The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16
ITHn ETTER Was oENuInlEI
eAad Contained II lor1,aslR " ~
loan seeded ~ yvsstsrn anada
KInnslan nth Irlass III YER 3sE

SA 8ss lean 6ettlO0 In SC0nAdA So 8s
Flooded with 1nquIrls G.s Il
A short time since 81 letter appeared
\ III these columns signed by Mr.. ". HI i
Kinkade OF Alameda, Assinib oia, West-
s!ern Canada. which caused that gentle
man to receive q great many inquiries,
most OF them anxious TO know II the
letter was genuine. TO q large NUM-
Der OF the inquiries answers were sent,
but 1t was imp ossible to reply to all
4 We take pleasure In submitting to our
4 readers = specimen OF replies sent by
4 Mr.. Kinkade: .fss
! s3 es, the letter dated December ~,
1885, supposed to have been written
v by me, which you saw IN your local
4 papers, was genuine and contained
facts, will say OF the information
I received from the Canadian Govern
ment Agents prior to coming here, {
did not find single untrue statement.
The Canadian Government is honor
4 able and its Agents dare not misrepre-
II sent this country or they would lose
their jobs. There is quite q bit of
land for demonstrating yet, a very lit
tie close to market, but mainly from
.56 to 20 miles from stations. The coun-
4 try, hereabouts5 is a prairie, nearly
level, slightly rolling, not q Il rough
. country by any means. Homestead
entries cost $40; on land thatsh been
! cancelled there is a IS cane collation.
u fee extra and in some cases an inspec-
Slstion fee Of IS and where the former
occupant has made any substantial
z improvements there are small amounts
3 to pay for improvements. This is a
poor place for a poor man unless he
!. has brains and muscle and git and
grit but with these requisites he can
Il succeed. The population Of this part
of Assiniaboia has doubled during the
past two years. There has been as
much prairie broken the past two
years as was already broken previous
III to 1898. G. P. r. land Todd sections)
D joining homestead land sells at So per
acre. Improved quarters within four
to five miles Of town sell at s., 900 this
spring. This is not Garden Of Eden
at all, no man need think he can come
here and get rich in short time with.
out much labor. but If he will work
\ and be saving: he, can soon be an in
dependent farmer tilling his own soil
: and getting good returns for his labor.
We burn coal, which costs us $1.85
per load at the mines, which are 20
miles southwest Of us. .s.s.@. -. -,
People with. stock and machinery
should come in May SO as to have all
June to break in. Those who expect
to work for wages for the first year
or two should come by the end of July
!, to work through harvest and threshing
and then go to the coal fields and work
all winter and by spring he could be
ready to improve home stead. = AZ
"A quarter section Of railway land
sells at So per acre. The interest Is AL
4 figured UP and man has about ST.
Ito pay cash, and if he breaks at least
4 10 acres first breaking season his $21
interest for the first year is thrown
OF and the second fall following pur-
f1lchase he has $50 to pay and then $50
ito pay for more falls, which makes
total Of $611 the quarter costs him,
including all interest. Paying for
& quarter OF land that way is like keep
ing a life insurance policy paid, only
( 1t does not take SO long to do it. BY
9 man homesteading one quarter and
buying another quarter gives him
.& chance to have 320-acre farm all his
own and have it paid for in ten years,
and after that he is sure Of an easy
y living it he Is any good at all. @%
lSigned) W. H. KINKADE."