Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1914 — SPECIAL PULLMAN FROM RENSSELAER TO CANADA [ARTICLE]

SPECIAL PULLMAN FROM RENSSELAER TO CANADA

Land Seekers Will Be Given Opportunity to Travel in Comfort to Canadian Pacific Lands. Thepdore George, the local agent of the Canadian Pacific lands, was in Chicago this week and secured special concessions for the excursionists who are "interested in securing a home in Canada. A number have already made arrangements to take the trip from here on July 7th. On condition that twenty persons take the trip the land company has agreed to set off a Pullman oar in Rensselaer, with diner attached, and the entire trip will be made in this car in comfort. A rate for the round trip to Calgary, with stopovers at all podnts, good for 25 days, es $46.50 from Chicago has been made The rate from Rensselaer will be slightly more. The rate for sleepers will be about $3.00 for upper berth and $4.00 for lower for the trip. At this rate the prospector will be able to return by way of Saskatoon through the Saskatchewan country. To those desiring to go simply to the Saskatchewan country the fare will be $37.50, with the same rate for sleepers. Agents of the company will meet the excursionists at their destination and convey them to the land free of charge. This is the greatest opportunity for a renter to secure a farm of his own that has ever been land ranges in price from sll to S3O per acre for the unimproved lands. The sll to sls land is considered the greatest grazing land in the world. The company guarantees the S2O to S3O land to produce as good crops as the SIOO to S2OO land through the middle west in the United States, and It is adapted to the raising of splendid crops of wheat, oats, barley and all kinds of mixed fanning.

As an illustration: 160 acres of the S2O land can be purchased tor $3,200. The first payment on this would be one-twentieth of the purchase price, or $l6O, and $l6O per year until paid tor, with interest at 6 per cent. The company will make a, loan of $2,000 on this, to be used for Improvements such as house, barn, fences, ete., and an additional loan of SI,OOO will be made with which to purchase stock. The amount of the loan will be added to the price of the farm, with the same terms of payment, ‘one-twen-tieth down and one-twentieth each year. * • If the settler prefers to buy a farm already improved he can be accommodated. The company has erected new buildings consisting of house, barn, etc., fences and well, on tracts of 80, 160 and 320 acres. On each farm 50 acres have been placed in cultivation, so that a settler can move on to the farm at once and have a crop already under way. These terms are the same as on the unimproved, 5 per cent down and 5 per cent each year until paid tor. The average price tor a 160acre improved farm is $4,500, which requires a cash payment of $225, and a similar amount each year until paid for. A SI,OOO loan will be made on these farms to buy live stock tor the farm on the same terms as the other loans. These lands are virgin soil and have never been cultivated. All the land lies in the best portions of Saskatchewan and Alberta country and purchasers afre not confined to any one certain locality, but may make their selections as near towns or railroads as they desire. This, i® the best proposition ever offered to a man of small means desiring to own a farm of his own, and those desiring to take advantage of it will be the ones to reap the benefit in increased values as the country developed In five years the farm and loans can be easily repaid from the proceeds of the crops. Prospective buyers should make arrangements to go on the first excursion and make their selections now. If a sufficient number signify their intention of going sooner than July, arrangements will be made to take a party June 23rd. Those desiring to take the trip should send in their names to Mr. George at once. Mr. Topping, a representative of the Canadian Pacific, will be here the week of June 15th and lecture at the following ptoses: Rensselaer. Monday evening, June 15; Remington, Tuesday evening, June 16; Gifford Wednesday evening, June 17. Hie lectures will be Illustrated with the stereopticon and will be very Interesting. Mr. George and Leslie dark, of The Republican, will accompany the first excursion to Canada.—Adv.

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