The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-04-29
BIG LAND PURCHASE
IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA
knl9hte Of Columbus Bought 25,.
900 Aores From Irrigation
Company.
THIS DEAL SPEAKS VOLUMES
FOR MERRIMAN & LoNEY

Who arc Agents for G. p. r. Lands
In Fargo and have cold thous-
Of aores In thIs country.
After searching the United States
and Mexico for land suitable for agri-
cultural settlement. and which will
prove a profitable investment, the
knights of Columbus of America have
completed deal for block of Is, 900
acres of G. P. R. irrigated land north
east of Strathmore.
This deal not only represents an in
vestment of 1925, 900, but means that.
thousands of American settlers-the
class that have capital at their dis
posal-will be sent up into Alberta to
settle and develop the country.
The Knights of Columbus have for a
couple of years past, been looking for
agricultural land with the object of
making profitable investment.
They sent out their agents to differ
ent parts of the United States and
Mexico to look over the land and re-
port. The reports, however, we're not
particularly encouraging, until six
months ago certain Mr.. Hayden
dropped off the train at Calgary, and
was taken over the G. P. r. irrigated
lands.
He reported.
Huh! Huh! This was the best yet.
The report was particularly noted and
several weeks ago P. Hayden, of To-
peka, Kansas, bought ticket for Cal
gary.
He arrived safely and entrusted him
self to the mercies of the C. P. R. irri-
gated land officials They took him to
Strathmore and showed him over the
land. After spending a couple of days
in thoroughly going into and investi-
eating the proposition, Mr.. Hayden, a
man who could not be fooled in the
purchase of agricultural soil, decided
that this was the country for them.
Messages were exchanged with the
head office and the deal for Is, 900 acres
was put through.
The Knights of Columbus and their
agent were so thoroughly enthused
over the proposition, and had such
confidence in the future of southern
Alberta that they wanted to take $4,000
acres more.
But Mr.. Peterson smilingly intimat-
ed to them that they should not bite off
more than they could chew just yet.
The object of the irrigated lands pro-
position was to get that part of the
country settled with farmers who would
put the soil under cultivation and de-
velop it. If the Knights of Columbus
we're successful in settling and devel-
oping the $4,000 acres, they always
kept quite nice little reserve up on
the shelf which could be secured at
some future date.
While their foremost object is to in
vest the funds at their disposal profit
ably, it is also the object of the
knights of Columbus to settle the land
they have purchased, build their own
schools and churches, and organize a
colony. They will commence thor
oughly organized campaign of adver-
Using throughout the middle western
states, Mr.. Hayden declares, and will
parcel out the land in sections an6
half sections. He thinks that the lanG
they have purchased is superior tc
anything on the American continent
and when the settlers start to come in
they will be quick to realize the quail
ity of it, and each and every one vii
act as an unsolicited advertising agen
by telling their friends back home o
the excellent propositions that are be
ing offered.
"They are just commencing to tall
about southern Alberta down ther
now," said Mr.. Hayden, "and in
year or two you will see an influx int,
this country that will be the creates
in the development of the fCanadial
west. The country up here is YER,
similar to that in North Dakota, Kan
sas and Oklahoma, and is exactly tn
kind of soil that the farmers we inten'
to send here have been used to work
ing down home. The only diferenc
is the home soil is getting worked ou
and this is new, and can be bought a
more reasonable figure"
Mr.. Hayden left for Topeka, Kansas
yesterday, but will return to Calgar
some time during the early summer.
Ex-President Roosevelt has a
last entered the dark continen
and will heoin his hunt for th,