Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-04-26
BIG RUSH NOW on
FOR Western Canada and the
160-Acre Homesteads.

and gardens.
1T cannot be repeated too often that
the world needs every ounce of food
it can produce this year, and that the
growers OF that food are sure of good
prices. When men now of middle age
We're casting their first ballot, dollar
wheat was the farmers ideal of pros
perity. Today, we have two-dollar
wheat, With other grains and meats
IN vegetables in proportion; and indj-
cations that any shift from these
prices is as likely to be up as down.
'Every acre must work. The farmer
who increases his crops is performing
Il national service, as we'll as assuring
prosperity for himself. There cannot
be too much. and unless Il united and
consistent effort is made, there will
not be enough. Chicago Journal.
Now that the United States has
joined with the Allies, the sentiment
of the past has merged into the per-
sonal interest of the present. The duty
| of the loyal and patriotic citizen is to
! bend every effort to bring the great
i
| sion, to assist in all ways the forces
that have been fighting at tremendous
| odds the giant power of autOcrlcy.
| Victory is now assured; the union of
| the great fighting force of the United
| States navy, It's military, its financial
cooperation, its full and complete SYM
| pathy, will eventually bring about
peace that will be solid and lasting.
| Canada, just across the border line,
| that has no mark of fertilization. no
signs of defense, welcomes tile assist
| ance that the United States is render
4 ing. welcomes this new partner into the
! arena that is battling for IL disruption
of the forces that breed and beget tyr
! amy and oppression, and fighting for
| a democratic and free world. What Il
sight it will be to see the American
and the Canadian, with the Stars and
4 Stripes and the Maple Leaf of Canada
emblaZoned in one fold and entwined
in their effort to rid the world of an
incubus that has diSregarded all laws
human and divine.
There is Il necessity for the greatest
battlefields of Europe, not only on the
mined and summarized seas but in
carrying out on the peaceful fields
of agriculture. the plans so urgently
requested by those ut the head of
the departments of resources. The
recent reports by the Government
show great falling off in the amount
of grain that may be expected from the
crop as of recent date, being only Il
= little over GO per cent, 1G per cent
less than the average Every patriotic
American will bend all his effort
towards increasing this. He may not
. shoulder Il mslet but he can handle
n hoe, he can drive Il team and man
age Il pillow. He will be doing yeoman
service in this way, and assist in a
= wonderful manner the man who is
fighting in the trenches. II he does
not now own II piece of land by all
means get one-rent it, buy it-get it.
There is lot of vacant land that will
r give ample return for his labor.
, The desire to possess IL home, to im-
prove it and to prosper, is natural to
t ilented offers are being made to secure
; the residence of the home-hunter The
i war condition is draining the continent
of it's foodstnffs and economists are
endeavoring to meet the rapid deple-
tion of the nations stores of grain and
{ other farm products. Western Canada
y has proven her claim to being the natu
rpl 1,rpflnpnr of nannny,if..1I&- rrp IN
foodstuffs and is indeavoring to over
come n worlds shortage in necessities
4. by Offering her lands, practically free
to anyone who will take them and pro
tduce. Labor is scarce in Canada, ant
u is now being bonused. Good wages ar,
in offered and the time a farm hand il
drawing pay in 1917, is considered b.
ID The Canadian Government, the same n
IS residence duties on one of the free 160
acre farms, that this Government i
= giving away. in order to settle the fel
~ tile prairieS and bring about within
Il few years IL half billion annual GRO
of wheat.
- The most conclusive evidence i
o. available to any inquirer, that Wester
rs wheat of a better quality and at
Sc lower cost of production per acre tina
l has heretofore been known in grai1
u. growing countries. 1t is no idle stat,
~ ment to say, that yields of fifty bushe
~ to the acre of wheat are grown in Cal
- ada: the statement is made in all ser
in BUSINESS and is backed up by the lie
1Y tiers and aftitlavits OF reliable farmer
in Western Canada These farmer
~ are enjoying the same home comfor
m that t,.air neighbors to the south pa
ST ticipate; they have the same GOO
e. houses, the same good horses III
to cattle, the same good roads and col
Ell munication, as We'll as the same goo
TO social conditions, and. best of all, til,
~. own their land and what they en-
they own for themselves. being a fou
- dntion for greater wealth and ind
~ ce.-Advertisement.
A Sisters Dire Thrust.
A quarrel between two sisters oy
/. the administration of the estate
AZ their mother l!arcd up in prob:
court at Bclleville. says the st. Lol
Star. Judge Frank Perrin had Ii,
mt | that Miss Amanda Holdencr had ms,