The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-06-13
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The following statement from the per of
Rev. ]. w. Martin regarding Western
Canada
have just returned from trip out in
Alberta, Canada, was in company with
c. M. Royles md w. G. Tutt.e. of the
Lands Investment Company, My visit in
the western country was very Interesting
and these gentlemen made special effort
to show me. every thing about the country.
Edmonton, the capital city OF the prover-
ence Of Alberta, is wonderful city Of
about $4,000 population. 1t is growing very
rapidly on account of the steady income
there of immigration from all parts of the
United States and Eastern Canada. Ednun-
ton without a doubt has great future as it
and mines and other industries which will
help to make it a great city. am convin-
ced by my personal observation of the
farms, my talks with farmers out there,
that any person wanting to farm could not
find better place to go TO. I was pleased
to visit some Of the places bought by. some
of the boys from here who vert out there
something over a year ago. | was reliably
informed that their lands have increased in
value in the sum OF S., per acre more than
what they paid fcl it. The Lands Invest
ment Company will 70 V take the boys l. nd
and pay them IS per acre more than what
It cost the boys. Car loads of settlers are
daily going out to this country and the
land IS being rapidly bought up. am con-
vinced that it is a safe investment for our
people to invest in this farm land out in
the western country and it will pay them
good interest on their money in time. In
my judgement it is far better than to buy
a farm here which costs about three times
as much and you-can't make a success at
farming here unless you have a large scapi-
tai andsyou never Can get back what you
put into farms-in this vicinity. The Cana
dian Government guarantees all. titles to
land bought out there and anyone buying
land need not be afraid of some flaw in the
title and it does not require a lawyer a
whole weeks time to look up the abstract,
the government, guarantying the title It re-
quires no abstract. While in Edmonton,
visited the Government Land Office and
learned about the titles of lands They have
a very nice system of keeping records and
il is simple after explained to you. visited
other small towns in the Edmonton Dis
trict and found them all prospering nicely
and a steady rush of settlers going in there
daily. The settlers that have been there for
some time are doirg very nicely and a
steady rush of settlers going iii there daily.
To know the western country, one must.
see it as ! did. 1t cannot be explained in
detail. never expected TO see such a
prospering farming country when | went
out there During my visit at the great
North West Canada at the city of Edmon-
ton | visited and was welcomed at a great
church McDougal Methodist church,
costing over one hundred thousand dollars.
Last year the congregation gave eleven thou
sand dollars for Mission work, congrega
tion are paying their pastor five thousand
dollars per one year. | saw magnificent
church and school buildings throughout the
Province of Alberta, and the morals of the
people are equal to our older countries.
This is evidence of the Onward March of
Christ's working in the great west. Every
occupation and every diversion of CONNER
cial enterprise is foStered and encouraged.
Every one is busy and tneir property values
are increasing rapidly million OF money is
rolling into the country but with it all the
people are not forgetting their duty to their
church and school but are building and
organizing as no new country has ever done
before. j have seen many new things and
every turn of my journey / could but lift
my eyes to Heaven and explain How
wonderful are the works of our Creator.
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