The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-08
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CANADA.
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In Tea Nears.

United States land man, who made q
extensive tour OF inspection In d
West. wrote the following article. u.
der date Of Jan. 8, for an Indiana puA
lication:
Estates. In this letter I propose
show By extracts from my note boa
that thousands who have come up her
from the States" have succeeded N
beyond their most sanguine expect.
lions.
Mr.. n. z. Beaumunk, OF Brazil. Ind
was earning 500 per month with
coal company. At about the age OF \
he had saved about 5000. Four year
ago he landed near Hanley, Sask. III
now owns $50 acres Of land. Last IA
t1905) he threshed 400 bushels a
wheat and 3.lo0 bushels OF barley eia
His wheat alone brought him ov9
$4,000, which would have paid for tAs
acres that II grew on. He Is to-dsy
worth $4,000.
This IL Making Money Fast.
In February. 1902. J. G. Smith 4
Bro. were weavers In a big cotton mil
In Lancashire. England. Coming her,
they arrived In wapella. Sask., wIa
only $3.50 between thon. They were S|
green" and inexperienced that all thsy
could earn the first summer was sGCoI
per month. and the FIRST winter they|
had 10 work for their board. The neI,|
year. 1909, they took homesteads, and
by working for neIghbors they got al
few acres broken out. upon which n,
next year they raised few hundred
bushels OF wheat and oats. They also
bought a team and broke out about,
sixty acres more In 1905 they thrcshed
LEO bushels OF wheat from II. and
1900 bushels OF oats. Their success
being then assured. they borrowed sons
money, built good house. barn and
Implement shed, and bought cream
separator, etc. They now have doles
cows. some full.bloodcd pigs and chick.
ems, good teams and implements ts|
match. and ar: on the high road 81
prosperity. Here are three cases Sc
lected from my note book from anon.
n score OF others. One n mine boss
one a farmer, and one n factory oper.
ator. With each OF them I took tea
aud listened TO their story. II hope!
to better my condition" said one. II
thought In time might make a home,
said another II had high expecta.
TONS" said the other. and all said that
II never dreamed II possible 10 Succecd
Us l have"
Like Arabian Nights.
Everywhere. on the trains, at The
hotels and In family, have been told
Of Successes that reminded me moFs
Of the stories In the Arabian Nights
than Of this matter-of.fact. workaday
world Yields OF wheat from ~ 60 70
bushels per acre, and OF oats OF from
~ To 100 bushels. arc numerous In cr'
cry locality aud well authenticated. A;
Moose Jaw. Lethbrldgc. Calgary, I'd.
monitor, Regina. Brandon, Hanley and
many intermediate places I saw cattle
and young horses fat az your grain.fed
animals OF the States that had never
tasted grain, and whose cost 20 their
owners was almost nothing. At Moose
min I saw n train load OF 400 steer,
cn route to England. that were shaky
fat. raised as above stated. IL the Older
generation OF farmers In Indiana. who
have spent their lives in n contest with
lags aud stumps. rs did their fathers
before them, could see these broad
prairies dotted with comfortable homes
large red barns. and straw piles innu'
merablc, and the thriving towns. with
their towering elevators jnmmed TO the
roof with mo. I hard" and then re-
member that four or five years ngo
these plains were tcnantless but FOR
the badger and coyote. they would mar
vel at the transformation. Then IL thcy
followed the crowds rs they emerged
land Offices. standing In line until their
respective turns TO be waited on came.
and saw with what rapidly these lands
are being taken. they would certainly
catch the disease" and want some OF
Il too. IL these lands are beautiful, 10
mldwir .er with their long stretches Of
yellow stubbic standing high above the
snow. what must they be In summer
time when covered with growing OF
rIpenIng grain1 Speaking OF winter re
minds me that our Hoosler friends
shrug their shoulders when they read
in the Chicago and Minneapolis daIlle'
OF the temperature up here. The Ca
madam literature. with its pictures
half.tones and statistics. gives u good
idea OF her resources. but thirty OF
forty degrees below zero sounds dan
gerous 10 Hoosier. who nearly freeze,
la temperature or Ave above. espe-
cIaily when accompanied by aiwind. as
IL often Is: but the fact Is. when II Is
very cold here II IL still. and the mir
being dry the cold Ii not felt as II Is
In our lower ATTITUDES. where there Is
more humidity In the atmosphere. !
nm ~. AMI I never saw finer winter
than the one ann spending up here. I
arrived In Winnipeg Nov. u. and have
not had the bottoms OF my oyersbocs
wet since I entered Canada. Under a
cloudlcss sky ! have ridden In slelgh'
nearly n thousand miles. averaging 4
drive every other day. Stonemason.