The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-06-20
ZONE MILLION LEAGUE
FOR MANITOBA"

The purposes Of the Million for
Manitoba League" are set out in the
fact that Manitoba wants more peo-
pie. Today the population is less than
five hundred thousand, and the de-
termination Of the representative men
Of the Province to devote their best
energies to Increasing this to a mil.
lion is a worthy me. There is already
a widespread interest in every munic-
ipalityi committees are appointed,
whose duties are to secure such a
thorough knowledge of local condi-
tons that, whether the applicant for
Information be a laborer for the farm,
a would-be tenant, a probable home
steader, the buyer Of a small improved
farm OF the purchaser of a large tract
for colonizing farmers, the informa-
ton Is at hand, free.
The advantages that Manitoba pos
sesses are many. and with the ex-
Z ploitation that will be given them by
the birth Of this new acquisition to
the settlement and immigration prop.
uganda that is being carried on by
the Dominion Government. there is no
doubt that the establishment Of the
bureau Will very soon bring about the
results looked for. Manitoba Is prac-
tically the gateway Of the great grain
belt Of the West. It's farm lands
have demonstrated time and again
that they have a yielding value that
practically makes them worth over
n hundred dollars per acre. Added
to the yielding value Of the land, there
Is an increased value on account of
its nearness to markets, and the mat.
ter of freight rates is carefully con-
sidered by the cautious buyer. But
the information more valuable to the
incoming settler is that It still has an
immense mount of vacant fertile land
open for homesteads. This dispels the
idea that free homesteads in Manitoba
are about exhausted. In addition to
this, the territory recently added to
the Province will open up a home.
stealing area which when filled
should fully satisfy the Million fol-
boundaries there is an area Of AZ, 1860,
600 acres. less than six million acres
Of the 1871 million acres occupied be
ing under cultivation. At present there
are over 20 million acres of available
land capable of being put under the
plough. If in every one of the 1876, 00(
vacant quarter sections of the Prov
ince an average family of four persons
were placed, there would be added
rural population Of nearly SOC, 900. 81
there is room for additional hundreds
of thousands on the farms of Mani
toba, without any possibility Of con
, g%estion. The population per mile il
t Iowa is 1874, in Minnesota 1t is 2S.5
. That in Manitoba is only IL.
A glance at the map, copies Of whicl
d will be forwarded upon application t.
8 any Canadian Government Agent
l. shows that Manitoba is wonderful,
!. well supplied with railways. Their
are but few farms that are more tina,
ten or twelve miles from a railwa
Q line: elevators are convenient, an
markets are always good. The grow
y ing Of grain, while a big feature
h the inducements held out, is we'll n
enforced by the great possibilities tina
exist in all portions of the Provinc,
q for the raising of stock, for dairyinl
q for hogs, and for a successful class
s mixed farming, and what gives add
T. tional interest is the fact that theI
d is so much land in the Province ope
I for free demonstrating that improve
It farms in almost all of the SO munic
It palities can be purchased at very 10
figures. Many Of the owners of thes
I have made sufficient upon which to r
If tire and are becoming residents Of Ii
cities. IN addition to the export ma
ket for the produce of the farm, Ma
h itoba has a number of large cities an
towns providing a splendid local ma
"a ket. Truck and garden farming a.
II highly profitable branches. WinnipC
-" is a city bordering on 200, 900. Bra
v. don is a splendid centre, Portage
III Prairie is the hub Of an excellent di
IA trict, and Yorkton, Minnedosa, Da
q phin, Morden, Manitou and a doz'
T. other towns are important help as co
u sumers.
The Dominion and Provincial INN
grafton officials are working in stroI
sympathy with the million for Maj
toba League" and in addition to Il
general literature sent out by the Go
y. eminent, the League has prepar,
pamphlets giving useful and conci
information, which on addressing Il
? Secretary, Million League, Winnipe
- Manitoba, will be forwarded free.