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Show A MINNESOTA FARMBH ' ak WHITES OF WESTERN CANADA WHERE HE IS NOW LOCATED Tho a-arma III III, Nolatibarh'""1 r" llflnc Itaplillt Takaa l'l by I'eim" llf.ld.nl, ot Ilia Unllad ltf- The following extract from n IfttU written to Mr lienj. IXsvita, 0M government agent at St. l'aul, "& give an excellent Idea of what II W1 of Wostorn Canada by thus who haw gone there during the patlw6f tnW "When we first arrived her and toe-up toe-up our homes on the prairie near IMIesboru. Aaaa , for a short tMe we had n lit ot the blues, but now. an hsnds are settled lo bulnM. ! hearty and contented, eiiJoylBK Vf finest winter we have ever atn. have got very comfortably slttill"' with considerable preparations for crop, and nil hopeful. I think thri?l n very flno country, nnd I' the pail son's crop Is not an exception, w'w1 they claim not, I believe this U BOWf to be the wheat Held of the Wet. "It l tiling up fasL In this lownahlp urt spring there were IS quarter-aeellna' ot land vacant and today there Is (j1 one I can stand at my house snt count ten louses where there was-St91 one last spring, with six more to tclP this spring This Is only a simpleot what Is going on all round. We Intend lo build a church best summer, (IgM clone to my place, so we will be strltJIX la line. 11 would have amused you to have been here last spring. There were crowds of land-seekers, and sometimes some-times In the spring Iho prairie U not very Inviting, and of course lots were discontented. Thcro was one In the crowd who Jumped on me for putting a letter In the psper, only for wbft ho never would have come here, ami he was very hostile, but eventuslly'ho got a place and today claims he would not take a 'hounand dollars and move out, so 1 am glad ho Is aitlsfled. "Well, my dear air, aa Arthur Finney Fin-ney Is about to move out In March, with his family, and also one ot my sons, anything you ran do for them to assist them along and to make things smooth as possible, will be really appreciated by me I will cloie for this time, ami will write from time to time to let you know we are living Drop us a few lines to let us know how things are moving In St. Paul. "Yours llespectfully, "ALKX. UAMUItON." |