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Show ONE DOLLAR WHEmT. Western Canada'a Wheal Fields Pro-duoe Pro-duoe It Magnlllcent Yields Free Oranta of Land to Settlers. Tho returns of tho Interior Department Depart-ment show that (he movement of American farmers northward to Canada Can-ada la each month affecting larger areas of thu l.'nlted States. Time was. saya the Winnipeg Freo I'runs, when the Dnkolas. Minnesota and Iowa furnished fur-nished the Dominion with the mala bulk of Ita American contingent, list yoar, however, lotty-four atatea and dlatrlcta were represented In tbo of-flclul of-flclul stntement as to thu former residence resi-dence of Americans who bud home-steaded home-steaded In Canada. Tho Dnkotaa atlil head tho Hat, with l.uiu! entries, Minnesota Min-nesota being a close second with 3.887, but with the inception of Alabama and Mississippi and Delaware every tnte In the Union aupplled aettlera who, In order to aecure farnia In the fertile prairie country of Canada, be- " I came cltlzena of and took the oulb of nlleiilanco to, thu Dominion. Laat year no leas than 11.811 Americana entered for humeutead lnnds In Canada. Can-ada. From the Gulf to the Doundnry, and from ocean to ocean, the trek to tho Dominion goes on. Not only the jheatgrowora ol tho central Mlssia-s.ppl Mlssia-s.ppl valley, but tho ranchers of Texas and Nuw Mexico, and tho cultivators of tho comparatively virgin boh of Oltluhotna, nrn pouring townrda tho prnitueilvo vucnnt lands of tho Canadian Cana-dian Northwest. It Is no tentative, hnlMiuurted diparluro for an alien country that Is manifested In thla exodus; It baa become almost a rush to secure posiesstun of land which It la feared by those Imperfecily acquainted ac-quainted with the vast area of Can-adu'a Can-adu'a vacant lnnds. may all bo acquired acquir-ed before they arrive. There Is no element of speculation or experiment In the migration. The aettlera have full Information respecting the soil, wealth, tho farming methods, the laws, taxation and system of government govern-ment of the country to which they are moving, and they reallzo that the opportunities ofTered In Canada aro In every respect butter and greater than those they havo enjoyed In the land they are leaving. Canada can well afford to welcome cordially every ..mcrlcan farmer coming com-ing to the Dominion. There Is no queetlon but that these Immlgranta make the most desirable settlors obtainable ob-tainable for tho development of the pralrlo portion oi the Dominion. Full Information can bo had from any authorized au-thorized Cat ncllan government agent whose address will be found elsewhere else-where In this paper. . |