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Show oo SOLDIERS ON FARMS 1 I PUEBLO, Colo.. Doc, 3 Pueblo, , county is expected to take care of part i of the soldiers reluming from the bat-1 tlefields of France, who wish to mak" their homes on farms, and also of Im ! I migrants from European countries, a ' ! tide of whom is expected to follow the I formal declaration of peace. " I County Surveyor W. J. Jenkins has " received ihrough the stnte board of immigration an inquiry from federal 'officials relative to irrigation possibilities possi-bilities of the country. An Immediate I reply was requested. ! Information is sought as to undeveloped unde-veloped water supply, available lands for irrigation, possible storage reservoir reser-voir sites, Irrigation projects that have been started but for any reason not completed, maps and data on contemplated contem-plated irrigation projects. It is intended to submit to officials at Washington, it was learned here, all information that may be available in regard to undeveloped land possibilities. possi-bilities. The government, it was said, contemplated extensive land development develop-ment and irrigation projects in all parts of the country and final decision decis-ion as to the location of its effects will be determined by the advantages a district has to offer. Markets, land condition, character of crops, cost of Irrigation projects, val- ue of land when it has -been put under , irrigation and many other features of ( development are to be taken into consideration, con-sideration, according to information received here. |