The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-06
new DISTRICTS AND NEW RAIL
WAYS.
Western saasaa Aaa~a~ n~st~r sos-
1ttioas than Ever fae ~~~sstem~as.

Western Canada Anera~ n~tt~r s'oa-
1tsioas shaa Ever Toe ~~sst~m~at.
Tn tive laiitor-Sig Doubtless many
az your readers will t~s pleased to have
solne word fgssal lii. grain fields OF
Western canada. where stch a large
number of Americans have made their
home during the past few years III is
pleasing 10 's 0hit ~ Fefwsri that gsai
eralls the whsat yield has haven T.~~i
X ~si average ai~put seasty ~pssetess
u the acre. Ihvre viii t. nnauy va~.s
wheve the yield viii 81 thirty az.
bushels TO the acre, a< others where
fiity tslshels a. ,h@ acre has lssen ~.
corded Ttse snat aud barley rrer hos
h~eia splendid. The rvisss ~ all grains
viii bring ~ the farmers a aasasuiii'
rsent return for their iaiasy~- An in-
ssaIge has tsen brought 10 my sp,ftee
al "A farmer Ina III. I~iiseissr s'rsssk
tSouthern aih~rtal district. where
winter wheat il grown. who mad" a
iset profit af xisas.s ~ acre. os little
less than the selling saiee ~ his Lard
Thirty. forty and nfty lsusleas ylslsis
are rs~nrtiei tlaerr TIE beauty about
fhe lan.is la Western Canada In THAR
they are ~. we'll asiarssai Ga srasnsrais
ing. while the laxariant grasses that
grow everywhere In abundance naakss
the t~sst possible freed for fattvntas
cattle or Tor those used for dairylng
purposes.
The new homestead regulations
which went into feree September
in1N attracted thusisana of new xss
tiers. IL is new possible 10 cur isa,
acres In addition Ia the tao acres as a
free grant. by paying 81 an acre for
H. Particulars AS to hoS 10 dn this
and as "a the railway rates eau te ~.
cured FROM the Canadian Government
agents.
The development throughout West
ern Canada during the next ten years
Will probably exceed that 81 ans other
country In the worlds history" l. uot
the statement Of an optimistic Cana.
dian from the hanks Ut THE Saskatrhe~
wan, bur OF Mr. Leslie N shaw. ~
New York. OK Secretary of the United
States Treasury, under the late i'fsssi
dent Mckinley and President ttnsssa.
Welt, and considered one of the al1tst
hnaneIers OF the United States. Our
railway companies sold a good deal of
their land nj from three tu i've .foilars
an acre. and now the owners are msaii
{AsY sSa wv4 8ues - F~xm@ Mrssa b..
seventy five dollars, and buying more
up In Canada nj from TEN 20 fifteen .
The editor OF the Monticello lows j
Express made a trip through Western
Canada last August. aud aas greatly
impressed. lie says zone tnntbai
cross Western Canada to the maEln
tains without being impressed with ~
immensely Of territory and It's future
prospects. Where | expected Is tntl
frontier villages there were suhstsn
TALLY built cities and towns with es
cry modern convenience II WAS fur
merry supposed that the climate was
too severe for Ii to b. thought If ns
nm agricultural country. but It's wheat
raising possibilities have tssen amply
tested. We drew from Ontario many
of our best farmers and most progres
siye citizens. Now the Americans ARE
einigrating In greater numbers 10 Vest
ern Canada. Seventy five per cens of
the settlers In that good country ii.
Gated southeast af Moose Jaw aud tie
gina are Americans Canada In well
pleased with them and IN ready t.
welcome thousands more"