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IFTY years ago the bufialo roamed the prairies: the Railway pushed , ' through unnumbered obstacles. "Craifgellarbie," was ‘the code word, meaning, "Standfast!" The last spike was driven. The line was completed.

“The pioneer settler, ever an optimist, subdued the Prairie with the ancient hand tools of immemorial ancestors. Then came the gradual adoption of improved implements, powered by long teams of sinewy horses. (Then :1 modem power, and the whole character of the West "changed. Wheat

i farming became a mechanized industry,'with all the threes of science at its

"i command.‘ (IOut of the throes of this economic revolution isbeing born again a New West, with its prodigious resources of oil, minerals, irrigation

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and water powers, undreamed of when ‘the Canadian Pacific first laid its»

rails across the continent. Today, as then, -the Railway endeavours to keep ahead in providing for the needs of the constantly changing and growing West, and is inspired by the same faith in "the future. a i i e : a a

From the moment the prospectiveflcolonist becomes interested in Canada until the time of his final establishment on the land, he has,- in the Canadian Pacific, the unique advantage of the service of one tlistinctive organization. Whether on sea or land, or no matter in what part of Canada he may be, he may always easily get in touch with the railway's colonization service, which helps himtoward success and independence

in the land of his adoption. Assistance is given to farmers to induce greater produc- tion, to find new markets, and to experiment in new crops and methods,

18 8 1 rtrrrarn , ANNIVERSARY

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