Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1898 — THE NEW WORLD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NEW WORLD.

Interest Is Aroused in the Canadian West.

The exhibits o f grains and grasses, roots and vegetables, the product of the jer-

tile lands of Western Canada, which were made at the several State and comity fairs in some of the Western States this fall, have awakened considerable interest in the lands which the Canadian Government has opened for settlement, and which are given free to settlers. The agents of the Government, who are to be found in these States, are flooded with inquiries regarding the conditions on which these lands may be secured. Large numbers have located on these lands during the past year, and send back to their friends most encouraging reports. They say they have entered on an era of prosperity, and are well pleased with both the agricultural possibilities and the climate. The provinces of Manitoba. Assinaboia and Alberta are specially adapted to diversified farming. In some parts the country is specially adapted to stock raising, and it is being profitably pursued. In these parts snow seldom remains a week at a time, the warm breezes from the ocean affecting the climate thus favorably. When the desirability of these lands is fully known there will be a rush such as has scarcely ever before been known. Information as to low railway rates, illustrated pamphlets, etc., will be forwarded with pleasure by the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada, if you are not in possession of the name of an agent of the Government.