The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-24
THE EVIDENCE
IN TIE CASE
Results Following Settlement
Show That Conditions in West
ern Canada Are Highly
Satisfactory.


Until n few ye&rs ago Mr.. Henry
l.chmaun lived at Etliughum, III. lie
thought he would hCtt,r his condition
in q new country whore he would
have wider scope for his farming op.
Crations. II would not sCura essential
to refer to Mr. Lehman, AT this par
ticular time, ms Of German blood, hut
for the fact that SO many false state
meuts have gone ont as e i'll treat
mcnt of Germans in CaUada.
Writing from Willmont, Sask, un.
der date 0f January 50. 1916, MIR. Lob
mann SAYS:
"Wc are perfectly satisfied in this
country. and doing wcll up here.
II bought "A half section If land and
took NJ homestead, my three sons
also took hcrcstcuds, two Of them
buying each 100 acres OF land as we'll
| sold MY homestead, and and one Of
my sons cWn thrcshiur Cutilt.
The crop this year was good; the
oats vert 81 &c 90 bushels per acre,
| and wheat went 80 to 30 bushels and
III, price is fair
Sam Morrow, Of Millot Alta. In
writing to Mr.. !. NJ. MnCLachlau, Ca
madam government agent qt Water.
town. s. D.. says: 4 am we'll pleased
with the country. The climate is bet
ter than ! ever thought IT could he
Sc far north, ideal climate for stock.
! have some colts aud cattle that have
not been inside of a stable In four
years. | consider this fine country
for mixed farming, | know Of fnrm-
crs around here who had AZ bushels
of barley to tn, mere and % bushels
of Nats to the acre"
Jacob GCct2 Of Piapot. Sash. had 43
| acres of wheat from which ho got
200 bushels, and got an average OF
| % bushels Of oats 10 the acre.
Golden Prairie, Snsk., is n district
| largely settled ry South Dakotans.
| Horace Blake IL one of those. He
says: THE crops of 1915 we're i'm.
mcHsc."
| Wheat in his locality went from 40
to 80 bushels per acre. oats about so
| IHSIl'lh VI ~ Ht'f ''ll' HHlli'''l
bushels Of Potatoes were grown on n
quarter OF an aero of land, twelve po.
tatros weighed 30 pounds. His horses
run cut all winter. and Comr in fat
He raised excellent corn, and fat.
| tened hogs on II. He concludes an
interesting letter by saying: There
are schools in every district. The
people here AFRO most ali hustlcrs and
are fast pushing to the front. When
! first came up here on almost every
half section stood it'll" l2Nli shack,
now almost everyone has real modern
houses AMI barns"
S mo Southern Alberta Yields for
1915.
!. II. Hooker, So acres, 3,s@0 bushels
Marquis wheat No. ]. CT pounds per
bushCl
|. /. Lcc. 30 acres. stubblc, 1900
bushels; 80 acres summer fallow. g..
$50 bushels.
Peter brandon, iCi acres, 1861 bush
els Marquis wheat.
II. Marandi, l35 acres, G.920 bushels
q pounds per hushcl
!. MclioyuolIs, 10 acres, 1876, stub,
! Bile.
ole ChristarcrHor. 30 acres, 2,Gl7
bushels
ArurhuE Gavctr, 1876 ncrrs wheat. G..
Gl2 bushels; 30 acres oala, 1000 bush
els.
Robert Mathews, 10 acres wheat,
/ "GtG bushels, machine measure.
D. Dunbar IaU acres wheat $685.
luehols.
nrnuld IIopry. 20 acres wheat. p.
500 mfhola, all atuhhlo
Louis Fwrl. 50 acres wheat. 5000
bushels.
W. J. Pate, % ncrrs wheat. $50
buhals.
" KoruIcllo, $50 acres wheat 5,a37
bushels. 20 oi this aluhblc.
j. G. McI,nuou. 80 acres WHEAT 2.
53f huahrlH.
Goreon Swir"hnri. 30 acres wh,af,
Lao huahrIr
Albert lImear. - ucr"p wheat. $500
huphclp.
Elmer llUuun 10 acres wheat. :, 5,l5S
LuHholss 30 acres unir. $3.50 bushels
John Larson, 50 acres whcnr 1000
bushels: 80 ucrcs Gnrr. 1000 bushels.
John lI",klIn 81 arror. lfSi bush.
els
Wa. lIcrhlIu, Joe pcr.s 3,a1G. stuD
HI" nud breaking
o. Salisbury. % 1rruH M0r4uIa
wheat. lGOn bushels ON hrnphuR-Ah
rortirrTcpi
An electric prGcrrs f"r drying lum