Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-03-12
IMPRESSED WITH WESTERN
CANADA.
says Our Prairies VIII Be Filled UR
I'm Ten Years.

United States land man, who made an
extensive tour of inspection In the
West. wrote the following article, un-
der date of Jan 8, for an Indiana pub
lication:
estates. I'm this letter | propose to
show by extracts from my note book
that thousands who have come up here
from the Estates" have succeeded far
beyond their most Sanguine eXpecta-
tons.
Mr.. n. f. Beaumunk of Brazil, Ind,
was earning 500 per month with
coal company. At about the age of 40
he had saved about $4,000. -Four years
ago he landed near Hanley. Sask. He
now owns 40 acres of land. Last fall
$1,000 he threshed 400 bushels Of
wheat and 3, 100 bushels of barley 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 Is Making Money Fast.
In February. 1902. J. G. Smith 4
Bro. were weayers in 1t big cotton mill
in Lancashire. England. Coming here
they arrived in Wapella, Sask.. with
only $3.50 between them. They were 50
green" and inexperienced that all they
could earn the first summer was 5000
per month. and the first winter they
had to work for their board. The next
wear. 1908, they took hOmeSteads and
by working for neighbors they got 4
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
LOO bushels of wheat from it, and
300 bushels of oats. Their success
being then assured, they borrowed some
money. built a good house, barn and
implement shed, and bought cream
separator, etc. They now have dozen
COWS, some full-blOoded pigs and chick
ems, good teams and implements to
match and are on the high road to
prosperity. Here are three cases Sc
lected from my note book from among
a score of others. One mine boss,
one a farmer, and one a factory Oper-
ator. With each Of them l took tea
and listened to their story. L hoped
to better my condition" said one Il
thought In time might make home"
said another. II had high expecta-
TONS" said the other, and all said that
81 never dreamed it possible to succeed
as l have"
Like Arabian Nights.
Everywhere, on the trains, at the
hotels and In family, l have been told
OF successes that reminded me more
of the stories in the Arabian Nights
than of this matter Of fact, wOrkaday
world Yields of wheat from 30 to 53
bushels per acre and of oats Of from
60 to 100 bushels, are numerous in eV-
cry locality and we'll authenticated. At
Moose Jaw, Lethbridge Calgary. Ed
monitor, Regina. Brandon, Hanley and
many intermediate places | saw cattle
and young horses fat as your granted
animals of the States" that had never
tasted grain, and whose cost to their
owners was almost nothing. At Moose
min | saw a train load of 400 steers
en- route to England. that were shaky
fat raised as above stated. If the older
generation of farmers in Indiana, who
have spent their lives in a contest with
lags and Stumps. rs did their fathers
before them. could see these broad
praii.ies dotted with comfortable homes,
large red barns. and straw piles innu-
merabIe. and the thriving towns, with
heir towering elevators damned to the
roof with No. l hard and then re
member that four or five years ago
these plains were tenantless but for
he badger and coyote, they would mar
eel ut the transformation. Then if they
followed the crowds as they emerged
from the trains and hurried to the
and Offices standing in line until their
respective turns to be waited on came,
md SAW with what rapidity these lands
are being taken. they would certainly
catch the disease" and want some OF
it too. If these lands are beautiful, IN
midwinter with their long stretches or
yellow stubble standing high above the
snow. what must they be in summer
time when covered with growing or
ripening grain? Speaking Of winter re-
minds me that our HOOsier friends
Shrug their shoulders when they read
in the Chicago and Minneapolis dailies
of the temperature up here. The Ca
madam literature. with its pictures,
half-toneS and statistics, gives a g0o0
idea Of her resources, but thirty or
forty degrees below zero sounds dan
gerOus to IIoosier, who nearly freezes
in a temperature of five above. espe-
tally WHEN accompanied by a wind as
it often is: but the fact Is, when 1t Is
very cold here it is still, and the air
being dry the cold is not felt as it Is
in our lower attitudes. where there Is
more humidity in the atmosphere.
am 81. and | never saw Il finer winter
than the one | am spending up here.
arrived in Winnipeg Nov 0, and have