Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1904 — FLOCKING INTO CANADA. [ARTICLE]

FLOCKING INTO CANADA.

Immigration from Dakota and Adjoining State#—Major Edwards, United States Consul-General at Montreal, Describes the Movement aa Due to Scarcity of Land. Montreal, Nov. 15.—Major Allison Edwards, United States consul general, who returned to-day from a visit to his home at Fargo, North Dakota, said in an interview: “The proper way to describe the manner in which the people of North Dakota are coming over into Western Canada is to say they are coming over in droves. Among the people there did not seem to be any thought of there being a boundary line at all. It is simply a question,” added the major, “of there not being any more land in North Dakota ahd the surrounding States, and the people are flocking to Canada to get good farms. Naturally the number that will come over will increase all the time, and I may say the people you are getting are the best people in the West. They are well supplied with money and are well acquainted with the conditions under which they will have to work." The agents of the Canadian government are prepared to give the fullest information regarding homestead and other laws.