Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1903 — THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FOR WESTERS CANADA. [ARTICLE]

THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FOR WESTERS CANADA.

"There will be thousands of Americans coming up here in the spring,” was the remark made by a farmer , from the vicinity of Langdon, North Dakota, when he arrived in Winnipeg. Manitoba, the capital of Western Canada, a few days since. He was the advance guard of a large body who are following him, and he has already invested in several farming sections for himself and others and purposes to take up his permanent abode in this country. He went on to say: "Hundreds are coming from my district alone. I know this to be a fact for many of them are neighbors of mine. The chief topic of conversation with the farmers is the coming immigration in the spring. “The impression general in the part of Dakota where I live that farmer* can get from 10 to 15 cents more a bushel for wheat on the American side of the line than on the Canadian has not prevented people from turning their eyes to Canada as a place to live in. They know they can get land in this country which is every bit as fertile as that in Dakota at about onequarter the price. It is safe to say that the exodus from Dakota into Canada this year will exceed the expectations of all Canadians." The government has established agencies at St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chicago, I1L; Indianapolis, Ind,; Millwaukee, Wls.; Wausau, Wls.; Detroit, Sauit Ste. Marie, and Marquette, Mich.; Toledo, Ghio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand Forks, N. Dakota, and Great Falls, Mtfnt., and "the suggestion is made that by addressing any of these, who are the authorized agents of the government, it will be to the advantage of the reader, who will be given the fullest and most authentic information regarding the results of mixed farming, dairying, ranching and grain-rais-ing, and also supply Information as to freight and passenger rates, etc, etc.