The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08
Land IN DEMAND
Why Western Canada Can Take
Her Pick of Settlers.
Opportunities and Conditions There
Appeal to the Most DesirabIe-Pos-
sibilities Of Country Proved.

While Canada wants settlers, and iS
pursuing every legitimate means 10
secure them, ii is realized, rs pointed
cut by Hon. j. A. Calder, minister Of
immigration and colonization, that Sc
lection is necessary, and in order 10
keep undeSirableS out of the country
legislation is passed that Will doubt
less have This effect. As pointed out
10y the minister, the class Of settlers
which Canada stands most ready TO
welcome are those who desire:
Opportunity to acquire good farm
land, either free or at Il cost within
their means.
Opportunity to live in a country un-
der healthfui conditions and liberia!
laws and among an intelligent and
friendly people.
Opportunity TO live in a country
where children receive free public edu-
cation and where all children are en-
Ghled to start in the battle Of life with,
as nearly as possible, equal advan-
tageS.
Opportunity TO live in Il country
where industry applied 10 the land
will produce something more than the
bare necessities of life, and will afford
within reasonable time comfort and
Independence.
Opportunity 10 live in a country
where ambition is not handicapped by
any creed, birth, or class, but where
every citizen has the right 10 aspire
10 The highest position in his or her
chosen walk in life.
These are the conditions which will
for this or any country, conditions
which. to a certain degree, make an
automatic selection OF the ftteSt.
Canada possesses farm lands in
large areas which may be had free or
at a cost within the reach Of the set
tier Of limited means. Vast areas are
available for settlement within reason
able distances of railways. Land val-
ueS have in the last quarter of a CEN
vury received Il tremendous impetus,
50 that any good farm land which can
still be secured in its raw state at
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such lands today are probably more
attractive 10 the settler Than were the
free hOmestCadS of the pioneer era.
The country has been tried out its
possibilities have been proved the
trails have been blazcd the founda-
tions have been laid. Railroads, tele-
phones and public roads have been
--s -. ,..I.. -.. Ia a., .n,;
RIGS ana either agricultural districts;
schools. churches, and all the marks
OF modern conditions of life abound.
Records which have been taken over
n period Of wears establish the fact
that Western Canada's grain prOduc-
tion is greater per acre than that OF
probably any other new country. II is
worthy of note that the production 0f
grain per acre in many Of the older
countries has increased with the in
tenSifed farming methods which the
very high cost OF land made necessary.
This condition does not yet obtain 70
any extent in Canada, and yet the
WELD compares faVorably with some
such countries i'm which the cost or
land is very much greater than if is
IN the farming districts of the Do
minion. In most cases present owners
of Canadian farm land who are not
cultivating il themselves are willing
10 sell at moderate prices and on
terms arranged for the convenience Of
the purchaser, provided that the pur-
chaser is prepared 10 20 into actual
opcration and bring the land under
cultivation and cause il 10 produce.
That is the kind Of settler which Can
ada wants and to whom it extends
omen Observation-Disclosures