. Canada : a descriptive text book . ch they are called upon torectify. They have an admirable patrol and scouting system and coverthe whole International boundary between the mountains and Manitobaat short intervals. The mounted police are neither soldiers nor constablesbut combine the best qualities of both. When sent to make an arrest,no matter how dangerous the task may be, the policeman never returnswithout his man, and as a result he is respected and feared by alllaw-breakers. The customs of older sections soon follow the settler, and one nowfinds in the towns and villages, churches and
. Canada : a descriptive text book . ch they are called upon torectify. They have an admirable patrol and scouting system and coverthe whole International boundary between the mountains and Manitobaat short intervals. The mounted police are neither soldiers nor constablesbut combine the best qualities of both. When sent to make an arrest,no matter how dangerous the task may be, the policeman never returnswithout his man, and as a result he is respected and feared by alllaw-breakers. The customs of older sections soon follow the settler, and one nowfinds in the towns and villages, churches and church societies, fraternaland benevolent bodies, and clubs with various ends in view. Thefarmers have organized institutes in many places, for the discussion ofquestions affecting their work, and in most of the more thickly settled 88 CANADA. localities there are societies for the advancement of agriculture andstock-breeding. An exhibition of stock and farm products is held everyautumn and prizes are awarded in the various Banff Hotel, Banft, N. W T. The chief city of the North-West is Winnipeg, the capital of theProvince of Manitoba. The growth of this city has been very rapidand there is now a population of over forty thousand, where in 1870stood the little trading post of Fort Garry. Winnipeg is the natural CANADA. 89 distributing point for the North-West and seems destined to become avery large and important city. It is already a large railway centre andhas also facilities for communication by water with many parts of thecountry. Winnipeg is the educational and social, as well as the politicaland commercial centre of the North-West. The University of Manitobais the leading university west of Toronto. It has an arts faculty andseveral theological colleges. Other important towns in Manitoba areBrandon, with a large export trade in wheat, and Portage la Prairiewhich has extensive flour mills. In Assiniboia are Regina, the capitalof the United Districts of Assiniboia
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