The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-05-08
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The cIimsss is ssslthy-Ths Winters
Are Pleasant IN Western csnsdz

The ciimsts @ Heeitby-Ths Wintera
Are Pleasant IN Western csnsds-
writing from Stirling Alberta. .
one Of the agents representing The
Canadian Goyernnent free hOnestsad
lands, M n Piekreu. formerly %
BeechWOOds Ky.. says Of Western Can
ada:
IN the hrst place We win say tat
the sumner season is just lovely In
deed As % the winter. vel. re never
experienced finer weather than-ve are
nov enjoying. We have Just returned
/ from Northern Alberta. and WI say
| that we found the weather TO be very
mild, the air dry. fresh and inTiEorat-
/ ing Considering sFsrything We can
say that the winters here are most
| pleasant, healthy and enjoyable 20
what they are in the States. Here Il
/ gets cold and continues so tin sprizg
| there are no disagreeabls winds In
1 South Alberta 70 is some Earmsr-tWo
% four inches OF Snow may fan and
in a few hours Chinook wind cones
along. CT sporzting the entire snow.
leaving terra frma perfectly dry: in
fact, we did not believe this part until
| we cane and saw for ourselves and
/ We now know what we herein write
to be just as We write IL There has
not been day this winter that could
not work out doors Farmers here are
calculating on starting the pillow the
first Of March
AS 10 farm wages. we would not
advise a man to come here with the
expectation Of living By his days
| work. but ali who do want q home
advise 70 have nerve enough 70 get up
and come, for there never has been,
and may never be again. such a grand
I opportunity for a man 70 get lone
almost free.
AS 70 the crops, have seea in the
fields before harvest. saw the grass
/ put up and the grain harvested. and
never saw such large yields. I saw
oats near Edmonton over six feet tall
that yielded 50 bushels per acre, and
talked TO a farmer rear St. Albert who
had a field year before last that aver
aged 10 bushels per acre and weighed
- pounds 70 the busheL All other
I crops would run in proportions 70
/ potatoes and vegetables. the turnout
/ was enormous 1 have such reports
| as the above from all sections that I
have visited. and that has been every
community between the Edmonton dis
trict and Raymond, in the Lethbridge
district
AS 20 stock raising. I would ad-
l wise a man 70 locate in this place. or
any place. in South Alberta. but for
mixed farming 1 would say 90 up
I farther north. say near Iacombe. We
| taskiWin OF Edmonton. where IL is not
quite so dry and where there is some
timber 20 be had / viii say that no
/ where have I ever seen a better oppor-
tunity for q man, whether ne has
money or not. 10 obtain a home No
where can be found a more productive
soil. better water and q better gov
erned country than Western Canada
affords Inducements TO the home
seeker are unexcelled. met two men
near Ponoka on the G. & L r r.
who borrowed the money 70 pay for
their homestead, and in four years
those two men sold their ferms-one
for $500. the other for $4,000. net
q man near Wetaskiwin who landed
here with p cents six years ago. He
Is now worth $1,000. The advantages
for ranching are excellent In fact.
4 do not believe this section can be
beat Markets are good; as 10 living.
a family can live as cheap here as
they can in the States The average
Y yield OF oats ia this neigh borhocd last
I year was 20 bushels per acre; wheat
averaged 50. barley 40. and the beet
/ crop was good In consequence OF
! the successful cultivation OF the beet
q large beet sugar factory Is being
! erected at Raymond. seven miles from
| here
IN conclusion I viii say that y. ".
/ 7. from Manitoba 70 a long distance
I north OF Edmonton produces most won
! derful crops Lakes and rivers abound
I with fish. and game is plentiful And
i that this is unQuestionably the couu-
| try for a man 70 come 70 II he desires
10 better his condition IN Life I would
/ advise the prospective settler 70 look
l over the LethbridEe. Lacombe. Wetas-
l hEin and Edmonton districts before
/ locating.
Il viii locate IN the Edmonton dis
/ trict next fan and several families
i from the States viii locate with ne
In the meantime viii receive ny
/ mail kere and viii be pleased 20 give
/ the interested ali the information de-
/ sired"
For information as % railway rates,
i etc, apply 20 any agent CT the Cana
dian Government, whose name appears
elsewhere in this paper.
When the average actor announces
i himself as a star" his associates are
Il apt to pronounce the word backward
/ Lewis Single Binder" The richest
i quality cigar on the market - straight Sc
/ Always reliable You pay 1Qc for cigars
i not 30 good
Don't depend on luck to push you