The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-03-17
IMPRESSED WITH
WESTERN CANADA.
ssys Our Prairies VIII Be Filled Up
In Ten Years.

l. A. stockwell OF Indianapolis. .
United States land man who made an
extensive tour OF inspection In the
west. wrote the following article. un-
der date OF Jan. s. for an Indiana pub
lioation:
States" In this letter I 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. H. 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 $50 acres OF
land Last fall C905) 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 II grew on.
He is to-day worth $4,000.
This Is Making Money Fast.
In Feb. 1909. J. @. Smith a 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 5000 per month. and the first
winter they had TO work for their
board. The next year, 1908. they took
homesteads. and by working for neigh
tors. they got few acres broken out.
uron which the next year they raised
a few hundred bushels or wheat and
| oats. They also bought team and
| broke out about sixty acres more. In
1905 they threshed 100 bushels OF
wheat from IT, and 1900 bushels OF
| oats. Their success being then AS
sured they borrowed some money.
built a good house barn and imple-
ment shed. and bought a cream sepa-
rator. etc They now have a dozen
cows. some mll-blooded pigs and
chickens. good teams and implements
| 10 match. and are on the high road 10
prosperity. Here are three cases
selected from my note book from
| ~
boss, one a farmer. and one factory
operator With each OF them | took
tea and listened 20 their story. II
| hoped 10 better my condition said
one. II thought In time ! might make
home" said another. IL had high
expectations" said the other. and all
said that II never dreamed II 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-offact workaday
world. Yields OF wheat from 35 20
SO bushels per acre. and OF oats Of
| from 60 TO 100 bushels, are numerous
In every locality and we'll authepti.
Gated At Moose Jaw. Lethbrldge.
Calgary. Edmonton. Regina. Brandon,
Hanley and many intermediate places
| saw cattle and young horses fat as
our grain fed animals OF the States"
that had never tasted grain, and
whose cost 20 their owners was
almost nothing. At Moosomin | saw a
/ train load Of 400 steers en- route to
I, England. that were shaky fat. raised
/ as above stated III the older genera.
ton OF farmers I'm Indiana, who have
spent their lives In n contest with
logs and stumps as did their fathers
before them. could see these broad
pralries dotted with comfortable
/ Ia al har uer
piles innumerable. and the thriving
towns with their towering elevators
| damned 10 the roof with mo. hard"
and then remember that four or ave
Years ago these plains were tenantless
but for the badger and coyote. they
would marvel at the transformation
Then IN they followed the crowds as
they emerged from the trains and
hurried TO the land Offices. standing
In line until their respective turns 10
be waited on came. and saw with
What rapidity these lands are being
taken. they would certainly catch the
disease" and want some OF II too
| II these lands are beautiful In mid
| winter. with their long stretches o
yellow stubble standing high above
the snow. what must they be In sum
mer time when covered with growing
or ripenIng gralnsg Speaking OF win
ter reminds me that our Hoosler
friends shrug their shoulders when
they read In the Chicago and Mime
apolls dallles OF the temperature up
here. For that very reason | am here
this winter The Canadian literature.
with It's pictures. nalf tones and sta
| tistics, gives good idea OF her re-
sources. but thirty or forty degrees
below zero sounds dangerous to
| Hoozler. who nearly freezes In n tenn
pcrature OF five above. especially
when accompanied by wind. as II
often Ia, but the fact IL, when Il is
very cold here Il Is stlIl and the ali
being dry the cold is not felt as Il Is
in our lower attitudes. where there is
more humidity In the atmosphere. |
| am SO and never saw a finer winter
than the one ! am spending up here. |
arrived In Winnipeg Nov .. and have
not had the bottoms OF my oyershoes
| wet since | entered Canada Under n