Arizona republican., 1921-03-22

Gaf4s2fHA4Es
 The Luke Pruitt Association
 To the Editor of The Republican:
 There seems to have been a misin- depreciation of the plans and inten- tions of our organization, and we wish to explain our ideas thoroughly. Our pl2n has not as yet been officially pre- scented to the government for approval but MT. Ricciardi who represents the federal board for vocational education in this district has given us his assur- d ance in a letter received by the aAsS- ciation's president a few days ago that he would do all in his power to seGnr9 the cooperation of the government Tn making our plan to rehabilltatet ex- service men successful. But until fucn a time as the vocational headquaiftefs at Washington take action it canros be authentically stated whether or Yet this department will assist us; lndlcas tions are, however, in our favor. The association known as the Luket Pruitt Disabled War Veterans asso-N citation was organized for the purposs of securing farm lands:- the members
 agreeing to cooperate to help eaeb
 other as far as possible to make the farms successful. It is well ana
 thoroughly organized body of well
 educated and intelligent men who haNs
 the zeal and ability to make success
 of this undertaking
 l our plan mas met Wltf lnt dppioeos of the prominent business men of this
 and other cities who have assured us
 of their o-operation.
 We wish 10 present the actual fig
 ures for public approval and show that
 we can succeed We have been of
 fered by the Giia Land and Water company any section or sections Of land we may select from their new
 propect of over 100000 acres. We can
 secure 20 or more acres of this land
 for each member of our association
 whether they be members now or
 whether they join us later The 20 acre tract is the most popular sizc-
 although as each member makes his
 own individual contract he may take as many acres as he cares to. the as sociation placing no restriction in this lregard. Taking 2o-acre tract as an example, the following figures may lprove interesting. Each man will ceive from the United States govern
 ment s100 per month By paying s37.50 per month on his land he will
 have S62 50 per month for living ex-
 penses. By the association purchasins , wholesale the cost of subsistnce will be
 reduced to a minimum and after the first six months sufficient garden truck can be raised on the farm to fur ther reduce expenses. The second year , the gross crop will approximate te si4oO; this applied to the "a together 3 with the monthly paym5*A which g will amount to SS40 in the years, will make a total of s2240 pa e>kSat l time. and then figuring q S1401SS1 s again the third year in addition to the r s42o in monthly payments, will see the [ total amount S3420, which. includes four
 years interest paid on iahd and about
 $500 to the good It will be observed I that no crop is figured for the first
 year. and that the gross crop income il is placed very conServatiVeiy
 V We have shown here that this land can be paid for in three years so con- : tinuing our conservatisn1. we will say
 that in five years the land will be . ipaid for without a doubt and as the Gila Land company allows us ten = years in which to pay for this iand . there is no reason whatever to doubt that the plan a whole can be car
 ried out successfully. It can be seen that the Gila Land company must have
 faith in our success or they would not J make us this offer which of course # must be understood is made only te fhe s members of our organization and not q to the public in general As all ex- {, service men are eligible to membership 0 in our organization and are invited to C join us, the offer is open 10 all ex- ?, service men who wish to take advan- Q tage of it.
 h The association is not out to help - a few already organized. but those that n are already organized are paving the h way, overcoming obstacles and pref a udiees and showing that the plan is # feasible and in general making it easy IS for the ex-service man to rehabilitate
 himself under our plan and become = selfsupporting.
 We wish it clearly understood that f we are not connected with any oth el 1t ex-service mems organization what n ever. We are an independent organi- Q zation and our plan is the first of its e kind to be started by the ex-service d men themselves. There is not single e member. officer or other party. con Is nected with us except disabled ex- Is service men. and we plan to have our is own home in our own town, built and 2, promoted by our own men.
 n We have not the capital on hand to l. purchase the necessary farming ma = t, chinery and implements, and it is for e the purpose of securing funds toward
 this need that we are holding our le dance in Phoenix at the Shrine audi
 torium on March 2S and nothing is s, being left undone to make it a most $ enjoyable affair.
 We wish the people of Phoenix to le patronize our dance and to help us
 make 1t a success We are not appeal Ie ing for charity, and donations are not n solicited: We are depending entirely = upon the sale of our tickets to pay our Id expenses incurred in promoting this J. dance and to derive a fair profit that to will enable us to secure a start toward
 the realization of our plans for a home ,e and state of self support and indc-
 pendence, which is the right of every " American to enjoy.
 l. Tickets for the dance and further ,e information regarding the Luke Pruitt ar Disabled War Veterans association can . be obtained at room 1. Gooding build
 ing, from pr. s. J. Possien. or II. A. l Twitchell, who compose the dance com T mittee.
 H. A. MITCHELL. Secy.