Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-04-29
WHNIO UWN rHnm
Why One Youth Seeks the Land
OF Opportunity.
Reckoning Hands Of Independence and
Wealth Stretch Out From Western
Canada TO Those Who Have
Faita and Courage.


Sirolling nround the exhibit room Of
the Canadian government office In 81.
Paul, stuiylng the grain, and picking
NJ an odd piece or two of literature
describing farming nmi lts results In
western Cuundn, a dnppcr. well-built.
strapping SIX footrr said 10 the man.
nger, I've been hnying n grand whirl
Of living for the past few years. I
used To work on my unclc's farm IN
lown. ! heard NJ the big fat pay en-.
vrlopcs that the city chnps were get.
ting every week. | went 10 the city.
aud ] began getting them. too. | had
al the excitement they would bring
-ihcntr r, dinners. swell clothes aud
tuXls. | surely saw a lot of that life
that In days ronc by ! had n%nNlously
gnzcd upon aud secretly wanted to
try.
"But I'm driven Ia earth low. I'm
stu working, but the pay envelope Is
thinner. Not working steadily. you
know. and ! sort NJ miss those silk
shirt times. ! went 10 Western Can
ada once ana | !hink III make an
other trip.
II wns up there Eve years ago.
want money, aud lots Of II; ! want
"a be- my own boss, but | Invent much
coin 10 start with, | want to get into
about u buck or so. ! know fellows
out there In Cnnadn who went there.
Il few years ago, got II quarter section
SOME humestcud"d and some bought
on cusy paymcnts-nnd they ARE well
or today. 4 number Of the boys from
my state paid for their lands
FROM Il single crop. ] may not he ns
successful rs they were. but ! want
to try"
lie wanted to tnlk. and the munger
was n good listener. lie continued
81 want to have my own home and
raise my " cattle ! want hogs and
poultry, nnd milk and eggs 10 sell.
Can | get II marketf'
lie wns assured that he could, and
that he could get u deccnt-slzed crop
to thrash every fail.
"You know" he said, M tho farm.
ers on Observation-Disclosures land
can make money, my reasoning leads
me 10 believe that | can grow ms many
dollars m mere from that cheaper land
IN Western Canada"
This period Of scmi-unrcst Is cnus.
Ing more thinking and planning for
the future than probably nj any time
IN the past. The desire FOR personal
and nnnnclnl Independence Is grow.
ing. TO secure this, the first real
source Of wealth Is the land itself.
That Is the solution. During the ern
of high prices. Souhtlcss there was
some Initiation Of land whites. So the
new man the young man wishing 10
frontcd with the problem ~ the land
he wanted having cone beyond his
limited capital, lie must seek else.
where. Two decades ago, nnd less.
good farming land could he bought
IN Canada M four dollars nm acre, but
the demand increased ana its pro.
ductlyity vas proven. prices advanced.
There has been no undue Intuition,
though, und prices today nrc very rcn.
sonnhlc. some day, when the cOun-
try is settled, lund viii bring n much
price In Western Canadn. To
day land prices range for unlmprovcd,
SIS to So IN mere; improved. at $40
UP.
The productive value Is almost he
yOnd cstlinnte. The reports Of those
who have been farming these lands.
nnking money and enjoying every
personal freedom, nre available and
can he secured IN application,
II is apparent that this last big
available farming area ~ Western
Cunnda viii tend. to Lu small extent.
"a dlspcl some of the unrest Tint Is
: o prevalent toduy nmour the young
cr men, who have had % taste uf hei
ter things and who intend to have
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