The Red Cloud chief., 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.

are again rejoicing OyCr an abundant
harvest. and reports from reliable
sourCcs 30 to show that the total yield
OF 1909 will be far above that of any
other year.
II is estimated that 800, 600. 600
vail this year 30 into the pockets of
the Western farmers from wheat
alone. another 500. OOO.OOO from oats
and barley. whilC returns from other
crops and from stock viii add SiO..
600 600 more. IL II any wonder thCn
that the farmers of the Canadian
West are happy?
Thousands Of American farmers
have settled In the above mentioned
provinces during the past year. mcn
who know the West and ita pOssibill
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:
I'VE have been going ahead 40 rap.
idly In our own country that our heads
have been somewhat swcllcd with the
idea that w are carrying on our shout.
h'ip y NV IiNfN''FS 'h''' ~ !" wv
world. We have not been conscious
that there In on the north n young
country and II young nation that Is
looking forward, M Il well may. to n
great national future. They have
1000. 900 people, but the country II
still hardly scratched"
Jas. j. Hin speaking before the
Canadian Club of Winnipeg n few days
ago said:
Il 20 back for 81 years, when |
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
today II may surprise you-onc out
OF every Ave children born in Canada
lives In the United States. Now You
are playing the return match. and the
Northwest IL getting people from the
United States very rapidly. We
brought 100 land seekers. mainly from
Iowa and Southern Minnesota. last
North. West. Now. these people have
all the way from Ave. ten to twenty
thousand dollars each. and they will
make az much progress on the land II
one year IN any one man coming iron
the Continent of Europe can make, do
Ing the best ho can. In ten, fifteen. 81
twenty years"
II * evident from The welcome
given American settlers In Canada
that the Canadian people appreciate
them. Writing from Southern Alberta
..-.I -, A..,.In, g,r,,a. .. a. -
I'VE are giving them some new
ideas about being good farmers, an
they are giving us some new Ideas
about being good citizenR. They have
, Il law against taking liquor into tn
Indian Reservation. One Of our feel
lows was caught on n reservation wit
n bottle ON him. and II cost him $50
One Of the Canadian Mounted Polio
, found him, and let me tell you, tire,
=, find everyone who tries 10 30 u
, against the laws Of the country.
, con Saturday night. every bar-roor
is closed, at exactly Z o'clock. Why
Because It Ia the law, and It's IN
same with every other law. Their
isn't a bad man IN the whole distric
and a woman can come home froI
town to the farm at midnight II sb
wants to. alone. That's Canada's ldc
!. how to run a frontier; they have &c
: tainly taught us n lot.
:. ION the other hand, we are runnin
their farms for them better than an
:, other class Of farmers. | guess
- can say this without boastlng. and n
Canadians appreciate us. We tut
a out to celebrate Dominion Day; The
are glad to have US help TO farm Il
a country; they know how TO govern
y we know how to work"
y Another farmer, from Minnesot
"A who settled In Central Saskatchewf
= some years ago, has the following
Il say about the country
n my wife and | have done we'll enoul
% since we came from the States; We ca
Is live anyway. We anne In the spring
n 1901 with the first carload Of settler
n effects unloaded In these parts al
% built the first shanty between Sa
II katoon and Lumsden. We br0ng
K. with our car OF settlers effects q
D. sum OF $500 In cash. today we q
y worth $4,000. We proved up o.
IT OF the finest farms in Western Cana
n and bought 32O acres at 50 per acl
a. We took good crops OFF the land I
e. four years. at the end OF which
% had $4,000 worth Of improvements
Z the way OF buildings. etc, and h
Is planted three acres Of trees. T'
N years ago we got such a good on
that we sold our land at Si5 per &C
From the above you will see that
have not done badly since our
rival"
10 Prof. Thomas Shaw Of 81. Paul. NJ
"a nesota, with a number Of other W
known editors of American farm 10
,r mails, toured Western Canada recent
}. and in an interview at Winnipeg SO
in part
Ia with regard to the settlement
the West I should say that II Is or
" well begun. ! have estimated that
Manitoba one-tenth OF the land b
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