The Globe-republican., 1906-03-08
IMPRESSED WITH
WESTERN CANADA.
Says Our Prairies Win Be Filled Up
In Ten Years.

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In Ten Years.
l.. A. Stockwell of Indianapolis. a
United States land man who made an
extensive tour OF inspection In the
west, wrote the following article. I'M
der date of Jan. 5, 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
guine expectations
Mr.. N. u. Beaumunk OF Brazil, In
diana, was earning $4,000 per month
with 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 800 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 few acres broken out,
upon which the 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 threshed 100 bushels of
wheat from 1t, and 1900 bushels of
oats. Their success being then as
sured they borrowed some money,
built a good house, barn and nipple
ment shed, and bought 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 score Of others. One a mine
boss, one farmer, and one factory
operator. With each of them took
tea and listened to their story. II
hoped to better my condition." said
one. II thought In time might make
a 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 In 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 we'll 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 1,400 steers en- route to
England, that were shaky fat, raised
as above stated. If the older genera
ton 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
out for the badger and coyote, they |
would marvel at the transformation.
Then II they followed the crowds as
hey emerged from the trains and
hurried to the land Offices, standing
n line until their respective turns to
10 waited on came, and saw with
What rapidly these lands are being
aiken, they would certainly catch the
disease" and want some of 1t too.
I these lands are beautiful In mid
winter, with their long stretches Of
'ellow stubble standing high above
he snow, what must they be in sum-
ner time when covered with growing
n ripening grains? Speaking of win.
er reminds me that our Hooser
riends shrug their shoulders when
hey read In the Chicago and Mime
polls dailies Of the temperature I'D
lere. For that very reason i am here
his winter. The Canadian literature,
With its pictures, half tones and sta
istics, gives good idea Of her re-
ources. but thirty or forty degrees
elow zero sounds dangerous to a
ioozier, who nearly freezes in a tenn
erature Of five above, especially
Vhen accompanied by a wind, as 1t
ften is. but the fact is, when 1t is
cry cold here it is still and the air