The Keota news., 1919-03-07
Western Canada Offers 0ppor.
tunity to the Ambitious.
Fertile Land At Moderate Cost. win
Social and Other Advantages That
Mean % Much. viii eoon
ee Taken Up.

Of ones own IL y natural instinct N
the heart Of every properly developed
msn and woman. In earlier years. on
account Of the great areas Of land
available In the United States. NO great
dihiculty was experienced BY any am'
bilious settler who wished To become
bis own landholtier. but the rapid
Increase In population. combined With
the corresponding rise In the price Of
land. has completely changed this con-
ditiOn. Land which generation ago
might be- had for demonstrating. now
commands prices ranging to 500 an
acre and over. Al such prices II u
quite hopeless for the city man with
limited capital. Ia attempt to buy
farm of his own. To l'ay for II bt-
comes lifelong task. and the prob
ability Is that lie will never Il" more
than meet the interest charges. II
he Is serious In his desires I" secure
Q farm home he must lu"k To coun.
tries where there Is still abundant
fertile land available NJ moderate cs'st.
and where these lands arr tO l,e par.
chsxesl on terms whi.l, make II t't,N'
sible for the settler With xmnll cnpl.
tai to become n farm owner ~ the
result of few years labor. lie will
the practices of the people are dnl'
lar to those tn which he has been &C.
customed: country with the same
Language. same religion. same general
habits Of living. with laws. currency.
weights and measures. etc. based on the
sane principles ~ those with which
h. In familiar. lie wants country
wherc he can buy iand from sd to
so an acre which will produce -
biz or bigger crors ~ those he has
been accustomed Ia from lands st 500
IN acre. lie wants this land where
social conditions will bc attractive to
himself and family. and where he can
look forward with confidence to being
in q few years Independent. and well
started on the road tn financial sue
cess.
All these conditions he will find II
western Canada. The provinces Of al.
berta. Saskatchewan. and Manitoba
provide the one and only answer 70
the land.hungry. The land is theres
II II the kind Of land he wants: the
conditions are as nearly ideal ~ II
possible. and the prices and terms are
such that the man III moderate capi.
tai has m opportunity not available
to him elsewhere. Land values are
going to increase. but II will largely
S9.o~nd nm ho>r wall the SOl1 can be
used. ami the modern farmer II using
Il each year to better advantage.
Hut those who are on the ground
and come closest to the heart of the
farming sections are convinced that no
material decrease In value Is In sight.
Indeed. they are almost unanimous 10
believing that We shall see a strong
real estate market for fertile land.
with prices maintained: and as de.
velopmcnt and further equipments are
added the prices on the open market
may he expected to show further In.
crease rs the years gu On-up to the
limit OF income plus what men are
willing to pay to possess an attractive
home.
Someone once said: Never sell
abort on the United States. You Will
lose every time" And this applies to
those who are inclined to believe that
the future Of farm values is in doubt.
The American farmer II going for.
ward, not backward. and the same
may he snid Of the Canadian farmer.
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