Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-17
THE letter WAS GENUINE
i - !; AND9nONTAINED FACTS.
A I'd rp&s American settled In Cam
ada E3ooded with Inquiries.

'Q0a 1o1OOOeU WIN inquiries.
A short, time since letter appeared
in these columns sighed BY Alr. w. f.
Kinka dssof Alameda, Assiniboia,
Western anada, which. caused that
gent lemsR to reSen& al great many
Inquiries. most Of them anxious: to
know if:dhe letter was genuine. To
large number OF the ihquiries answers
We're s@ <but.is was Impossible Ito
reply to &L. We take pleasure in
submit tist Ito our readers specimen
of re plies Gent by Mr. Kinllade:
"les. the. letter dated December %.
1899, supposed to have been written
by me Which you saw in your local
facts l: will say of the information
received from the Canadian Govern
ment age1.s prior to coming here. |
did not fnd single untrue state
ment. The Canadian government is
an honorable one and its agents dare
not nisrepresent this country or they
would lose their job. There is quite
very little close to market, but MAIN
ly from six to twenty miles from sta
TONS The country hereabouts is a
prairie. nearly level, slightly rolling,
not rough country by any means.
Homestead entries cost ten dollars;
on land that has been cancelled there
is five dollar cancellation fee extra
and in some cases an inspection fee
of FIVE dollars, and where the former
occupant has made any substantial
improvements there are small
amounts to pay for Improvements.
This is podr place for q poor man
unless he has brains aud muscle and
"git and grit but with these requi-
sites he can succeed. The population
of this part of Assiniboia has doubled
during the:past two years. There has
been as much prairie broken the past
two years: as was already broken
previous to: 1898. c. p. II. land Todd
sections). Joining homestead land sells
at three: dollars per acre. Improved
| quarters within four to five miles OF
town sell.,a3:$l 600 this spring. This
is not a:Garden of Eden at all. No
man d:thifk he can come here and
get rich, ina short time without much
| labor. but.:::if;:::he will: work and be
saving he can soon be an independent
! farmer tiIling his own soil and get
ting good returns for his labor. ~
Eve burn COAL; which costs JUS 81 s:
per load at the mines which are q
miles southwest of US. s'S !:
people with stock and machinery
should come in May so as to have al
June to break in. Those who expec
20 work for wages for the first veal
or two should come by the end O
July to work Though harvest an'
threshing and, then go to1 the coal
fields and work all winter. and b.,
spring he could be ready to improve
homestead.
"a quarter-section of railway lant
sells at three dollars per acre. Th'
interest is all figured up and a mar
has about 81 to pay cash, and if h.
breaks at least ten acres first break
ing season his S2l interest for tn
first year is thrown off and the sec
ond fall following purchase he ha
$50 to pay and then $50 to pay 70
eight more falls, which makes a 1ota
Of S6l1 the quarter costs him, inclnd
ing all interest. Paying for quartz
of land that way is like keeping lif
insurance policy paid. cnly it does no
take so long to do it. By a man home
stealing one quarter and buying an
other quarter gives him a chance t
have 320-acre farm all his own AM
have it paid for in ten years and afte
that he is sure of an easy living if h
is any good at all.
"SIGNED w H. KINKADE.'