Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1913 — 1,000 SETTLERS A DAY [ARTICLE]

1,000 SETTLERS A DAY

WE3TERN CANADA MAKING REMARKABLE PROGRESS. Settlers from the United Kingdom And other countries of Europe landed in Winnipeg last week at the rate of one thousand a day. The predicted boom in the populating of the prairie provinces this spring has materialized, as it did last year, and today the busiest city In America la probably the Manitoba metropolis. The sturdy nations of Europe are all contributing to the rapid growth of Canada West Two of the largest contingents reaching Winnipeg last week were from Germany- and Scandinavia. The British Isles are sending out larger contingents than ever before. The old land newspapers are filled with accounts of Bend-offs and farewells being given- to popular towuufolk on the eve of departure for Canada. Numerous editorials record the sentiments, bordering on despair, of the Britons who see their towns and villages desolated by the desertion of favorite Bons and daughters. We can sympathize with those left behind while felicitating the young people who have their own way to make In the world, on their new opportunities in the country of mammoth crops; Scotland lost 6,000 of her best blood and brawn in a single week this month. No wonder the young, aspiring Scots take so quickly to Canada. They have been reading of the triumphs and wonder working of Scottish pioneers In the Dominion ever since they were "bairns.” A great part of Canada’s success was wrought by Canadians from Caledonia, and the young Caledonians of today are eager to demonstrate that they can do as well out west as their forebears. In addition to those from the old countries, the United States still keeps up in a strenuous manner, and is sending its thousands into that new country of the north. They take up the free homesteads of 160 acres on which they live for six months of each year for three years, and then get a deed or patent for a farm that Is worth anywhere from sls to S2O per adre, or, they may purchase lands at from sls to $lB per acre that will yield with proper care in cultivation, excellent returns for the time, work and money expended.—Advertisement