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Show . THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA, UTAH WOMANS BACK OURDECIAMMON " . STOPPED ACHING DB,r Three Years. I Suffered lieved by Taking Lydia E.'y Pinkhama Vegetable Compound, (Copy for This Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service.) WHY THURSTON IS HONORED BY IOWA Lloyd Thurston of Osceola, Iowa, Is the first veteran of. the Spanish-America'or World wars to be elected from Iowa to the houae of- representatives. Congressman Thurston Is a veteran of both these great conflicts and is an enthusiastic member of the American Legion. He was elected to his present position In 1924 by the greatest majority ever received by a congressional candidate in' his district. - St have a little girl Paul, Minn. old and ever since her birth I have suffered with my back aa if it were breaking in two and I have felt as if Something were falling out all the time. I also had dizzy spells three years n - . Re- . and was sick at my stomach every month. I' had read several of women in the newspapers and the drug-gi- st recommended jydia E. Pinkhanrs Vegetable Compound to my husband for me. Aa a result of taking it my back has stopped feelaching and the awful bearing-dow- n ing is gone. I feel stronger and do all of my nousework and tend to my littje girl. I have also taken Lydia E. Pink-haI Liver Pills for constipation. have recommended these medicines to some of my friends and you may use this letter as a testimonial if you wish. I will be pleased to answer letters of other women if I cart help them by telU ing them what this medicine has done Mrs. Price, 147 W. Summit for me. Avenue, St Paul, Minnesota. letters : v C,W . - - c a 4. I I 1 , Green's August Flower for Constipation, Indigestion and Torpid Liver . Successful for 69 years. 30c and 90c bottles ALL DRUGGJST3 CuticuraTalcum Lloyd lhurstfln.- - 13 Soothing Following .his World war service, Mr.Thurston was. elected to the Iowa state senate. lie was especially active in the interest of soldier relief legisSoap, Ointment, Talcum acid everywhere. lation. . Iowa has many measures of this type on her statute 'books. Cap' the New Cathedral Facade . tain Thurston, Is responsible-fo- r greater part of them. Belfast Wat Memorial . He is the author of the soldiers Belfast is commemorating its service-ipreference law, which, gives thousands tlie World war by erecting a new of former service men jobs which fatade for its I.rotestnnt cathedral as His to would others. otherwise go a victory memorial. The first .stone soldiers tax exemption measure grants was laid at a that was giveh tax exemption 'of certain amounts to, state and civicceremony The- - duke of dignity. all veterans of the Civil, Spanish-America- n Abereorn as did the lord .attended, wars. and World mayor and corporation of Belfast. The Another measure --exempts; all prop Protestant primate .was present anil erty belonging to service organizations was by 14 bishops, some' from all taxes. Yet another grants to of - accompanied whom came from EtlgTirml. The former nurses all the relief privileges Presbyterian church was represented given to. former 'soldiers, sailors and by the moderator of its general assemmarines. and the Methodists by the chairMr. Thurston Is 'a charter member bly man of the Belfast synod: "Lord of Isaac Davis Post, No. 00, of the Gienavy, chairman of the Free State Legion. At the beginning of the attended ns an invited guest: . ' war he enlisted at the Semite, age' of eighteen as a private In the Entirely Satisfactory Fifty-firs- t Iowa Volunteer infantry. He Mr. Brown looked- - up from his evesaw service with his regiment in the At the beginning of the ning paper 'as ftis wife entered triumPhilippines. World war he was commissioned a" phantly. There was a smile on lierfaee He served throughout the that he knew from long experience. Incaptain.. ' dicated time well spent.. "Well, toy. .wdr. . dear, said he, didyou have a pleas-nh- t Horn at Osceola, the congressman day? Mrs. Brown's smile lyoad-enphas made his home there all his life. Yes. rather.': she answered. I He graduated from, the law school of made friends of enemies and three and of Iowa State tlie University ' ' . . served two terms as county attorney. three enumles of frieilds. For Babys Skin jrd' bodying radical departures from the policy that, has obtained during'the twenty-threyours since the passage of the reclamation act. llitlrer to ' the Idea has been that the government should construct the projects und let settlement and de velopment take cure of themselves. This plan has proved a failure; Too many of the settlers hud Insutiiclent capital und were lacking in pructlcul experience. There was no provision .formtvunelng capital or for giving jtdvlce. The' result Is thut the government Is- - not getting Its 'money hack ; settlers are abandoning their holdings; mortgages are being foreclosed. The pluln truth Is thut the Coolidge administration has Inherited an unfortunate situation which may be brietly described us- "Our lteclamation Problem. This problem Is of national Importance, and has many complications and ramifications that call for prompt uction by" congress. H Is really two problems In one. What shall he done to suve the completed projects? Shall new projects be undertaken? The new Ideu us to proposed projects is that the bureau of reclamation shall build the reservoir and canals and. that the states shall find select settlers, udvlse them und udvunee the money necessary to equip their farms. That the situation Is pressing .is shown by the fact that Secretary Work of the Interior department hus made two extensive trips In the urid West since March and thut his and semi-ariexperts ure investigating every phase of the proj- ccts completed, under' way und proposed in u heroic effort to reclaim reclamation." There are now twenty-eigh- t project's in seventeen states, comprising more than &40),(X)0 .ucres' under operation or construction, and canals serve another million ucres. Approximately 450,000 persons are living on ..1,000 farms and in project towns. These farms ure valued at $300,000,000 and the 19-- 4 crop was more than $05,000,000. Construction costs to 1923 were more than $150, (MX), 000, Congress last winter made appropriations for new reclamation projects which will cost between fifty millions and sixty millions. Older projects partly completed call for expenditures which will bring the total construction costs of hew work tip to $110,000, (XX). This means 400, (XX) more acres of Irrigated land ubout 10, (XX). farms. Moreover" congress Is continually pressed to undertake ad: diiional projects In many localities. The funds for the work have come from the. and mineral sale of public lands, from operations and from repayments by the wuter-- ' users. The general proposition Is that the money expended by the government shall he, returned o the fund by graduated payments from settlers, usually In twenty annual Installments, without interest, in accordance with the reclamation extension act of 1914. Secretary Work Is a practical Irrlgatlonlst through personal experience In his home state; Colorado. Upon becoming secretary in March of 1923 he reorganized the reclamation bureau In part and thereby created a political rumpus of no email proportions, lie soon realized that the situation was beyond the powers of any one man committee" composed .end Instituted a of six of the ablest men In the count'ry. They analyzed reclamation from Its beginning and recommended the establishment of a new poticy. This policy, with slight modifications, was ern-- ' Lodied In the act of December 5, 1024. The reclamation bureau hus now reorganized. The commissioner of reclamation Is Dr. Elwood Mead, who has a national repntation not only as an engineer and reclnma-tionls- t, but as an economist and sociologist Other men of national prominence actively engaged In the work of review, reappraisement, survey and adjustment are Francis M. Goodwin, who left the position of assistant secretary of the Interior; Thomas E. Campbell, former governor of Arizona, and John A. Widtsoe, agriculturist, educator and author. Governors of the states have designated state representatives on the board of survey and adjustments and these men have been appointed by Secretary Work. Secretary Work, several months ago, stated to the President his conviction that a new program e - d fact-findin- g recluqiatlon was necessary and should include: between the federal government and the states where projects are located; advances to nettleis to help complete the improvement and equipment of their farma; a low Interest to be charged" on these advances; that where projects Include land in- - private ownership held in excess of homestead units, development should not begin until an 'agreement has been reached with these owners fixing the price of that land to set-- , tiers and methods of colonlzailon. It seems likely that these radical innovations 'will bulk large In any legislation enacted by the next congress. There Is a strong hint of this In the Kendriek-WIjite- r bill in the last congress. This required the settler to huve at least $1,500 capital and farm experience. Advances, up to $3,000 were provided, the settler to put up $10 aguinst each $00 advanced by the bureau. Provision was made for a farm advisor. The bill was "favorably reported to both chambers, hut failed of passage. Why? Largely because of another new Idea : That cwfogivss should make settlement and farm development a slate matter. That this Idea lias become popular with- eon gress is shown by the fact that on three projects this years appropriations are conditional on. the state's entrance into contract with the bureau to subdivide tlie land, find the settlers and advance tlie money needed to improve the farms, . The survey trips of Secretary Work and Commissioner Mead hare been remarkable for" one thing: plain talk. Governors congressmen, bank- ers, merchants, officials of chandlers of congress and agricultfiral associations, land owners and railroad 'men were called upon to state, where they stood. In Chicago tlie two officials met reji- tlie representatives 'of nine railroads and in- - the necessity of their obtaining of settlers of the rigid kind. Ihe railroad men were fold that to people the new projects 9, (XX) settlers .would he necessary und the- same number to fill up the gaps on the old projects ; that from $5,(XX) to $7,(XX was necessary . to equip farms of from forty to eighty acres; that statistics showed ubout four prospective settlers with less than $ t.,500 to one with that or more capital ; that tlie In - . set-fort- h - ' . ' . r federal' government in the successful development of these projects through selection pf settlers and the furnishing of financial assistance and ... Instruction. . . These facts were repeated all along the line, and, where the opportunity offered, the facts as to n particular project, were set forth. For example, there was an Irrigation conference at Great Falls, Mont., with special reference to the completion of the Sun river project, for which congress has appropriated $011,000. Secretary Work made nil address uud here is what he said. In part: Congress In appropriating money for completing the Sun River project made It a partnership development. The conditions of this- appropriation require the bureau of reclamation to build the reservoir and complete the canals. Afterward the state of Montana is to subdivide the 40.000 additional acres that will be reclaimed, find the s, advise them, and advance money .to equip their farms. There should be a complete understanding In order to determine whether the plan outlined by congress ought to be adopted, or to agree on what recommendation should be made to congress, construction to be postponed until there can he further legislation. ChangVa are needed In the settlement clauses of the reclam'atlon act If development Is to go on in the Rocky Mountain states. Federal reclamation has not produced the desired agricultural results. It has not given the Industrious, experienced settler the kind of an opportunity he should have. It has given too wide a range to land speculation. It has bred the menace of tenancy, instead of the settlers on these projects having a sense of gratitude to the government, disappointment and bitterness prevail. XVe ought not to go on with a policy that creates these results. The question Is: What can we wisely and safely undertake to Improve these condition? d. -- Big Saving in Fees to World War Veterans The saving in attorneys fees of. nearly $2,000 to iilcompetent World war veterans . fn Livingston county. New York, is the effect of a decision ; Handed down by Adolph J. 'Rodenbeck, justice of tlie Supreme court in the . It Is of vital moment lo the future of federal reclamation that we first reclaim- reclamation, that we restore lost confidence In Its government reprethe enthusiasm brought on sentatives, to projects by settlers,- and discredit those who I am not willing live by farming the farmers. to let federal reclamation continue to ride recklessly to Its own ruin without an effort to save It to those who by their courage and industry have yarned the right to home- ownership. set-tier- through-foreclosure- . the-fari- . ner Frequently She Doesn't .I am married. another nittn since f was ."And does your wile love that, other man? Scott-followe- . their-contentio- "Leaving settlement and agriculture to. shape themselves was a mistake that has cost the reclamation fund millions of dollars and will cost more, said Commissioner Mead at Denver. "The situation In the case of ilie older reclamation projects has created financial conditions that can be qured only by refunding settlers private debts is" not or getting n new body of settlers.--Th-is On some of the projects conjecture; it Is settlers were accepted without any Inquiry into their fitness and were given neither advice nor aid. What Is the result? They have undergone crucifixion. Many- lm.ve lost their homes Payments are not made to the government. Nearly all this trouble lias its origin In accepting unfit settlers and leaving the good ones to struggle unaided against obstacles too great for them to overcome." It Is "our purpose to build reclamation from the ground up. From to the government, rather than from tlie government to the dam and the dam to the desert, suys Secretary Work. "The reclamation bureau Is not now being conducted in the Interests of individuals but for' the best interests of those who live on the land and who we hope may eventually own-- tit is the human element involved In reclamation that should be our first Concern; to protect the Interests of those already on the land and. prepare for those we shall invite toohie. - Heath, vicar' of St. '.John's church, Harlow, Englahil. was fined. $20 for staging a play in the "parish church without ti license. There was no charge for admis'sinfi. . 20-ye- ' ' . county. . The decision marked the .first "victory of the Livingston County .American Legion coihmittee in action taken to establish- lower attorneys fees in the cases of 10 incompetent veterans. The veterans had been defrauded of more than $50,000 by their guardian, George W. Scott, former attorney, who term for emIs now serving a. bezzlement. Litigation involving the surety company which bonded with the attorneys for the company, asking the court to sanction a. fee of The Le$300 in each of the 10 case's.-gion went to the bat for the veterans In court, holding that the fees were was exorbitant, and sustained by Justice Rodenbecks Fined for Show " 'Tvpv. Douglas Montagu - upon. Interior department appropriation's!'! for the 192d recognizes the fact that there Is an obligation on the part of the state as well as the fiscal-yea- There has already been spent, for construction four projects of this state $16,000,000. Of that, only $628,000 has been repaid. On four lm- portant divisions nCit one dollar of construction costs has been returned. It has cost to operate these projects $2,876,500. Of this only $926,300 has been collected. All the money that has been received would not repay the government what It has expended In operation and maintenance. An Irrigation work that is not worth enough to pay for Its operation should not be continued. Acting on this conviction, we are arranging ts sell toe Williston project, and we have seriously to consider whether the same, action should not he taken with regard to the Lower Yellowstone project, where out of $968,000 operating cost to December 31, 1924, only $174,000 has been repaid, the deficit today standing qt $794,000. These results are not believed to be due to lack of agricultural resources. They are the result of too large holdings, lack of belief In theneces-sif- y for irrigation, poor cultivation, inflation In the prices of privately owned land, and the lack of capital and equipment needed by settlers to . enable them to cultivate their land as irrigation I . requires. In considering new projects we must remember that thousands of farm areas under federal irrigating ditches have never been farmed and other thousands have been abandoned; that about a half million farms In the United Slates were abandoned, last year; that railways that once were our best atd for settling the West cannot now carry people who will not ride and are not Interested in peopling land with those who cannot produce freight for thejn to haul. We must be able to show congress that we have men enough in sight to work these projects or congress will not advance money to develop them. We are canvassing old projects to determine If It is Impossible for settlers to pay the costs and charges assessed against them. We are making a study of proposed new projects, their physical features, fertility, length of growing season, crops adapted, markets accessible, financial require-- ' ments of settlers, etc., but my principal concern Is to discover the attitude of the people; locally. For I must certify to the congress on these points; whether the hind is being held for speculation! those li.ving In town realize that the success of a proposed project Is vital to them; whether .the business men are disposed to exploit the new Venture to get the money appropriated by the government Immediately,, r;r to. treat these new settlers as neighbors and community assets and not as voters to be cajoled or strangers to. be preyed ' on the . Bayer - InsistI Say Headache For Cold's Lumbago Rheumatism- .. Omaha Is Planning for Greatest Legion Meet . Plans for accommodating a hundred attend tlie thousand visitors who-wilnational . convention of the' American Legion to he held In' Omaha, Neb.', October 5 to 9, are being made, according to announcement' by A. II. Rielinrdson, general chairman of the 1925 national convention- committee. Mr. Richardson said: Omaha will be the ntecca for Legionnaires and visitors from all 'parts of the world during .the national convention. 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