The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-01-11
ARE REALIZED
~. Gesman Flads caasdA All That
HAD Been Promised.

ttVlh Ohkhieoth bfFhtas nave DNkh
requested BY frienaa and others inter
csted IN Canada 20 write them about
this part o. the Province Of sashasch.
avian formerly The Territory of As.
~siniboia), and especially shout the
winters, but AZ Il would take me a
month TO answer each one personally,
| decided 10 use the columns OF the
Herald and make one letter answer
| for all.
We arrived In Regina Nov. s, 1906.
and found the weather all that could
be desired. The days we're warm
and sunshiny 30 that we did not need
TO use an overcoat except at night.
The air was clear, dry, crisp and In
! MIGRATING, and all we hoped for was
that 1t might continue until the Holt
days, and our hopes have been more
than realized. II is now the 4th OF.
January, 1906, and with the exception
OF a few cold days the first part OF
December, 1t has continued fine and
pleasant. The thermometer today
registers 30 degrees above zero. At
night it registers from 5 degrees above
to 5 below zero; but judging from the
cold weather in Iowa you would not
believe It had touched zero here yet,
because the cold Is not as noticeable
as the elevation is more than twice
as high as that OF Iowa, and the air
is dry and the cold does not penetrate
like It does farther south. If this is
a sample of the Canadian winters, /
would rather spend them here than in
Iowa.
AS to the conditions In real estate,
and farm land especially, they are
great. In my advertisements last
August / persisted that before the
season closed, land would advance
$500 to $500 per acre. AT that time
land located a few miles from Regina
averaged about $1,000 per acre; to-
| day this same land cannot be bought
for less than $3.50 to $1,000 per acre,
or a gain Of at least $3.50 per acre in
four months. This does not SQUAD
bad for an investment, when you con-
| slider that money loaned at 6 per cent
interest would nav only paid 7Sc for
the same length of time, does It?
And land from one to three miles from
Regina which could have oeen bought
last July In the neIghborhood Of $1S
can not be had for less than from $22
to $25 per acre at the present time
One 640-acre improved farm close
to the city OF Regina was offered for
$500 per acre last spring, and sold
for $62.50 per acre last October, and
since then the new owner has refused
$4,000 per acre for 1t.
l mention this farm in particular to
show what farm lands near Regina
will ultimately be worth, and as In,
dication of the rapid advance OF farm
lands In the Regina district.
Land in this part Of Canada will
continue to advance in value at a
still greater rate in the next few years
until II will reach an average OF $50
or more per acre. 1t seems as though
It would be impossible to keep 1t be-
low that ngure, for land In this dis
trict Is a fine black soil from 4 to Is
feet thick and when you consider that
for nine years the average yield oil
hard wheat has been 33 bu. per acre,
I selling for a little more than Goo per
bu. and oats have made the wonder
full average Of 7S bu. for the same
term Of years, being three times as
great as the yields In either North or
South DAKOTA or Minnesota Land
which will produce from SIS to $40
worth OF crops year after year liz
cheap at $500 to 10000 per acre,
and we see no reason to- hinder It
from being worth that figure In a
few years.
People from all over the world, and
especially from the United States, have
been attracted to Canada and the
number Of settlers for the year 1905
will reach 10000. This is what has
advanced land from $500 and $500 per
acre three years ago to $500 per
acre at the present time, and 1t Is
this growth OF population and the
knowledge that people are gaining OF
the value of Canada land, that will
eventually place the land at its true
value.
Canada Is a large country, even
greater than the United States, and
In using the word Canada am speak
ing Of the province OF Saskatchewan
in particular, as I am better acquaint-
ed with 1t than any other part OF
Canada. There is as much poor land
lin Canada ais in the United States,
-even in this province there is plen-
ty Of poor land to be found. For fifty
miles through the northern part OF
North Dakota and for the same dis
lance into Saskatchewan the soil rs
light and thin and very rocky and
full OF gravel. and not until you get
to Lang and Yellowgrass do you get
into the better and heavier soil.
The Regina district from Milestone
70 Drinkwater on the 500 line and
from Indian Head to Pasqua on the
G. PR. Ry., is considered the very
finest soil in Saskatchewan, II not in