| Show I COLONY BROKE BUT SETTLERS WEREN'T 4 Solons Solon S o 1 o n s Hear More Troubles of Iowans lowans In California DELHI Calif rob Feb A 19 IS 19 A A log leg leg legislative committee named to in- in In Investigate stigall ft Pt Delhi Colon Colons the second of oC o California S land settlements its lis SI I here lat night after learning that hit wei wen ea sold soil 10 col from Crom eastern Vili to-Vili oytt VII o-VII after aCter the tho settlement nt was bankrupt nd nd unable to make loans loana ic i In the law 1 She he tai are aro seeking an appropriation of or I from the Ibo stale to 10 thu tide them over oer the lean Inn years sears ar Witnesses testified thit niter W alter alteri L i former sup ent ont ent at Delhi DeIhl made promises su of loans after arter Cund funds were Soc loc avail aalt a available alt alt- able and nd that wore ere brought In In without l flig I g In- In InCo In Co med of oC actual co at atthe atthe althe the colon colony made mido to prospective settlers by of oC the state slate In eastern castern states slates a and heir failure to 10 materialise were ft ere rc re- re recorded recorded re recorded corded PROMISE I Dr G a C Peters a 11 r and a B college ego graduate te that by appointment he met George C Ki cutler Uller at Deb De MoineS and II Ild was as told that It If he Invested it lu Delhi DeIhl and and showed Industry the state would help him with Ith Inane up to 8 3 when he needed the t hc I mone money J was as then an executive of ot the tho ala land s board Peters also alo exhibited i e letter signed by Packard as ent sot of ot the colony a loan loath Peters said ald he neo ve got a loan tho the state Ho lie presented to the many pamphlets Issued d by liy the tho of California Ilch he cd while farmIng in 10 iowa a Ono One of oC them Issued b by Elwood lead chairman of the board baird was headed How How California I li ii help help- helping ing rig people own farms ind rural These n I t were ero introduced as evidence He tic said ald that In Iowa a he was as j a success as asa asa asa a farmer COST TOO nIGH He to complained that the tho cost ot of the raw land at Delhi necessary sat sary Improvements ran his hh In- In In Investment vestment up to HiS an n acre lere and that he could note not ot e o I crop crops profitable enough to make mone money Another witness was as fj M H 11 Val Wat- WatSon Wat Son Eon who ho operates a dairy I tanch anch of 27 acres acrea He Is a graduate of oC the University ot of u college of oC agriculture lIe He owns I 17 7 head of oC dairy cattle and seven sl puro bred Duroc sows He Be to 10 d I 1 in de- de detail de detail tail of his operations an J of oC o the difficulties In raising In Delhi DeIhl due to 10 the wind Ind and ad send sand I and the leveling To i keep keI his alfalfa see seed d frn being blown n out he covered sIry Pf foot Coot tooti of his field l with th man manure maure ore and I straw he said Ills His Inv now no noIs Is over oser SOO an acre act he lie said not counting his hs producing livestock live I stock M n H I lie He is behind now no 1110 In his I pa to the state stale J L Quail tIL faim m er for I county b bi ought out ut a dif dif- different dif different I ferent erent line Ime of oC information Ito Ho I 1 Isaid saId that thu crops In D DiLl L colony looked better belter than thos tho thoad In other ne new sections of oC Merced d count lie ite said aid all other co ties tIa au ate aie In worse straits than D due to lack of water On Oni colony he be mentioned as I ha havil hasit failed The bank ar are ari taking over OHr the prop y of oC the Carmera lie e said Packard took the tho stand and d- d da d ened d his administration as os su- su eu Ho lIe s said lI hat In rome cases cages too mush t lOnt was v to 10 seUI settlers rs and that Ihal Ih dhe hei might have harder AI had bad the got sot Ie less on help |
