The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-04
1 GRlnDFA
From $l43 10 i con,p etenee IL
Three Years.

eMQrtS DefOre moving " Canada In
1916 to make a living. sM Was had
! work. He nhdd so many saps and
downs" That ne became dfspirited IS
fore he learAed Of the success sc for
n,ar neighborss 0f his who were doing
well up In Canada. He SOLD his hold.
ings for sorg, and had 4 sale o.. what
effects he had. When he straightened
up with his storekeeper ana paid
few debts he found that Ne had $14S
in cash. a good constitution, q wife
and five children, He had saved some
few things from the sale. These lie
put into car with the effects oIa
couple of others, who like him were
going to Canada. He went into the
Gem Colony in Alberta in 1916, bought
a piece Of land and commenced opera
lions. The money he placed In the
bank, and started one Of his boys out
to earn enough money to supply the
table. The older boy used his wages
to break up the sod on the 100 acres.
But let Mr. Chamberlain tell the rest
Of the story, which he has signed over
his own signature. He says: u rented
70 acres and hired It put into wheat.
thrashed % wagon loads for my share.
We lived In the granary two years.
''The first of December, 1918. i laid
the concrete foundation for a twenty
five hundred dollar house and com
pleted 1t the last of. January. I have
nine head OF horses and mules, five
head Of cattle, fifteen pieces Of ma
chinery. seven oufbuildings paid for
and half interest In a thrashing ma
chine. This Is. an old grandfather's
story, as my son-in-law came With four
children from Idaho last March and
bought 800 acres G. p. r. irrigated
land and we helped him develop 200
acres Of it. They can't say around
here everybody works hut father
Increased His Wealth Six Hundred
Fold.
There are more stories OF success
In Western Canada. Thieves that OF
Allan Nicholson Of Hazelbridge, Mani
toba In speaking OF It he says:
shall never regret coming to Mani
toba. ] came here seventeen years ago.
/ think 1t was in the spring of 1903.
My old home was at lie Mars, Plym-
outh county, Washington township,
Iowa, where had been farming for a
good many years. had farm Of
24S acres, of which 1 owned SO acres
and rented 100. When I left In ! SOB
I sold my equity In the farm for $1,000
per acre. The nearest station to my
place was Dalton, and my old neigh
bors there will remember me very we'll.
"When I came to Canada ! rented
three-quarters of section at South
Plympton, near Springfield, Manitoba.
After q year or two's experience at
renting bought my present farm OF
800 acres, and am now engaged IN
mixed farming. have always had
good crops since came here, and
some Of them have been bumper
crops.
ST went back to the United States
today could take back $500 or $500
to every $1.00 that I brought into
the country. My land today is. worth
from $500 to $500 an acre, and in
addition to my grain growing ] have
made specially of high-grade Per-
cheron horses, purebred Shorthorn
cattle and purebred Berkshire hogs, l
have had Uniform good luck in con-
nection with my stock, and today
would mot sell my farm for q cent less
than $4,000.
'1rhe older settlers of lie Mar, Iowa.
| will remember me very we'll vas
greatly impressed with the eovhtry
when I made my first visit here In
| 1903, and that impression has been
strengthened all the time | have been
| here.
| ssrhe climate agrees with rs all. He
| fore I came here my doctors elils
| were something awful. ] had no
| sooner got one paid than | WAS due
| for another one. Since we have been
in Manitoba $4,000 would pay all our
| doctors bills for the last seventeen
years.
~ think / am doing my old friends q
kindness In letting them know how
we'll have done since ! came here
This is certainly country OF opporfu'
mites. ] have had no more good luck
| than falls to the fortune of any ordi'
nary person, and I am satisfied roulo
never have done as well had re
NAMED In the old home. shall hs
pleased at any time to give Informal
ton to old friends who care I" write
me about my experiences in this
country"
| G. A. Cook, Drawer 1877, Waterrown
s. D.; w. V. Bennett Room j. Bee
Bldg, Omaha, Neb. and Il. A. Garrett
81 Jackson ST., st. Raul, AEnn
Canadian government agents. can civ
information concerning all districts II
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