The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-13
Thousands Flock to Canada From I'LL Parts of NVo,a to-
Where Allghy Haroens Ahoumd--1Nan1obQ City Is
Mistress Of z6,zung Enzpvs---<4me17cun Farmers
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efforts to take care Of the immensely increased
patronage that is coming to them
Practically all of the little towns and cities
that dot the prairies between Winnipeg and the
Rocky mountains are enjoying substantial
growth, and their tributary, regions are filling
up with sturdy farmers, who are sure to attain
success and enjoy prosperity.
Big Cities and Growing Towns.
Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Medicine Hat,
Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Dauphin, Indian Head
Moose Jaw, Lethbridge, and newer towns such
as Kamsack, Canora and Humboldt are grow
ing rapidly, The extension of railway lines in
all directions produces a crop Of new towns al
most every month. Where yesterday there was
only the vacant prairie there will be tomorrow
two or three stores and a hotel or two, a sta
ton, three four machine houses, and a num-
Der of residences. In these new towns the town
site man and the land agent do a big business.
Every train that arrives brings investors, specu-
lators and settlers from all parts of the United
States and Canada. ~. +Es.-- .1..s. ~. d
The trains everywhere in this areat country
are crowded with eager homeseekers, land buy.
ers and land sellers. Enter almost any west
ward-bound train and you will find from twenty
to fifty keen -eye ed, alert farmers from tbs
states who are here to look over the country and
make selections of land. In the same trair
there will be at least many settlers
who have already secured their lands and are
travelling with their families to their new homes
Then there are solid trains Of immigrants from
the states and from Europe. The latter, OF
course, the most picturesque. They repre-
sent dozen old-world nationalites. They still
wear their old-world costumes and are apt t,
destination and future in this new and strang
| land. - .t..a .~.-..
Go Direct to New Homes.
To the American it is surprising to see thes
immigrants going straight from their port o
entry to their new homes on the fat farm land
of western Canada. The immigration system o
| the Dominion Of Canada is not contented mere
| ly with transferring people from Europe to Car
| ada, but goes step further and puts Their
! where they needed, on the land. About {
per cent of the immigrants now pouring int
Canada at the rate of 900 a year settle O
farms. The government provides comfortabl
quarters for them at junction points and a
places where there are land offices, that the
may find shelter and place to sleep while the
are going onto the land. The government also
through its agents, finds the land for them an
assists them to get start.
/ Nor does the prosperity in this countr
stop at the towns cities, new or old; it e1
tends to the farms. Everywhere prosperou
and satisfied farmers. Let me cite few e,
amples
Theodore Sharp, who lives near Indian Head
Assiniboia, reports that in the last five year.
including the poor crop year of 1900, he has re
ceived total of $27, s35 for the wheat and oat
raised on farm Of $50 acres, and some of th
oats sold low as IS cents bushel an
, some of the wheat low 55 cents
John T. Boden, who also lives India
Head, says that in twenty three years of farm
ing in that district he has found the whei
yields always between twenty and forty bushe