The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-07-15
LAND IN DEMAND
why Western Canada Can Take
Her Pick Of Settlers.
opportunities and Conditions There
Appeal to the Most Desirable-pos-
sibilities Of Country Proved.

While Canada wants settlers and ,s
pursuing every legitimate means TO
secure them, II Is realized. as pointed
out by Hon. j. A. Calder, minister of
Immigration and colonization, that Sc
lection is necessary, and in order to
keep undesirables out of the country
legislation Is passed that win doubt.
iess have this effect. As pointed out
BY 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 q cost within
their means.
Opportunity to live in q country un-
der healthful conditions and liberal
laws and among an intelligent and
friendly people.
Opportunity to live In 4 country
where children receive free public edu-
cation and where all children are en-.
abled to start In the battle Of life with,
~ nearly ~ possible. equal advan-
tages.
Opportunity to live In q country
where industry applied to the land
will produce something more than the
bare necessities Of life, and will afford
within reasonable time comfort and
Independence.
Opportunity to live in a country
where ambition Is not handicapped by
any creed, birth. or class, but where
every citizen has the right to aspire
to the highest position in his or her
chosen walk in life.
These are the conditions which will
appeal to the most desirable people
for this or any country, conditions
which, to q certain degree, make an
automatic selection OF the fittest.
Canada possesses farm lands In
large areas which may be had free or
Ut 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 Gen.
fury received tremendous impetus,
20 that any good farm land which can
still be secured In Its raw state al
reasonable prices Is an attraction
Such lands today are probably more
attractive to the settler than were the
free homesteads of the pioneer era
The country has been tried out; Its
possibilities have been proved; ths
trails have been blazed: the founda
tions have been laid. Railroads, tele
phones and public roads have beer
provided: market towns dot the prai
ries and other agricultural districts
schools. churches. and all the marks
Of modern conditions Of life abound
Records which have been taken owe
period of years establish the fac
that Western Canada's grain produc
ton is greater per acre than that
probably any other new country. 1t l
worthy Of note that the production
grain per acre In many Of the olde
countries has increased with the In
tensified farming methods which tn
very high cost Of land made necessary
This condition does not yet obtain I
any extent In Canada, and yet IN
yield compares favorably with som
such countries In which the cost Q
land Is very much greater than II
In the farming districts Of the ID
mjnion. In most cases present owner
of Canadian farm land who are ne
cultivating II themselves are wiilin
70 sell at moderate prices and
terms arranged for the convenience
the purchaser, provided that the pu
chaser Is prepared to 60 into actu'
operation and bring the land und'
cultivation and cause II to produc
That is the kind of settler which Ca
4 "a wants and to whom II eItens