Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1914 — Why Be a Farm Renter and Make Some Other Man Rich? [ARTICLE]

Why Be a Farm Renter and Make Some Other Man Rich?

The Canadian Pacific Railroad is now offering a new and wonderful field in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba for any married man who wishes to own a farm. The best land in these three provinces is being offered at prices ranging from sll to S3O an acre. 20 Years In Which to Pay. The company only requires you to pay one-twentieth down; that is only 5 per cent of the price of your farm, and 4* yon want this much time you Shave twenty years to pay tor it. As illustration—if you purchase 160 acres at S3O an acre the price would be $4,'800- You pay down one-twentieth, or $240; the rest in yearly payments of $240 at 6 per cent per annum. The company will then show you their confidence in the land by loaning you without any security excepting the land, $2,000 in cash to make improvements necessary, such as house, barns, etc. After this is done they will then loan you without security another SI,OOO to stock with. Remember, you have twenty years to pay this out, including loans and price of farm, and your crop in two or three years will pay your entire indebtedness. The company has hundreds of farms of 80, 160 and 320 acres, each with good houses, barns and well, fenced, 50 acres in cultivation on . each farm, that you can buy on the same terms of one-twentieth down and twenty years to pay. The average 160 acres, with good house, barn, and fenced,-will cost about $4,800, 5 per cent down, or $240, with the rest in yearly payments of $240 for twenty years. The company will also make you the caSh loan on these improved farms of SI,OOO for stock, without any security excepting the land. (Remember, the Canadian Pacific Railroad, with its millions, is behind this great project and tfiat tthis land will produce as much as .the SIOO to S2OO land through the middle west. Excursions will be run to Calgary, Alberta, from Chicago, twice a month from now until December. If interested write for free literature or call on the agent, THEODORE GEORGE, Box 673. Office. Rensselaer Republican. Phones 18 or 345. ?