Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-19
THE LETTER WAS GENUINE AND
CONTAINED FACTS.

A Former American Settled in West
ern Canada Flooded with Inquiries
A short time since n letter appeared
In these columns signed by Mr.. w. ii.
Kinkade, Of Alameda, Assinibola, West
ern Canada, which caused that gentle
man to receive a great many inquiries.
most Of them anxious to know If the
letter was genuine. TO a large number
Of the inquiries were sent, but
It was impossible to reply TO all. We
take pleasure in submitting to our read
ars a specimen Of replies sent by Mr..
Kinkade:
yes, the letter dated Dec. %, 1899,
supposed to have been written by me,
which you saw In your local papers,
was genuine and contained facts. i will
say OF the information received from
the Canadian Government agents prior
to coming here | did not find a single
untrue statement. The Canadian Gov
eminent is honorable, and its agents
dare not misrepresent this country, or
they would lose their jobs. There is
quite n bit Of land for homesteading
yet, n 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 "A rough country by any means.
Homestead entries cost SO; on land
that has been cancelled there is a So
cancellation fee extra, and in some
cases In 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 n poor place for II poor
man, unless he has brains and muscle
and git and grit but with these
requisites he can succeed. The popula
ton Of this part Of Asslniboia has dou
bled during the past two years. There
past two years as was already broker
previous to 1893. G. II. X. land (odt
sections) Joining homestead land scll'
at SD per acre. Improved quarters
within four TO five miles of town sci
at 81 900 this spring. This is not a gar
uNh VI iNhNi "a "A ANO ltih iSNu nm
he can come here and get rich in
short time without much labor; but |
he will work and be saving he can sooI
be an independent farmer tilling hi
own soil and getting good returns 70
his labor.
1--WE burn coal, which costs us SIS,
per load at the mines, which are TWEEN
ty miles southwest Of us.
People with stock and machiner,
should come in May, so as to have al
June to break in. Those who expec
to work for wages for the first year o
two should come by the end Of July t
work through harvest and threshlns
and then go to the coal fields and wor
all winter, and by the spring he coul
be ready to improve homestead.
"A quarter section of railway Ian
sells at SD per acre. The interest is a
figured up, and a man has about ST. {
pay cash, and If he breaks at least te
acres first breaking season his $21 intel
est for the first year is thrown off, an
the second fall following purchase II
has $50 to pay, and then $50 to pay fc
eight more falls, which makes n toti
Of $611 the quarter costs him, inclut
ing all interest. Paying for a quartz
of land that way is like keeping a lif
insurance policy paid, only it does M
take so long to do it. BY a man bom'
Stealing II quarter and buying al
other quarter gives him a chance
have a 320-acre farm all his own an
have 1t paid for in ten years, and aftt
that he is sure Of an easy living If he
any good at all,
C"Signed) w. III. KINKADE."