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Show ECONOMIC EXPERT TO AID SETTLERS Government Appoints Dr. George Thomas to Study Conditions on Reclaimed Land. Pr (Itoryti Tlinm.n of th T't.nh Arl-culuirnl Arl-culuirnl cohere at l.an has hem nn-polnted nn-polnted by the pov.:inm-nt t. Findy Hip o.-onomh'.-il and tiO-MnlniclcM rondltlnriP of th" r.-irmern on irnvermnrn. rrrkimntion pmhlfl of the wofct. This Is ft new departure de-parture of the department of ncrlmlture at VnMnfrton. I he rtrnrtinent hnvinc h'Tetnfore glvr-n all :ittrntlnn to engine. r-inc r-inc work In the arid lands of the west and sottlne ndtlors for the lunda after betnc rrxl.i.imM. Tim purposo of tho fcovrmment in this nw work Is to pHenrtnln th condition in whl"h the pniMnnysnr if th'i rreln Imed (fovfrnrripnt kinds rfidly Is. The provem-ment provem-ment Im.v no official record of the economic econom-ic KtrutrIe of the rpclamatinn tillrrs, other than that many urn forced to Rive up farms from poverty and kc1 elsewhere fur a livelihood. I r. Thnmim waa np-polnted np-polnted la:t Aucuft to study thin matter mat-ter In Nevada nd Tda Vm especially and to niHk" an offlHnl r.-port. Pr. Thoma will visit most nil nf the horricstf aijK In th" rf-clulined c'v.'rnment lnnria of these i.wn ptai.ra nnd In Uinh. He will find nut aa near fin ponlhle th" flnanrlal condition of thi f ji rrncrs on the rccbi mallnn projects a nd thu condition condi-tion of home life. |