Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-09-14

hAen r0-6OWn TO Ieeu. AHOA0
| dividual crops which will run as nasnl
a. Ak bushels on acres of 500 and 1,VOu
acres hut there are others Wnlcn "1lA
6ron az low as is. A safe average lor
winter wheat will be 10 bushels. lne
sample is exceptionally fine, exceptins
in few cases where 1t has been WIFI
killed. by extreme heat.
The northern section OF Alberta mas
been naturally anxious to impress inc
world with the fact that 1t has not
| suffered from drought, and this is qulCe
! true. Wheat crops run from ~ TO 50
| bushels to an acre, but in report
| such as this it is really only possible
| to deal with the province as a Wnoie
and while the estimate may seem very
low to the people of Alberta, IL Is lar
to the province throughout.
When the very light rainfall ana
other eccentricities of the past season.
are taken into account, it seems MOTH
ing short of a miracle that the Cana
dian West should have produced lOz
million bushels of wheat, which IS
less than IS million bushels short or
the crop of 1909 1t is for the West
generally a paying crop and perhaps
the best advertisement the country
has ever had, as it shows that no mat
ter how dry the year, with thorough'
tillage, good seed and proper methods
OF conserving the moisture, crop can
always be produced.
As Some evidence of the feeling OF
the farmers, are submitted letters
written by farmers but few days
ago, and they offer the best proof that
can be given.
Maidstone, Sask Aug. 4, 10.
1 came to Maidstone from Menomt-
nee, Wis, four years ago, with my
parents and two brothers. We all To-
Gated homesteads at that time and
now have our patents. The soil is a
rich black loan as good as 1 have ever
seen. We have had good crops each
year and in 1909 they were exceeding
ly good Wheat yielding from % to 40
bushels per acre and oats from 40 to-
&c. We are well pleased with tbs
country and do not care to return to-
our native state. I certainly believe
that Saskatchewan is just the place
for hustler to get start and make
himself home. Wages here for farm
labor range from $35 to $45 per
month Lee Dow.
Tof1eId, Alberta, July 10, 1910.
I am a native of Texas, the largest
and 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
l know of that offers such splendid
inducements for capital, brain and
Drawn. would like to say to all who
are not satisfied where you are, makei
a trip to Western Canada; If you do
not like it you will feel well repaid
for your trip. Take this from one
who's on the ground. We enjoy sp1en-
did government, laws, school, railway
facilities, health, and last, but not
least, an ideal climate, and this from
a Texan. o. L. Pughs.
James Normur Of Porter, Wisconsin,
after visiting Dauphin, Manitoba,
says: 'T have been in Wisconsin 25
years, coming out from Norway. Never
have seen better land and the crops
in East Dauphin are better than T
have ever seen, especially the oats.
There Is more straw and it has heavs
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
seen 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 betters
I have never seen such cattle as ara
raised here on the wild prairie grasses
and the vetch that stands three on
four feet high in the groves and or
the open prairie.
Sir WiIfred Laurier Talks to Amer.
leans.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier of
Canada, is now making a tour of
Western Canada and in the course OF
his tour he has visited many Of the
districts in which Americans have set.
tied. He expresses himself as highly
pleased with them. At Craig, SaSt
katchewan, the American settlers
Joined with the others in an address
OF welcome. In replying Sir Wilfred
said In part:
81 understand that many of you
have come from the great Republic
to the south of us-a land which is
akin to us by blood and tradition. I
hope that in coming from free couulEs
try you realize that you come also tb
another free country, and that az
though you came from a republic You
have come to what is a crowned
democracy. The King, our sovereign.
has perhaps not so many powers, as
the President Of the United Statefe
but whether we are on the one side
Of the line or the other, we are ali
brothers by blood, by kinship, by ties
Of relationship. In coming here as
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 not always have in his
heart a fond affection for the land