Where are homes available for the thousands of disbanded soldiers?
The answer, to a large extent, lies in Central British Columbia. Here we have an immense territory of which the potential wealth in natural resources is beyond estimate and where conditions for home-making are of the best. The areas of arable agricultural lands are in the neighbourhood of ten million acres, with additional land suitable for grazing purposes. The belt is highly mineralized and no one can foretell what extent of treasure lies buried beneath its hills. The coast and inland waters are rich in fisheries, the extent and value of which are beginning to be more fully realized. The forests are also most extensive and the lumbering and pulp industries are already well under way. Water-powers are numerous and great. The climate is agreeable. In fact conditions are exceedingly inviting for intensive settle- ment and development along agricultural and industrial lines. The handicap of lack of transportation that has held back this district is now fast disappearing. One great transc
