Twelve years ago two brothers, Albert and Arthur Hitz, decided
that working a rented farm in Ontario was not proving profitable.
They had but little equipment, but this they sold and came to the
Peace River country. Making the larger part of the trip from Ed-
monton on foot, they walked over the entire country for hundreds of
miles, finally selecting land near the present village of Berwyn.
Having found a suitable location, they walked another hundred miles
to the Dominion land agency, then located at Grouard (but since
moved to Peace River) and filed their claim. With money which had
been intended for the purchase of horses, they purchased “seript,”
which entitled them to an additional half section in addition to their
homesteads, giving them a total of 640 acres. They returned and
built their first cabin, shown above, and started farming. Gradually
their land was broken up, horses soon replaced the oxen with which
they started, and within a few years they were on their way to pros-
perity. During the summer of 1925 they commeneed the erection of
their new home, shown below, which is the last word in modern home
construction. It has full basement, hardwood floors, two bathrooms,
is steam heated, and has both hot and cold running water and its

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