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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1920)
BIX THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920. LAND DRAWING , AT TORRINGTON NEXT MONTH Total rapnrnt on Watr Hight .Approximately fl)0 Per Acre Over lVrlod of 10 Voam Sine nolle was ftlvrn of the opening up of certain fani units on tb completed portions tf the South Side canal, there has been a consid erable amount of Inquiry as to-details. The following from the Goshen county Journal would Indi cate that while all of the plans of the drawing have not as yet been completed, the plans as a whole are rapidly taking form: The opening of about erenty-fiTe farm units under the South Hide' canal will take place in Torrlngton the last week In February, according to arrangements being made by the United States reclamation ' service. These lands lie south of (he river and extend from a point abouj south of this place and extend west to a point outh of Llngle. These lands will be drawn for by a plan being formulated by the recla mation service and will be alloted to those given water rights from the canal through a system of drawing the water rights before filing on the land. The price fixed for a water right for elhgty acres of this land will be In the neighborhood of $400 as , the Initial payment. , The total payments on the water rights will be something like $90 per acre extend ing over a period of nineteen years. Complete details of the drawing for these water rights wlll.be pub lished later. . The new land to be opened up un der the South Side canal in the near future will add much value to the farming Interests of Goshen county aa these lands are of the best In the county. While the area to be opened tip at the present time, only repre sents a small portion of the land that trill eventually be opened, under this project in this county, It will give a new Impetus to the farming Industry. These are thousands of acres under this project that will not be opened for several years unless money Is immediately appropriated for finishing the South Side canal to a point on Klowa creek east of the state line. Of the land that will come under the South Side canal there are thousands of acres that have been filed upon prior to the leg islation of that territory for the use of the reclamation service, many acres of which have been farmed under the dry farming system. The majority of this land Is of a high class and when water Is available will produce excellent yields of grains, potatoes, alfalfa and sugar beets. FIIXI) AKTILLEKY IUXmiTIJHJ The returns for November 30, 1919, show that the field artillery regiments In the United States had a total of 7,364 enlisted tnen. The regimental strengths ran from 67 to 777, or an average of 254 per regi ment.; These figures must be tripled by March 1. The main reason for the great shortage of men In the field artillery Is that there" Is a lack of appreciation among recruits of the advantages that service In this arm offers. The field artillery will train specialists. The caterplller tractor Industry Is an Important element in modern Industry. There Is no school running that can teach a man more about the construction. care and op eration of this new Invention than the field artillery. When a man has handled his tractor under the condi tions imposed by military service and has time and again accomplished the seemingly Impossible be will have learned something that will give him a well paid Job the minute be seeks his discharge. The same is true of other motor vehicles. ; Caring for these things requires the training and work of specialists In motors. The field artillery does that as well. .Motor mechanics, carbureter men, motorcycle experts, carpenters, black smiths and painters, chauffeurs and draftsmen are developed. The motor end of field artillery has not been given sufficient publicity. We have the schools and the instructors and the tools to make the specialists and we will. Other men may not be en thusiastic about motors, but like ani mals. In the horsed and mountain regiments they can learn to be horse- shoers, farriers, horsemen, drivers and saddlers. We offer Instruction In the duties of cooks, bakers, bar bers, buglers, cobblers, draftsmen, clerks, tailors. Headquarters detail requires specialists and to obtain them Instruction Is carried on to de velop radio, telegraph and telephone men and topographers. There Is one profession that offers high wages on the outside and which Is taught well In the army that of bandsmen. Any man who Is musically Inclined would do well to consider this phase of the question. He will learn an art that Is always looking for more men and his future will be assured. The occupations mentioned above are taught because the field artillery needs specialists. The field artillery needs the men and In return for their services they are taught any or some of the trades , mentioned while re ceiving pay and being made better cltixens. The field artillery offers a most attractive branch for service while learning. In time of peace the life Is not dull and humdrum but is full of life and excitement and action. All men enlisting for three years In the field artillery have a choice of assignment to any regular army reg iment In the United States. Previ ous service men may enlist for one year for general assignment or for assignment to Fort Sill with one of the following regiments: First F. A. motorlted two and one-half ton Cad Iliac tractors, , light artillery; Ninth F. A. motorized, five and ten ton ar tillery tractors, heavy artillery; Fourteenth F. A. horse dran, Iwight artillery. Apply 101 Box Butte avenue, Alliance, Neb. IlED eiioss SEKK.H FOK MISSING MEN The following data has been re ceived at the Ited Cross home serv ice station regarding men whom rel atives and friends are anxious to lo cate. In most every case the pictures of these men are posted in the Red Cross stations. Any Information will be gratefully accepted. ' Victor Edga rllanson, 308th infan try, ' Seventy-seventh division. Re torted died October, 1918. Rela tives have been unable to secure any proof of his death and having ex hausted the usual means of Inquiry have appealed to the Red Cross. Hanson Is six feet two Inches tall, weighs 175 pounds, is twenty-six years old and Is fair In complexion. Corporal Harold A Morehouse, 148th infantry. Home address, Cleve land, O. Private George Nelson, No. 2115 474, Thirty-first battalion, Calgary, Alta. Private Arthur Frederick Matties, battery B, Fourteenth field artillery. Home address of mother, Mrs. Fred Matties, Metz, Mich. It's easy to convince spinsters that kissing is unhealthy. G"ER Undertaking -PARL ORS 128 West Third Street Telephone Day 311 Night 522 Red 520 Out of ammuUtad ranital ban trim all tb. ran I industry and aplid acinic., all tht contort and aawlw orattoa. ol Um rtuntuuQ lot. Upoa It tho world ml demad for Um proeaai of reuuuUuctiea ia a-luch all hara to tbara. JAMES J. HILL The Successful Farmer Raises Bigger Crops and cuts down costs' by investment in labor-saving machinery. Good prices for the farmers crops en courage new investment, more production and greater prosperity. But the success of agriculture depends on the growth of railroads the modern beasts of burden that haul the crops to the world's markets. The railroads like the farms increase their output and cut down unit costs by the constant investment of new capital. Witli fair prices for the work they do, the railroads are able to attract new capital for expanding their facilities. 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