disturbed by the bears who had set down their paws and then licked up the anu furious at the Intruder In 'their home. Where Will Railway Cross tlio Vea-X*. On the hillside north of l-unv.ogan there in an Ideal location for line residential sites if Hunveitan ever becomes U elty. On terrace after terrace the residents could enjoy ihe view of the river over the heads of thoso lower down. Dut If the rallwny comes h-BTt there Is likely llrst to bo a town on the south side whero i.-.*w there la nc-thing but* bush. The deep trough f the Peace Is an obstacle In railway building. There art two solutions to the problem. A high level bridge from bank to bank lahout 700 feet above wator level, or a- corresponding descent and ascent to the lower levels, possibly even* to tlu waterfront to connect with bc great navigable waterway. The decent and.ftecent might We accompllah- ed by then crossing and climbing up by a side hill cut or a coulee- on the other .-nue. Islands in midstream assist tho s ullon by furnishing foundations for i ridge piers. Tributary coulees lt;in Opposite sides of thc main trough as at Dunvegan appear to thb novice to allow of a solution of tho crossing at a low level. The fact ef these coulees no dim it iltelded the location of the old tlmo li dlan trail and later the eatabllsh- ir-.'nt of the Hudson Ltay postal Uun- y running doi*7fr*on a-wtde-hill-tut- albly wtn Tu their faint-.hear.c-d hu cut up into Wooed nvlds of gn'n brewing acres. Mlx.il farmlnx wlll ensure safe agriculture In uny aeaa-ln and make iv*v ot thr vast ureas gt; pas- lure land now unused. Fuml IHseout'agtv ilu* Falnt-lletirtctl. Tho w-father hud bo-n showery and had cleared on the night of Auguat. IVtHi wllh u -light -frost in local jpots. ,'lbli* front was not the same In all I*.- crlitles fur *L*,hllc In c-m place puta ti tops were badly nipped still but a .'ofy few miles uwugrra jdioto was taken a few days later of prftato blossoms still uufrosen. 11 wns Inte're-gpt-iK as a stranger to note the different attitude or the -el- tiers. It was reported that a grcUl- **r nt-w M*ttlvrs W o had been haying near Hay laikes had been sorely disappointed by thO *- et weather spoll'iiK their hay und the cold nights at -heir hay camp. Some iif the faint hearted decided t* lt; Utt the eounlry. Hut when other Settler*, heard their 'story they did not ry tc coax them u gt; siay but wished them good luck to a hao- pler land nndj..proceodcd to buy Cp outtits cheap at hall' of Kdmonton prices. In any now country there are pioneering dliflctUtjos, Many of tho settlers of the PcacQiand have had ex- p.rlence elsewhere und have ke n frustn vuntahim-'the ood ht turned upside down. And with faith In tho future they are bpsy with works of the present cultivating all they -his- I'eace River Unta. There he started raising grraln. Uo was at Dunvegan when Charles I'temner. of Spirit Wver, ilrsl came l the eounlry ami tells a good slury i'ii Mr. Hrenilier. It wj-s then the-COttom for tho Hudson Pay employees lo get their dally rations, lueniiur and his partner came, each carrying a handle ol a l*i*g dish pan lu get their rations. Two pound.*, ot Hour were dumped on the centre of the bottom or the pan. Hremner exclaimed: BOftt mon: and I* that all the uno.'' Thi* clerk pushed a hunk qf dried muosemoal towards lhe pan and snld this Is the I'.reiuner Ihen -picked up the pllb.w. Then the tent was lied to Wow Mr. Knoll has a imiuU Held ol the top rail for a rldgc pole, with lho grain, a very good crop. This lwsi sides tied to broken rails found lying winter and this summer hint* been onMhr gToUlld near the fence.- Campj * eptionilly gold p.-rlods. Hul tho oat and looked at Its closely. Hoot mon.-and what Is that t vcasn. A r .trie, s bOABlNO FRi;i(*HT SCOW i-t Pcniv.IUur Ciu-lnu' Th' ir.p-l.rii up. Ihi- rlVOr lo. Port St. John. ueacU lt; ilille gt; lt;** w wiu di laiH. i I- *m the Chutes down pgfcB -.tiumaai-u. to to Fort fimlth TTti aittLi j in.* ua on tho Slave River ai.d ChlppeWyan* on fr**- --,., -ln-Vn alac hack up from Chlppewyaii t*i Vo: t McMurray. From Chlppeivyat* steant- ers also go across i akc Athabaska io Fend duLac Below the Chutes near Point* Provldenci* the river runs over a limestone ledge spreading nut to fl great width and causing a shnlWw 'In low water/ From Fort Smith.there Is a portage c-f IC milcH pn-t rapids on thc BVOfO river. From below these capldfl .-iearners can run to the /ijrctie oeein .an und Alaska, through Behriu* Straits and around the world. Whale egan -ierry, ' v' l*'*-l tho pullotin .corrcs- tho pew settlements along the north of the Pe.ace on lar n.i tho ferry al Peace ItiVer Croa**t:n*. The dlf-tili*: *.islt--il ii'Tib o* the'IVa-.o Is oi Hon dy a iv. ' :,. of he ot Ihe blj; basin of lorthorn po'.*- Ihe River of Peace. Uut ibis district Includes tho present agrlt-nlturaJ settlement of the Upper Peaoe * * lt; ( i t away dawn itream near Vermilion. At thc llitil3cr-.il iay Co. trading pMt nt ht:ii e;r. lt;n on tin* Hats iilom; the Peace i** an excellent garden- and a nne grain Ibid. Vhib- staying her*. bur it f W days several parties wero Interviewed Who had travelled from resident of the Peace states that there arc slide railway crossings of Knur, une at Dunvegan. coulees are opposite, one River Jls- three pos- the Pc'azc wjture two at . Burnt River, where twu rivers Join lho Peu( fnta opposite bonka. ait- ---another at l:: *,: HIII. where there is a group of U--I IIUS giiuubl'* /ui 'I'lci'J fnr a hrmm I'.ut by u rallway crossing tho P'niO n*j f'Peaee .Rlver Crossing It woubl ifvold cnutslng the deep valley of ir.e .Smoky Rlverj . xThe writer travelled l gt;.ty wlll*j a pack pony- hind up the* hill, north and along thc trail to on a saddle following bu- of Dunyc* in Peace River Visits were paid to ihe route to study tho gt; actual and note the progroas of tb, agricultural development In the land north of the River cf Peace. The stories as told by the actual settlors will Ik* published later and In thla a few general observations of the Peace Cr-.ssing. settlers- en condition**. fer-r-- PEACE RIVKR CROSSIN-1- (;AllUi: or Frank Aud*'r*-t u, wl brt-on touched by tr* l tip to August 17 Tlu* Chur* h of mn'U Iu the bu**k*;roiiml. Uell had not l-.u---tuml b- boala winter at Hersehel Island at he mouth of tho Mackenr-io river. Only 20 Miles Rnpkls io Uvcr KHd. Th mftkes practically le-a lhan 20 miles of rapids hetween the R* eky Mountain canyon above iluds.ms IKpe and the ater.mshlp navigation dt wn the Peace, down the Slave al TB the Mackenzie, around Alaska :.nrt around the world to. Wye.rpool. Proilufllon-. and *l*ra* -?*poriatlon. The future pO-ttlbllltles of the Poa lt;**e ( Rhe'r basin arc tremendous and .almost beyond present contepUoh; Fort tu r e down the current nf lho Pence and It.- tributary streams lo DunVegan* Accounts or theft* ha.v IS . n recorded In other * iorlos, a while at Dunvegan thn Bull-tin ccrrespoiuleni went with a native lo hring homo a bear whleh thu native had shot ln u la-rry pgteh.' Bach mounted on a pony we rode .tkng tie vv.-r bank to the blU-lop w* t or thn i reek. Front fhe high bill a- - olograph was tafcon of what Think eoi are, miles cue nay railway cro-*slng of the city, were p. ae lt;a u here and the Bite f n future now a f *w Beaver Indians jicihjon's aw (u;s si i: MFit iM: ri; KlVKR** Cr**--Inir. Heluriilit-e from ii hug*. irl; gt; up the Pmr** iu Pi-nci' River R er lo si. JoIiun, mikI cn mine t ' Cio--hi* '. port . riiiili :l*-p -niie*. lt;i..mh ilm river from Um* - . Xorth of Dunv.-nn on the Uplaad**). Ab'-'ve Dun'''- '.- *; aft***r famr mll **s Journey the land Js more open prairie and here there appears to he plenty gt;m for settlers. A few aetti gt;rs here located around the waterhni gt;. Whllo riding along the trail cast of the .wa.ter hole a Hue stretch of open prairie wag seen to the north with only a tew patches uf breaking. At last the pony was turned towards Olie ' these homesteads. It xttu mod that a string of settlers wore a led along the north edge of this o sn the tent was pitched for he night beside a hay stack aim gt;st swarming with grnashuppers. The* next day nne -pony was left on a picket nud thc correspondent rtide back, visiting a string of several settlers and r.Oted their progressive development. In u few years stenm or gasoline plow? jft-W lm Uirnlnff iha ftowers nt this- ire'ty prairie unsbl*-. down und. :- n grain fleld, A hospitable settler **.n- hltebed his oxen, turned thorn Om to glass and the ccrrnspnndent had din- i In a sod shack. In the afternoon -ther solllors were vlsltad but a rtin- storm shortened th - Intcndtul tour. f- tet donni-rtc the slicker an-f mounting the saddle the ppny was stnrted-home- words towards the tent by tho hay k, where the other pony rested I n B picket pope. Having travelled cn the (J. T. P. trgfn from Edmonton to Kdson a'* I iw,* the Edsnn trail, across the Grand Prairie and norih beyond the peace pen gt; Polly now appears to be content to trhst Its rider and fcilowa his guidance without any do*-ire to run bark to Kdmonton. But on thl** cloudy evening wllh nlj ii dim brtthtaesa showing In i''e north West. the Hder trtistcd the b-ony Which when retracing the route too* u - hnrt eut nerrss this pralrlo pitatlng (*lo*Q) to only Iwo of the six places vls- Ued that afternoon, hut crowing r lt;- Held of breaking almost on the same ttacka. Ai a t ihe rider doubted lhe pony rn*1 feared the lent had been pasied. BO when nn unfunlllar fleld * f br* akin-: wna struck thr pony was turned a'i ng tha fre**h furrow In hnpps'of Ending th** plow and the trail to it heU e. The furrow ended nnd 'he popy'ii steps were retraced niong t* . .fiirtow till * f Us ** gt;wn accord the pony Turned off across ibe pralrlo and In live minutes the llnkle of ihe hell -old of the whereabout* of the Picket-** pony and the home tent beside th*** tigs slack. Bj another year thla prairl*; will nclehbors they say go In peace. The trail to the I'eaeelnnd la long and the Journey arduous, so the faint-**. hearted should st*-p before they stir:. I' ut the old-timers and new settlors welcome the couragcon*-, * gt;lnneer Who will - lt;(, north, face lhe dllllcultlea of ttTil and climate antl. win out nt last by dolh-gTtn ehiire In develcping '.hi* ci***er of Western Canada's agrlcul- turnl empire*,) U eosis rUorijjfV lo sotile in the Pencolan-rr money for the l**mg Jo.ir- r.vy; m* ney for the BCHp.or'tho sup- pi* s for the homesteader.' It ia har 1- 1 gt; ye - the* place for thn none man whh only 110 lo mako his entry at tho Und offlce. It Ia sorer for iho ncw settler to he prepared to stand hard (UCjt at the start, Agv who. are. ret rrfpared tcfare HfTicrilUeB had better not go to the Peaceland. They will er r*lpni*-.her- and the P'oaceland will he better without any quitters-or grumblers. * One of tho chief difficulties of thp new settler is the procuring of farm machinery which has to be Imported by himself and b*m ht fcr cash or Its equivalent. The bulk of Bottlers' bulld- htg hardware ban also had to be m- pi rlod at' an additional cost of from 5 cents lo 8 cents per pound freight rate, it ia the same with fence wire. In time, however, a sufficient supply at a moderate price may be available fc-r tho settlers In Peaceland. Travelling DlulctiR Then. Al Jural Blver some new setUers on ur.i t .,... w.-r.. hustling with the no. fear Fog in on th i.r-trjo . lection of building- aud doing o**- vviupmcut work -Wil-h indicated their l*aI*gfnotion with their location. Across lhe little strcnm is the Mc- ' rriKter fa rm and hero was met Henry MtCorrlsler an old-tinier whoto story muy be of Interest. Present travellers to the Peace River maRniry the diillculll-s of t-a ei when compared with the route followed b gt;' Henry MeCorrlster, who from Fi rt Garry went down the Bed River ueri'ss Lake Winnipeg; up tbe Saskatchewan to Cumberland then up tho Sturgeon rlVef to Beaver l *ak..', -ihen- on Reaver River to lH*er liS-OB aeVo***s Frog Portage up Rapid* River lo .Hudson Bay post at Stanley In the K-uglish River district. Then to Isle La Crosse, along Deep River to Buffalo Lake, up l lt;och River to Tou**h -Like across the I'i l- i mllo puriago lo Lac La Locho nnd down lh. Clearwater Ulver to Fc -t McMurray. do.vn th'e Athabaska U Chlppewynn. then ur* the Peace river lo Vermilion .ind l.u-nvoKun. From Winnipeg to liun- vigau look all summer for the voyage. The Winnipeg boats went as fur ii I-iu* I-ji Liobe. t*x carts w.-re used there at the portage. Then the rest .i the Journey was completed In boats from ilu- Athahnnka district. At that Ume Fort Chippewyan was tho head P( fi. Vermilion and Dunvegan were nly outposts. Came i lt; iv* -e u Xtsttro Ago. Henry McCorrtoter says bocahio to Utfl Peace River country, n rears ano. when tb.- country wnn a wilderne i and* lousy with game. In it to hc wlhtered ut .Verinltbm and went to Dunvegan tir.-t in 1*71, nd since istl- b. has been atotmd the country r iund about DUnvcgSh. ii. w.ts in the serv-Jco or ths H.B. Co. till ISSB and off und oh Hnce then. There . .:: * nothing dqne in ttie way of iurrtculture ogrept around the Hudaoh Bay poru and the mission. Buffalo bud tll appe re-i be I ore he came, but moose, bear, martin and Usher were plgtntlful when Rrgt be came to thla i oii n try. ' Mr. Mt-Corrl-Uer nnd Uev, Brl*'. wei--. no- pii'io.r faritfers ot tbe Peace .River. in 1H8I nnd 1MB 1 Bev. Brick was located at old WU*h Bike nnd Mr. M* Corrl-uer alongside. In 1 s-sn M.rorrlster went lo five mile- beyond spirit Biver and took rhuigf *.f the Hudson Bfly ranch at spirit Ulver, which was later handled b gt;-t h rlc Hremner. Afler leaving Hplrlt Blver. Mr. McCorrlstnr located regt- drled n saying: noo. it Is your ratlOM. agld the clerk. But Rremner replied, This Is a piece of old leather, mon. lu 187* gt; railway explorers visited Duuvemui and spent over a month examining the stirroiindltiK country, and it In reported that the engineer in charge-aald that between Kdmonton and Dunvesan there wus no serious obstacle lo a railway, uxcept lhe tTosalUg of the rivers. Grain ut Djunvegan In IH fl. At Dunveiian Is an old fanning mill, which wan mad.* In JSSQ l.y Henry Meforrlster and Miller, the blacksmith. The i-rslii *R as threshed by a Hail and neror.. tlii- had:bcen winnowed 1 v ihe wind. / About IS'ti a three-pound can of seed grain. Iinpuru'd hy-Feel- gt;r Mc- lJouuul.- Wiia sown at Dunvegan by Mcboirlgter. Jt was harrowed by a hand rake and . lt;nvn.hy hand, bul the three pounds of seed yielded io lbs. of ripe uniln. which wa- used for seed the next year. He has never seen a crop failure on tho flute since, except in a lt;lry year. I trt winter was one of the cold. C t Mf. M* lt; orrlster ever knew, nrat: this summer haa lieen a cold atimmer. After 41 years in the country he calls the summer of 1P11 an excepUoh. It l virgin lands ond something like Manitoba, was when Mr. MK'or- ttstor wan a boy. There is of frosiod- grain in the flnts. tho valley protects the grain cold mornings. For t lovt years, iiii ',' lt;- sod is turned over,- there may be, a little danger in the uplands wii-h frozen Avheat Is sown late. Winter I-i snow all winter in the country north-oivsl pl Dunvegan. Barley can be raised almost anywhere. Oats, too, have boon raised on the uplands without damage from frost. Mr. McCorrlKter now has ten acres of wheat o i the river flat, near Brick's, and It ls n good crop of well- ma-iur-Vd grain.- Alexander . and Henry G. McCor- rlstor are located nt Burnt River and have a. garden this yesr, hut n 0 do- Ing breaking for next year's crop. In 1912 they expect t.i have ten acres of crop. Boom for Xew Soulor-*. tM i-it.'tUi '' time ---fllnr wt found- digging a well on his new homestead. . The whole family seemed to have happier faces than when met Jaat May at a mud-hole on the.trail to Athalmsca l andlng. The anxious, worried look seen on the trail was gone. The healthy, happy children said; More .win be OUr house. * Tlu* well Is there In the bluff. I gt;ld you en.mo.so for to got bu-*h land.*- t gt;h. no; wo have 2*)0 acres **f prairie on the other side of thnt bluff. 'Leaving the family to their home building, tlu* correspondent mounted his saddle pony, called to his pack pony nnd rode on ncro**s the crock over the pralrlo, through the peavlne, around the b)uffs. and al least strik-* Ihg lho trail ngaln followed It OlO ng n.-fSM -*evrral dry pTeeka. A flock ot prairie eJjlcken-* wandered near the( trail nnd PWO of them were shot and hung on the saddle. The t fclckehl ind a few: hawks were the only 8* n of life. Actta f grass. biA no cattle; nor grain Heidi -were seen; Here is; rooni for the settlers of the yenrs to fellow. Ko water was found n * the trull. so cajni' *** not made ut tht* creoka. They are only wet weather creeks; ami hero, ovidently, the weauior had t.ot been wet emumh. though the grass I. ul a goo i growth. Tl-ie disappointed ponies jogged ae-as pa*i the creftks, but freshened as the trail began t follow a coulee and descend towards the river. t woo p;' t uuSet. Descending int*i ihe x.iii*.. tne inirthcrn twilight -not .-audowc-d by Uie steep hill**, luit Ihe rivgr w** seen flowing along tho ***** ,- /. Th.- trail led through gat e-1 io.*.--- n nped b'bl. past a panb ol -train ami later past some sharks. But the dlrvellons had -itated that the Carson none hnd a shingled roof, so alone lho valley tb Hder travet- U*d, Intending to enmp at Carson's. The O.'.hp Onint Come-* Handy, A herd .if cattle wtffm pasturing on the peavlne of the bluffe neii a comer of the .trull. At last the trail cro--**d a little ditch with runnlnx water. Bu: th.' saddle pony refused to cross, tor It was romp time. U wafl txio d*. to sev nny' shingled toOf, There was pasture n the hlllsldt- and water to ,ook the chicken***, so the ponies were wa* made without cutting u 'tick. The correspondent lt;rnwled Into his home tent and wont lo sleep tti ihe mualc pf the bell on the hobble. pony on the hillside. In the morning the BUD pierced the mini* of the valley and tbe hie. p.*r awoke, but no bell was heard, fur the ponies were BtADdlUg -dde by si.i,., silent hei-una*, almost ni* gt;tlunlesi. When going back to the creek for n pall of water, some men were met with a bay rack. It .wan one of the Curaona, and the Car on home was only a few hundred yards round th-- corner of the- fence. nowover, a camp flro. * was ' made. The chickens Wflfg cooked. One Ide or the tent waa thrown over the ridge j P de and the correspondent sat on his bed to enjoy his breakfast In tho Peace Rlvor Valley. R bad hardly llnlshed when along came John C. Knott on foot .md later R. R. Kerr with a prairie schooner. By trading chicken for news the roporter secured their good will and their st**ry. Then, before saddling up nnd proceeding on the Journey, a photo was taken of climate I* better since th*- last eleven yoopa. Hrlvc From HautT io Ptwc R. II. Kerr, from Maple Creek, vt. til in the train to Banff. Thero lie bought it team and prairie neb. om r and dr* v overland lo At*hbai*.;. i.md- llig. alxuit 800 -mite*. 11- hit Banff OO July let. arrived at Kdmonton on Jnly UMij m tirouard on Augual -lib. und at ivjiiv Blver Crowing nn Aug* ust llth. Ills photo wn- taken hv 'l*.- Bulletin cot-re-tpondent mar Carson**-. on Annual 16lh. From Athabasca Landing ht* shipped his irelght via steamer to Orouard. but-one loom hauled the -*gJ**on, with feed and camp outfit, siting the north shore trail from Athabasca L-nolin... north of the river and lake, tg OroU- ard, where he got his freight and travelled on to the Peace R)v r, 1*he north -shore trail Is so bad that he would not take a wagon over it iigtilu under any consideration. I'..r life la too short and time loo previous to spend on a road, like Umt. From Orouard to Peace fllver 'Vo-tsinn tho trail is very bad in wet weather, VIEW lt; gt;)* TIIK ty-ACK RtVKU VALU-.Y frnm the suntnilt - of tlu* bill OVcrloUlnft the HfCT Th .' (rictur,* -Iiowk the Jum-lhm of the Itle siooi gt; wltli Hh- Pcntt* River Tlie bun .is of thc rhcr uro l -Ut) fret i'l-t? -Mr. Kerr had lslte1 tlu- I'.ut- four years ago, but now be lias r *mo i stay. lt Is too late to'd lt; gt; much ftg- ei*m tniiiil thl- v* : gt;r. but ii . i y**nr He do hl -hnre- In turning the soil .the group around the camp. lire, for there wgg a story thtsre; /The old-* timer wh,. last saw Rduiortton in L88B, ihi. new )- r who imi drBi'h from Banff, .-md the reporter for a elty dally, till met on the iv.ice. rl .-t* trull near where an irrigation diu-h enter* ed the ' arson farm. , Hns Xnt Seen EdmOnMn BblCC IHK5. John f. Knott. h,. is bow fnriiiin : in the Peace River Valley, came to the PeSOe Blver district thirty yean a*o nn an IhidMon U.ty servant. He has not ttevn K( m**ntnn shire 1 RM. .. when he won second In n foot race Oil July 1st. W'ahbe was flrNt. It was will de d wh; r -* ForinitiK for It VMlfl On lht* IVnfi *.-; W. H. Can-on located in 1900 fon the Korth batik of the Pes'-e 'River. 17 ' miles southwest of Ponce llUer Crotut* Ing. In what la known ni the ahatteg- bury .Settlement, il-**tr eleven year-* he has Ik-en pilslng grain mid never ho* had -any frosted groin since h * rnme to the Peace' Blver. In l t he It/it about .'0 acres of crop. Hu, . i; lt;lVKR MF. T PKRRV A l PIT: MKR sT. CIIARLKS al Pra*v RUer Cro*-*fug Tin*, rlji-r ut ihi*** point I- thrpc time*, n* wide as tlir * * * -*- ntibewnn. mile ra*r***7Trn '** you plea*-*, bul : the man who eoit-red ilu* mo.-t ground In a half hour won th. race. Pojleo-i man Hornsby waa * u .' .. u--a the 11**1 lt;1 of i nine buli-or l*. That was In re- hellion days, when nny polloemen Rdmonton Luurde.l ihc old Hudaon Bgj pout. Bine* then Knoll ling not run anl loot racex, except on thg hunter's tr;*ii aftor moose or bear. Por the past IWO years he hna been a gover'ntnenl iin- ranger, patrolling tn. country for over on** hundred milt** 1*0Und about i-.ace River Crosaing. Naweomete an- OU h mor*1 careless .*f fire?* than arc Uie old-timer . usually Cf.OpS from : lt; lo 1 oo aeres. hut this year he bas n lot of Hummer fallow to kill ih* weeks, (.iamb's quarter and wibi biirkwbe.it aru tnoal troubb-- nu- w****d**f S E ' ' thl***au*miti*-r ha* -preVQUt- ' I breaking lt;*r th w land. He haa raised Wheat, gt and barley an I iund aicc-Ba -wRb them an. They .ill yielded well. AiH.ut in (ears ng*. iu* ttroughi In pur.- red fyfn eeed grain and ha* been enWIng ffntn that oyer n'-n:-,-, American Banner oats have fielded woll and livened Continued on Pago 11 gt; I unsaddled near a fence corner and one; . gt; tethered to B bush, while the other, I gt;1' SOF tflBBOI wna h**-1 gt;bled. A long top mil waa swung out frnm a corner. The bed was made nn the again* alongside of Rev. Brick, on the ground, wltb- tbe saddle placed for a M.-I-ro ), K .U.M.I , FOR FORT gt;J lt;- Mri/W gt; - -Vi.*ff M-rgt-*Ji*rt AnilePC'n lib. Jilsl slime. lhe . .iu*..- off l .r.- i ( u craft -Kergronl and Ifm. M'-la*** fbaiii-d donn (lie rtur Irom Im* lt; rfHttlii;: to Fort Vermilion, gWI. nillm* ilUtant ll I-* n PMt tiny trip. j
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