Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
AHInHfRlTA,cE InNEsItRH CANADA
Indian Reservations and Other
New Districts to Be Opened
Up This Year.
In The Grsat Saskatchewan Valley. and the
Fertila Pains G. ASS aihcia.


Dear Sir-The past three or four
years have demonstrated to large
number of Americans the value of the
grain-srowing and ranching lands of
western Canada. Tens of thousands
have taken advantage of the offer made
by the Canadian Government us well
as OF the exceedingly low prices asked
for lands by the railway, colonization
and other companies. The experience
OF those who have been settled there
Tor some little time is of highly graft
Tying character. SO much SO that the
Canadian Government, who has con
troll of the immigration into Western
Canada, has decided to open up some
new districts this year in the well
known Saskatchewan Valley and also
in the fertile plains of ASsiniboia.
These districts are probably the most
productive in the entire West and in
close touch to largely settled communi-
ties as we'll as being situated on some
of the most important lines of railway.
They are within easy reach of mar
kets, schools, churches and other social
advantages. In some of these districts
lands may be homesteadcd us well rs
purchased outright at very low prices.
Now AS to what can be done on these
lands. The evidence of the settlers il
the neighborhood of the lands now
about to be opened for settlement (somc
of them being located in one of the best
Indian reservations goes to show that
the very best results have followed
even most indifferent methods. Cases
are given where farmers having gone
there with most limited means, barely
enough to erect small house and
break up little land, have in three or
four years time become prosperous,
all debts paid and money in the bank.
The soil in the districts mentioned, AS
sinihoia and Saskatchewan, is a rich
black loan, fifteen inches to three feet
deep. AS a settler says. lit appears
like the accumulation of decayed vege-
tation and ashes for centuries (the sub
soil is stiff, putty clay On this
soil 1t Is possible to raise from forty
to fifty bushels of wheat to the acre,
oats seventy-tive to one hundred bush
els, all of which bring good prices at
the local market For mixed farming
these new districts are probably anon <
the best In Western Canada. stool;
fatten easily on the wild grasses. Hay
Is plentiful. and prices splendid. An
other settler, writing TO Il f.,end III
Iowa, says. The climate is all that
could be desired. plenty of rainfall in
summer with no hot dry winds. On
the 2Sth of September l saw prairie
flowers in full bloom. sweet corn, po-
tato and tomato vines that had not
been touched particle with frost. and
the winters are milder than those IN
the State from which | came, After
the holidays the winter sets in clear
and cold with plenty of snow for good
sleighing: no high winds or hlizzards
are known. Horses live ont all winter
and pick their own living, while cattle
live all winter in open sheds ana
around the hay ricks. Wheat, oats
and barley are the principal grain crops
Potatoes and all other roots and vege-
tables do well, the yield being enor,
nous as compared to those IN the
States. Wild fruits, such as straWber
ries, raspherries, cranberries. goose
berries and all varieties of currants
Weld in abundance" AS reader OF
your valuable paper for number OF
years. feel that | should inform you
of the progress and advancement heing
made in Canada within the past Few
wears and the inducements ana ad-
yantaces that will follow settlement III
Western Canada. Those WHO dcS.ic
information can do ms | did. and apply
to any agent of the Canadian Govern
ment whose name ] see appears III al
vertisements appearing elsewhere IN
the columns of your -pAuer. hnd Wh''i
writing ask particularly about the SaS
katchewan Valley or AssinihnH ipis'
,ri,+c Ng,,t.S firmly