Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1914 — SUCCEEDS IN CANADA [ARTICLE]

SUCCEEDS IN CANADA

An Interesting and successful American farmer, Lew Palmer, of Staveley, Alta., passed through the city today. Mr. Palmer came from Duluth, Minn., just ten years ago, and brought with him four cows and three horses —and that was his all. He homesteaded in the Staveley district, and today has 480 acres of land, <3,000 worth of implements, 34 Percheron horses, made <I,OOO out of hogs last year, raised 7,000 bushels of wheat, 6,000 bushels of oats, 12 acres of potatoes, and 18tons of onions. His farm and stock is worth $30,000, and he made it all in ten years.— Exchange.— Advertisement.