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Show WILL DEMAND EFFICIENCY If Necessary Will Import Foreign Labor From Montana for Project In an endeavor to get some idea of the intentions of the management of the Delta Land & Water Company regarding plans for the coming season, the News editor interviewed Gen'l Supt. A. M. McPherson yester- day. While nothing as yet has been definitely decided. Mr. Mc- Pherson briefly outlined two plans under consideration for caring for the large farming op- erations of the company on the project. Owing to the woeful inefn- ciency of the local or native la- bor depended upon last year and the consequent notorious waste of money mon-ey expended for same, the company has under consideration two propositions, propo-sitions, neither of which has yet been adopted. "But, in any event," .said Mr. McPherson, "no such loafing loaf-ing and inefficiency as prevailed last year will be tolerated at any stage or in any department of the work." First: The cultivated land may be divided up into farm units and local farmers of this section from Malone to Nada be employed to care for from 80 to 100 acres. The farmers to be furnished a house or tent to live in and to be paid a small salary, perhaps per-haps sixty dollars per month, the men to furnish their own teams and the teams to be paid for extra when needed. The men hired would go on the work with the understanding that they are to stay all season if their work is satisfaetory, but it would be explicitly understood that the company would reserve the right to discharge them at any time. Every Ev-ery farmer raising above a certain tonnage, to be decided upon, to be allowed a percentage of the increase. Second: The other plan being considered con-sidered is to import from Montana a number of experienced Bulgarian and Montenegrian farmers. "The work of. these men." said Mr. McPherson, Mc-Pherson, "can no doubt be depended upon, but the most of the money they earn would naturally go out of the country, and we would prefer If possible to adopt the first method, or . a modification of It." We were led to believe from the onvorsation that the course to be finally adopted by the company will depend largely upon the attitude of the local farmers and settlers of Milford and vicinity. "The Delta Land & Water Company," Com-pany," said Supt. McPherson, "we believe, has the reputation of paying pay-ing all labor promptly and paying wages generally higher than are naid elsewhere, and th e company will demand this year good service Tor the money to be expended. Every Ev-ery farmer or other person making application for work on the Milford project must take this into consideration." |