Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-04-15
The Rush to Canada

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The exodus of our good citizens
to Canada is steadily increasing,
and another wave Of emigration
from the United States to Mexico
has set in. It is estimated that
not less than fifty thousand heads
Of families. most Of them success
full farmers, expatriated them
selves in 1909 and took up homes
under the British flag. All Of
them had money, probably none
had less than $1,000, so that at
least $50. 900 of good Amer.
lean coin was taken from this
country and invested in Canadian
property. The lure Of cheap land
is strong and as long as the Cana
dian Northwest offers its VIRGIN
prairies to homeseekers at low
prices, the rush of settlers is likely /
to continue. Land values, however
have steadily risen. and with the
passing of Canadian lands selling
at SO to SIS per acre it is pro-
bable that the opportunities for
homemakers in our own West may
prove sufficiently attractive to
stem the Northwest tide.
A complaint often made by home-
seekers is that there is lack Of
information concerning the avail
able public domin in the several
western states. Our remaining
public land. exclusive of Alaska
and our island possessions, con-
sist Of about $40, 100000 acres.
Much of this is mountainous and
q good deal Of it is arid and worth
ess without irrigation. There are,
however. several millions of acres
Of semi-arid land open to settlers
in tracts of 800 acres each, located
where new methods Of cultivation
and semitic planting have enabled
the skilled and energetic farmers
to overcome the deficit rainfall.
These are being rapidly taken up.
The completion Of successive
units on a number Of the large
irrigation works of the Govern
ment is making available choice
farms in several states. To meet
the demand for information con-
corning these lands, the Reclaim
alton Service has issued descrip-
tive pamphlets which are mailed
upon request by the Statistician
U. S. Reclamation Service Wash.
ington, D. C. At the present time
excellent opportunities exist on a
number of projects. The number
and size of farms open to entry,
cost of water-right and the cash
payment required are given here
with.
On the Bell Fouche project,
South Dakota, there are sixty
farms containing from forty to
eighty acres each. The water
right charge is only $50 per acre,
and the first payment required in
advance is $3.40 per acre, the
balance being payable in nine
annual installments without inter-
est.
The Huntey project, Montana,
offers to homestead entry 224
farms, averaging forty acres each
of irrigable land. The cost Of
water-right is $50 per acre, in ad-
dition to which 81 per acre must
be paid for the land. The initial
payments $4.60 per acre, the bal
ance being payable in niue equal
annual installments without in
terest.
The Shoshone project. Wyoming,
has available PSI farms averaging
forty to eighty acres each Of ir-
rigable land; water-right charge,
SAG per acre. payable one-tenth
down, balance in nine equal annual
instruments.
Sun River project, Montana,
eighty five farms vacant, averag-
ing eighty acres each of irrigable
and, water-right charge $50 per
acre, maintenance and operation,
so cents per acre; first payment
$3.50, balance in nine equal in
stalments without interest.
Umatilla project, Oregon, seven.
ty farms not yet taken. averaging
twenty to forty acres each of ir-
rigable land; water right charge
$50 per acre maintenance and op.
Grafton, $1.30 per acre. First
payment, $3.50 per acre; balance
in seven equal annual instalments
without interest.
The above farms are located in