Daily Colonist (1891-01-04) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1891-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

JNO. POUGHLAN; . I

» MAtrAQEB, '

E. CRANE,

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CRANE, McGregor & B0GGS, 30 Broad st

A. p.

REAL

Room 6, Bank of British Columbia Building, Victoriai B.C.

ESTATE

E Bl CO.,

AND INSURANCE.

CHOICE LOTS

In this Delig'htful Neighborhood^, some fronting' on the Sea, can bs had now at extremely low figures,.

mm &70HNST0N,:

Trounce Avenue,

ilyl

EDWARD IVicCOSKRIE&Co..

Architeols and Bnildiog SnperiDtendeDts.

Belmont Oo. Blobk, Yates'Street.. P.O. Box <l. ool-tf ' ViotohuVb.O.

Fop Healtli, Comfort and Economy'

Have your doors and windows flUcd wilh

"Tk CkgonWeather Str^

It -will keep out dust, drai;t, -wind, rnta and enow, stop the exoniciatln;; noise o( ratUini; snslioa and cl6oni, preserrp the carpets and furnluiroanddtminlsh tholuel bill. Sold and fitted by ■

• J. P. BURGESS, .10 Brougliton Street.

VICTORIA RICE MILLS,

STOKr HTItlvin', VI<^T4IICIA, II. O.

MIU,I-;il.S OF—

China and Japan Rice, Rice Meal, Rice Flour,

Obit Rice, Etc., Etc.

.Jan7

VICTORIA DAILY COLOmSTI Sn^PA-l^

THE OKANAGAl^ COUNTRY.

A Wonderful A ffriculttral and Stock Baislug: DiBtrict.

JTlie noutn of tlio SliuBwai) imd OkaiinfH Hallway-Vornon the Trade Ceutro of tlio District.

While tlie railways of the western United States are drawing iu their feelers, .»nd, oTjodient to the mandates of Jay <3ould, aio preparing to curl up in their

shells for a cjood fivo years ni»p, the great Caiiiulinn Pacific system is rushing ahead like a rnoo horao, and is luvakiMiing to new life nuJ unsuspected vigor tlie vast territory through which it passes.

But although all Canada; and especially the province of British Columbia, feel the new blood flowing through thoir vmus from this great artery, and though thou-rast' natural resources and advantiigus thus, fop the first time, have found an :*dequato'bhannol'of development, tlicy they have not,.nor will not imitate the rashness oE their neighbors across the Imo, nor overwhelm in mad speculation the aolid advantages of their position. It has frequently been iisaerted that the Canadian provinces are " slow "—but they are idso " sure. " There's is a steady, moderate growth with never a atep^ back--ward, and they do not sow the wind to Tcap the whirlwind, us Los Angeles did throe years ago, and as the cities of Puget Sound are doing to-day.

But if any part of this continent would justify tlio extravagant laudations of an Americiin " boomer, " it is the country itist being opened up hy tlio Sbushwaj) Aud Okanagan Railway. This rond starts -^rom the Canadian Pacific at Sicamous, '\*nd has its tormhial point at Okanag.ui Lake, 01 miles distant. And the railway <:ompany has already appliedj to the Douiiuioii Government for permission to extend its lino 120 miles further southward to the international boundary. It is desisned to eventually connect with that great arterial system of America railroads, which will iu the near future have ita torminal point in Alaska. ^

The country tributary lo tiib ohiiali--irap and Okanagan Railway, contaiiio a go )d hiilf million acres of the best agricultural l;uid in tlie province, and over 1,000,000 acres of tine ptrazing country. • Tne road ia built primarily to open up ilio valleys of the Okanagan and Spalluiu-«heen—a word which means in the Indian dinlect, "Beautiful Valley." This is ««Jlea, by those fortunate onough to live there, "the garden of British Columbia" —and they are about right.

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