The Parker post., 1914-05-30

ed These the state builds for the
settler on his payment of a deposit
equal to one-fourth OF the cost. The
next thing which the settler needs is
TO have a portion of his land graded
and seeded No newcomer inirrigation
can grade land properly. His first at
tempts are costly and usually of little
value. So the state obviated that by
putting in alfalfa One-fOurth of each
holding, the settler paying one-fourth
of the cost and having 10 years in
which to pay the remainder.
AS result of this policy We have
had settler after settler who has coma
to us, gone into his new home and
been earning q living and making his
expenses within thirty days of the
time that he landed in the country,
Furthermore the state places at the
disposal of these settlers Immediately
on their arrival the services of
man whose business it is to endeayOr
hess suited to his ability, so as not
to place the orchardist on grazing
land, to not to place the dairyman
on fruit land but to deal with them
entirely on honor and to not accept
the application of man unless he
has reason to b1 We that he will
be a success. state also gives
expert practic vice in the buying
CT work horI nd dairy COWS, so
that the SCI if he desires, can
make thos |chases promptly and
dealer.
These provisions meet the prob
lem, but there still remains to be
solved the human side of the diff
Guilty The industrious and thrifty
needs little more; these aids are
sufficient But such generous as
sistance inevitably attracts great
many visionary or indolent men who
believe that if the government goes
this far and gives them a house and
farm and portion of the land cultk
waited in some mysterious way they
have received an endowment and
all they have to do is to remain
there and be supported. 1t is essen
tial to the successful operation of any
such enterprise that this should be
avoided, and so another feature OF
this scheme is the placing in every
settlement of tactful practical far
mer whose business it is to be the
friend and adviser of these settlers,
do it; but it is also his business to
watch the settlers and keep track
of their operations, to ascertain those
who are Industrious and those who
are indOlent, and to make frequent
reports to the central office regarding
them. The settlers know of this; they
see these reports and they have an
opportunity to comment on them if
they so desire. The settlers know
that these reports are made a mat
ter of permanent record and that
they are the basis or very largely the
basis of the dealings with them of
the commission in charge of this mat
ter
The effort is first to have these
settlers become self-supporting AS
soon as possible the effort is next
10 have them bring all of their land
under cultivation and to get a full
return from their investment as ear
ly as possible; and what is being stri
ven for there is to have each farm
fully in cultivation in two years.
We have not succeeded in that en-
tirely, but | am going to give you
the published results later on. The
settler who takes irrigable land has
a keen struggle before him He has
the land to cultivate and grade, the
completion of bitches and fences and
farm buildings, land that means a large
amount of unproductive labor, and
| ii you leave the settler to struggle
| with all that his progress would be
slow. But as an incentive to indus
try and as perfectly safe means of
assistance the state then offers to
each settler a loan equal to 60 per
cent Of the value of all thepermanent
improvements he places on his land.
So the settler who through his indus
try and labor has put up buildings
and fences and improved the place
to the extent of $500 can go to the
state and get loan of $500 and use
it to meet expenses and it enables
many of them to go forward without
anxiety. without delay, and without
hardship to the settler or his fam
lily.