The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1919-01-03
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.
thousands viii See Glorious POSI-.
bilities In Settlement Of Avail.
able Farm Land in This coun-
try and In Canada.

lsutu, 'hC lighting HuiiOHS nave
sheathed their swords, and the day of
reconstruction has come.
What Of it?
Hundreds of thousands Of men.
(aken from the fields of husbandry,
rom the ranks Of labor. from the four
walls Of the counting house, and the
Fonfines Of the workshop, taken from
hem TO do their part. their large part,
n the prevention of the spoliation of
he world. and In the meantime re-
moved from the gear of common every
My life. will be returning only to find
many cases old positions filed, the
sachinery with which they were for
heriy attached dlslocated.
Are they to become aimless wander
(rs, with the ultimate possibility Of
lugmenting an army of menaclng
oafers? If they do it is because their
lbility to assist in laying new founda-
ions, in building up much-requlred
|tructures. is underestimated. Men
Who fought as they fought, who risked
Ind faced dangers as they did, are not
u the cnliber likely to finch when 1t
ZONES to the restoration of what the
(nelny partially destroyed, when 1t
ZONES to the reconstruction of the
world. the ideals of which they had in
iew when they took part in the great
Struggle whose divine purpose was to
ring about this reconstruction.
Injured to toll, thoughtless of fatigue.
rained in initiative and hardened by
heir outdoor existence, they will re.
urn better and stronger men, boys will
pave matured and young men will have
developed.
They will decide for themselves
Ines Of action and thought, and what
heir future should and will be. On
he field of battle they developed
return with both shedding from every
pore.
Action was their watchword, and 1t
Eill stand them in good stead now that
he din of the battle no longer rings
N their ears, or the zero hour signals
hem TO the fray. and 1t will continue
During their entire existence.
But If they return to find their old
|vOcations gone, their places filled,
he institutions with which they were
onnectcd no longer existing. new
Fnlks Of life and employment must be
pened TO them. 1t may be that the
ounting house, the factory, the
rorkshop will have lost their attrac-
Jon. The returned soldier will look
lsewhere for employment: within his
zach there is always the Forward
o-theLand" necessity. In this lies
be remedy that will not only take care
multitude of those who may not
able to return to their former occu-
ati0ns, whose desires are not to do so,
hose health prohibits them from in
Dor life or whose outdoor habits from
be past one, two. three or four years
AVE given them such n taste and de-
re for 1t that confinement would be
nbearable. Farm life will thus mp.
zeal to them. and the indications are
hat II will he taken advantage Of by
horsands. 1t means much to them as
ell as TO the continent of America
bat provides the, opportunity to the
orfd at large. and to the stricken and
finished nations of Europe. who. not
nly today, but for years to come, will
equire the sustennnce that can only
lrgely be supplied by the United
tates and Canada. BY following the
ursuit of agriculture the returned SOL
Ter will continue the cause he so
realty advanced when fighting on the
cid of battle. Both countries have
ndeveloped areas yet open to settle
hent.
There Is little need here to direct
ttention TO the wealth that has come
the farmers OF Canada. within the
Ast lew years. 1t Is no. only in grain
rowing that unqualified and almost
nequaled success has followed honest
1ort' but the raising of horses. cattle.
heep and hogs las been large source
profit. These are facts that are
ell known to the many friends and
quaintances Of the thousands of
'rmers from the United States who
I'VE acquired wealth on the praFies
western Gambia. Farms of from
ne hundred and sixty to six hundred
III forty acres of the richest soil may
secured on reasonable terms. and
,'h an excellent climate. with IL
nooi system equal to any In the
u,'d' ana desirable social conditions,
uie else could be asked.
Nahauian statesmen are today busily
saeeu planning for the future of the
turned soldier with view to making
III independent of state help nfter the
a'ediate necessary assistance has
w granted, the main idea being to
Nv III me fullest degree the coun-
appreciation of the services he
rs rendered.
nu' now that the war is ended. and
ia't apparent that of all nvocu-
we most profitable and indepenrl.
" mat of the farmer, there will he
sno's desire 10 secure farm lands
u',Nation. Canada offers the op.