The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-24

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government of the United States is
waking up to the fact that II they
must keep their population at home
they will have to follow the example
set by the Canadian government and
advertise the merits of their own
country. The Quincy valley should
receive some of this free advertising
andthe commercial club of this city,
or the promoters of our farmers or
CARNATIONS should see that something
is done in the matter:
1T has come to an issue between
the great west of this country and
the vast Northwest of Canada, and
Uncle Sam still thinks his hand is
the best.
"The fact, however, that in the last
eighteen months 100000 American
families have emigratei over the bor-
der into the big untitled country that
lies between the Canadian Rockies
and the thriving city of Winnipeg
a country big enough, it is said, ulti-
mately to feed and house 100000
people-has emphasized the fact
that the tide of homeseekers, follow
ing the lines of least resistance, must
be shown" il it is to be stemmed.
That is one of the things that Uncle
Sam has been backward about. 1t
was a small thing for this govern
Imentto set aside a fund of $4,000
900 and begin engineering the great
lest system of irrigation in the world,
but to spend so much as dollar to
Advertise is something that Congress
has looked at askance.
"Just now, however, the United
States government is following pol
icy of greater publicity. Through
the Chicago Office of the reclamation
service, as we'll as those in other party
of the country, attention is being
called to the fact that until the rich
iareas in this country have been ex-
hausted the rush to other fields is
premature The homesea;<er may &c
farther and fare worse, in Other
words.
"That the desire to get back to ma
ture,to get out to the frontier ant
stake out a home for oneself, is still
a live issue with the masses of urbay
population, just as it was in the ole
days when the Mississippi river mark
ed the edge of civilization, has beer
shown conclusively by the interes
displayed. An average of somethin,
like thirty people day at the Chi
cago reclamation Office in the fedora
building who want to know tells par
of the story.
1.-The region of Alberta has the at
> traction of being on the ledge o
. things" There has always been
glamour lowering over the frontier
but it still has the rich and fertil
y farm lands where the homeseeker ca
3 esta blish himself with all the com
forts of home," or at least goo
many of them, and make a good liv
= ing. At some points, as for instance
linthe Truckee-Carson irrigation pro
i ject in Nevada, where the govern
ment has established farms for tn
T. instruction of the newcomers, tn
. most approved and most successful
methods of making the earth yiel
lup its agricultural possibilities ar
shown in active operation. III thi
jisnt pioneering with all the ease O
a personally conducted party" Uncl
= Sam is wondering what is.
> 1.-TWO of the reasons set forth TO
the superiority of the home-mad
: settlers lands are the richness of tn
soil and the climate. That theirri
gated lands of this government hav'
lacked nothing but water all thes'
Years to make them among the bes
farm lands in the country is regarded
' as an established fact. The farmer
: is independents of the rainfall, and
5 you don't get the cold weather that i
) inevitable farther north.
Then there is the proximity tt
} home, to markets and to the lines Of
: transportation, all of which means &
J good deal to the practical farmer. Ii
the Truckee-Carson project, in the
, heart of the mining country of Neva
, da, there is said to be an unrivaled
, market for all that can be raised
Ihencoop; hay is worth from $11 te
, is14 ton in the stack and from SIS
to $40 baled, while grains average
; $50 ton.
; IAN enterprising tiller of the sol
: can live at such figures-at least lots
of them are doing it. But still this
peculiar fact eyists-there are 49,
unsettled homestead sites, aggregat
ing $4,000 acres.
: There is a reason. Not over TWEEN
ity miles away are the mining com
Emunities of Fa; lew and Rawhide
and in praetieally every direction ara
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