The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-17
new ARRIVALS IN CANADA
NEARLY 100000 IN 1907.
ABOUT SIXTY THOUSAND FROM
THE UNITED STATES.

Now that it is known that In the
year just closed nearly sixty thou
sand from the United States declared
their intention Of making their homes
in Canada, it might not be out or
place to search for some reasons that
would bring this about. These people
are but following the example OF the
ffty-five or sixty thousand who did
the same thing the year previous, and
an almost equal number who the year
before that but followed the example
of the thousands of the year proceed
ing. An excellent climate, certain and
positive crops of grain of all kinds,
good markets for their produce, land
and good land, too at low prices,
easy terms Of payment, mot forget
ting the 100 acres Of land given free
by the Government. particulars OF
which the Canadian Government Agent
whose name appears elsewhere Will
tell you about and then the splendid
social conditions. The situation is
pretty well sized up by a writer in one
of the magazines. Quoting from this
article, we find this: Those OF us
who made good in the States inter.
jected another settler as If to con-
tinue the story of his %neighbor, have
had 1t easy from the start: a little
money is a mighty good thing on COM
Ing into a new country. But those
who make an entry, or even buy lands
at low rates, are able to square things
In two or three seasons crops. Thera
are hardships in building shanties,
and Their with increasing prosperity
getting things into shape for better
homes. But affairs go much as in the
States. We have the largest liberty in
the world; there is more home rule IN
the Provinces than in the several
states of the Republic. Taxes are
light and with only & few million peo-
, pie west Of Winnipeg we don't get in
each others way. Ones friends over
the line probably thought WI would not
live through the winter; and while it
is "old. real cold, it is free from the
il. sure experienced in the east,
Schools are good as encouraged by
the Government: the enterprisins
American promoter and Yankee drum.
mer see to it that we take notice OF
the latest improvements and best agri
cultural machinery. Altogether we are
as near to affairs as we would be on
our own farms in the States. Winni
peg bears the same relation to US as
Chicago did at home: and Edmonton
with the surrounding region advances
as Omaha did in the days when We
were as young as the boys yOnder
We get together much as they did in
the oranges over the border; the gov
eminent has established experimental
schools OF agriculture, and progress il
every line is stimulated. This is {
great region for grazing" we hear the
Calgary citizen continuing. land ther
with building elevators Of wheat a
enc dollar a bushel, many of us fins
time 10 go over to the live stock ex
hibition in Chicago or visit old friend;
during the course of the winter
Every man is taken for what he i!
worth or for what he can raise: an,
In this good air and on this fertile sol
we intend to show our old friend!
that we are made of the right stuff
that we are chips Of the old blocl
who built up the American West"
When extremes meet they don't a