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Show In These United States First Public Farm Lands Opened to War Veterans By VVNU Features SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Marking the first opportunity for ex-G.I.s to realize the dream of a self-sufficient outdoor life for which they dreamed in their lonely wartime vigils from the shores of China to the banks of the Elbe, the first public farm lands to be opened to veterans of World War II for farming soon will be available in the 7,527-acre Tule Lake sector of the Klamath irrigation project in Northern Cali- . experience, minimum of $2,000 capital and physical condition permitting per-mitting manual labor involved in farm operation. No minimum age is set but regulations require service serv-ice of at least 90 days in the armed forces, together with an honorable discharge. fornia. More than 15,000 veterans are expected to apply for the 86 farm units to be awarded this year. Lo-' cated near the California - Oregon border at an elevation of 4,100 feet, the farm units comprise rich irrigated irri-gated lands which are highly productive. produc-tive. Varying in size from 60.8 to 141.3 acres, the units have an average aver-age size of 87.5 acres. Most valuable valu-able land is found in the smaller units. Post Regulations. Qualifications for entrymen and an explanation .of the method of selection to be followed in awarding award-ing the lands are contained in a public pub-lic notice posted in the Klamath Falls, Ore., post office, according to an announcement by regional bureau bu-reau of reclamation headquarters here. Copies of the public notice and application forms are being mailed to all veterans requesting them. Veterans Vet-erans interested in the lands who have not contacted the bureau may secure full details by writing to the superintendent, bureau of reclamation, reclama-tion, at Klamath Falls or to the regional re-gional director of the bureau at Sacramento. Sac-ramento. Establish Deadline. All applications returned to Klamath Kla-math Falls by September 15 will be considered as having been filed simultaneously, it was announced. Because of the large number of applications ap-plications expected, bureau officials report that it is doubtful if any lands will be left for consideration of applications received after that date. The procedure to be followed in "electing the entrymen includes a local examining board, a public urawing and the right of disqualified disquali-fied applicants to appeal decisions of the board. Qualifications for applicants, as set forth in bureau regulations, include in-clude citizenship, character, farm |