The Chanute times., 1912-05-24
ZONE MILLION LEAGUE
FOR MANITOBA"

ING PURPOSES Oh Tue MllllOn 1OI
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 one. There is already
widespread interest In every munic-
ipality; committees are appointed,
whose duties are to secure such a
thorough knowledge of local condi-
tions that, whether the applicant for
information be laborer for the farm,
would-be tenant, probable home
steader, the buyer of small improved
farm or the purchaser of large tract
for colonizing farmers, the informa-
tion is at hand, free.
The advantages that Manitoba DOS
sesses are many, and with the ex.
ploitation that will be given them by
the birth of this new acquisition to
the settlement and immigration prop
aganda 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 yielding value that
practically makes them worth over
one 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-
sldered by the cautious buyer. But
the information more valuable to the
incoming settler is that it still has an
immense amount 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
steading area which when filled
should fully satisfy the Million for
Manitoba League" Within the old
boundaries there is an area of 47,36O,-
600 acres, less than six million acres
OF the 161s 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, 900 |
vacant quarter sections of the Prov
ince an average family of four persons
were placed, there would be added a
rural population of nearly 800, 900. So
there Is room for additional hundreds
OF thousands on the farms of Mani
toba, without any possibility of con-
gestion. The population per mile in
Iowa Is 39.4, In Minnesota it is 23.5.
That In Manitoba is only IL.
A glance at the map, copies of which
will be forwarded upon application to
any Canadian Government Agent,
shows that Manitoba is wonderfully
well supplied with railways. There
are but few farms that are more than
ten or twelve miles from railway
line: elevators are convenient, and
markets are always good. The grow
Ing of grain, while big feature in
the inducements held out, is we'll re-
by the great possibilities that
exist In all portions Of the Province,
for the raising Of stock, for dairying,
FOR hogs, and for successful class of
mixed farming, and what gives addi-
fional interest is the fact that there
Is SO much land in the Province open
'or free homesteading that improved S
arms in almost all of the 9S munich c
oalities can be purchased at very low S
igures. Many of the owners of these h
lave made sufficient upon which to re-
ire and are becoming residents of the I
titles. In addition to the export mar a
let for the produce of the farm Man. S
toba has a number of large cities and S
owns providing a splendid local mar +,
,et. Truck and garden farming are v
ighly profitable branches. Winnipeg Il
city bordering on 100000 Bran h
on is a splendid centre, Portage la s;
'rairie is the hub of an excellent dis h
rict, and Yorkton, Minnedosa, Dau- ol
hin, Morden, Manitou and a dozen IL
ther towns are important help as con- I'll
lmers.
The Dominion and Provincial immi-
ration officials are working in strong
with the Million for Mani iu
'ba League" and in addition to the as
sneral literature sent out by the Gov ca
'nment, the League has prepared
lmphlets giving useful and concise mi
formation, which on addressing the pl
'cretary, Million League, Winnipeg, an
anitoba, will be forwarded free. ci.
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