Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-03-09
IMPRESSED WITH
WESTERN CANADA.
says Our Prairiss Will Be Filled Up
In Ten Years.

der date of Jan. 8. for an Indiana pub
lication:
States" In this letter I propose
TO show by extracts from my note book
that thousands who have come up here
from tho States" have succeeded far
beyond their most sanguine expecta-
lions.
Mr.. N. z. Beaumunk, OF Brazil, In
diana, was earning 10000 per month
with a coal company. At about the
age Of 40 he had saved about $4,000.
Four years ago he landed lear Hanley.
Sask. He now owns 4S0 acres of land.
Last fall (19O5) he threshed 400 bush.
els Of wheat and 3.1OO bushels Of oats.
$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 q big cotton mill In
Lancashire. England. Coming here.
they arrived in Wapella, Sask., with
only @750.00 between them. They were
90 green" and inexperienced that all
they could Earn the first summer 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 %neighbors they got
a few acres broken out, upon which the
next year they raised a few hundred
bushels OF wheat and oats. They also
bought a team and broke out about
sixty acres more. In 1905, they
threshed 1900 bushels of wheat from
1t. and 1900 bushels of oats. Their
success being then assured, they Dor.
rowed some money. built a good house.
barn and implement shed. and bought
q cream separator, etc. They now have
q dozen cows, some full blooded pigs
and chickens. good teams and imple-
ments 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, a mine
boss, one O farmer, and one a factory
operator. With each OF them l took
tea and listened to their story. u
hoped to better my condition." said
one. Il thought In time might make
q home." said another. Il had high
expectations" said the other. and all
said that Il never dreamed 1t possible
10 succeed as l have"
Like Arabian Nights.
Everywhere. on the trains. at the
hotels and in family I have been told
successes that reminded me more of
the stories In the Arabian Nights than
Of this matter-of-act workaday world.
Yields OF wheat from 80 to SO bushels
per acre, and of oats of from GO to 100
bushels, are numerous In every local
aty and we'll authenticated. At Moose
Jaw. Lethridse. Calgary. Edmonton,
Regina, Brandon. Hanley and many in
termediate places | saw cattle and
young horses fat as our granted ami.
mails OF the States that had never
tasted grain, and whose cost to their
owners was almos. nothing. At Moos-
omin l saw a trainload OF 1.40O steers
en- route to England, that were shaky
fat. raised as above stated. II the
older generation of farmers In Indiana,
who have spent their lives In a ron
test with logs and stumps as did their
fathers before them, could see these
broad Drairies dotted with comfort
able homes, large red barns. and straw
piles innumerable. and the thriving
towns with their towering elevator
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 hur-
ried to the land Offices, standing In line
until their respective turns to be wait
ed on came, and saw with what rapid.
lty these lands are being taken, they
would certainly catch the disease
and want some Of 1t, too. II these
lands are beautiful In m%idwinter, with
their long stretches Of yellow stubble
standing high above the snow, what
must they be In summer time, when
covered with growing or ripening
grains? Speaking of winter. reminds
me that our Hoosier friends shrug
their shoulders when they read In the
Chicago and Minneapolis dailies OF the
temperature up here. For that very
reason ! am here this winter. The
Canadian literature with Its pictures,
half-tones and statistics. gives . good