The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-25


eating and improving the lands
Q. Will all get farms?
A. That depends on the amount
of land reclaimed.
0. Is this plan only for men who
have been across?
| A. No. 1t is for all of the mer
who have worn Uncle Sans uniform
in the great war.
0. Where is this land located?
A. In practically every state in
he Union there are large areas oi
this land. There is ,lrv 'a.ld IN the
Yes. that reeds water, which can
Ire provided by building dams and
canals. III the east there are large
areas of cnt.over or logged nff tim
b. J. land, from which 1t will be nee
essary to blow the stumps and clear
off the underbruSh. In the South is
a large amount of cut-over land and
swamp land which must be drained.
Q. Could l get job near my old
home?
A. Probably you could. These
proposed settlements are scattered
all over the country and it is planned
to have one in each state if congress
provides the money for construction.
Q. How about wages? 81
A. You would be paid fair wages
by the government while doing this
work-just as good wages as you
would be able to get in outside work
Of like character.
e O. Would be enlisted?
A. No. This work is for men on
ly who have been honorably dischar-
ged from the service.
Q. What kind of work is it?
A. The government will have
work of all kinds in connection with
these settlements, from the highest
technical and clerical positions to
that of laborer.
@. Now, how about getting home
out of this?
A. After you have helped build
the dams and canals, or cleared the
cut-over land of stumps, or built the
bitches to drain the swamp land; af-
ter you have helped to erect houses
and barns, built fences, constructed
roads and laid out town sites, built
creameries canneries, warehouses,
schools, etc.; after you have, in fact,
actually reclaimed the land, the gov
eminent will allow you to pick out
one of these farms planted in crops.
@. Does the government give me
this farm for nothing?
A. No. And you wouldn't want
the government to do it. The plan
is to arrange for you to pay for your
farm home in small payments over
a long term of years, with interest
charges at the rate of four per cent
per annum.
O. How about stock and farm i'm
plements?
A. 1t is planned that the govern
ment will also furnish you with the
necessary stock and farm nipple
ments, to be paid for by you in small
payments spread over several years.
Q. Where will l ger the money to
make even these small paymnts?
A. You should be able to save the
amount of the first payment out of
your wages while working for the
government helping to build these
settlements. The balance you should
be able to pay from the proceeds
from the sale of your crops.
Q. / think should like farm life
but | don't like the idea of being too
far away from other people.
A. 1t is the plan, if congress pass
eS the bill now pending before it, to
build what is known as community
settlements, each containing not less
than 100 farm homes surrounding a
town, so that you will have near
neighbors good roads over which to
bring your produce to town, and a
market for the sale of your produce
within a short distance of your
farm home.
Q. How many acres will my farm
A. This will depend upon the To-
cation and kind of farming you en-
gage in. For general farming from
40 to 80 acres each, livestock FRONT
30 to 100 acres, fruit farms Is to 20
acres, and truck from 5 to 20 acres.
Q. l don't know anything about
farming but would like to get farm
home. How will learn to farm?
A. Competent instructors in farm
practice will be stationed on each
project to teach men like you just
how to make success of farming.
@. Yu say that this plan depends
upon congress passing this bill. Then
why are you asking me these ques-
ions now before this bill is passed? |
A. Because congress has asked the
Interior department to make a pre-
iminary investigation of possible
settlements throughout the country.
md also wishes to know whether, If
of these settlements is
authorized, the soldiers, sailors and
would be interested in Sc
curing work and homes ON these SET
lements.
0. Can get any further inform
ltion about the plan?
A. Yes. Fill out the post card on
he last page of this booklet and mail
t. 1t desn't require any postage.
Your name will then be on file in
he interior department, so that you
AN be notified later if the plan is
tarted. It is not possible now to say
when this information can be sent
you and you should, of course, in
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