Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-29
THE HALL COMPANY
Limited

opened for settlement. We were
among the first to make our selec-
lions and we selected the best farm
lands obtainable
Being Bankers. and knowing and
doing business direct with the sett-
lers, we are able to get some real
snaps for our customers that cannot
be obtained by firms that do not re-
side here.
We are in close touch with the
farmers in this district We know
the good wheat land, because we live
here. 1t is our business to know
these things.
The managing officers of the Hall
Company were from Iowa, and we
do not hesitate to say that we know
there are more opportunities to
make more money here, than on
high priced lands.
What we most desire is to get you
to come and see our country. We
know we have a better country than
most of you are apt to think. We
were of the same opinion until We
came and investigated.
FACTS
In this pamphlet we will set
forth briefly and truthfully some of
the reasons for investing a portion
of your capital or your savings in
Canadian Farm Lands. Most of our
sales have been to men who have
made money out of land and who
are alive to the chances of rapid
profit resulting from judiciOus land
purchases. Fifty years ago Illinois
land sold at from SO to IS an acre;
now it is worth $500. Twenty-Five
years ago Iowa land sold at $40 an
acre now worth 500 Ten years
ago Red River Valley land in Min
nesota sold at from So to 81 an
acre; now worth $35 to SIS. Five
years ago Western North Dakota
land sold at from So to IS an acre,
now worth SIS to $50. Will not
history repeat itself?
CLIMATE
This is a question much discussed
and little understood except by the
resident of Western Canada. No
one disputes the fact that the sum-
mer, as well as the spring and
autumn, is as nearly ideal as it is
possible to conceive. AS to the
winter January and February are
usually cold months. The atmos-
phere is clear and irvigorating.
There is no mud and slush-good
sleighing without an excessive
amount of snow. The climate is
healthful for man and stock. Horses
frequently are turned out in the fall
without artificial shelter, and taken
up in the spring without any evil eff
feet. The ground freezes in No
vember and remains frozen until
spring-oue of the reasons for the
immense grain yields The climate
of Western Saskatchewan is similar
to the climate of Minnesota, with
the difference that the winters are
steadier and dryer. Seeding begins
early in April and the ground
freezes about the second week in
November. June is usually the
Tainiest month. In summer the
days are long, warm and sunny,
while the nights are cool. With
from IS to 20 hours of daylight in
June and July the growth of vege-
tation is amazingly rapid. it is the
prolonged sunlight that makes the
wheat remarkably rich in gluten
commanding the millers' esteem the
world over. Harvest begins about
the Goth of<August, and as the sue
oeeding months are almost invari-
ably fine, most of the grain is
threshed from the shock.
HOW HAVE OUR SETTLERS
PROSPERED?
Below are few statements from
farmers who live here and who have
given us these statements and have
sworn to them before a Notary
Public.
John Wataha lives on Section 80
Township %, Range Z. His aver
age yield of wheat in 1909 was
Ask bushels to the acre.
Joseph Niwa came here from
Idaho with two COWS and two oxen.
This was five years ago. Today he
has sew n quarters of land, six
horses, two hundred and seventy
sheep, eight COWS, a full set of ma
chinery, 2,400 bushels of wheat and
a bank account. In addition Mr..
Niwa had large family to care for.
S. III. French, who lives on farm
adjoining Outlook, came here five
years ago. His total capital was
1,50G. Today he owns land to the
value of 100000. Mr. French is a
young man about % years old.
We have on file in our Office
dozens of such letters written by
men who live here. We invite our
customers to call upon these people.
THE SASKATCHEWAN VALLEY
F. The Saskatchewan Valley is in the
heart of the great wheat producing
province of Canada Roughly
speaking it is about so miles north
and south and 100 miles east and
west
Saskatchewan Valley derives its
name from the great and mighty
river known by that name. This
river is about 1000 miles long and
one-half to three-quarters of mile
wide. The land along this river is
particularly rich in soil and is con-
sidered the very best wheat land.
RAINFALL
Unlike many districts in Western
Canada and the United States, the
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