Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-31

Paris Gibson. whom the people Of
this city In Gays 10 come viii re
we're and honor as one Of the greatest
nirds that The vest has eve pro.
eucet.
Farm Acre Colonies seino Esub.
Iishsd.
The movement Ia already begun
to establish farm acre colonies where
meg 10 The east Who have . little
noaey can come on, onto an acre OF
and and live there for = year or two
years and be taught how 10 farm
Thea they viii be coionis, farmers
worth having and this win relieve.
too. the conges,ed centers OF the east
There are thousands and hundreds
o. thousands Of such mel In the east.
and every live community In the west
should plant such a farm instruction
colony. The work has been begun
10 Arizona and when IFS good results
are seen the plan win be adopted BY
every western section. for II win ap-
peal 10 all classes. II will appeal
20 every western man who desires 10
zee hts country settled by thrifty cit.
szens II will appeal 10 the mer.
chant; Il will appeal TO The man who
has janf 10 sell
IL a man. intent upon accomplish
Ing the most With a large tract OF
land. had one million acres. and II
were possible for him 70 have a
prosperous family on every five
acres. would he divide II into farms
Of a square mile or a quar.s- sec
ton, with small farms come good
roads The dreaded isolation OF the
old farm life gives way 10 neigh
bora every few yards. and all the
comforts Of modern civilization be.
come possible.
Our Great National Resource.
The land liz the greatest resource
OF a nation. Our public lands should
be securely held for the real home
makers. There are men In the west
who have acquired. ar was never
intended by congress. great tracts Of
thousands Of acres OF land without
settlement and without the building
Of d single home.
These laws are ssEll upon the stat
ute books. More W. the great live
stock interests and the spectators
are intent upon keeping them there
and even upon attempting 10 secure
new land speculative Legislation.
Attempts TO Graft the National irri.
cation Act.
II the National Irrigation associa'
ton had ID insisted upon eliminat'
ing the use OF the desert land law,
the Communication clause Of the home
stead Law and the timber and stone
Law, under the national irrigation
law. all the lands TO be reclaimed BY
the government would have been
seized by spectulators and national
irrigation would have become q
stencil In the nostrils Of the Ameri
can people.
III the people OF Montana desire
national irrigation, with all Its mag
nificent possibilities for the state.
they must stand firm for the repeal
of all land laws except the homestead
law. The faith OF the west has been
pledged 10 the east and that faith
must be kept, The west must pro
vide homes for the many upon the
lands To be reclaimed. else the east
will spew out national irrigation AZ
q graft and II hideous evil.
I'VE would rather have homes for
men than corrals." he said. " and We
are pronder Of the best products 81
Montana, the finest people on earth
4 faBH We aFs III AABt taiA8HA 3NtAR vi
the latest cattle.
THE Nalonal Irrigation assoeia
ton stands for q rigid land policy
that win balk the CRAFTS o feyery
land grabbing scheme, II wants the
title of all timbercd lands to remain
with the government and the stump
age sold, but the land TO remain In
the government, so that Il water
sheds shall not be rathlessly de
stroyed. II asks that every man who
gets title from the government must
be an actual settler and To show his
good faith by living upon the land
i've years. You can not expect the
Fast TO donate millions 10 reclaim
lands that go into speculative land
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