Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-07-07
Land IN DEMAND
WIN Western Canada Can Take
Her Pick Of Settlers.
onportunities and Conditions 'nere
Appeal to the Most oes'ra0'e-
sibiIitjes Of Country Proved.

While Canada wants settlers, ana Is
pursuing every Legitimate means "
secure them, it is realized, as poi''teu
ont by Hon. ]. A. Calder, minister VI
Enumeration and colonization, tiiht Sc
lection is necessary, and IN oroei "
keen undesirables out of the country
legislation is passed that VIII doup..
less have this effect. AS pointed OUT
nv the minister, the class OF settiers
which Canada stands most ready 10
welcome are those who desire:
Opportunity to acquire good lari''
land either free or ut cost within
their means.
Opportunity to live In countr! un.
der healthful conditions ana Ilper'!
laws and among an intelligent anu
friendly people.
Opportunity to live in n country
where children receive free public edu-
cation and where all children are en-
abled to start in the battle OF lie "ith'
as nearly as possible. equal adVan-
tages.
Opportunity to live In country
where industry applied to the iand
will produce something more than the
bare necessities of life, and will afford
| within reasonable time comfort ana
independence.
Opportunity to live in n 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 a certain degree, make an
automatic selection of the fittest.
Canada possesses farm lands In
large areas which may be had free or
Mt q 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 cen
tury received tremendous impetus
so that any good farm land which car
| bllll Dt stSuitu ia io" ''tht> -
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; 1t!
possibilities have been proved; thu
trails have been blaZed; the founda
tions have been laid. Railroads. tele
phones and public roads have beel
provided; market towns dot the prai
ries and other agricultural districts
schools, churches. and all the mark
of modern conditions of life abOunt
Records which have been taken owe
n period of years establish the fac
that Western Canada's grain produc
tion is greater per acre than that o
probably any other new country. 1t Il
worthy of note that the production o
grain per acre in many of the oldel
countries has increased with the in
tensified farming methods which the
very high cost of land made necessary
This condition does not yet obtain t.
any extent in Canada, and yet thu
yield compares favorably with some
such countries in which the cost o.
land is very much greater than 1t |.
In the farming districts of the Do
mlnion. In most cases present owner.
of Canadian farm land who are moi
cultivating it themselves are willing
to sell at moderate prices and or
terms arranged for the convenience OF
the purchaser, provided that the pur
chaser is prepared to go into actun
operation and bring the land under
cultivation and cause it to produce
That is the kind of settler which Can
ada wants and to whom 1t extends
open rmS.-Advertisenent.