The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-09-08

TO the province throughout.
When the very light rainfall and
other eocentricities of the past season
are taken into account, 1t seems moth,
ing short Of a miracle that the Cana.
dian West should have produced los
million bushels of wheat, which Ia
less thar Is million bushels short oil
the crop of 1909. 1t is for the West
generally q paying crop and perhaps
the best advertisement the ountr
has ever had, as 1t shows that no mat.
ter how dry the year, with thorough
tllage, good seed and proper methods
OF conserving the moisture, a crop can
always be produced.
AS some evidence of the feeling of
the farmers, are submitted letters
written by farmers but a few DAYS
ago, and they offer the best proof that
can be given.
Maidstone. sask, Aug. 4, 10.
came to Maidstone from Menomt
nee, Wis, four years ago, with my
parents and two brothers. we all ,o
Gated homesteads at that time n
now nave our patents. The soil Is a
rich black loan as good as / have ever
seen. We have had good crops each
year and in 1909 they were exceeding
~ good. Wheat yielding from % to 40
bushels per acre and oats from 40 to
81. We are well pleased with the
country and do not care to return ia
u native state. l certainly believe
mat Saskatchewan is just the place
FOR a hustler to get a start and make
himself a home. Wages here for farm
iabor range from $35 to Sac ner
honlh' Lee Dow.
Tofeld. Alberta, July 10, 1910.
am a native of Texas, the largest
n one of the very best states of the
Union. have been here three years
and have not one desire to return to
the States to live. There is no place
know of that offers such splendid
Inducements for capital, brain ana
Drawn. ! would like to say to all who
are not satisfied where you are. make
a trip to Western Canada; If you do
not like 1t you will feel well repaid
Tor your trip. Take this from one
who's on the ground. We enjoy splen.
did government. laws, school, railway
Facilities, health, and last. but not
least, an ideal climate, and this from
d ie4an. o. L. Pughs.
james Normur of Porter, Wisconsin.
after visiting Dauphin, Manitoba,
says: Il have been in Wisconsin 25
years, coming out from Norway. Never
have e better land and the crops
In East Dauphin are better than l
have ever seen, especially the oats.
There is more straw and 1t has heay-
Ter heads than ours in Wisconsin.
This is just the kind of land we
are looking for. We are all used to
mixed farming and the land we have
seer is finely adapted to that sort of
work. Cattle, hogs. horses and grain
will be my products, and for the live
stock, prospects could not be better.
have " e e such cattle as are
raised here on the wild prairie grasses
and he vetch that stands three or
four feet high In the groves and on
the open prairie.
Sir Wilfred Laurier Talks to Amer
leans.
Sir Wilfred Laurter, Premier of
Canada, is now making q tour OF
Western Canada and in the course of
his tour ne has visited many of the
districts in which Americans have set
tied. He expresses himself as highly
pleased with them. At Craig, Sas-
katchewan, the American settlers
Joined with the others in an address
OF welcome. In replying Sir Wiifred
said In part.
Il understand that many of Won
have come from the great Republic
I the south of us-a land which is
akin 70 us by blood and tradition. /
hope that In coming from a free u
Try you realize that you come also to
another free country, and that al
though you came from a republic you
a come 10 what is Il
democracy. The King, our sovereign.
has perhaps not SO many powers as
the President of the United States,
but whether we are on the one side
Of the line or the other, we are all
brothers by blood. by kinship. by ties
OF relationship. In coming here az
you have come and becoming natural
lied citizens Of this country no one de-
sires you to forget the land OF your
ancestors. 1t would be a poor man
who would net always have IN his
heart a fond affection for the land
which he came from, The two greatest
countries today are certainly the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland and the Republic OF the Unit
ed States. Let them be united to-
gether and the peace OF the world
will be forever assured.
= hope that in coming here as YOU
have. You have found liberty, Justice
and equality Of rights. In this coun-
try. as In your own. ron know nothing
OF separation Of creed and race, for
you are all Canadians hssre. And IL
ma express q wish It Is that you
would become as good Canadians az
. have been good Americans ana
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