Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-10-02

mas come steadily up to the presidency,
vi the company and regarded as one OF.
!" not the greatest railway men of the
present day. So you see how large n
| part the Americans have hal in H.
building and operations of this great
company and it is not so much to he
wondered at that these men with annie,
FUNDS and magnificent acreage of
ie''ie iand IN an agreeable climate
nave drawn nearly million Ameri.
cans from this side of the line. Have
they gone there for their healths M
they have gone there because tbev saw
early IN the developing stage of that
country that with that wonderfully fer.
Tile soil which grows such grains and
grasses as these before YOU that there
is money to be made there in agricul,
tural pursuits and with their alertness.,
courage, intelligence and industry. for.
which the American citizen is noted
everywhere he goes, they have gone
INTO the provinces of Manitoba, Sas.s
katchewan and Alberta to the number
OF 964,3s6 during the past decade. And,
now do you find them now, You find
them among the largest and most. pros.
porous farmers on this continent. You
1lnd them among the head of the lead /
ing industries and business concerns of
'ne country and you also find them
among those sitting in our legislative
nails. They have prospered as farmers:
growers OF wheat, oats and brley; they
have propered as stock raisers. Tbey1
nave built our big packing plants in
Edmonton and Calgary. They have
adorned the legislative assemblies of !
those provinces. j
They like the Canadian laws and the
administration of justice there and haved
wholly and most agreeably assimilated
with our people and conditions until
today we find no less a sum than fouri
hundred and sixty million dollars of !
American capital invested in the indus.
tries of Canada.
Now it follows as night into day that
as they have prospered so may YOU'D
and as the representative of the Cana-j
dian Pacific Railway Department of
Natural Resources / come among youd
to tell you something about what has
been done in that country. What is be-
ing done and what the Canadian Paci-
tic Railway company has to offer YOU
IN fertile landss at low prices, coupled
with such conditions that one of your
United States senators when pleading
the cause of the homesteader in behalf
of his amendment to reduce the settle
ment obligation from five to three
years said never in the history of the
colonization of any part of the earth s
surface had any company or govern.j
ment put out such favorable PROPOSE
ton for the inducement of settlers as
that of the c. p r.
Ny company appreciates the fact that
your good lands are being rapidly oc-
cupled, that they are advancing in
value every year and annually getting
further out of the reach of the average
farmer and the renter, especially the
renter, who already finds himself up
against rental of from $4 to $40 per
acre, and they come to you through
their representative with this presen-
tation.
They have good fertile lands trav- !
arsed by excellent railway transporta-
ton facilities in climate which grows
he wheat which has taken the prize
against the worlds production, as
shown at Madison Square Garden, New
York, and good markets which COM
nand the attention of the world today,
and to assist you in making start
amid these conditions they make you
The following propositions:
They will sell you these lands at
rom $l1 to $50 per acre, according to
quality and contiguity to the railway.
They will give you 20 year to pay at
The low interest of 6 per cent, subject
to settlement and cultivation condi-
lions, with the privilege of paying on
Dr. before. They will loan you $4,000
FOR making physical improvements on
your land and they will assist you still
further if desired by loan Of $1,000