This region of Calgary was described by an arriving immigrant as “the horse-smellingest town I could ever remember.” Here in this general vicinity along the tracks were horse barns, cattle stockyards and abattoirs; huge mounds of coal, livery stables with piles of manure heaped behind, etc. – a veritable feast for the olfactory senses. Add to that scene the fact that the streets were dirt and inclined to raise huge clouds of dust that covered everything… streets that in rain became quagmires. Molly spoke of getting caught downtown in a down pour one day and even though she had an umbrella she found she could hardly move after a while as her skirts became heavier and heavier with wet mud clinging to the bottom. But the town was booming and attracting hundreds of people. Between 1900 and 1910 the population grew from around 4,000 to 40,000. In this area of town cards, whiskey and women were always on tap; there was a livery stable every other block and numerous hotels. There were 10 hotels within 5 blocks along 9th Avenue and it became known as “whiskey row”. Many news agents on the branch CPR lines in the west made more money selling supplies of contraceptives than from their fruits and magazines. As a result of CPR’s great land promotion schemes, Americans by the 1000s poured into western Canada, many to Calgary: American farmers, business men, land brokers, financiers, promoters, investors etc. The early 1900s was an era in which the forces of self-righteousness collided head on with entrenched forces of prostitution. The past established arrangements between members of the police and the locals were being challenged by the morally upright people moving in and settling into the area.