The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-05-18
rur LETTER WAS GENUINE
AND CONTAINED FACTS.
. Former American settled In Cans
oaa Flooded with Inquiries.


hort time since letter appeared
! ,,.se columns signed by Mr.. w. ii.
,,"t,A,ade. Of Alameda, Assiniboia,
,eaytern Canada, which caused that
o,i.man TO receive "A great many
ttadries. most of them anxious 10
lnow II the letter was genuine. To
''rce number Of the inquiries answers
.sre sent. but il was impossible to
ly 10 all. We take pleasure in
.uhfnitting to our readers a specimen
asreples sent by Mr.. kinkade:
..Yrs the letter dated December 90
,soo supposed TO have been written
NJ me which you saw in your local
,.n.rs was genuine and contained
,,ets | will say of the information
lived from the Canadian Govern
mont agents prior TO coming here,
did not find single untrue state
uent. The Canadian government IL
~ honorable one and its agents dare
rot misrepresent this country or they
,,ould lose their job. There is quite
MI Of land for demonstrating yet. a
,.rv little close to market. but main
!, from six TO twenty miles from sta.
ions. The country hereabouts is a
nroiric, nearly level, slightly rolling,
~, a rough country by any means
homestead entries cost ten dollars;
On land tnat has been cancelled there
q dye-dollar cancellation fee extra
and in some cases an inspection fee
90 sve dollars, and where the former
occupant has made any substantial
imnroyements there are small
amounts to pay for improvements
This is a poor place for poor man
unless he has brains and muscle and
.oit and grit" but with these requi
s;tes he can succeed. The population
of this part Of Assiniboia has doubled
during the past two years. There has
heen as much prairie broken the past
TWO wears as was already broken
prcyious TO 1898. c. r. X. land (odd
sections) Joining homestead land sells
4. three dollars per acre. Improved
charters within four to five miles OF
lawn sell at $1,000 this spring. This
Is no, d Garden of Eden at all. Nc
man need think he can come here anc
caf rich in a short time without much
labor. but If he viii work and be
saving he can soon be an independent
farmer tilling his own soil and get.
i'm. rood returns for his labor.
eve burn coal. which costs us 81 5.
rer load al the mines which are 2l
mnes southwest Of US.
1fcoplc with stock and machincr,
should come in May. so as TO have al
Inae 10 break in. Those who expect
10 work for wages for tie first yea;
or two should come By the end OF
lelv TO work through harvest ard
;--.shing and Mcq e to the coal
lYIs ain work all winter. and by
spring he could be ready TO improve
homestead.
~ duarter section Of railway lane
sells a, three dollars per acre. The
\ interest II all figured up and n mar
4 s,as about sri 10 pay cash. and II !.
brtal- AT least ten acres first break
rs season his sol interest for TIT
rrst wear is thrown off and the sec
ond fan following purchase he ha
s6o 70 pay and then SEQ 10 pay 10
eight more falls. which makes to'a
OF Sell the quarter costs him. includ
h- all interest. Paying for quartz
Of land that way is like keeping M
insurance policy paid, only it does no
take SO long to do il. BY man home
stealing one quarter and buying an
other quarter gives him chance !
have 3e0-acre farm all his.own an
have il paid for in ten years and ate
that he is sure of ar easy living IL
is any good at all.
..crC&r~ya. II KINKADE.'