The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . s each, and one of 5,000bushels. Melita is about 3J miles from thefarm, which is therefore convenientlysituated for the marketing of the grainwhich it produces. EYANS AND COLEMAN, LTD. The firm of Evans and Coleman, Ltd.,of Brandon, Manitoba, was incorporatedunder this title in January, 1912, with acapital of $10,000, to carry on and developits growing business of real estate, invest-ments, loans, fire insurance, rent collections,mortgages, &c, which Mr. Evans hadestablished in the city 16 years befo
The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . s each, and one of 5,000bushels. Melita is about 3J miles from thefarm, which is therefore convenientlysituated for the marketing of the grainwhich it produces. EYANS AND COLEMAN, LTD. The firm of Evans and Coleman, Ltd.,of Brandon, Manitoba, was incorporatedunder this title in January, 1912, with acapital of $10,000, to carry on and developits growing business of real estate, invest-ments, loans, fire insurance, rent collections,mortgages, &c, which Mr. Evans hadestablished in the city 16 years estate in and around Brandon showsa steady increase in value that has no-thing in common with the forced growthof many Western cities. The firm actslargely for capitalists in this branch ofthe business, and finds in it a large outletfor its activities. Investments are exten-sively entered into by citizens of Brandonas well as by investors from outside real estate buying and selling is somuch to the fore, loans and mortgagesare naturally often necessary to cany out. J. R. SNIDER. GOOD HOPE FARM, PORTAGE LA Round Homestead showing o> Heavy Team, (2) Link Up 01 Farm Hoksi and (31 Shlep. II9 THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES OF CANADA such operations. The fire insurance de-partment is one to which Messrs. Evansand Coleman, have devoted con-siderable attention, and in this connectionit is well to note that Brandon is substanti-ally built, so that rates are correspondinglylow. Many important insurance companiesare represented by this firm. Mr. Evans, as the name indicates, isof Welsh ancestry, but Ins parents emigrat-ing to the Dominion, he was born atLindsay, Ontario. As he grew up he wasengaged with his father in the grain tradein that fertile province, until the potentialpossibilities of the quickly developing Westcaused him to leave Ontario. He thensettled in Brandon as a likely centre, carry-ing on business alone until 1912, when joine
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