El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-21

the wheat may be cut thrashed and
bQgged in the fields.
Chile has no elevator system. After
thrashing all grain is taken at once to
the railroads and shipped. It is put up
in sacks of 200 pounds and loaded on
flat cars. There are but few ware
houses. At some of the stations the
grain in sacks is piled up in the open,
being covered with canvas.
Few Opportunities.
I have been asked q write some
thing for Americans who wish to come
to this region to settle. 1t seems to
ire that the opportunities are poor, and
they can do better at home. q The gov
the frontier free lands may be had to
the extent of l23 acres for each head
of a family, and "A acres for each son
who is of age. Contracts have been
made with foreign colonists by which
their steamship passages from Europe
to Chile were advanced, and free rail-
read transportation given to the place
OF settlement
In some cases the government has
given each family a yoke Of oxen, $50
boards for the building of a hut, and
something like so pounds of nails for
fastening the boards into place. This
has been on the condition that the
cClOnist establish himself at once on
the land given him, and that he work
it steadily for at least six years. He
contracts to pay back without interest
the amount Of passage money received,
ard also not to sell any OF the stuff he
gets from the state, nor to mortgage
the property or dispose of it until after
the six years have passed.
Under such conditions a few colonies
have been established, but altogether
the number of foreign settlers is small.
and Of the thousands of families that
have come here, those who remain may
be numbered on your fingers and toes.
I do not believe that there are any
great opportunities for North Ameri-
cans without capital in Chile. It might
be different with those who have mon
ey and buy the lands sold by the gov
eminent at auction. At such sales one
paid Immediately and the rest in ten
yearly installments, the place being
mOrtgaged until all is paid.
Large Tracts Sold
At the auctions the lands are sold in
large tracts. some containing over
the land within three years after pur-
chasing it. He is obliged to give, free
of charge, any ground needed for roads
built by the government. and he must
give rights Of way for any railroads II
required to do so by the state.
Within 20 years 6 or 1000, O0O acres
have been so auctioned off, and it is
said that there are still government
lands to the extent Of about 100000
acres already surveyed that may be
disposed Of by colonization or by auc-
tOn IN the future. That amount Of land
would cover q territory more than half
the size Of our state Of Ohio.
In addition to the public lands are
the reservations occupied by the In
dams. There are 1872 Of these and they
cover altogether. good lands to the
amount of 100000 acres. There are also
lands that may be sold for colonization,
and special terms are given to those
who bring in cOlOnists. Such men have
right to the free passage Of their i'm
migrants from Europe and to the al
!oWances given to government colon
lists already mentioned. It is provided
that they may be given also a mich
COW, a mare, a merinO sheep. a pig
and three fowls and a sawmill for each
certain number of families. In some
cases the colonists have rude houses
built for them, and in others certain