The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-09
IMPRESSED WITH
WESTERN CANADA
Says Our Prn, ries viii Be Filled UP
in Ten Years.

l. A. StockweIl, Of indianapolis,
United states land man who made an
extensive tour OF inspection in the
west. wrote the following article, I'm.
der date oil Jan 5, fog an Indiana pub
iicaJIDu:
States" IN this letter PROPOSE
t. show by extracts from my note Uooh
lndt thousands who have come up here
from the States nave succeeded f"
beyond their most sm-u,uc cXpccto
tlons
NJ. y T. BcaumunL, OF Brazil, In.
diana. was earning 100000 per month
with coal company. A. about tn
age ,t 80 he had saved about S@,0OU.
-Four years ago he landed near Hanley
SdsN. lie now owns 49, acres Of ldnN
Last fail llgOJJ hc throshud 400 bush
els OF wheat and 800 bushels Of oats.
Ills wheat alone brought him over
$1,000. which would have paid for the
acre, hat !, grew on. lie IS to-day
worth Sl5,oUU
This Is Making Money Fast.
In Feb, 1902, }. G. Smith Bro.
were wctycrs In big cotton mill in
Ian .asAire. England. Coming here
thry arrived IN Wapella Sask., with
only $1,000 between them. They were
70 green and inexperienced that all
hey could earn the first summer was
5000 per month, and th' FIRST winter
they had to work for thcl board. The
next year. 1903, they took hum nst"dds,
and by working for neighbuls they goi
II few acres broken out, upon which the
next year they raised a lew hundred
bushels OF wheat ana oats They also
bought q team and bruho out about
sixty acres more. In 1903, they
lhrysHcu 1900 bushels OF wheat from
II. and 1909 bushels OF oats Their
success being then assured, they Dor
rowcd some money, built good house,
barn and implement shed, and bought
a cream separator, etc. They now have
a dozen COWS. some iull DioUdcd pigs
aud chickens. good teams and mple-
mcuts to match, and are on the high
road 10 prosperity. Here are three
cases selected from my note book from
among - score Of othera. one. a mine
boss, one farmer, and one factory
operator Win each OF them took
tea and listened to their story. Il
hoped to better my condition." said
one. / thought in time | might make
home said another. Il had high
expectations" said the other, and all
said that Il never dreamed ii possible
10 succeed as have"
Like Arabian Nights.
Everywhere, on the trains, at the
hotels and In family | have been told
successes that reminded me more OF
the stories In the Arabian Nights than
of this mutlor-O f-act wOrkalay world.
Yields II wheat from 80 to 50 bushels
per acre, and Of oats Of from GO to 1916
bushels, are numerous in every local
ity ana well authenticated. At Moose
Jaw. Le'hridgc, Calgary. Edmonton.
Regina, Brandon. IIauley and many in
termediute places | saw cattle and
young horses fat as our granted ami.
mails OF the States that had never
tasted grain, aud whose cost to their
owners was almost nothing. At Moos-
Omn saw a trainload OF 400 steers
en- route to England, that We're shaky
fat raised as above stated If the
older generation 0f farmers in Indiana,
who have spent their lives In IA con.
test with IoEs and stUmps as did their
fathers before them, could see these
broad praircs dotted with comfort.
able homes, large red barns, and straw
piles inuumerablc. and the thriving
towns with their towering elevator
jammed to the roof with NO. 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 If they followed the crowds as
they emerged from the trains and hur-
ried 10 the land offices, standing in line
until their respective turns TO be wait
cd on came, and saw with what rapid.
would certainly catch the disease
and want some of 1t, too. II these
lands are beautiful in midwinter, with
their long stretches of yellow stubble
standing high above the snow what
must they be In summer time, when
covered with growing or ripening
grains? Speaking Of winter, reminds
me that our Huosier friends shrug
their shoulders when they read in the
Chicago an Minneapolis dailies Of the
temperature up here. For that very
reason am here this winter. The
Canadian literature with its pictures,
half-tones and statistics, gives a good
idea of her resources, but thirty or
forty degrees below zero sounds dan
gerous to iioosler, who nearly
freezes in temperature of five above,
especially when accompanied by n
wind, rs it often is, but the fact is,
when it is very cold here 1t Is still and
the air being dry. the cold Is nc: felt
as Il Is in our lower ATTITUDES. where