Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1898 — HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA.

Has a Splendid Farm. Lota of Stock and Pays Scarcely Any Taxes. Dominion City, Man., Jan. 17, IS9B. At the request of the Immigration Department of the Canadian Govern* ment I give the following information:

1 illl litigrated to Maui toba in October, 1892, from L u v e rne, Rock County, Minn., ■and took

land in Dominion City, Manitoba, Avhere I now reside. I have been very successful in Manitoba, and have more than doubled my capital since I went to Canada. I took about $2,500 Avorth of yheat, 200 bushels of flax and 000 bushels of oats. I do mixed farming. I milk as much as ten coavs. Dairying Hud stock raising has paid me well. 1 have on the farm now 44 head of cattle and 18 head of horses, and sold during the past year, 1897, $425 worth of fat cattle. I have good buildings and a comfortable house and good stable. My children have had better school advantages in Manitoba than they had in Minnesota. The district schools are very thorough and good. My son, now 16 years of age, is teaching the public school in our district and receives a salary of $420 per year. All my children have done well at school. I have $1,700 insurance on my buildings on the farm. I also own my personal Avarehouse and ship all my grain through it to the railway station at Dominion City. It is free of debt. I have no prejudice against the State of Minnesota, as I made a living and a little more Avliile in the State, but avouUl not take a farm as a gift in Minnesota and leave Manitoba. The taxation in Minnesota was too great. 1 paid taxes oh my stock and chattels; no such taxes have ever been exacted in Manitoba from me and my land taxes are about one-half or less than it Avas in Minnesota. I am delighted with my new home and expect in a feAv years to be in circumstances that will enable me to take life easy. Yours very truly, S. G. MAYNES. P. S.—Any person that may take exception to the foregoing letter will kindly investigate, for 1 can back up every word it contains. lam not au immigration agent, nor the agent of any corporation, but simply a farmer. S. G. MAYNES.

The above letter was written at the request of C. W. Speers in the Stale of Minnesota, where I am at present with my wife, visiting my friends in my old home. It is my intention to do what i can to have them remove to Canada, where I have done so well. Having called upon Mr. Davies of St. Paul. Minn., I was received with every courtesy and got some valuable information as well as literature pertaining to Western Canada. SAMUEL G. MAXNES.