The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . experience of real estate extends Oveta period of 15 years. WETASKIW1N TENT AND MATTRESS COMPANY, in 1907, with an authorizedcapital of $50,000, of which 836,500 hasbeen paid up, the Wetaskiwin Tent andMattress Company, Ltd., of Wetaskiwin,Alberta, is engaged 11, the manufacture ofmattresses, springs, iron beds, tents, andawnings. An extensive business in generalupholstering is also carried on. The com-panys goods, in the manufacture of which45 men are employed, arc distributed
The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . experience of real estate extends Oveta period of 15 years. WETASKIW1N TENT AND MATTRESS COMPANY, in 1907, with an authorizedcapital of $50,000, of which 836,500 hasbeen paid up, the Wetaskiwin Tent andMattress Company, Ltd., of Wetaskiwin,Alberta, is engaged 11, the manufacture ofmattresses, springs, iron beds, tents, andawnings. An extensive business in generalupholstering is also carried on. The com-panys goods, in the manufacture of which45 men are employed, arc distributed inevery part of the province of Alberta, wherethe demand has necessitated an increasedoutput each year. The factory at Weta-skiwin, in fact, is becoming too small tohandle the volume of business, and theiron bed department is being transferredto Medicine Hat. The officers of the company are F. Alger, director ; Mr. W. J. Bottcherand Mr. Harris Oium, general the latter gentlemen hail fromthe United States of America, buthave been in Western Canada for manyyears. V\ si ^. AN EDMONTON RESIDENCE. 289 BARRACK SQUARE, ROYAL NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE HEADQUARTERS, REGINA. THE ROYAL NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE MM 2Eb^mm2J Its o Ile till £15£3i HERE are few moreefficient and usefulbodies of men thanthe Royal North-West Mounted Police,the corps that formany years has soeffectively patrolledand policed the outlying parts of Albertaand Saskatchewan and the trackless plainsof the great North-West. In the trainedarmies of Europe there are regimentsmore skilled in the art of war, and in thedifferent bodies of regular and irregulartroops throughout the world there aredoubtless many better marksmen andbetter horsemen. But it would be difficultto find any one corps that performs in sosatisfactory a manner duties so varied asthose that fall to the lot of the RoyalNorth-West Mounted Police. The force comes under the control ofthe Dominion Government, and carries outpolice duti
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