The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-21
VOLUMES MIGHT BIZ WRITTEN
Of the success That Awaits the
FaRmer In western Canada.

.rn Canada THAT portion Of Canada
lying north Of Dakota and Montana !.
has been frequently told. but 1t will
stand a lot OF telling. and still retain
Its touch OF interest. During the year
just closed 277,376 persons made tAeir
homes In Canada 40 compared with
2l5,9l2 for the year 1906, an increase
Of 61.464. Those from the United
States numbered 56,551.
A writer in Industry recently said
To-day the Dominion Of Canada is
Witnessing q miGhtier movement of
population than ever stimulated q
Biblical writer to pen q chapter OF
Scripturea The< same writer says
From the Rhine Apd the Rhone river
valleys; from the por< cities Of Ger
many and the farms Of the Father
LAID; from the peasant soil Of Rvs
STA; and out from the grimy Ian
cashire and over-pOpulated Yorkshire,
the disconnected and ambitious Of
every cline are seeking to take advant.
age OF the opportunities afforded by the
fertile soil and e~xhilarating climate OF
the Empire Of the North"
Continuing, the same writer q
while a million human beings throng
the shores Of the United States every
year, the smaller number arriving in
Canada conn with a more well-defined
purpose" The question has been ask
ed. why do these people coIne to Can
ada? The available land between the
Mississippi and the Pacific has been
exhausted, and the farmers within that
territory find that their sons have to
g e newer chimes. Canada offers one
hundred and sixty acres Of land free
to each. This land yields from 20
to 40 bushels of wheat to the acre.
In Southern Alberta, the winter wheat
belt OF Canada. as high as go bushels
per acre have been harvested. Less
yields than the one mentioned have
netted the farmer as much as $35 per
acre. There are no words that tell
the tale 50 effectively as those Of the
farmer himself, the man who has
ploughed the fields, sowed the grain,
and with folded hands rests, while
nature, bounteous in that country, In
less than three months, placed at his
grain. now waiting the arrival Of the
reaper, and therefore we reproduce the
following letter. Any agent Of the
Canadian government, whose adver-
tisement appears elsewhere, will be
pleased to give information regarding
the district mentioned or any other
that may be in mind:
T.. r. Holmes, ESQ. Canadian Govern
ment Agent. st. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir-In 1905 l located on u
claim about 30 miles from the town
Of Wadena, on the Canadian Northern
Railroad, have lived on my claim most
Of the time since. l consider this to
be one Of the best districts In the
country for grain growing. In 1903
wheat averaged from 80 to 81 bushels
per acre on some Of my neighbor1
farms, within 4 miles OF my claim.
Oats 60 from Is to 100 bushels. It Ii
also a good country for stock. Where
I am there y plenty OF fuel. Home
steads nearly all taken. the settle
ment being largely Germans and Amer
leans. Ill well-to-do. ! left Wadena
In February, 1907. returning April q.
u that l missed part of the winter.
which the old settlers tell me was one
Of the worst they sver saw. but there
Was no suffering. ~ the people are
pretty well fixed, and there ARE no
billiards. IN that country, 1t least
there never has been known to be one.
wild land sells 1t from $40 to SIS:
closer to town II ID higher.
In the summer We have Ill sorts
- Wild fruits very plentiful. ana /
nsvsr raw better vegetables, ana rame
10 20 plentiful Z man nsed not starve
for want Of something to eat Plenty
Of good water, too. You heed NOT
hesitate to recommend this district, hi
the homesteads arc nearly al taken,
mogt q the homesteadsrs { liylna
right On their claims.
(Slgned) FRANK MORRR.
knlvington. oask.