Incorrect on several points. The town was already well established by the time the Barr colonists arrived. Although they were (by and large) teetotallers, the residents of Saskatoon were not ... not by a long shot. But FYI, Barr himself was a heavy drinker.

One of the things that incensed the colonists (besides the fact that their leader was incompetent) was that they thought the merchants and traders of Saskatoon were trying to grossly overcharge them for horses, farm implements, bedding, fodder and all the other things that homesteaders required. The concept that there were suddenly hundreds of new consumers bidding up prices on a limited supply of farming goods didn't seem to enter their minds.

Most of the Barr colonists eventually ended up settling in the Vermilion - Lloydminster area, under the leadership of George E. Lloyd, the Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan, after they voted I.M. Barr out as their leader, and Lloyd in, while en route between Saskatoon and where they eventually settled. Barr himself went to Australia and became a farmer.