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n and at the gateway to the Peace, Mackenzie and Yukon

head of navigation on the north Saskatchew river districts and the regions of northern British Columbia, it would seem as if destiny had marked her as the largest inland city of the continent, In the Edmonton district alone, which is but a small fraction of the whole, during the last four years no less than 10,814 homestead entries were made, which means the occupation by actual settlers of 1,730,240 acres of the finest agricultural and grazing, land in the world, Or the district and the trade of the

can scarcely estimate what that means it this Hine alone for the development of

‘Then there is almost untouched unlimited resources of

undeveloped wealth, in the oil, mineral, timber, coal and agricultural and grazing lands of all those

regions to which Edmonton is the gateway. Asa great railway and trade centre the future is absolutely assured, and no one need hesitate to make his investments accordingly.

Kdmonton was incorporated as a town in 1892, and asa city in 1904. TL now has an estimated population of 8,000, with an assessment close upon $5,000,000. During the current year an addition of nearly $400,000 of value in new buildings was made. ‘The young city owns and operates its water, stems and electric light plant and firmly believe

sewerage and telephone mntinicipal ownership of

all public utilities. While the found

jations of future material greatness have been duly and truly laid, the citizens have not been umnindful of other things that are necessary to all true greatness,

‘The educational facilities are of the very first rank. There is a good, well equipped High

School, with an effleient staff of three teachers, each a specialist in his own department. ‘The public schools of the city are among the finest structures of their kind in the west, and are manned by a staff

of nineteen teachers, of whose efficiency the results of the departmental examinations speak int the

highest terms, ‘Then there is Alberta College also looking after the interests of higher education and

doing a work specially its own,

‘The moral, religious and philanthropic interests of ot forgutten, as the many fine

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buildings erected and projected for public worship and other purposes abunda

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With such magnificient possessions in the hands of a people of energy’ and enterprise gathered

United States,

from the best that is to be found in ¢ astern Canada and the Old Land across the sea,

1g can check the rise and progress of this province of Alberta in general and Edmonton in particular, ‘To all the world we would say, keep your eye on Edmonton and see her flourish ; and

“+ Comte thon with us and we will do thee good."

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