Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-10-03
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE
STILL WITHOUT JUST REWARD
AL ALLIED NATIONS EXCEPT UNITED STATES HAVE
REWARDED THEIR SOLDIERS FOR SACRIFICES
OF HOME AND VOCATION

Of $4,000 to buy home would put him
on easy street. To the man in the
small village or on his fathers farm
a homestead would repre- sent a far
greater value than the loan of money
Give him the land and within a few
years he will have gathered 70 v heed
OF stock. some farm implements and
sufficient experience to attain the goal
OF personal Independence coveted by
all who are inclined to rural life.
II vocational or home plan can be
carried out only by the purchase of
real estate. lend the ex soldier any
amount up to $1,000 to purchase me
property. Payment on the loan should
not begin before the end of the second
year and in order to make his obligation
an easy one the terms should not be
more than 500 year at three per
cent interest II the man desired to
become a farmer, give him a homestead,
size OF entry to be governed by present
homestead laws. but with coraidcrtoIe
revision OF requirements 20. making
final proof. Entirely remove the res
in which to make proof so that the bur-
den of taxation would not have to be
met, until his operations were well I'M
der way. Provide him with a loan Of
$1,000 to get a team of horses and
clear his land.
just give them a chance, the fellow
who wants to buy home or a business
property and the fellow who wants to
till the soil.
In the case of any activity. regardless
OF its nature those preliminary plans .
which are worked out without giving
an opportunity of expression to those
whom they effect. seldom ge. slr fhe I
legislation which will meet with the 4
of the soldier will be that
which meets his needs and of which he :
approves. Details cannot be advocated 4
II the beginning of any discussion.
rhey must be developed by a fair and
borough review OF the situation. How
iver. the essential requirements must
,e held in mind and they follow here
vith =
1. Applicant should hold honorable n
discharge certificate. o
2. Possible limit for loans on homes /,
md business properties, $4,000; on
homestead properties. $1,000.
3. Terms OF loan. per cent interest.
100 year first payment to be MAIDS
{ end OF second year. I
4. Resident requirement on home u
tead to he removed for ex-soldiers; ~
lnal proof TO be made any time within =,
en- years. "a
5. on government irrigation projects II
ayment on water rights. construction Ia
r maintenance to begin at TIE end az m
18th year. III
TO handle such an undertaking. p"
reat many details must he developed.
ne OF the bills now before congress
lrrles certain details worthy OF adopt
'g for the part OF the above program
hich deals with loans No bill before
'ngress is advocating any relief from re
lie present homestead laws in favor Id
the soldier other than the choice ."
land entry One must be acquainted -,
ith the years OF hardships now entail
in homf Misleading government land to
allie how fair such proposition rs :, Da
e prospective settler. particularly II
be soldier without money
To secure the much coveted lift, It
cry man who served under the stars To
"a stripes must carry on In such del
amer as 20 convince every citizen
th whom he is acquainted that the We w
low who donned the khaki at II ~
ne when the country was In peril To-.
the fellow who most needs a lifts oo,
'ery ex-servioe man should get in rec
ioh with the American Legion and Co,
} that the National Assembly takes ser
proper step in the matter. The wit
nerican Legion has conducted itself In
a highly commendatory manner anc
IN reference 10 politics. Its members res
ISL not confuse politics with the ooi'
sport 81 any open and above board - ~.
We 10 secure Tor them a 'lift'. Il NJ
'nld be theirs: they have earned H. "
I they cannot secure Il without safe
ing as a unit. they must arrive at Sep
ne definite conclusion which Will be (SE
.ised by every Post in the United A
tes. II is their only road n success Hoo
their best chance 10 act the atten and
, Of eo,ara.e ldal