The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08
NEVER SAW SUCH LARGE YIELDS.
The Climate ls Healihy-rhe Winter,
Are Pleasant In Western Canada.

Are Pleasant In Western Canada.
Writing from Stirling. Alberta. "a
one OF the agents representing the
Canadian Government free homestead
lands. Mr. ~ Pickrell. formerly OF
Boechwood. Ky. says OF Western Can.
ada:
In the drst place we will say that
The summer season is just lovely in.
deed. As 10 the winter. we'll. we never
experienced finer weather than we are
row enjoying We have Jus: returned
from Northern Alberta. aud will say
that we found the weather TO DO very
mild. the air dry. fresh and lLvigorat.
ing. Considering everything we can
say that the winters here are most
pleasant, healthy and enjoyable TO
! what they are In the States. Here Il
gets cold and continues so ull spring
| there are no dIsagrooable winds. In
| South Alberta 10 90 some Waimer-two
| 10 four lnchcs OF snow may fan and
| 90 few hours a Chinook wind comes
/ along. cyaporatIng the entire snow
/ leaving terra hrma perfectly dry: In
| fact we did not believe this part until
We came and saw for ourselves ana
We now know what we herein write
10 DO just o. we write H. There has
pot been day this winter that / could
rot worl, out doors. Farmers here are
calculating on starting tho pillow tho
irst 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 all who do want a home
advise 10 have nerve enough to get IN
and come, for there never has been.
and may never be again, such grand
opportunity for man TO get a home
almost free.
AS TO the crops. | have been in tho
fields before harvest, saw the grass
put up and the grain harvested. and
never saw such large yields. saw
cats near Edmonton over six feet tall
that yielded so bushels per acre. and I
talked to farmer rear 81. Albert who
bad a field year before last that aver.
| ged 10 bushels per acre and weighed
q pounds to tho bushel. All other |
cops would run In proportion--as to |
potatoes and vegetables, tho turnout |
vas enormous ! have such reports |
q the above from all sections that |
ave visited, and that has been every |
community between tho Edmonton dis
tlet and Raymond. In tho Lothbrldgs
district.
As to stock raising. ] would ad. |
hse a man 10 locate In this place. or
ny place. In South Alberta, but for
nlIed farming I would say 30 up
'rther north, say near Lacombe, We.
lasklwin or Edmonton. where II ls not
quite 80 dry and where there H. some
timber to be had. I win say that no
rhero have I ever seen a better oppor-
unity FOR man. whether he has /
money or not. 10 obtain n home. No
where can be found a more productive
ioil. better water and a better gov.
Gned country than Western Canada
hord1. Inducements TO the home
eekor are unoxceIled. met two men
rear Ponoka on tho @. q Y. X. R
rho borrowed the money 10 pay for
heir homestead. and In four years
hose two mon sold their farms-on0
br $4,000. the other for 5000. I met
Z man near Wctasklwln who landed
here with &c cents ak years ago. He
b now worth $4,000. The advantages
Tor ranehing are excellent. In fact. I
n not believe this section can be
beat. Markets are good; as 10 living.
, family can live As cheap here as
hey eau IN the States. The average
Held Of oats In this ncighborhood last
rear was 20 bushels per acre: wheat
,yeraged 80, barley f0 and the beet
,rop was good. In consequence OF
he successful cultivation Of the beet
} large beet sugar factory Is being
rected at Raymond. seven miles from
here.
in conclusion I win say that N. w
]. from Manitoba 10 n long distance
lorth Of Edmonton produces most won.
lerful crops. Lakes and rivers abound
With FISH. and game Is plentiful. And
hat this Is unquestlonably tho coun.
ry for n man TO come TO n he desires
% better his condition In. life. would
yiylso the prospective settler TO look
'yer the Lethbrldge. Lacombe. wetas.
twin and Edmonton districts before
II will locate in tho Edmonton dis.
hct next fall and several families
rom the States will locate with me.
10 tho meantime | will receive my
pail here and will be pleased TO give
be interested al The information de-
lrod."
For information as TO railway rates.
&C.. apply 10 any agent OF the Cana.
Ian Government. whose name appears
lsewhere in this paper.
Two.fifths Left No Heirs.
or the twenty-five men who have
zen president OF tho United Statea