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Show PUN uOMESTlT FOR UTAH FIGHTER j I Cooperative System Bein? j Worked Out by State J and Federal Officials. j " i Easy Payment Terms Pro. i j i posed for Eligible Sol-j Sol-j diers and Sailors. i Homes and noniest cids on tiie lan,, -l'tah Tor soldiers and tai!ors return;-from return;-from ihe war will be t ho object o; co-opera live pin n bcini? worked out Governor Hninberse-r and .Franklin I Lane, secretary of the interior. To p j the Avork of proA'idins ample oppnrtisu" for the riKiuin.i; men to establish (he-selves (he-selves on liie land into practical 9:1,1; Governor I !n 1 11 1 ices or will propose tot next legislature ihe passage, of such i.nc aa shall clear a way nil obstacles. rf Yesterday ihe ;,rovornor received Vi Hecreiarj- Kane n Idler on this subjA in Avhich the federal ofllcial urncs ; 1 earliest possible action by l lie state, order thai the proposal may be sot u ri.j. way in time to offer relief in n .si tuanr. in volvini;' tiie rci urn to peace imrsiiitH the legions Avhich have so recently bee transfer-rod from tho war fooilni:. "On September 11 lasl I wroie vou respect to the proposition of provi.lin-homes provi.lin-homes ' for ret urn iiiK uld iers and sa (lor" throuch a plan which involves ro-opeiv tion of the slate and federal Kovenuneiv Secretary Lane says. "As the war l,v come to an end wo must pet inimrvlia; action if wo. 'are to do anything In t,-, niiitlor. The. working out of the plan w Involve lexiNlat ion by boih the stale ar' federal government . Bill Is Drawn Up. "In. order that you may have sonieili;, definite before you to submit to our ic; islalure, I have had drawn up a bill 1 would be very (.'lad if .vou would prcs"'-to prcs"'-to the legislature if It meets with ju' approval." It may he that some chanRog n ;y, suggested dra ft of t he measure will . found necessary. Governor I-tanihercr says, to meet constitutional rernnremeiv of tiie slaie. but he believes tho offnrit,: fs one Avhich will permit of the nive-" sary co-operation between thc4si.itc at i the United Stales in the undertaking. 1 Utah has already taken action in t! appointment of ;t committee to exarni-. into and report upon one of the chi-projects chi-projects intended to lie brought to lb purpose outlined by Secretary Lane. Th Is connected with the great Colorad river basin, in which millions of acres'1 land lie ready to be reclaimed upon aj. plication of proper methods and the ne essary financial support from the Ftm and federal governments. Somewhere ut a million acres of this redeemable la-lies la-lies within the confines of Utah, it said by State Ungincer George F. M Gonaglc, who is a memher of the ry -mittee appointed to take up the prori lion. Easy Payment Terms. It is the purpose to open the In !: to soldiers and sailors on the most favo. t able terms of aenuisillon aiul payment Installments of the purchase price arc no'f to bo required for seA'eral years, or unl: the land becomes productive, so that t:,( men AviM he able to .sustain them.scho! and families, meantime financial air (-getting (-getting machinery and seeds being aval:-able. aval:-able. Then the payments are lo be inafi-ho inafi-ho easy that they will practically amount to no more than a renial fee. 1 v The governor says that the stale ow, it to the fighters, as a matter of t tude for their splendid service in lite into in-to look out for the welfare of the iv and their families when the soldiers ;u sailors shall return to the avocations' peace. For that reason, he says, lie do all in Ills power lo forward the mow-ment mow-ment to an early and satisfactory opera' Ing basis. Governor Bamberger says r' Avill probably .confer personally at Washington Wash-ington with Secretary Iino on the sub ject. Tie will leave here today for Ar napolls. Md., to attend the conference '' governors-elect of the United States, ar during his absence, which may extend near the first of th neAV year, lie w; seek an opportunity for a personal conference confer-ence w ith the federal secretary .of interior. |