The acme magazine . Be-tween the main line of the CanadianPacific Railway and the SaskatchewanRiver to Swift Current may be foundall kinds of soil from a stiff clay to alight sandy loam. Along the Soo line toYellow Grass is a fairly heavy clay soil;south of the main line of the CanadianPacific Railway to the Coteau Hills wefind variable soil, from heavy clay tolight sandy loam. Is this not varietyenough to satisfy any man? They areunexcelled for the growing of wheat orvegetables or small fruits or almost any-thing else that has a root and pokes itshead up towards heaven. The farmersthere have
The acme magazine . Be-tween the main line of the CanadianPacific Railway and the SaskatchewanRiver to Swift Current may be foundall kinds of soil from a stiff clay to alight sandy loam. Along the Soo line toYellow Grass is a fairly heavy clay soil;south of the main line of the CanadianPacific Railway to the Coteau Hills wefind variable soil, from heavy clay tolight sandy loam. Is this not varietyenough to satisfy any man? They areunexcelled for the growing of wheat orvegetables or small fruits or almost any-thing else that has a root and pokes itshead up towards heaven. The farmersthere have grown prosperous and havehelped to make the city of Moose Jaw ametropolis of the province of Saskatche-wan. Outwitted, outreasoned, and logicallyoverthrown at even- turn, you have stilla shot left in the locker which with somelittle hesitation, some inward trepidationyou bring forth. Then there are theIndians in your wild, wooly country. Noman wants to take his family up into aland where Indians with warwhoops may. Breaking the prairie. swoop down any calm night and massa-cre his wife and babies. Immediatelyyou are covered with confusion andsorry you spoke. His scorn is sup-pressed. He speaks to you in the cooljudicial voice with which we address anerring child. Your writer of Western stories whosaid that the only good Indian was adead Indian did not know the CanadianIndian. In the United States it has al-ways been the fashion for the white manand the red man to hunt each other. InCanada the white man and the red manhunt together. Does it mean anything toyou that our Indians are increasing innumber. Decent treatment of a people,whose history in the States is as sad asthat of the buffalo, will work it is a fact that the government ofCanada, with the solicitude of a father,watches over its red skinned children. Ithas encouraged them to go on reservesand to settle down, to make a living forthemselves as do other Canadians. Theyknow our Government will keep faithwith th
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