Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17
THE LETTER WAS eENu NE AND
CONTAINED FACTS.

A Former American Settled in West.
ern Canada Flooded with Inquiries.
A short time since letter appeared
IN these columns signed by Mr.. w. III.
kinkade, of Alameda, Assniboia, West
crn Canada, which caused that gentle
man to receive a great many inquiries.
most of them anxious to know if the
letter was genuine. To large number
of the inquiries answers We're sent, but
it was impossible to reply to all We
take pleasure in submitting to our read
ers specimen of replies sent by Mr..
Kinkade:
Yes, the letter dated Dec. %, 1859,
supposed to have been written 10y me,
which you saw in yonr local papers,
was genuine and contained facts. l will
say of the information received from
the Canadian Government agents prior
to coming here l did not find ii single
untrue statement. The Canadian Gov
eminent is honorahle, and its agents
dare not m:srepresent this country, or
they would lose their jobs. There is
quite bit of land for demonstrating
yet, very little close to market, but
mainly from six to twenty miles from
stations. The country hereabouts is a
prairie, nearly level, Slightly rolling;
not rough country by any means.
Homestead entries cost $40; on land
that has been cancelled there is a So
cancellation fee extra, and in some
eases an inspection fee of So; and
where the former occupant has made
any substantial improvements there
are small amounts to pay for improve
ments. This is poor place for Il poor
man, unless he has brains and muscle
and git and grit but With these
requisites he can succeed. The popula-
tion of this part of Assinlboia has dou-
bled during the past two years. There
has been as much prairie broken the
past two years as was already broken
previous to 1898. G. y. II. land (odd
sections) Joining homestead land sells
at So per acre. Improved quarters
within four to five miles of town sell
at $1,000 this spring. This is not a gar
den of Eden at all. Norman need think
he can come here and get rich in Il
short time without much labor; but If
he will work and be saving he can soon
be an independent farmer tilling his
own soil and getting good returns for
his labor.
eve burn coal, which costs us 81. 50
per load at the mines, which are TWEEN
ty miles southwest of us.
"Pcoplc with stock and machinery
ell, i'm, to .,1l
June to break in. Those who expect
to work for wages for the first year OF
two should come by the end of July to
work through harvest and thresh,ng
and then so to the coal fields and worl
all winter, and by the spring he coult
be ready to improve homestead.
< "a quarter section of railway lane
sells Mt SO per acre. The interest is al
figured up, and man has about $71 L,
!, pay cash, and If he breaks at least tel
acres first breaking season his S21 inter
: est for the first year is thrown off. an,
q the second fall following purchase h
has $50 to pay, and then $50 to pay TO
{ eight more falls, which makes totn
;, of SG11 the quarter costs him, includ
: ing all interest. Paying for q quartz
of land that way is like keeping a lif
insurance policy paid, only it does no
) take so long to do it. BY man home
$ steading one quarter and buying an
y other quarter gives him chance t
i have a 320-acre farm all his own an
], have it paid for in ten years, and afte
that he is sure of an easy living if he /
! any good at all.
!. CsigneD w. II. KINKADE."