The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

% me sucoesa That Awaits u,
rarnee IN western Canada.

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81 enc suessss TAat Awvaits sAs
TaxnsR N western Canada.
Ine story q wheat farming In West
ern Canada Chat portion OF Canada
lying north OF Dakota and Montana,
has been frequently told. but It Will
stand . lot Of telling. and Still retain
its touch OF interest. During the year
just closed 277 ,378 persons made their
hornes In Canada as compared with
216,e12 for the year 1906, an increase
OF 81,464. Those from the United
States numbered 1851.
A writer In Industry recently said:
To-day the Dominion OF Canada is
witnessing q mightier movement OF
population than ever stimulated a
Biblical writer to pen a chapter OF
Scripture" The same writer says
From the Rhine and the Rhone river
valleys; from the port cities Of Ger
many and the farms of the Father
land; from the peasant soil of Rus
sia and out from the grimy Lam
cashire and over-populated Yorkshire,
the dlscontented and ambitious OF
every cline are seeking to take advant-
age Of the opportunities afforded by the
fertile soil and ~exhilarating climate OF
the Empire Of the North"
Continuing, the same writer says:
while a million human beings throns
the shores Of the United States every
year, the smaller number arriving in
Canada come with a more well-defned
purpose The question a been ask
ed, why do these people cone to Can
ada? The available land between the
Mississippi and the Pacific has been
exhausted, and the farmers within that
territory find hat their sons have to
seek newer climes. 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 60 bushels
per acre have been harvested. Less
yields than the one mentioned have
netted the farmer as much as $50 per
acre. There are 10 words that tell
the tale so 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
disposal hundreds of acres Of .ripenet
grain, now waiting the arrival of the
reaper, and therefore we reproduce The
following letter. Any agent of the
Canadian government, whose adyer
tisement appears elsewhere, will be
pleased to give information regarding
the district mentioned or any Other
that may be In mind:
e. r. Holmes, Esq. Canadian Govern
ment Agent, st. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir-In 1905 l located on /,
claim about 30 miles from the tow
Of Wadena, on the Canadian Northern
Railroad, have lived on my claim mos
Of the time since. 1. consider this t.
be one of the best districts in thu
country for grain growing. In 100
wheat averaged from 80 to 81 bushel
per acre on some Of my neighbors
farms. within 4 miles of my claim
Oats go from rs to 100 bushels. 1t i
also a good country for stock. Wher
I am there Is plenty of fuel. Home
steads nearly all taken, the settle
ment being largely Germans and Amer
leans, all well-to-do. 1 left Walden:
in February. 1907, returning April %
so that / missed part of the winter
which the old settlers tell me was on
Of the worst they eve saw, but Their
was no suffering, as the people ar
pretty well fixed, and there are n
billiards. i'll hat country, at leas
there never has been known to be one
Wild land sells at from $40 to SO
closer to town it Is higher.
In the summer We have all sort
Of wild fruits very plentiful, and
never saw better vegetables, and Fam
is so plentiful n man need not starry
for want of something to eat. Plent
of good water, too. You need no
hesitate to recommend this district, bu
the homesteads are nearly all takei
most of the homesteaders are Twin
right on their claims.
(Signed) FRANK MORREY.
Remington, Sask.
They Were Wise.
B'rer Rabbit-Why in the world ar
those boys making SO much Q
old Mr.. Elephant?
B'rer Fox-Why, they want him to ties
the ice before they go skating.