Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-03-10
4 GRANDFATHER'S STORY
From S143 to a Competence in
Three Years.

efforts before moving to Canada IN
1916 10 make j living. It was hard
work. He had so many ups and
downs" that he became dispirited be-
fore he learned of the success of for
ner neighbors Of his who were doing
we'll up in Canada He sold his hold
ings for song, and had a sale of what
effects he had. When he Strengthened
up with his storekeeper and paid
few debts he found that he had Sl43
in cash. a good constitution, a wife
and five children. He had saved some
few things from the sale. These he
put into q car WITH the effects OF a
couple of others. who like him were
going to Canada. Ue went into the
Gem Colony il Alberta in 1916, bought
q piece of land asd commenced opera
lions The money he placed in the
Bank. and started one of his boys our
TO earn enough money to supply the
table. The older boy used his wages
TO break up the sod on the 16O acres.
But let Mr.. Chamberlain tell the rest
of the story which he has signed over
his own signature. He says: 81 rented
20 acres and hired it put into wheat
thrashed % wagon loads for my share.
We lived in the granary two years.
1.-THE first of December, 1918, laid
the concrete foundation for twenty
five hundred dollar house and COM
pleted it the last of January. | have
nine head of horses and mules, five
head of cattle. fifteen pieces of ma
Chinery, seven outbuildingS paid for
and half interest in a thraShing ma
chine. This IS an old grandfathers
story, as my son-in-law came with four
children from Idaho last March and
bought 800 acres c. P. r. irrigated
gand and we helped him develop 20O
acres of it. They can't say around
here, everybody works but father.
Increased His Wealth Six Hundred
Fold.
There are more stories of success
in Western Canada. There's that OF
Allan Nicholson of Hazelbridge, Mani
toba. In speaking Of it he says: Il
shall never regret coming to Mani
toba. came here seventeen years ago.
l think it was in the spring of 1903.
My old home was at LIE Mars, Plym-
outh county. Washington township,
Iowa, where ! had been farming for
good many years. | had farm or
24S acres, of which | owned so acres
and rented 100. When l left in 1903
/ sold my equity in the farm for $500
40 Ia u
place was Dalton, aud my old neigh
bors there wilt remember me very well.
''When l came to Canada I rented
three-quartess of section at South
PIympton. near Springfield, Manitoba.
After a year or two's experience at
renting l bought my present farm OF
800 acres. and am now engaged in
mixed farming / have always had
good crops since 1 came here, and
some of them have been bumper
crops.
If | went back to the United States
today I could take back $500 or $500
to every 81 90 that / brought into
the country. My land today is worth
from $1,000 to $500 an acre, and in
addition to my grain growing l have
lmade Il specially of high-grade Per
chcron horses, purebred Shorthorn
cattle and pufebred Berkshire hogs, |
nave had uniform good luck in con-
nection with my stock, and today
would not sell my farm for a cent less
shan $4,000
1.-The older settlers of lie Mar, Iowa,
will remember me very well. l was
greatly impressed with the country
when l made my first visit here in
1908, and that impression has been
strengthened all the time l have been
here.
THE climate agrees with us all. Be
fore | came here my doctors bills
were something awful. had no
sooner got one paid than l was due
Tor another one. Since we have been
in Manitoba $4,000 would pay all our
years.
81 think I am doing my old friends
Kindness in letting them know how
well | have done since l came here.
This is certainly a country of opportu-
mites. / have had no more good luck
than falls to the fortune of any ordi-
nary person, and I am satisfied could
never have done as well had | re-
manned III the old home. shall be
pleased n any time 70 give informa-
tion TO old friends who care to write
me about my experiences in this
country
Geo. \. Hail. Canadian government
agent. 123 second St, Milwaukee, Wis,
can give Information concerning all
districts in Western Canada-Adver-
tisement