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              PE000858 - Letter Seeking to Promote a Song
              Item · [1911-1926]
              Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

              A handwritten letter to the editor of the Edmonton Bulletin from S. K. Larson. The letter requests that the Edmonton Bulletin write a few lines on the publication of Larson's song, "The Rose of My Heart," issued by Dearborn Music Co. of Chicago. It has been published in England, Australia, and the United States. Larson mentions that he was a pioneer of Stony Plain in the Edmonton District, having settled there in 1894 for 15 years, although he now lives in Prince Rupert, B.C. Attached is a short notice announcing the song’s success published by The Evening Empire newspaper, from Prince Rupert, B.C. There is a red, 3 cent Canadian stamp featuring King George V's portrait on the bottom right of the letter.
              PE002778 - Central Alberta - Canada's Richest Mixed Farming Country
              Item · [ca. 1912]
              Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

              Informative promotional booklet issued by the Central Alberta Development League ca. 1912.

              "The League has nothing to sell; its object is to provide accurate information that prospective settlers may know the advantages of Central Alberta, and yet not be disappointed on arrival by reason of having expected too much."

              Contents:
              Central Alberta, the Garden of Canada's Richest Province [Early Development; Geography of Central Alberta]; Climate [Light Snowfall; Pleasant Winters]; Rainfall [No Irrigation; No Dry Farming]; Rapidity of Vegetation [Long Days; Ample Moisture; Length of Season]; Crops [Average Yields; Spring Wheat; Winter Wheat; Oats; Barley; Peas; Flax; Rye; Beans; Roots; Potatoes; Vegetables; Timothy; Brome Grass; Clover; Alsike; Alfalfa; Green Feed; Fruit]; Mixed Farming [Cheap Feed; Cheap Cattle]; Dairying [Creameries; Splendid Markets; High Prices; Bigger Returns; Less Cost]; Hog Raising; Horse Raising; Sheep; Poultry; Other Natural Resources [Coal; Timber; Lumber]; General Conditions [Not a Wilderness; People Progressive; Modern Ideas in Alberta; Farm Telephones]; Educational Facilities; Roads; Taxes; Law and Order [Laws Observed; Laws Enforced]; Population; Markets; What Is Land Worth?; Homesteads [Free Land; No Pre-emptions; Partially Timbered; Cheaper to Buy]; and Further Information.

              Includes double-sided fold-out map: "Map of Central Alberta" on recto and "Key Map Showing Locations of Central Alberta" on verso. "Key Map" also includes paragraphs "Synopsis of Homestead Regulations" and "Information for Settlers".

               Central Alberta Development League