PACIFIC STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! RAILWAY REASON! HIS great transcontinental line is building on both the Mainland of British Columbia and on Vancouver Island, and its various branches in the Province aggregate 803 miles in extent. It reaches and makes tributary to its routes, mixed farming, grazing, stock- raising, dairying, fruit and vegetable growing, and poultry-raising areas, passing through some of the most fertile lands that the Province contains. Both the older and the newer settled districts are traversed by its rails, and the intending settler with money or the one with limited capital can both find excellent land for agricultural purposes. On the Mainland and on Vancouver Island the railway goes through immensely valuable stands of merchantable timber, prin- cipally Douglas fir and red cedar, besides being in close touch with some good pulp-wood districts in the Province. Gold, silver, lead, coal, iron, copper, gypsum, brick-clay, fire- clay, and other mineral deposits have been found along the line of and contiguous to the railway. Some of these have been commercially utilized and others are as yet comparatively undeveloped. A very large amount of water-power is available in the dis- tricts bordering on the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, both on the Mainland and on Vancouver Island. A small portion of this power has been developed, but many hundreds of thousands of horse-power remain which can be brought into operation. The sportsman, angler, and traveller will find in many por- tions of the Province through which this railway runs a splendid country in which to shoot big game, fish, or view nature in the rugged and diversified beauty which has put British Columbia on the outdoors map of the world. This railway, with its Mid-Western and Eastern Canadian connections and branches, will take a leading part in the traffic movement which the Panama Canal opening is expected to bring in its wake. It will be amply equipped on the British Columbia Coast with wharves, docks, vessels, and all necessary sea-going facilities to handle effectively an enormous volume of business. Taking the undeniable facts alone, and from every stand- point—that of the settler, investor, business-man, commercial fisherman, miner, lumberman, manufacturer, or pleasure-seeker— there are numerous districts which will repay the most careful investigation and research along the British Columbia routes of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway. Any British subject, a widow, or single woman over eighteen years, who is self-supporting, or alien who declares his intention of becoming a British subject, may take up pre-emptions in British Columbia. Three years’ residence and improvements to the value of $5 an acre and fee of $10 secures Crown grant in fee-simple. Aliens must become naturalized. Pre-emptions, 160, SO, and 40 acres. Crown land may be bought up to 640 acres at $5 and at $10 an acre. Timber lands holding as high as 8,000 feet of milling timber west of Cascades (Coast Range), or 5,000 feet east of Cascades, to the acre cannot be pre-empted. Coal, mineral, petro- leum, and natural gas do not pass under Crown-grant lands. Farmers, Dairymen, Etc. excellent districts along the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway for carrying on their work. Some of these locali- ties are on the Mainland of British Columbia, and others are on Vancouver Island, eighty miles distant from the Mainland. J oe dairymen, and poultry-raisers will find many Mixed farming, C.N.P. Ry. country. There is probably no part of the Province that has a richer quality of land than the Lower Fraser Valley, through which this railway runs, nor land better adapted to mixed farming, dairying, and poultry-raising purposes. Mixed farming can be successfully engaged in at different points along the Mainland route of the railway, notably near Kamloops, the Nicola Valley, and along the valley of the North Thompson near Tete Jaune Cache and north from Kamloops for some distance. On Vancouver Island the railway extends through Colwood, Metchosin, Sooke, and Cowichan. These portions of the Island cannot be surpassed for fertility of soil, mildness of climate, and general excellence as farming and dairying centres. The production of eggs and poultry has been brought to a remarkably high grade of steady profit-paying along the railway, notably in the Lower Fraser Valley on the Mainland, and the Cowichan District on Vancouver Island. Potato-growing, C.N.P. Ry. country. Investigation will verify these statements, and show the many advantages to farmers, dairymen, and poultrymen along the route of this great transcontinental railway in British Columbia. Stock-raisers and Breeders Yellowhead Pass to Kamloops almost the entire country along the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway can be utilized for stock-raising. Cattle and sheep can be ranged in these northern districts during the greater part of the year, but winter feed is necessary during the winter months. A considerable portion of the country along the railway from Kamloops north is a bunch-grass area, with many creeks and lakes for irrigation. Wherever water is had large crops of grass, hay, and alfalfa can be grown. The Thompson Valley from Kamloops to Ashcroft is noted for its suitability for stock-raising. From Ashcroft to Spences Bridge the ranges can be profitably devoted to the business, and the Nicola Valley is one of the best valleys in the Province for stock-raising of all kinds. The Lower Fraser Valley and much of x) TOCK-RAISERS and breeders of stock will find that from Fraser Valley horses, C.N.P. Ry. country. Fraser Valley beef cattle, C.N.P. Ry. country. the entire country traversed by the railway on Vancouver Island are especially choice areas for cattle and horse breeding. Sheep and swine raising is profitable in the Mainland Lower Fraser Valley District, and in many Vancouver Island districts of the railway, the mild climate, high prices, and near-by markets being valuable factors. British Columbia is yet a large importer of meat, dairy and poultry products, so that good markets are assured for all farm produce. The above paragraphs represent in a nutshell what stock raisers and breeders can find in the country bordering on or crossed by this great transcontinental railway in British Columbia. Fruit & Vegetable Growers RUIT-GROWERS and vegetable-raisers will find that the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway taps the most famous areas in the Province of British Cclumbia as regards this industry. The Okanagan Valley is in a class by itself, and is known wherever fruit is eaten or exhibited. Okanagan apples Okanagan orchards, C.N.P. Ry. country. are as standard a production as the trains carry, and have won gold medals in the most rigid of domestic and foreign competitions. in the valley of the Lower Fraser River the conditions are ideal for truck-gardens and the raising of berries. Hops are also grown successfully in various parts of this territory. Marketing facilities are of the very best, and produce is in steady demand. On Vancouver Island the railway passes along and through a country admirably suited to all branches of agriculture, as well as the fruit industry and vegetable-growing. Colwood, Metchosin, Scoke, and the Cowichan Valiey are all first-class districts in this respect; and the Alberni Valley furnishes an unusually fine fruit and vegetable area. Apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, prunes, and apricots grow in different districts through which this railway extends. Berries of all kinds thrive luxuriantly in many localities adjoin- ing or close to the railway. The local market is not yet nearly supplied with enough fruit and vegetables. Okanagan tomatoes, C.N.P. Ry. country. The foregoing facts speak for themselves. Fruit-growers and vegetable-raisers will’do well to look into and substantiate these claims made on behalf of this great transcontinental railway in British Columbia. Timber, Mines, Investment bia made tributary by the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, both on the Mainland and on Vancouver Island, offers sterling attractions. The very heart of the great Douglas fir and red cedar belt is pierced, and the opportunities for sawmills, shingle-mills, and the lumber industry in general cannot be excelled in North America. The aggregate amount of the tributary merchantable timber is 52,000,000,000 feet, board measure; the aggregate value is $43,800,000. Mining is mostly in its development stage along the railway. Copper ores are being mined near Kamloops, and some undevel- coped copper properties in this vicinity give promise of producing. Deposits of gypsum around Ashcroft and Kamloops afford a basis for extensive industries. Formations at Yale justify belief that gold, silver, and lead ores will be developed there. ; (ae, the timberman and mill-owner the area in British Colum- Logging in the C.N.P. Ry. country, Coal of fair quality has been found on the North Thompson River near Chu Chua, while the Nicola Valley coalfield is tribu- tary to this railway. In the valleys of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers placer gold has been found on the river-bars. Various clays are found in the Fraser Delta. At Clayburn fireclay of good quality has been worked, producing good fire-brick and pressed front brick, also brick, tiles, and shapes for coke-ovens. Over 600,000 horse-power are available to the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway for water-power on the Mainland of British Columbia, of which about 112,000 horse-power have been developed. On Vancouver Island the figures are about 150,000 horse-power available and about 39,000 horse-power developed. Look up these figures and compilations. They are taken from the records. They are a part of the commercial possibilities made available by the building of this great transcontinental railway in British Columbia. Shooting, Fishing, Etc.. PORTSMEN, both big-game hunters and anglers, will find i) the greatest possible variety of outdoor recreation in the country traversed by the Canadian Northern Pacific Ry. _. Bears (including grizzly, silver-tip, black, and brown), ‘mountain-sheep, caribou, moose, mountain-goat, deer, wolf, and Big-game shooting. A dead caribou. cougar can be killed along the Mainland route of the railway; and black bear, deer, wolf, and cougar on Vancouver Island. Splendid fishing will be found in numerous of the main and lesser streams, lakes, and estuaries covered by the entire route. The trout-fishing is particularly fine. Both in the upper tribu- taries of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, the Okanagan Lakes, the Cowichan Lake District, and in the Alberni District the angler: can follow his favourite sport with success. At the Alberni Canal and Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, and elsewhere, there is good salmon-trolling in the season. Wild- fowling and upland shooting is excellent in many localities. To the tourist in search of the beautiful and the sublime a trip over this railway will reveal glories far beyond the power of Alberni District trout, C.N.P. Ry. country. the artist or writer to delineate. Only an intimate perusal of, these marvellous pages of Nature’s scenic-history will suffice, as they are unfolded from the steel view-point of this great trans- continental railway in British Columbia.