The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-17
IMPRESSED WITH
WESTERN CANADA.
says our PralrIes VIII Be Filled Up
In Ten Years.

west, wrote the following article, un-
der date OF Jan. 8. for an Indiana pub
lication
Estates" In this letter propose
to show by extracts from my note
book that thousands who have come
up here from the States" have sue
ceeded far beyond their most san
guine expectations.
Mr.. N. q. Beaumunk Of Brazil, In
diana, was earning $4,000 per month
with a coal company. At about the
age of 40 he had saved about $4,000.
Four years ago he landed near Han
ley, Sask. He now owns 4S0 acres OF
land. Last fall (19O5) he threshed
4,700 bushels Of wheat and 3,l00 bush
els OF oats. His wheat alone brought
him over $4,000, which would have
paid for the acres that 1t grew on.
He is to-day worth $4,000.
This Is Making Money Fast.
In Feb. 1902. j. G. Smith & Bro.
were weavers in big cotton mill in
Lancashire, England. Coming here
they arrived in Wapella, Sask.. with
only $4,000 between them. They
were SO green" and inexperienced
that all they could earn the first sum-
mer was $500 per month, and the first
winter they had to work for their
board. The next year, 1903, they took
homesteads and by working for neigh
tors, they got a few acres broken out,
upon which the next year they raised
few hundred bushels OF wheat and
oats. They also bought team and
broke out about sixty acres more. In
1905 they threshed 1900 bushels OF
wheat from 1t, and 1900 bushels OF
oats. Their success being then as
sured they borrowed some money.
built good house, barn and imple-
ment shed, and bought a cream sepa-
rator, etc. They now have dozen
cows, some full-blooded pigs and
chickens, good teams and implements
to match. and are on the high road to
prosperity. Here are three cases
selected from my note book from
among a score Of others. One mine
boss. one a farmer, and one a factory
operator With each of them took
tea and listened. to their story II
hoped to better my condition. said
one. Il thought in time ! might make
home" said another. Il had high
expectations" said the other. and all
said that 81 never dreamed 1t possible
to succeed as have"
Like Arabian Nights.
Everywhere, on the trains. at the
hotels and III the family | have been
told successes that reminded me more
of the stories in the Arabian Nights
than OF this matter-of-fact workaday
world. Yields OF wheat from So to
SO bushels per acre, and Of oats OF
from 60 to 100 bushels. are numerous
In every locality and well authenti.
Gated. At Moose Jaw. Lethbridge,
Calgary. Edmonton. Regina. Brandon.
Hanley and many intermediate places
saw cattle and young horses fat as
our granted animals Of the States"
that had never tasted grain, and
whose cost to their owners was
almost nothing. At Moosomin | saw a
train load OF / 400 steers en- route 20
England, that were shaky fat, raised
as above stated. II the older genera
tion OF farmers In Indiana. who have
spent their lives in a contest with
logs and stumps as did their fathers
before them, could see these broad
prairies dotted with comfortable
homes, large red barns. and straw
piles innumerable. and the thriving
towns with their towering elevators
jammed to the roof with mo. hard"
and then remember that four or five
years ago these plains were tenantless
but for the badger and coyote. they
would marvel at the Transformation.
Then IL they followed the crowds as
they emerged from the tyains and
hurried to the land Offices, standing
in line until their respective turns to
be waited on came, and saw with
what rapidity these lands are being
taken. they would certainly catch the
disease" and want some of II too.
II these lands are beautiful in mid.
winter with their long stretches OF
yellow stubble standing high above
the snow, what must they be in sum.
mer time when covered with growing
or ripening grains? Speaking OF win.
ter reminds me that our HoosIer
friends shrug their shoulders when
they read In the Chicago and Mime.
apolis dailies OF the temperature IN
here. For that very reason am here
this winter The Canadian literature.
with Its pictures, half tones and sta.
tistics, gives good idea OF her re.
sources, but thirty or forty degrees
below zero sounds dangerous to a
Hoozier, who nearly freezes in tenn.
perature Of five above, especially
when accompanied by wind. as Il
often is. but the fact is, when It is
very cold here 1t is still and the air
being dry the cold is not felt as II is
in our lower latitudes. where there is
more humidity in the atmosphere.
am 56 and J never saw finer winter
than the one | am spending up here.
arrived In Wtnnfnao No, a 49,.