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Show -,..' 1 STILL THE LAND RU8H .TO t ... CANADA ' A Calgary, Alberta dispatch of tho. 23d instamce sayBt "A speclaln. train carrying more than 200 homeseekcrs nrrlved this morning. The '(immigrants '(immi-grants came from all sections' of the" United States, but mostly froth the middle west and Included many owners own-ers of large farms -In Kansas Nehraa ka, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Penn sylvan a, Michigan, South Carolina and New Mexico." They were re-' celved warmly, shown a.l the tultliis polntp tbout Calgary and then llioy dispersed to make their Individual selections of lands. It -seems the. land lust Is Insatiable. Still ;thcr; is' a good deal of land st 11 -obtainable In our own country at 'falfprlce'sri ' This Is a matter which the governors now In conference In gploradp Springs should consider. " - , And the government might turn for a little rest from tuVthrtrfifylll.'the; currency bill and the affairs of Mexico; Mex-ico; tb consider how miich'vdamaW has 'been Inflicted upon 'oup-'fcouhtv:' by tho fool conservation fads that have crlpphd so many places In tntt west and whether It would,not.hc better to place tho waters in the JIfev souri valley In condition to help the-farmers, the-farmers, rather than distribute pomo tens of millions of dollars about the country on tho plea of helping t'10 farmers to move their crops when In truth the chief help will bo to the bankers who will have the-distribution of tho funds. Telegram.. |