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Title: Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907
Year: 1907 (1900s)
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Publisher: Toronto
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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pwater sail from the western end ofthe Straits and free from ice almosthalf the year. Hudson Bay itself, ofcourse, is open all the year round.The railroad to Churchill will be aconcrete fact within a few years, andthen Keewatin—that enormous gamepreserve half as big as European Rus-sia—will be a split up between Mani-toba, Saskatchewan and Ontario, giv-ing each a splendid seaport. These great schemes hinge entire-ly upon the amazing development ofWestern Canada, whose magical blacksoil, experts say, will go on produc-ing the hardest wheat in the worldwithout stimulus for a century ormore. Already Winnipeg bids fairto be the Chicago of Canada. Throughthis buckle of the wheat belt all thegrain must pass. Within the last two years the cityhas spent over $20,000,000 upon newbuildings, and its population is leap-ing up from year to year in boundsof 12,000 or so. More and more ofthe prairie is swallowed up everymonth, and to-day there must be atleast 120,000 souls in this wonderfulcity.
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The Late Rev. John Potts, D.D. In the death of Rev. John Potts, D.D., who passed away at his home in Toronto,on Wednesday, October i6th, not only has the Canadian Methodist Church lost itsEducational Secretary and a founder, but Canada also has lost one of its greatest andmost widely-known men. As an educationist, a financier, and an orator. Dr. Pottshas proved himself a master among: the worlds greatest. As a man he showed apersonality and a large-heartedness which made him beloved by all his intimates. Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1833, John Potts came to America, firstto the United States and shortly afterwards to Canada, at the age of nineteen. Hislife since has been a march of progress. Dr. Potts has made Canadas name proud on many occasions. His associationwith the Worlds Sunday School Association has made this country famous through-out all the branches of the organization, and in two instances particularly, where hehas spoken, once at the International Convention at D

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