The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-07
IIeRfRHEST TERRITORY
FOR HOMESgEKgRS
Thousands Of Americana Are Crossing
the Border to Secure Cheap !
. s' SIS Lands. @s's /

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!, Northwestern Canada Is power
10 be reckoned with in the future de-
velopment OF the North d Pacific
sstates.' SAYS John Mcpherson, of; New
York, WHO recenSly passed several
months ia the southwest territories
across the, line. rs M
THAT country 4 said he, lis settling
up more rapidly than most people Inn
1slne, andsthe new settlers are mostly
Americana, 30 that ain the future We
shall have American enterprise and
American capital to compete agalnSt
ion this side Of the line With the
new Grand fTrank5 line builc to the
Pacific coast the country will have
two continental EsvHtems with plenty
of feeders for training tributary terri.
tofy.aisgseT gxeHfe aatalH59i .s7s% i
u't Very few peoplsl realise the sexte1t
hof, the farm and grazing alands in the
northwest territories compared D ITO
which the inland empire liz but A.drop
in the buckeen Even At tile present
time infofder to harvest the crops
from 10000 to 10000 farm laborers
are brought from Eastern Canada
every year on low excursion rates. In
certain parts you can, ride for hours,
without coming in sight Of a shack.
Vast herds OF cattle as far as the eye
can reach are met with, and near the.
larger towns dairying IL carried on.
quite extensively. a'1 l9eRQe :
: 5sls Grazing Lands Arc Cheap.
z Grazing lands can be leased for q
term of Fl years at cents an acre
per annum, payable half yearly In I'D,
vance. Such lands, however, may be
withdrawn for homestead entries sale,
or railway purposes, and no rental is.
charged from the date upon which
they are withdrawn from the lease.
School land may be leased in the
Northwest Territory for cents an
acre for a term OF five years, and, the
same kind OF land can be leased mi
Manitoba for 5 cents an acre The
lease can be withdrawn ct any time1
upon a months notice. e,4@,,, - -
"a settler in the vicinity of unoccu-
pied Dominion land may obtain 4
lease to cut hay on an area not Ell
ceeding 40, acres. The lease IS good
for five years at Is: cents an acre.
Permits for cutting timber are issued
and charged, for excepting to Bettlers,
who may cut 4 certain quantity. but /
in excess of which "a fee is charged.
I'm some ways continued Mr.. Nc.
Pherson, '.the Dominion government
Is q worse CRATER than the Americas
government ever thought Of being
You must pay a license, buy lease,
or pay a tax to the government tot
about everything You use, for any
business you engage "a or almost tot
breathing the air. And while these
are SO small in many instances as to
seem scarcely worth noticing, they
count, up, in, the Ions, run to. considt
erabie sum. II the Aneriean govern.
ment were to tax our people the same
way there would be a.rteErible howl!
Get Monsy's Msrtt- 10 Il
"But after all, looking at it from an
other point, Of view, the Canadian res
ident and more especially the Cana
dian settler gets his moneys worth.
For the money which he pays the Cow
eminent he is given good roads, other
public improvements and protection
against land swindlers and others of
a dishonest nature by the srict en-
forcement of the laws. What he owns
and the government will protect iim
in the ownership to the last ditch. It
stands somewhat in the same relation
to him as a parent to child, and
while it may seem stern parent at
times, none of the laws laid down
work a hardship on the Industrious
person. .aI&5 fJI
s.Moreover, the tidal wave of set
tiers into Canada at the present time
is in the line of reciprocity measure,
for America has been for years abb
sorbing the young manhood OF Cana
da.'