Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-27

WR HOUGHTFUL Canadians are
becoming more and more anxl-
Gus about the American In
Yaslon of their western coun'
try. The enormous land pur-
chases In Manitoba and the
northwest territories by Amerl-
u can capitalists, and the con-
stantly increasing rush Of American
settlers across the Canadian border are
positively alarming large part OF
Canada's population and creating a
widespread fear Of American suprem-
acy throughout the whole western part
OF the Dominion,
During the month Of May no less than
100000 acres OF land IN Manitoba alone
have been purchased by one American
syndicate, headed by Col a. d. David
son OF Duluth. MINI This purchase
includes the entire land grant from the
government to the Canadian Northern
railway and the price OF aale Is under
stood to be S1200O0O0 The company
says the Chicago Record-Herald. for
which this purchase has been made Is
C. De formed under the name OF the
Manitoba and Saskatchewan Valley
land company. and It's operations In
bringing settlers from the United states
into Canada are expected to be upon
very big scale.
ANOTHER BIG COMPANY.
Another American land company
which Is doing a large business In
Canadian lands Is the Haslam Land
company OF ST, Paul, which only few
days ago took TO Assinlboa. in three
special cars large party of prospec-
tive settlers and land buyers. gathered
from different points throughout the
northwestern states This is the conf
mencement Of this years campaign by
this company which up 10 the present
time has been looking after its last
years customers, having already sent
I'm to them this spring some 300 cars
OF settlers effects, This company was
the pioneer one In the business OF
bringing American land buyers into
Canada, and expects to do a very much
larger business this year than last.
a very conservative estimate gave
the number of American emigrants to
Canad last year as $4,000, aud there Is
little doubt that the present year Will
see fully double this number flock into
the Dominion. over 1000 came during
the month Of April, which is double the
number for the corresponding month Of
last year, while even as early as March
over 5000 came from Iowa, Nebraska
Kansas and South Dakota alone, ac-
cording to statistics furnished by NJ. V.
Bennett, agent OF the Canadian govern
ment land department at Omaha. Neb
He states that each OF those men car
ried from $1,000 to 5000 into Canada.
The price Of land being very high IN
the states from which they hail, they
were able to sell their farms at good
prices, and thus 20 have plenty Of
means for making a good start In the
northwest Of the Dominion.
MANY FROM MINNESOTA.
Recent Winnipeg dispatches report
that train of u cars had arrived
there from Pohlitz, MINI, mostly filled
with Iceland farmers and their effects
from that place who are on their way
90 Fishing lake, Assiniboia, point
about 20 miles west Of Yorkton. They
are said to be thrifty. Well-to-do people.
AZ the same time there were also I'm
Winnipeg over 100 families from St
Louis county Minnesota. who had ar
rived by the Northern Pacific. TO take
up land at Duck lake Wetaskson,
Davidson and Staveley, Manitoba.
Scores of settlers from Dakota are
homesteading back Of Saskatoon and |