Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 5, 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba Monday a roil 5, 1877. A spout of the of Axi in Fox fou1s7o. This report lies before us and that part of it referring to immigration contains much matter specially interesting to this province. I rom it we select what follows mbnxon1tes. An addition to the mennonite colonists in the province of Manitoba was made a further arrival of More mennonites from South Russia. A portion of these were of the poorer class having been assisted in the passage from Hamburgh by a remittance i rom the mennonite committee of Ontario and further assisted in their settlement by an Advance from the mennonite loan voted by parliament. The amount of the remit Tance to assist in Tho passage was they were also assisted in their settlement from the mennonite loan. Another portion of this party brought with them a consider Able amount of Money they having exchanged at Hamburg russian roubles Tor Bills on the Bank of Montreal to the amount of 000. The total number of mennonites who have now settled in Manitoba is 147 and More Are yet expected to arrive. The agree ment made by the department with the delegates who visited Canada in 1873, extends to 18s2, that being the limit of time within which. The delegates stated the Ifould permit this emigration from Russia to take place. Or. Lle Speler reports that those who arrived during the present year settled upon the Reserve set apart for them on the Side of the River. The available and upon said Reserve is now almost entirely settled. There Are at present thirty five Vil Lages within tiie said Reserve averaging Twenty houses in each Village with in All acres under cultivation by next sea son. The mennonite settlement near scratching Olivor consists of two villages in All thirty houses which will have 900 under seed by next Spring. The new men Nonzio Reserve of seventeen townships j Erin Reserve had during the present year an Iner Easu of immigration to the extent of about eighty families making in All a porn lation of about families settled in eighteen villages with acres of land broken or. W. Down in the save these people other emigrants they All live in villages each Village being some three 01 four Miles apart. When they first move in on to these lands they build Sod houses in which they live for the first year. All seem to be United and Are As one family. They work very hard and for instance they save a Gre at Deal of labor in pc icing. merely Fence one main Road rough the Village together with a Small Yard to each House. One Man herds All the cattle horses Etc on the Prairie by Day he Calls at each House in the morning and lakes the cattle away together on the Prairies at night he brings them Back again Ami shuts them up in the Yards until the following morning. Each Village has its own Herder. These mennonites on the. Scratching River moved in on those lands in september 1874, without a House or even a tent nothing but the sky for their roof. They were fully eight Miles from firewood or lumber. I find them now settled in two villages each has a Good Frame House Well built and some of them very Large. They Large herds of cattle oxi3h and horses and this year seven dred acres of wheat Bailey Oats and Pota toes. I went Over the land Ami better crops 1 never saw in any country. They have also 22o acres newly broken up for next year and still keep breaking More. Each family has a splendid Garden very clean and full of All kinds of vegetables. They have also a number of mowers reapers Hay Raker and threshing machines. Of course these people had Money with them when they moved in bal Evory bit of the. Work has been done by their own hands not even a Man was employed at either House or building in settlement. On the mennonite Reserve red River commonly called the k ver settlement i find that there Are i Liu Ilis s who moved in during settled in thirty two each of which has a and ready for seed. Bourse of his report Settle differently to spectacle race in that great province. In my three weeks steady travel Over this pro Vince i have seen nothing As regards Indus try equal to the mennonites. They Are and no mistake a hive of Busy bees and a credit to any country 1 . A further special colonization of ice Landers was made during the summer on the West Buhoro of Lake Winnipeg. These arrived in a healthy condition but on their arrival at Manitoba sickness appeared and As the Winter approached the disease of Small pox broke out among them in a virulent form causing great suffering and loss of life. The most effective possible Steps were taken to prevent the spread of the disease and to attend the wants of those attacked. The presence of this disease Ren dered it necessary to segregate these colonists by quarantine to prevent them from communicating with the province of Mani Toba. A very Large Hubmer of the men were thus prevented from continuing to obtain employment on the railway storks on which they had been engaged thus adding further to the privation of the Colony. The Settle ment at Gimli the name Given to the first icelandic settlement was in the first place commenced urm representation of its suit ability for icelandic colonization by an icelandic deputation who visited it in the fall of and it was upon the published re port of that deputation that the icelandic immigration of was mainly based. It was found however As the season of 1s7c advanced it proving to to an unusually Rainy one that the selection Ohio Ali was not altogether the most suitable it being too wet. The new colonists therefore considered it advisable to Settle farther North on the Lake Shore. About 400 acres of crops were put in at Gimli during the Spring but they were very much injured by the wet so Ason. The Colony of icelanders who went to Gimli just As the Winter was setting in in suf bred privations from not having had Lime to make adequate preparations and from difficulty of communicating with the. Province of Manitoba in the absence of a Road after the Lake and red River were closed by ice. Scor Butic Dis ease broke out among a number of them died. During the summer and full a Winter colonisation Road was constructed jointly by this department and the depart ment of the Interior for the purpose of connecting the icelandic colonists and the West Shore of Lake Winnipeg with the Road sys tem of the province of Manitoba it was found necessary to make a special Advance to be repaid to the icelandic immigrants this ast hit name , presume after the Village they left in Southern Russia. Thone people have a Litile Over acres under crop a Large breaking and broken for next year. Each has built a House stable and there Are two churches. They have made capital roads and even built Bridges. 1 should have said that those on the scratch ing River Are building a Bridge across it this summer. On the mennonite Reserve West of the i Joel River called the Dufferin Settle ment we spent nearly two Days. I found hero families settled in various villages a few Miles apart. The first party of these moved in last september Ami some this All Are living at present in the Sod houses but each is building a Good House either of lumber or logs. They have duo a capital Frame built Church. Peo ple have acres under crop chiefly wheat and potatoes. A Largo Quantity of it Only broken this Spring and the Grain on the Green Sod nevertheless the crops look Well especially the potatoes. The wheat t would consider Likely to yield a Good half crop or say about fifteen bushels per Tiero. These As Well As the others have Large herds of cattle ploughs harrows and All kinds of farming in fact 1 think every family in All these settlement has either horses and Waggon or oxen and Waggon and All kinds of implements for use. T noticed Large numbers moving in from Emerson both reserves. Tho Sec mennonites Are without doubt the Best settlers that Over emigrated in the province. No Man would believe what these people have done in so Short a time. As 1 visited almost every family and saw for myself i can vouch for it correctness that they stand just i have written. They Are settled on the open Prai Rie land Many Miles away from Timber very few nearer than eight or ten More nearer Twenty Miles. I spoke to several of them on thl Point. My answer in every Case was. We do not mind thax we have Yood land and can grow Good in All Are quite satisfied and appear to be the to. T Happy set of people it has Over been my lot to meet. They Are very kind and sociable and will make Good neighbors to those who Settle next to them. Many of them already speak English especially the children. The Laurl on their reserves is very 1, and they have both lands for Grain and . Panty of Yood water by digging t t of to feet. In fan whoever to la a Vears Roll by will Soe i very wealthy re who arrived during the last summer they not having sufficient Means to enable them to live until next Harvest. The disease of Small pox has caused a severe Check to the prospects of this Colony. Ihl Atria Ted Cazau Maxs. The Colon of repatriated canadians made a successful Start during the year. Or. Lle Speler reports the immigration of 322 French canadians most of whom came from the new England states and who on their arrival were taken in charge by the Manitoba colonization society of St. Boni face where the society erected a most cred Itable building for flip accommodation of such immigrants at a Cost of the Dufferin agent states that they have in general done Well and he has reason to to love that they will to followed by a Large number during the coming season. Max Toua a total von js7g. Or. Hespeler reports that Immi Grants wore accommodated at the Sheds at Winnipeg. Jio states that a considerable number of immigrants arrived in the pro Vince who were not accommodated at the Sheds and he estimates the number of these to be from to the Proba ble total number of immigrants in Manitoba during the year is estimated at from to including those who entered at que Bec and were reported at that port and those who emigrated from other provinces of the Dominion. Manitoba s soil and i Jodi tits. Or. C. J. Whellams says extraordinary productive Power of the soil is most remarkable the surface soil being a Rich Black Loam to a depth of from one to four feet. The country contains Fine sections of Rich Fertile land i with Poplar Groves rolling treeless Prairie slopes ridges and fresh water creeks and Lake like surrounding these Ponds and in the marshes is a Long heavy grass from four to eight feet High in Many places it can be tied Over the Back of a horse. And where Over the land is not suitable for growing cereals it is excellent for pasture the marshes producing upwards of four tons to the acre. The Prairie of the slopes valleys ridges and table land to the agriculturist is an Ocean of wealth acre after Are mile Sion that the soil climate and other Natur Al advantages Are conducive to successful farming and that a poor Man can More easily make a living in Manitoba than in other parts of the Dominion. The Prairie lands abound with Prairie chickens and in the Spring and fall ducks and geese Are found in immense numbers. At times Large numbers of pigeons Are to to found. In the forests Are Large numbers of different kinds of Deer including to Moose and the Elk. Rabbits by the hundreds. The Canadian Patridge is also very numerous. Of the fur bearing animals there Are the Fox Beaver Otter Mink and Muskrat and a few stray Black bears Buffalo is plentiful in the North West. The Large lakes abound with White fish weighing from three to five pounds. The and streams abound with All kinds of , so that Manitoba and the great North Wojt to the Rocky mountains pre sent Superior attractions to the tourist and the sportsman. A word to English tenant Farmers and others who have any desire to immigrate and better their circumstances thereby and that of their family who have say at least from to at their com Mand i advise them to Settle in the pro Vince of Manitoba where the land is Good healthy and the advantages offered ii equalled in any Colony or country to such men i say Pluck up your spirit and Cross the Atlantic and go to Manitoba. It is Only 20 Days journey from England Yon will be still under the old Flag and you sons of Brittania May build up another and greater England in the Dominion of can Cowx in man1toha. Wheat5 j bushels per acre. Barley. 10 Oats. 50 potatoes. M in peas. I Kkt i or Oxios cattle. Kiv. Lood oxen fit to break land per Yoke Good horses per h Load mules per 300 cows from. 30 to breaking plough from 2j to 3 Harrow from. H to i Waggon from. So to is one cart from. 13 to 2 one of harness from. 7 to cooking stove with fixtures from. 2o to 40 Cost of a 1iousk. Or. Down says it is very difficult to get a fair estimate and it would entirely depend on the kind of House built and the District. 1 think a Good comfortable log House May be built for any family taking up land and settling in this province requires fully when he reaches Mani Toba to enable him to get a fair Start would not advise any one to emigrate to Manitoba with a less capital than the above but with As much More As he May be Able to get. a House might be buil for much less provided Woods were near am the settler did All he could Kemak s. To Man should emigrate to this province without he intends to Settle on land Anc work for himself As there is really no employment in the province for agric Tiloura labourers except just during the Harvest. Coal. Or. A. A Halvorsen in the month of August 1s7c i again left this City Chi for the purpose of making another visit to Manitoba with a View to Coplon and if possible make discoveries of hidden Coal Beds. In the Mouth of september same year f started from fort Garry with a party of six men. In the Region of Pembina mountains i prospected for one month and bored in several places and discovered the finest kind of Coal Rock at a depth of from .08. To 300 feet below the surface. Owing to want of sufficient tools 1 was unable to penetrate the Kalis or line premises formerly in hit occupation 1 Alinor Clarke and at or c. P. Ali or of w. Brown . For Arleo onus etc., apply to Koll tit Stang h o o at i o o p o o a f. After mile so landscape is far As the beautifully Eye can Bee the waving the Rolls Are like the Billows of the mighty Atlantic so far As they sweep in a continuous wave for Miles in one direction and whatever nature has produced it has done so most luxuriantly. The color and variety of wild flow ers arc so great that the Prairie presents the appearance of a Large Flower bed j wild Rose Trees from six to twelve inches High Are so numerous that the resting place while camping on the Prairie is a Bod of roses. I have seen cabbages 20 ibs cauliflower 8 to 10 inches diameter swedish turnips 35 tons to the acre radishes i ibs. Each parsnips from 1 to 3 feet Long celery 4 inches in diameter Timothy 3 feet High sown this year tobacco raised this year feet High Leaf is inches Long equal to that grown South or elsewhere blood red table beets 3 it. Long 0 in. Diameter on ions red and Brown port 500 bushels to the acre average weight of each onion three quarters of a Pound to two pounds Pota toes 32 bushels to one of seed average weight of each potato from half a Pound to three pounds. Grey Stone turnips White. Dutch Mangold Wonzel carrots Long table and Early Horn sugar beets Kohl Rabi Beans peas vegetable Marrows cucumbers arc taken altogether Superior to any f have in England. Wheat averages 30 bushels to the acre. Oats 70 bushels to the acre the Straw 5 feet in or. J. W. Down Prairie Sod rots j and decays very rapidly. Lands broken up in june ploughed again say in september i worked with harrows and sown to wheat in j the following ensure a Good crop and i he land is really like a Garden and it is the fault of tin5 owner if Ever it gets flir-1 to again. Those lands worked there in any o Linary season would be As clean and free i from weeds and when the wheat stubble is i ploughed again in the full in As Good a state i of cultivation As land to be found in any j part of the world. From the. Information i have obtained and from what i have seen in other provinces 1 have Tomc to the Conlu a a t3 o o o o o o Ftp it a o o b a o o m a o r Cal s3 3 cart o o n o lecappella9n having obtained by Purchase the entire mock and of Mckinney in a Low figure Are now prop Rod o hell the whole of Stock of hardware 1840. Tha provincial fire and Marine insurance co of Canada policies arc now issued direct from this of lace on the approval of the local Board. F. Caruthers Agi in Secretary stoves and to and Hope by strict attention to to in Ril i Shiv of Pul Lichi reference to the above i Trust that my friends and will continue to my successors that support so Liviu i Ousby cd Tuiuli a to me in the past. Film John i Ken sky. In Good order will be sold for next ten Days at also. 5o cases 2 in. Pie peaches at Xix mrs go wholesale and retail grocer us the old Man s favorit wone genuine without stamp. Know Iti Nitto love nor name it but to Kaisk. Manufactured solely by Scales co., feb Pearson agent for Manitoba. 18 boxes Black is Teft head at a Lew Price. News paper ;