Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-03-12
A GRANDFATHER'S STORY
From S143 10 a Competence In
Three Years.

thht ne became uispiriteh ne
fore he learned Of the success Of for
mer nelghbors Of his who were doing
wei w Ia Cnnndn. lie sold his hold.
lnRs for n song, aud hnd u sale of what
effects he had. When he strnlginrneh
NJ with Ills storckeeper and pnid n
few debts he found that he had Sil3
In cash, II good constitution. II wife
and five children. lie had saved some
few things from the sale. These he
put into n chr with the effects OF n
couple Of others, who Hike him were
going to Canada. lie went into the
Gem Colony In Alberta In 1915, bought
n piece of land and commenced opera.
lions. The money he placed IN the
bank. and started one OF his boys out
10 earn enough money 10 supply the
table. The older hoy used his wages
To break m the sod on the 100 ncres.
but let Mr.. Chamberlain tell the rest
Of the story, which he hns signed over
his own signature. lie snys: n rented
10 ncres and hired Il put into wheat,
furnished % wagon londs for my share.
We lived In the grannry two years.
THE first of December. 1918, ] laid
the concrete foundation for n twenty
1--WE hundred dollar house and com.
pleted II the last Of January. have
nine head OF horses and mules, Ave
hend Of cattle, fifteen pieces Of ma
chlnery, seven o%utbulldings paid for
and half interest In u thrashlng ma.
chine. This Is an old grnndfather's
story, MS my son-ln-lnw came with four
children from Idaho last March and
bought 800 acres G. +. II. irrigated
land and we helped him develop 200
acres OF II. 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 Hnzelbrldge, Mani
tobn. In speaking OF II he says. II
shall ley regret coming to Mani
toba. l came here seventeen years ngO.
think II wns In the spring OF 1903.
My old home was ut lie Mars, Plym-
outh county, Washington township,
Iowa, where | had been farming for a
good many years. ! had n farm Of
24S acres, OF which I owned so ncres
ana rented 100. When I left In 1903
| sold my equity In the farm for $500
per acre. The nearest station TO my
place was Dalton, and my old neigh
bors there will remember me very well.
when ] cnme TO Canada ] rented
three-qunrters Of n section ut South
Plympt0n, near Springfield. Manitoba.
After n year or two's experience at
renting ! bought my present farm OF
$50 acres, and nm now engaged In
mixed farming. ] have always had
good crops since / came here, and
some Of them have been bumper
crops.
IF went back 10 the United States
today l could take back $500 or 5000
10 every 500 that | brought into
the country. My land today is worth
from $500 TO $500 an acre, and In
addition to my grain growing | have
made a speciality Of hlgh.grade Per
cherOn horses, purebred ShOrthorT
cattle and purebred Berkshire hogs,
have had uniform good luck I'm con
nection with my stock, and todny
would not sell my farm for Il cent less
than $4,000.
1.-THE older settlers OF lie Mar, Iowa
Will remember me very well. | wai
greatly impressed with the countr,
when I made my first visit here II
1903, and that impression has beer
strengthened all the time | have beer
here.
"The climate agrees with us all. BE
fore | came here my doctors bill
were something awful. I had n,
sooner got II paid than | was du,
for another one. Since we have beer
In Manitoba $4,000 would pay an on.
doctors bills for the last seventeen
years.
81 think I am doing my old friends
kindness In letting them know how
well | have done since ] came here
This is certainly a country OF opportu
mites. have had no more good lucl
than falls 10 the fortune OF any ordl
nary person, and ! am satisfied | coul,
never have done ms well had | re
malned IN the old home. ! shall b.
pleased al any time 10 give lnforma
ton TO old friends who care TO writ
me about my experiences In TIL
country"
W. V. Bennett, Canadian govern
ment agent, Room 4, Bee Building
Omaha, Neb,, can give information con
corning all districts In Western Can
Ada.-Adyertisement.