Show Soldier Lands In the Western st states tes the soldiers are not disappointed over the quality of ot the land that has been bren offered them by the government Everybody out here bere knows that the best of the public public pub pub- lic lie domain was taken long ago and that the pieces still sun open to entry re require require require re re- re quire much costly development to make them fit for agriculture In the East th these se facts have not been well wen known nd and considerable disappointment has ensued during the process of learning them The Oregon department of the American les legion n reports that scores of f service ex-service men who have come t to Oregon keen for settlement on quarter quarter quarter ter sections of ot the a acres res of Ore Oregon gon California railroad land grants I thrown open opeti with wit preferential rights rights' to ex- ex service ex-service men are returning to their homes in the East Far from be beIng being be- be ing rich agricultural or valuable timber timber tim tim- ber land the major portions of the I tracts are rocky and unattractive tive The writer adds that the preferential en rights are a delusion for all aU of the desirable lands were taken up long I ago o by settlers If It the land carried valuable U timber ber one can depend upon it that the choice pieces were homesteaded homesteaded homesteaded home home- early in the game by honest settlers or by men working in the In interests interests in- in of the big lumber companies The government should have been In better business tha than to offer to the the ex- ex service men land th that t cannot support the homesteader unless he h goes goes on oi It with an an unusual amount of f skill or so much capital that tha he does not really reany need this form torm of f assistance si s- s i ka State Journal Ind Rep |