Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-03-09
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In Ten Years.

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A In Ten Years.
l.. A. Stockwell of Indianapolis. q
United States land man who made an
extensive tour Of inspection in the
west, wrote the following article. I'M
der date OF Jan. 8. for an Indiana pub.
lication:
States" 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.
gufne expectations.
Mr.. N. e. 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
400 bushels Of wheat and 3,100 bush.
els of oats. His wheat alone brought
him over $4,000, which would have
paid for the acres that It grew on.
He Is to-day worth $4,000.
This 10 Making Money Fast.
In Feb. 1902. J. G. Smith & Bro.
were weavers in a 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.
ner 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 few acres broken out.
upon which the next year they raised
Z few hundred bushels of wheat and
oats. They also bought team and
broke out about sixty acres more. In
1905 they threshed 100 bushels Of
wheat from 1t, and 1900 bushels Of
oats. Their success being then as.
aured they borrowed some money.
built q good house. barn and imple-
nent shed. and bought cream sepa.
gator, etc. They now have dozen
sows. 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 factory
operator. With each of them I took
tea and listened to their story. Il
hoped to better my condition" said
one. II thought in time might make
said another. II had high
said the other, and all
aid than Il never dreamed it possible
O succeed az. have"
Like Ara6;~:,,n Nights.
Everywhere, on the trains, al< the
lotels and in the family have been
old successes that reminded me more
# the stories in the Arabian Nights
han of this matter-offact workaday
world. Yields of wheat from IS to
g bushels per acre, and of oats OF
rom 60 to 100 bushels, are numerous
n every locality and well authenti.
Eated. At Moose Jaw, Lethbridge,
Edmonton, Regina, Brandon,
Ianley and many intermediate places
saw cattle and young horses fat as
,ur granted animals Of the Estates"
hat had never tasted grain, and
whose cost to their owners was
almost nothing. At Moosomin saw
rain load of 1,400 steers en- route to
England, that were shaky fat, raised
IS above stated. II the older genera.
ion of farmers in Indiana, who have
spent their lives in a contest with !
ogs 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
damned 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 II they followed the crowds as
they emerged from the trains and
hurried to the land Offices. standing
In line until their respective turns to |
be waited on came, and saw with |
y hat rapidly these lands are being
taken, they would certainly catch the
disease and want some of it 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
ner time when covered with growing
pr ripening grains? Speaking Of win
Ter reminds me that our Hoosler |
friends shrug their shoulders when
they read in the Chicago and Mime
apolis dailies of the temperature ur
here. For that very reason am here
this winter. The Canadian literature.
with its pictures, half tones and sta
tistcs, gives a good idea Of her re
sources, but thirty or forty degrees
below zero sounds dangerous to q
who nearly freezes in tenn
perature Of five above, especially
when accompanied by wind, as 1t,
often is, but the fact Is, when It is
very cold here it is still and the all
being dry the cold is not felt as 1t is
in our lower ATTITUDES, where there Is
more humidity in the atmosphere.
am Sc and never saw finer winter
than the one am spending uphere.
arrived in Winnipeg Nov. 8, and have
not had the bottoms of my overshoes
vet since entered Canada. Under
,loudless sky I.have ridden in sleighs
nearly thousand miles, averaging
drive every other day. Stone masons
have not lost weeks time 80 fat
this winter. Building of all kinds
goes right ahead in every city and
hamlet, as though winter were neve,