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Show LANE REPORTS ON LAND PLAN FOR SOLDIERS Cot to Reclaim Acres y Slight, Says U. S. Secretary. 64 By Aaaoclatad Pret. rf:. WASHINGTON, I 1- TVvlop-' TVvlop-' Went of ari-1, awatnp an. I c-Horr t-urU to prnMile frtrrtii for Huriimc s..Mht-SV s..Mht-SV iiprneiii.-n nf in" l,i,Mir tein l HO.l fr Ann ru V - C-f for.-ipn horn ei ' i7'-ii!. miM 1 'h" ' Vtf"n f.f iTltfi -it' rii'M'nit.ttn white p inn -.7 Ih'ioiih aii.l i.'-tr-M ..,- tw ": atrwlive prnl'lpm. Jieoret.iry .-f tl.- Interior Mne a in his hmfiim. rrpit mfle public loilay. School, h ;i.!.t.l. ImuM 1m y mi" ,m'lH?is on !; n in trade).. t if innlP.tiate-importance i ihe T-pnMl T-pnMl that the K"iTiim. hi aiem- liially po aUuit I he work of mM-inir mM-inir work aoldiera on ins li -risJtion prut! in ihe Went, l-.n-i. hiecrelarv I-ane aiaCKM-d. more 'M'1"-aive 'M'1"-aive rtHlamittinn of waate Ian. I should be put under way and inall farm oll trni payinrtil plan. Mr. lne outlined in detail hin proponed pro-poned method of earrvInK "Hi tin pm (tram, which he rlmnu united t part of the "lookinc ahead wrk" of the in -tlon Heffrnnc to the returning -oldie. , h aald : "Peine American nnd hetni; "hug. they will ( -k r eper pennon They all want work The ill Mrinl If poaathle, a rh.ince foj .i home of ihetr own." Hv n!tematte Rnrnment dretnp-IWnt dretnp-IWnt Of .die land. afd Mr l-in". there will be provided Immediate .to ha rr theise men. labor markets will he pru-tected pru-tected against pn-mhle rnlltp.vr hv he -Inu awamned with a aurplua of In). or. reestablished Industrie will he sup. plied illh n Immediate demand f'-r their product h. the. niovemeni of popu- ! laiinn to cltlea will he checked, many 'heat proven American" wilt he affixed af-fixed permanently- to Rurirtittural nc- , cn pa I Ion a, and preat areaa of land now neglected ami valueleca wilt he hroimht ' Into use. ! JOBS ON LANO. j "As an Immediate pioaram," 'nn'.A i 1h secretary, "we nhould firat offer an opportunity upon our preaeut irri- ftation projecta for all who wtah work ', at clearing and leveling- the land not j now cultivated, hut for which water in availahle, or to which wat;r can be t brouicht under the preaent trriRatfon , yatfm. and that such tiacta ahall he develniKtd under an appropriate hind j settlement plan. Thin we can do at ' may be Immediate. 'Aa a second step 1 would urc an I appropriation for one or morn, of the I largeM irrfeatlon achemea for winch i urveva are in an advanced atate i on- j currently It would aeem to me to j undertake the draining of the ni"M 1 promlstnir projects - government - j owned land preferred, but. if prixalely i owned, the land to re bourn t at an appraiaement made by the faitn loan i board anil auhject to the approval tf ' the department of agriculture. j MUCH LAND AVAILABLE. "There la an alternative method of ! dealing with private land which nt- ready has the approval of riniri.il I beintr incorporated In Die reclamation' j - act - t'nrtertMa n-tvwte-nwiiri ame-w to ell hla land to whoever gets the j water right at an appraised price a a j condition precedent to our undertake tng the conatructiin of irrigation work. ; Under auch a. plan there rxiid be nu difficulty whatever in aecurimc conifol of any alel iKaliea of rutover or tamp binda that might be desired; tha government would not buy the t land, but the owner would look to ihe new aettler for the price, and take It I oti auch terma aa the government It- i elf would exact for ita own expendi- i tura upon the land. Supplementim; ( thia there should )e an opportunity i iven for the ro4peraiiou if ul) the ; states upon limited tracts which would be dealt with under state control and subject to the closest federal superl-ion superl-ion Turning to the question of rot. See- I retary lme said this would be "A j much aa we muh to npnd than manr a strike but (-Bit ttit7 coiir- try." i Appropriation. of imU- a f iiuUiomm ' are needed to start, nan) the Kerttary. I A bill for this purpoM alreailv i pndlne n congress, and IVeatdrnt ; Wilson indorsed some lei;iaMon jf , the kind in his addiex at the open- j Inir of the preent session. , The development nd not be cn-ftned cn-ftned to sttB cnntaintnc government land, said Mr. line. citing fm-n of. large unused tracts n;t r IviNteru I cities which would supply markets . With farm produce. j |