Settlement Advertisement, 1911
Source: Boley Progress Newspaper (Boley, Oklahoma)
Date: February 11, 1911
Advertisement copy:
“Why Rent a Farm – and be compelled to pay your landlord most of your hard-earned profits? Own your own farm. Secure a Free Homestead in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, or Alberta, or purchase land in one of these districts and bank a profit of $10.00 or $12.00 an acre every year.
Land purchased 3 years ago at $10.00 an acre has recently changed hands at $25.00 an acre. The crops grown on these lands warrant the advance. You can – Become Rich – by cattle raising, dairying, mixed farming and grain growing in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
Free homestead and pre-emption areas, as well as land held by railway and land companies, will provide homes for millions.
Adaptable soil, healthful climate, splendid schools and churches, good railways.
For settlers’ rates, descriptive literature ‘Last Best West,’ how to reach the country and other particulars, write to Sup’t of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada or to the Canadian Government Agent.
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AGENT
No. 125 W. Ninth Street Kansas City, Mo.
(Use address nearest you.)
Inset: 160 Acre Farms in Western Canada Free”