The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13

about $50 per acre. and in nearly every
project. as soon as the water IS on
| the land 1t ia worth 500 and upward
per acre. In the case OF bearing or
chards as I havo said. IL may sell for
more.
Our Gases Communities.
The population Of these GASES prom
ises TO be the highest type OF Amert-
can manhood and womanhood, The
conditions are almost utopian. Each
settlement will be one OF well-to-do
farmers. who are carrying on intensive
cultivation and making comfortable in
comes. with less work than Is possible
IN any other part OF the country. The
farms. being small. are close together.
and the people have q community or
interests which leads to cooperation
and social organization. They will
market their fruits and crops in COM
mon. and will form combinations to
get the best prices and to raise the
best products. This is already being
done in the fruit regions. There will
also be financial combinations of the
settlers to establish factories in their
various communities.
Libraries and Schools.
The schools which have already been
started upon these projects are far
above the average OF those in the
country districts in other parts OF the
United States In most cases they
compare with the schools of the cities.
Most OF the cases have what Is known
as centralized graded schools. TO which
the children are brought in carriages
that go daily from farm to farm and
collect them. Great care Is taken in
selecting the teachers, and a hien
school education NAV be gotten without
leaving the farm.
Among the interesting features of
these schools are tho gardens and lit
tie farms connected with them. The
children learn practical agriculture by
raising plants. fruits and grains, prizes
being given for the best work. The
teaching IS all in tho spirit OF the farm.
and Its air is TO make the children
love the farm and TO have them stay
on It. In the past the country schools
have been managed by city teachers.
who have taught the children to de-
spise agriculture and tried to make
them leave the farms for the city.
AS to the schools already established
on the project ct Carlsbad, n. ~. 500
children are enrolle1. Tas graded school
building Is OF brick, situated in q large
park and the town has recently erect
ed q $1,000 high school. Belle Fourche.
in South Dakota, has two graded
schools and q high school. while in
Sturgiss there Is public graded
school with g largo attendance. Near
by are the University of South Dakota,
the State School OF Mines and a state
Normal School. In Huntley, in North
ern Montana, there are excellent edu-
cational facilities, and the same is trua
OF the other projects of the Lower
Yellowstone Valley The pupils are
taught for nine months in each year,
and the State course OF study pro-
vides for the teaching OF agriculture in
the four highest grades.
In Yakima the best OF common school
facilities are to bo found in every
part OF the irrigated regions. There
are graded schools and high schools
at Ellensburg. Sunnyside and North
Yakima, and at tho latter place. in
addition to the public schools. there
are business college. school of music
and art and 81 catholic academy for
girls. In all OF these projects nine
months OF school is the rule.
Towns of the Oases.
Nearly every one of these reclama-
zion projects has several towns which
are repidly spr,ng!ng into being. In
the Yakima Valley they are situated
on the government lands and In the
country adjoining. North Yakima has
over 10000 people, Sunnyside has 1900.
Ellansburg 5.2oo and Prosser 1900. In
addition TO this there are a number OF
other towns and villages.
\ Most OF these places have graded