Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
COUNTRY WHOSE SOIL SPELLS
WHEAT AND OUT OF WHOSE
FARMS THOUSANDS ARE
GROWING RICH.
WHAT PRESIDENT TAFT AND
OTHERS THINK OF CANADA.
Another Fat Year for the Canadian
West.

Our Canadian neighbors to the north
are again rejoicing over an abundant
harvest, and reports from reliable
sources 90 to show that the total yield
Of 1909 will be far above that of any
other year.
1t is estimated that 800, 900. 900
will this year go into the pockets Of
the Western farmers from wheat
alone, another $50, 0OO, 900 from oats
and barley, while returns from other
crops and from stock will add $40,-
000. 900 more. Is 1t any wonder then
that the farmers of the Canadian
West are happy?
Thousands Of American farmers
have settled in the above mentioned
provinces during the past year; men
who know the West and It's POSSIBLE.
| ties, and who also know perhaps bet
ter than any other people. the best
methods for profitable farming.
President Taft said recently In
speaking Of Canada:
1--WE have been going ahead so rap
idly In our country that our heads
have been somewhat swelled with the
Idea that we are carrying on our shout
ders all the progress there Is in the
world. We have not been conscious
that there is on the north a young
country and a young nation that Is
looking forward, as 1t we'll may, to a
great national future. They have
1000, 900 people, but the country Is
still hardly scratched"
Jas. j. Hill speaking before the
Canadian Club of Winnipeg a few days
ago said:
II go back for SO years. when I
came West from Canada. At that time
Canada had no Northwest. A young
boy or man who desired to carve his
own way had to cross the line, and
to-day 1t may surprise you--one out
Of every five children born in Canada
lives in the United States. Now you
are playing the return match, and the
Northwest Is getting people from the
{ United States very rapidly. We
brought 100 land.seekers. mainly from
, Iowa and Southern Minnesota. last
, night out of St. Paul. going to the
x iNOI NCot. ANo"p thNoV pNop'S navy
1 all the way from Ave, ten to twenty
. thousand dollars each, and they will
| make as much progress on the land ir
one year as any one man coming from
the Continent OF Europe can make, do
Ing the best he can, in ten. fifteen. OF
!, twenty years"
:, 1t Is evident from the welcome
i given American settlers in Canad'
-. that the Canadian people appreciate
+, them. Writing from Southern Albert'
& recently an American farmer says
I'VE are giving them some new
Ideas about being good farmers, an
they are giving us some new idea
- about being good citizens. They hav
u law against taking liquor into tn
Indian Reservation One of our fe
lows was caught on a reservation wit
O. bottle on him, and 1t cost him So
3" One OF the Canadian Mounted Pole
y found him, and let me tell you, the
, find everyone who tries to go u
= against the laws Of the country.
"On Saturday night, every bar.rooI
Is closed, ut exactly Z o'clock. Why
m DtCdu6c IL i thC law, uhu No sA
', same with every other law. Their
isn't a bad mar in the whole distric
and a woman can come home froI
town to the farm at midnight II sh
wants to, alone. That's Canada's ide
% how to run q frontier; they have ce
il. talnly taught us a lot.
st. ION the other hand, we are runnin
h their farms for them better than an
ie other class of farmers. l guess
a can say this without Boosting. and Il
We Canadians appreciate us. We tuI
ot out to celebrate Dominion Day; tn
are glad to have US help to farm Il
country; they know how to COVER
~ we know how to work"
Ie. Another farmer, from Minneso,
ld who settled In Central Saskatchew'
IS some years ago, has the following
Is say about the country
m my wife and | have done we'll enou
since VIZ came from the States; we C
sh live anyway. We came In the spring
KY 1901 with the first carload Of settle
effects unloaded in these parts a
lie built the first shanty between 81
he katoon and Lumsden. We broue
he with our car Of settlers effects
It's sum OF $500 In cash. to-day we
ms worth $4,000. We proved up O
In of the finest farms in Western Cana
and bought 800 acres at So per &C
r. We took good crops of the land
AS four years, at the end OF which
er. had $4,000 worth Of improvements
nd the way of buildings. etc. and b
nlanted three acraa of trees. II