The Negro world., 1900-05-19
THE LETTER WAS GENuIr
AND CONTAINED FACTS,
A Former Americas settled ia O,
ada Flooded with Inquirie,~

A Former American Settle0 In Ca,
ada Flooded with Inquiries.
A short time since letter appears
In these columns signed by Mr.. W.
Kinkade, of Alameda. Assinibo,E
Western Canada, which caused tb,N
gentleman TO receive great man,
Inquiries, most of them anxious
know il the letter was genuine. To
large number of the inquiries answe,
were sent, but 1t was impossible
reply to all. We take pleasure 4
submitting to our readers a speeim.
of replies sent by Mr.. Kinkade:
"Yes. the letter dated December y
1899, supposed to have been write,
BY me which you saw in your loo,
papers was genuine and containss|
facts. I will say of the informatu.
received from the Canadian GoYers
ment agents prior to coming here, l
did not find single untrue stats
ment. The Canadian government n
an honorable one and its agents darI
not misrepresent this country or theyI
would lose their job. There is quit,
| a bit of land for homesteading yet, /,
very little close to market, but man.
ly from six to twenty miles from sta
tions. The country hereabouts is |,
prairie, nearly level, slightly rolling
not rough country by any means
Homestead entries cost ten dollars
on land tnat has been cancelled ther.
is a five-dollar cancellation fee extr,
and in some cases an inspection fe.
of five dollars, and where the former
occupant has made any substantial
| improvements there are small
amounts to pay for Improvements
This is a poor place for a poor man
unless he has brains and muscle an.
''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 hal
been as much prairie broken the pas
| two years as was already broker
previous to 1898. c. P. r. land (od,
sections) joining homestead land sell
at three dollars per acre. Improved
quarters within four to five miles o
town sell at $1,000 this spring. Thi
is not a Garden of Eden at all. N
man need think he can come here an,
get rich in short time without mucl
labor, but If he will work and b
saving he can soon be an independen
farmer tilling his own soil and get
ting good returns for his labor.
I'VE burn coal, which costs us SIS
per load at the mines which are
miles southwest of us.
"People with stock and machiner
should come in May, so as to have a.
June to break in. Those who expec
to work for wages for the first yea
or two should come by the end o
July to work through harvest an
threshing and then go to the Goa
fields and work all winter, and b
spring he could be ready to improv
homestead.
"a quarter-section of railway Ian
sells at three dollars per acre. Th
interest is all figured up and a ma
has about $71 to pay cash, and if h
breaks at least ten acres first breal
ing season his $21 interest for tn
first year is thrown off and the set
ond fall following purchase he h0
$50 to pay and then $50 to pay fc
eight more falls, which makes a tots
of $611 the quarter costs him, incluC
ing all interest. Paying for quartz
Of land that way is like keeping lii
insurance policy paid, only it does nj
take so long to do it. By o man hom
steading one quarter and buying an
other quarter gives him a chance
have a 32o-acre farm all his own an
have it paid for in ten years and aftt
that he is sure of an easy living if b
is any good at all.
"SIGNED) w. II. KINKADE." !"