Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-05-18
INDIANA PEOPLE ~ WESTERN
CANADA.
what shall We 10! I'VE Coz to
nuifn GrnmnrlcN."

'.whnt shan We Dos i've Got to
nuiid GranarIcN."
4 letter written 10 a Canadian gov
ernment agent from Tipton, Ind. is
but one of many similar that are in
the hands OF the Canadian government
agents whose privilege it is TO offer one
hundred and sixty acres of land free,
and low railway fares. But here is a
copy OF the letter:
"Tipton, Ind, Noy. 2S, 1866
"At your earnest solicitation party
Of US from Upton left May - for
Western Canada. our Interviews with
you and careful study of your litcra-
ture led US to expect great things of
your country when we should arrive
there, and we were not disappointed.
We went prepared to make careful
examination Of the country and its re-
sources, and we did so. At early dawn
the second mornng out Of ripton we
awoke iu new world As far as the
eye could reach was an apparently linn
itless expausc of new SOwn wheat ANA
pIdl'i' S.1Ss'a' H' NN'" N'Nl' oA
the wheat just beginning to stool out,
ana 'he lhAy bI'e"ileS' o. 'il1 son 'o''
trasied in a way beautiful TO see. An
hour or two later we steamed into
ihhlPe1' lleFe we louhu hull'o'' ~
surprises huha'Su 'Ho"N'Nu s'"''
wen housed WIN every CONVENIENCE
Ihat goes 10 MAKE IhoAefh' u.''o'''''
c't! p"AhS' ho'eiN' newspapers ''0''9'
electric ASh's' street t"i'""@S' sew ~
age water ""FhS' aS'ha'I i'1Ne'l'''''S'
everything. Nl'h eyes anu ''IS '4.''
we 'raNele" ioI '"o l"o|'.'"' ii'''
I through Manitoba Sask'leA''N''A anu
! Aioer'a' gong our over 'Ae ona'i''
racine Ra'!"3S' wa 'al2af! 10 E"'''""'
ION ana returning 20 winnipeg over
( 'Ae Oahaal3h NoIlneFh h"ll""l' !"
tle meantime we haue "e'e'Ai s-''s
F.l'S ana s'oppeu y" ~ H"'ii'N' ~
1 poiilS Nhefe we made or'''9 'I''o we
HuI cunning 'oun'' ~ o'l '''iS ",,'N'
/ were 'NIueHceS 81 ploNI'0'''S Ne
growing "ledl' oa'>' ~ T. H'"' ""' ..'''
ho' niue paIcheS' ""' LI''' n''','
Aldny OF Illeih SHu''e il'le ~ 'A'V"''
the three' h'e ana S)lie''h'eS seven
MORSE teams laying over an 'hN5 uAa'N
r'opoH OF Ee!IoW s'uo"ie' sS''''"hS -,
burrows S'faITH' ~ ruH VA le's 60
at rIsht angles IRON III" ro"us 81 e'Nii
/ ing Ihto the distance cont "S'eN
strangely Wlth our niue leIdS a. hoi'S'
ne toWhs' poth large anu sliali' "eie
/ doubly conspicuous mace 90 hfsl oS
theif heWhesS ana secohu py we 'o"'
erlhg elevators necessary 10 hoIu 'iie
immense crops OF "he"t grown III '"c
immediate heiIhporhooa.
ne HeWhesS' the thF'i' 'ne huS''e'
tne souhH OF 81" ana hammer 'he
tehtS housing owners ol ou'iullss IA
various stages OF coiipict'oi'' .ne PiieS
u nouSehoid eaeclS ana "Si'Vui'ui"i
/ implements at the rhii"ay S"'''oliS
waiting 10 De han!ed OUT 20 lne
claims inc o'easlohai steam pIo"
turning lts twenty or th'rty acres
lay the sod mouse. tlie 0hfa'n'ed mouse
u "o"d' 'ae up-to-'ale nodern resi-
'ehce win i"rse Ied p'fh oy' az 'le'e
were seen everywhere we went an eur
nest or prosperity aAG "eaitu 70 oe'
we talked win men ana NiSl''u tiieir
PAGES 'hat foLr years ago vas uhoro'
zen lraife lhelr fous'S' oarhs' I'M
9ieMeA'S ana I'VE STOCK "efe 'he equal
u ah%tAiHs N l!''oh Oou-Ny ana Why
lot "neh ihey we're f"iS.,S H'e' zen