The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-05-31
bNE MILLION LEAGUE
| FOR MANITOBA"

rho purposes OF the Million for
ritoba League" are set out In the
that Manitoba wants more peo-
Today the population Is less than
hundred thousand, and the do
,n,nation OF the representative men
Tho Province to devote their best
orries to increasing this to q mil.
Is n worthy one. There il already
idesprcad interest In every munic.
nu,y: committees are appointed.
cee duties are to secure such a
orough knowledge OF local condi.
D,s that. whether tho applicant for
i ,mation be laborer for the farm,
,rould.be tenant. a probable home
oder. the buyer Of small improved
nm or the purchaser OF large tract
colonizing farmers. the informa.
BIZ is nj hand. free.
[Thc advantages that Manitoba pos
sses are many, and with the ex.
ojtation that will be given them by
q birth of this new acquisition to
d settlement and immigration prop
konda that Is being carried on by
II dominion Government. there Is no
bubt that the establishment OF the
preau will very soon bring about the
Ssults looked for. Manitoba is prac.
caly the gateway OF the great grain
b, OF the West. It's farm lands
Ave demonstrated time and again
IA, they have yielding value that
kactically makes them worth over
!. hundred dollars per acre. Added
! the Welding value OF the land, there
an increased value on account OF
i nearness to markets. and the mat.
kr of freight rates Is carefully con.
hdered by the cautious buyer. But
he information more valuable to the
bcoming settler is that It still has an
immense amount OF vacant fertile land
ben for homesteads. This dispels the
lea that free homesteads In Manitoba
r. about exhausted. In addition to
h.. the territory recently added to
b. Province will open up home.
kcading area which when filed
Mould fully satisfy the million for
League" Within the old
boundaries there is an area Of 1890.
acres, less than six million acres
h the 1919 million acres occupied be-
b. under cultivation. At present there
b. over 90 million acres OF available
brl capable of being put under the
ID L., Nf h.
h,lnt quarter sections OF the Prov.
be- an average family OF four persons
FC-e placed. there would be added a
.hral population or nearly 100000. So
here Is room for additional hundreds
y thousands on the farms OF Mani.
bin. without any possibility OF con.
e ton. The population per mile in
|pwa Is 1914, in Minnesota II is 23.5.
rha, in Manitoba is only IL.
\ glance nj the map. copies OF which
f!.l be forwarded upon application to
4ry Canadian Government Agent.
3hows that Manitoba is wonderfully
fcl supplied with railways. There
Pr hut few farms that are more than
zen or twelve miles from a railway
Pm: elevators are convenient. and
parkets are always good. The grow.
|ng Of grain, while big feature in
r." inducements held out, Is we'll re.
Enforced by the great possibilities that
fXist IN all portions OF the Province,
For the raising OF stock, for dairying.
|oT hogs, and for a successful class OF
P!Xed farming, and what gives add.
ticnal interest Is the fact that there
so much land in the Province open
T. free homestcadlng that improved
PaTms in almost all OF the SO munich.
pa.iiies can be purchased at very low
psures. Many Of the owners OF these
Ee.ay;G Made sufficient upon which to re-
flTe and are becoming residents G! the
|t.t!cs. In addition to the export mar.
Pc for the produce OF the farm, Man.
Ptoha has 4 number OF large cities and
|'o"ns providing a splendid local mar
Ret Truck and garden farming are
mighty profitable branches. Winnipeg
Us city bordering on 100000. Bran
don Is n splendid centre, Portage Ia
fralrie Is the hub OF an excellent dis
'rlc', and Yorkton. Minnedosa. Dau'
phn, Morden, Manitou and O dozen
|o'her towns are important help as con-
|sumers.
The Dominion and Provincial imml'
grafton officials are working In strong
sympathy with the Million for Mani.
'oOa League" and in addition to the
eeneFal literature sent out by the Gov.
.'"hent, the League has prepared
i"iAphlets giving useful and concise
nr'oTmation, which on addressing the
:, 'Fe'ary Million League. Winnipeg.
''ahItoba. will be forwarded free.