Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1907 — THE STORY OF A WISCONSIN MAN IN WESTERN CANADA [ARTICLE]

THE STORY OF A WISCONSIN MAN IN WESTERN CANADA

Three Years A*o Worth Only f 3,0001 To-day Is Worth *IB,OOO. The following is a copy of i letter, of which the agents of tho Canadian Government throughout the United States receive similar ones many times during the year: Cayley, Alta., Dee. T, 1900. Agent Canadian Government, Watertown, S. D.: Dear Sir —Your letter dated Nov. 27 at band, and was very glad to hear from you. I see that you are still at work persuading people to move into the Canadian Northwest I must tell you that I owe you many thanks for persuading pie to come out here; am only sorry that I wasn’t persuaded sooner, and there Is still plenty of good chances for many more right at the present time. I hope that you will be able to Induce more to make a start outto this part of the country. Now I must tel] you what I hare accomplished since 1 came out here, and It won’t be three years till the Ist of July next. I shall shortly receive my patent for my homestead; the homestead cost me $ 10.00 in all; to-day It Is worth $30.00 per acre, but It is not for sale. Then a year ago last May I bought 320 acres at $7.00 per acre and sold this fall for $20.00 per acre and cleared a profit of $4,160. How ls„ that for tho Northwest? I now have 820 acres of land and; alt paid for, 15 head of horses, 80 head of cattle, 22 pigs, 2 sheep and about 150 chickens and other poultry, and all new machinery, and everything Is paid for. We also bought 8 lots In Calgary and 7 In High River. We gave $470 for the 15 lots and they are paid for. At present I consider myself worth $13,000, and when I left Wisconsin less than three years ago I had about $2,600. This year 1 threshed a little over 4,000 bushels of grain, have about 1,000 bushels of fine potatoes and about 500 bushels of turnips. Mrs. Belslegel sold about S2OO worth of garden truck and poultry this fall Now there are lots of others In this community who did as well as I did In the same length of time. The family and myself are all well at this writing and hope this letter will find you the same. Yours very truly, (Signed) PHILIP BEISIEGEL, Caylay, Alta., Canada.