The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
A BISHOP
PLANS FARMS
HOPES TO PLACE 1000
FAMILIES ON MINES
OTA LANDS.
Object is to Provide Working
Class With Homes-Will
Establish Schools.

neSOta with the poorer classes OF
people in the great manufacture
ing centerS in the United States.
By alloting twenty-five acres
to a family he hopes to place y
1000 antilles of deserving
people ON .,rable farms in one
OF Minnesota's finest agricultur
al districts, making the total
population of his Catholic colony
about $4,000.
To Chicago, milwaukee,, New
York, Pittsburg, Boston and ali
the large manufacturing cities
the bishop will send forth his in
vitation to the oppressed work
ingman, asking him to bring his
family to a country home in one
Of the gardens of Minnesota.
Bishop McGolrick does moi
own the land. He has interested
a large real estate company in
Minnesota to cooperate in his
plans and unique system Of
payments for the property will
be inauguratdd undAr direct
supervision of the bishop.
The property covers a district
Of about fifty mileis >in length
reaching from Akely on the east
to Detroit city on the west.
Bishop McColrick has personal
ly inspected it from border to
border and says it is one of the
richest farming spots he ever
saw.
Clover and timothy are raised
there with excellent results, &C.
cording to the bishop and mum
Der of people already are meet
ing with great success in tobacco
raising.
An initial payment of So an
acre is all that isNto be asked the
settler. For those who are unable
10 meet this demand the bishop
is formulating expensive plans
If financial aid. The remainder
SO or $15 more per acre, can be
paid at the converIence OF the
purchaser.
Gives Lumber to Build House.
The inducements which the
bishop has to offer are unpreee-
danted. His movement is not en-
tirely a charitable one. He says
he is merely launching a scheme
'1ieh has been the dream of his
life for many years, for aiding
the oppressed OF the cities to find
a green spot in one of the earth's
gardens in which to make a de-
cent and comfortable living and
reap some of the joys Of a fresh,
wholesome, healthy, country life.
The real estate company work
ing under the bishops direction
has made the special inducement
OF offering $500 worth of lumber
absolutely free to each settler,
with which to build his home.
AS it is desired particularly to
encourage dairying rebate of 81
an acre will be given to all set
tiers who. at the end of two
years, have six or more mich
COWS.
Much OF the labor in clearing
the land of stumps and stones. Oh
which the district is not entire
ly free, will be saved by the real
estate company. Under the di-
rection of the bishop the concern
will clear ten acres for each col
onist without charge.
1t is wonderful opportunity
says Bishop McColrick, whose
kindly and retiring nature makes
him diffident in talking of his
great project. The land is worth
at the lowest figure 1926 per
acre. In other words the com
pany is putting into the land full
ly four times as much as the
price paid by the purchaser.
Good citizenship is the only
qualification required by the
bishop. He hopes to provide com
Portable homes and living for
many unfortunate families, but
will insist on good character. He
particularly desires to reach the
masses now struggling to raise
children under adverse city con
ditions, shackled by poverty and
bound down through her pros
nerity by unhealthy and degrad-
ing mdthods of life
Recognizing that the Dutch
are among the most successful
small fruit and truck gardeners
in the world. and that many OF
them are laboring under unfavor-
able circumstances. Bishop Me-
Colrick will send a personal re-
preventative to Holland to IN
duce large colonies of them, il
POSSIBLE to take tracts of land in
his new country.
Becker and Hubbard counties
have been chosen as the seat OF
the colony. Bishop McGolrick is
recognized in this section as a
prominent churchman and as one
of the most public spirited citi-
zens in the northwest.
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