The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-29
LAND FOR SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR

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Washington, May 14.-With increasing flood OF
returning home from the take up the tasks of
civil life of them with greatly changed ideas of life and
ambitions and in quandary to just what to do appeal
ing the Department of the Interior for information as to
intentions of the Government in its proposed plan OF providing
farms for soldiers.
deuge requests has been received from the men
who the uniform emphasize the lesson of all other
wars that the service men, because of army life with its open
and activity largely seek out-ofdoors vOcatiOns
The Interior Department has already explained to more
than 10000 that the development of its plans rests solely
with Congress- 1t IS expected at early In the extra session
which May 49, there will be introduced bills covering
the farms soldiers plan.
Briefly Department saying that if such legislation
passed. work will begin in the development of coopera
live settlements for soldiers sailors nearly all of
the states In practically every state in the Union there are
large of land suitable for this purpose There dry land
the that water which be provided by build
ing dams and canals In the East large of cutover
oggedo timber lands from which will be necessary to
blow the sumps and clear off the underbsh In the South
is large amount of cuover land and land which must
be drained.
Many the soldiers asked if it will be possible for
them obtain job their homes by draining clearing
igatng and improving these lands That again depends
thea elton of Congress providing the for construction
The plans propose that these settlements be scattered all
the country that would be possible for every honorab
discharged soldier sailor marine to work near his old
home There would be work of all kinds in connection with
these settlements from the highest ecna and clerical posi-
tions to that of laborer
The plan involves new dea' in that there will
be built what known community settlements each
tanning number of farm homes that the will have
town, and market for the sale OF the produce within
short distance of the farm home Efforts will be made to
the handcaps of farm life that driving the people to
the ceshe lack of society in the country the distance be-
tween farm homes the remoteness from the postoce and
The newspaper the desire for better school acits for tho
children Under the way there will be the farm village
the settlement of farmers around center which is their home
in which be gathered most of the advantages of the city
the good school, the church. the moving picture hewel
QUILTED and these with good roads, the rural
the telephone, the automobile and the postoice will make
life the farm thing of far different meaning from The
isolated life it has been.
After these service have buded the dams and canals
cleared the cuover land of stumps built the bitches
drain swamp ans after they have helped to erect house
and BARNS built fences constructed roads and laid out tow
Sites built creameres canneres, warehouses; and schools
after they have in fact reclaimed the land the Government in
tends to allow the to pick out of these farms Tn
plan provides that these farms and homes shall be paid TO
small payments long term of years. 1t expected
that the will be able pay the first small payment on
of the wages received from the Government in helping
build these settlements The balance be paid from tn
proceeds from the sale of the crops.
1t lisp tanned that the government will also furnish tn
new farmers necessary stock and farm implements
these be paid for in small payments spread
years.
Tesefa will contain from forty to eighty fo
general farming purposes from eighty to hundred
sixty for live stock purposes from fifteen twenty
for fruit farms and from five to twenty for truck farms
Competent instructors in farm practice will be statone
each project to teach the how to make success
farming This will make it possible for who know notl
ing about farming make of these farms. Th
plan is to be open to every who has worn Uncle Sam
uniform in the great war;