The Ordway new era., 1920-03-05
A GRANDFATH[R'S STORY
From S143 10 d Competence in
Three Years.

P,J, CismbsrisIs feJis z zsOry u Lts
efforts before nOyiSz 70 CsEzdz IL
1916 10 make living Ir stzs hzri
work. He had - r1snJ -ESss znd
downs" that he beean5e d1spir1tet BE-
fore le learned Of the s1eeess Of for
ner Degiibors of his E1so ~er= to4nz
well up In canada. He Noia his tsoi.s-
lugH for gOng. and had szie a Uhzt
effects he had. when lie srr5i=tfezSe1
np with lis siGrekeeI~f zDd paid
few debts he found that h had s1ss
In cnsb, good eOrstlfufso1- wife
and nye children. He had saved sD-n-
few things from the sale. The~@ BE-
put into n car with the eferzs Of a
couple of otters. who Ike hiss zser-
going 10 Canada He went into the
Gem Colony In Alberta 10 1916. bou=tr
piece Of land nnd commenced oIS@rz-
nons. The money he placed n the
bank. and stnrted one If his boys out
10 earn enough money to supply the
table. The older boy used his wages
To break up The sod On the 160 acres.
But let Mr. Chamberlain tell the res
Of the story, which he has signed over
his own signature. He says: i rente:
20 acres and hired 1t put into wheat.
thrashSd y wagon loads for my share
We lived In the grnnary two years
"The first OF December. 1918. / laid
the concrete foundation for twenty
FIVE hundred dollar house and COM
pleted It the last Of January. l have
nine head Of horses and mules. five
head Of cattle. fifteen pieces Of ma
chinery, seven outbulldings paid for
and half interest in a thrashing ma
chine. This is an old grandfafher's
story, MS my son-In-law came with four
children from Idaho last March and
bought 800 acres c. +. r. irrigated
land and we helped him develop 200
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 1t he says: Il
shall never regret coming to Mani
tcba came here seventeen years ago.
| think II was In the spring of 1903.
My old home was at lie Mars. Plym-
outh county, Washington township.
Iowa, where I had been farming for
good many years. l had a farm of
24S acres. of which l owned so acres
and rented 1GO. When / left in 1908
l sold my equity in the farm for $500
per acre. The nearest station to my
place was Dalton, and my old reigh-
bors there will remember me very well.
"When / came to Canada ! rented
three-quarters of section at South
Plympton. near Springfield. Manitoba
After n year or twO's experience at
renting / bought my present farm OF
80 acres, and am now engaged in
mixed farming. / have always had
good crops since l came here, and
some of them have been bumper
crops.
IF l went back to the United States
today could take back 500 or 5000
to every S1.O0 that brought into
the country. My land today Is worth
from $500 to $500 an acre, and in
addition to my grain growing I have
made specially of high-grade Per
cheron horses, purebred ShOrthorn
cattle and purebred Berkshire hogs,
have had uniform good luck in con-
nection with my stock, and today
would not sell my farm for cent less
than $4,000.
THE older settlers OF lie Mar. Iowa.
will remember me very well. was
greatly impressed with the country
when made my first visit here in
1903, and that impression has been
strengthened all the time have been
here.
THE climate agrees with us all. Be
fore l came here my doctors bills
were something awful. had no
sooner got one paid than 1 was due
for another one. Since we have been
in Manitoba $1,000 would pny all our
doctors bills for the last seventeen
years.
Il think I am doing my old friends n
Kindness i'm letting them know how
well have done since l came here.
This is certainly n country of opportu-
mites. l have had no more good luck
than falls to the fortune of any ortli-
nary person. and am satisfied could
never have done as well had re-
mnined in the old home. shall be
pleased at any time to give informa-
ton TO old friends who care to write
me about my experiences In this
country"
w. V. Bennett. Canadian govern
ment agent. Room A, Bee Building,
Omaha, Neb.. can give information con
cerning all districts in Western Can
ada.-Adyertlrement.
Real Sermon.