Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-21
THE NORTHWEST.
A Former Resident of This Sec
ton Writes a Message.

about the country where we are
located. Mr.. Hamilton left Mich.
erson, Kansas. Saturday, March
:, for Unity, Saskatchewan. Can.
ada, with car containing the
household goods, implements.
six head of mules, family driving
horse and seventy.tiv chickens,
Made good connection and ar.
rived at Unity March Is. and he
Immediately got busy to find a
location buying one half section
of land nine miles north of Unity.
He wired me to start at once.
The children and | left Micher-
son, Wednesday March Is. ar.
irving in Kansas City next day.
entrained that evening on the
Burlington railroad for St. Paul
Mimi. arriving there 5 o'clock
Friday morning. Appeared to
me that the depot here covered
as much ground as the whole
town of Mansfield. During the
twenty minutes | was there the
depot was so crowded with all
kinds of foreigners that | wished
we were back in Micherson.
We ate our breakfast and board
ed the Northern Pacific for Win
nipeg, Canada. There We're no
Pullman coaches attached to the
train so We had to ride in a
crowded day coach all the way
with from five to six babies cry
ing all the time. We crossed the
line at Emmerson and had to
stay there thirty minutes for the
custom officer to look through
our baggage: don t think he found
anything but cigars and tobacco,
and he took all he could find.
He would only lift the lids of the
ladies suit cases.
We arrived in Winnipeg l1:3O
Friday night and it was very cold.
They have a beautiful and quiet
rest room. We spent the re-
mainder of the night all day Sat.
urday there in the most beauti.
full depot l ever saw. am
afraid Canada has the States
bested in beautiful buildings.
We left Winnipeg Saturday eve.
ming on the Grand Trunk for
Unity, going to bed at Z o'clock
and awakened at $50 Sunday
morning not feeling the least bit
tired. Had our breakfast On the
dining car and began to take in
the sights. Arrived at Unity at
2;O3 p. M, with no one to
meet US. Had no idea of where
or in what direction our home
was, but the livery man said he
knew, so he brought Us out here
in a cutter and we reached our
destination about 4 o'clock. We
found no one at home and search
ed for something to eat. The
gentleman of the house arrived
about 6 o'clock and was very
much surprised to find his fam
lily at home, as he had not heard
from US since he left. We are
$50 miles west Of Winnipeg, and
this part of the country has only
been settled eight years The
soil is fine but improvements
poor. Most of the buildings are
sod and our bungalOo is a frame
building 16x24 with basement
and summer kitchen, but we tx.
pect to build when our crop is
planted. We have s sod chicken
house and one sod barn, but our
Kansas mules refuse to enter it.
We like the country fine; all we
need is more good families to
run out some of these old batch.
elors who never will improve
their farms. They are here to
make money and if they have a
sod shack 6x10 they are happy;
they object to schools because it
taxes their land 7cents per acre.
We have enough childred in one
district so we will get a school
soon as one can be built.
Machinery and horses are very
high, an Oliver gang pillow is $95 I
and everything else in proper.
lion. Alfalfa seed is $40 per
oushel; flour 1925 per 100 lbs;
produce about the same as in the :.
States. ,
Farmers r now busy getting :
n their wheat; all grain has to :
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