OCR Text |
Show Information On Drawing Of 150 Farms Recently President Harold R. Morris received some information concerning the drawing for government govern-ment land for veterans. The Latter-day Latter-day Saint Church is anxious to have members participate in this drawing and receive the benefits from it. There will be another drawing of government land in the Tule-lake, Tule-lake, California area for qualified returned servicemen, early in the fall. Application blanks for this drawing must be obtained in July. Any returned veteran may make application for participation in this drawing. Application blanks can be obtained from the Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Ore-gon. There are reported to be 150 farms in this next drawing, and those who can qualify as farmers should send for application blanks if they are interested. In this region, the LDS Church i has recently completed a new chapel and recreational hall and living conditions are desirable. However, .some who have drawn farms, have leased them and remained re-mained in their home areas. Following' is a letter President Morris received from President German Ger-man E: Ellsworth of the Northern California Mission: "On my visit to Klamath Falls last Sunday, I-had a long talk with former Shasta district president, Brother Burningham, who is th.e engineer on the big government water projects in Klamath Falls 'area, including Tulelake., California, where many farms have already been given to exservice-men. In 1946 three members of our Church drew farms that have produced a net profit of nearly $10,000 in 1947. ' "This January far more, includ-in includ-in gone girl, drew farms ranging up to 100 acres. Sister Ivory, whose mother formerly was on the Primary Pri-mary General Board, drew a farm j of 112 acres. She leased it this year for $3,000 without touching it and has a standing offer for $30,000 when it is lawful for her to sell. "Besides the farms, the G. I. boys have been given two buildings each with some farm equipment. This next October there will be 150 more farms in the drawing, the ' papers for which will be available from the Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Falls, Oregon, in July. It j seems to me that it is a wonderful 'opportunity for members of our I Church who served in the last war 'and who have had farm experience. j "As you know, we have our chapel chap-el there which will serve that area for eight or ten miles around, eliminating elim-inating many of the hardships that I go with pioneer farming. I "About a year ago I sent letter to 100 stake presidents suggesting to them that this was an outstanding outstand-ing opportunity, but we were disappointed dis-appointed in the number of our boys who made application. But in the coming drawing this fall we should like to see more of our boys who can qualify as farmers and who were in the last war put in their applications." i Mrs. Fontella Bishop made a trip into Yellowstone National Park from Friday to Monday, of last week, with her sister, Mrs. Mable Chapman, of Salt Lake City, and the office force from the presiding bishop's office. The group made the journey in a bus. Coming home Mrs. Sampson visited in Provo over ov-er Wednesday, with an aunt, Mrs. Myrtle Meneary. |