THE ALLIANCE HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,
PROVIDING HOMES FOR
RETURNED SOLDERS
HtvrrHtry Ijiii. of Interior Itepnrt-
i'i Would Settle I nii-ni Ijandn
With Iteturncd s .idler.
Secretary Lane, of the interior de
portment, always a booster for the
wst, has presented to the president
uul to conferees recently a compre
sasialve plan for a preliminary study
of the unusued lands of the country.
with particular reference to the irri
tation of some 15,000,000 acres of
arid land, the drainage of between
Tl.tt0.OOO and 80,000,000 acres of
ip land, and the clearing of ap-
limately 200,000,000 acre of
set-over or logged-off land, with the
perpose in view of reclaiming these
USsdb thru governmental agency nnd
providing homes for returned sol-
Becretary Lcne is now asking con
gress for an appropriation of 1 1,000, -
to be used in the same work, in
which he should have the support of
of us in the west who know
it this would mean to this part of
eke country and he has sent the fol
lowing letter to Hon. Swager Sherley,
cfcalrmpn of the committee on appro
priations, of the house of representa
tives, calling attention to construc
tive legislation along the same lines
already enacted by the legislative
bodies of our allies:
"fgj Dear Mr. Sherley:
I wish to express my appreciation
of the action of your committee in
appropriating $200,000 for the pre
Hmioary study of the unused lands of
f country with the purpose In view
of providing homes for returned sol
diers Since your action the presi
dent has approved a recommendation
f an appropriation of 11,000,000 to
be used in the same work. I am pro
ceeding to organize thin work In the
fcspe that the larger amount will be
available soon after the new session
stf songre8s opens. In this connec
uTos I submit a brief outline of the
efforts made in other countries along
eswewhat similar lines.
United Kingdom. Legislation has
bean enacted by parliament enabling
. board of agriculture and fisheries
ts acquire land fo a small number of
earperimen'tal holdings for returning
men In Enplr.nd and Wales. The
measure provides for small farms not
eaoeeding 50 acres, to be of three
rBfforent types, mixed farming, dairy
ing and market gardening. Men with
out previous fr.rniinE experience are
to be j:iven preliminary training on
a demonstration .ff.rni, und?r the su
pervision of a directur, receiving a
ftr living wage. When the? are con
Kiderod capable of taking up rt hnl.l
wjfi for themselves it will be allotted.
Canada A free grant of 16 0 acres
is mado to the returning soldier and
the board is empowered to grant a
loan of not exceeding $2.0no to each
man: to be spent In erecting a hou M,
purchasing implements and stock slid
genemly in preparing the land. This
genes lly in preparing the land. This
homestead. It will be advanced at
a low rate of interest (B r', ) and will
havo to be repaid in 15 years. Ap
plicants for lands or loans must havo
hod previous farming experience. In
t ending settlers anion:; returning sol
diers without previous farming ex
perience can go upon demonstaiion
farms for training. Employment at
urrent wages will be paid.
Ontario. The government grants
fiee to cx-s"ivice men 160 acr of
lr.nd. Lo.'.nfc of $500, bering interest
at 6 per cent and repayable within 10
years . an be secured from the gov
ernment. Training is provider men
with no agricultural experience.
Bri'irta folnmblr Provides for
the settlement of ex-servite men.
Including the widows of men who
have come under the act. The lands
are to be granted free. In addition
. so vice men can obtain on pay
ment of about $10 a p;e-eniptl.n
OlsilH to land, the area Cad residence
requirements to be fixed by regula
tion, which is to be free of all taxes
except for educational purposes.
New Hrunswtck. An act was pass
ed authorizing the provincial govern
ment to develop a scheme for th set
tlement of men who have served In
the present war. Settlements are to
accommodate from 103 to 250 fam
ilies and a demonstration varm Is to
be established to provide implements
and Information.
Australia. Tho board Is now
working on plans for advancing
money to soldier settlers.
New South Wale Ar as or
crown land and FttVlACa' gftvnt)
lands have been set aside for tie si
t'.ii.ent of returned kflPfligttal sol
diers. Victoria. Legislation Indicating
the policy of the government has
been introduced into the Stall par
liament. In cases of soldiers from
active service no payments for the
first three years. In addition, ad
vances will be made by the state go
enment up to 70'-per cent of the value
of Improvements with a maximum of
about $2,500. Previous agricultural
experience Is required before taking
experience is required before taking
up land.
Queensland. An act provides fa
cilities not only for the settlement of
ex-service men of the commonwealth,
but extends It also to men of the
united kingdom and its allies. No
rent Is required during the first three
years. The lease will contain pro- j
visions for making improvements uii
to a sum not exceeding about $1,000.
Advances to that amount can be se
cured from the government Kiting
bank, repayable by installments ex
tending over 40 years.
South Australia. The slate gov
ernment has set aside two large
blocks of lands and liberal advances
and conditions will be given return
ing soldiers.
Western Australia. A reserva
tion of land h;.s been made by the
government for the returning sol-;
dicrs. Settlement on 160 acres, sub-1
ject only to sur -y fees, is provided.
Loans can be secured from the State
agricultural bauk.
Tasmania. An act provides for
the sale or lease to returning men of
the Australian forces and -those from
the united kingdom, up to 200 acres.
A sum of money up to $1,500 may be j
;i(lvancecl for improvements, imple-:
ments and stock. No rate of Interest
or taxes will be payable by return
ing men.
New Zealand. Provisions sro
made for the setting apart of areas of
land for selection by disc harged sol-
diers and facilities are given where
by holdings may be acquired on eas
terms.
1 nmn l SoUtD Africa. H is un- '
erstood that che union gorimmeni is I
working on a p! .n for settlement fort
a limited nu:.iher of ex-servr men
with special qualifications for land
development.
mi !, Oh April 9, i i i S. Pi M
I'.ent Poiacare sicned a law providing
for t lie acquisition of small rural
properties by soldier -nd civ. Man
victims of the war. It provides In
part for "individual mortrvge loans
to facilitate acquisition, parcelling
out, transformation and reconstitu
tion of smr.ll rural properties of
which the value does not exceed 10,
000 francs." The loans ane to be
made from the agricultural lending
societies at a rr.te of 1 per cent, with
a term of twenty-live years. Ad-
vanceR for Improvements are provid
ed for, and a special commission Is
appointed to administer' the law.
Since a large part of tho soldiers
of France are landowners. It Is evi
dent that the problem of the demob
titration of the armies at the end of
the war will be a simple one. The
French soldiers will slmpty return to
their farm homes.
This outline of the plnns of other
nations for their returning soldiers
indicates that much thought and
work has been given In these coun
tries toward the solution of this
problem. Of course I reallie that
these policies are made to fit the con
ditions and conduct of each partlcu
larpart, whether It be nation or state.
And I do not mean to imply that we
can model our plane or policies along
those lines. But I do believe that this
knowledge points out one lesson that
has much good In it. That is this,
that the preparation of plans for pro
viding opporunity for our returning
soldiers can not be left to the day
when the war Is over. Cordially
yours,
FRANKLIN K. LANE.
NEBRASKA METHODIST
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Yearly Sillily 01 One it lrget
Conferences In MothodUtm tlosed
This Week Monday
Formerly there were four annual
conferences of the Methodist Episco
pal church in Nebraska no follows:
Nebraska, North Nebraska, West Ne
braska and Northwest Nebr; ska. A
few years ago, the first three were
consolldat. d Into the Nebraska con
ference, giving this conference almost
if not quite, the largest membership
ofi any In the church.
The fifth annual session since the
consolidation wan held at University
Place, Lincoln's beautiful suburb
which is the scr.t of the Nebraska
Wesleyan University, being in session
nearly a week and clor.ing on Monday
of this week. Bishop Matthew S.
Hughes presided.
Several unuuual featured were
found In the list of appointments this
year. Three rew districts superinten
dents were appointed by the Metho
dist blBhop. The new men for these
places are C. Ctssel or Beatrice, A. 0.
Ilinson of Holdreco and J. Q. Shlck
of Old.
The three districts superintendents
to have the dlstrfd work are V. II
Brown who has been en the Omaha
district. I, M. B&.hwell whe b: s been
on trM- Grand Island district and Geo.
vv. Eshatxt of the Kearney metric
Rev. Brown will take up pastoral
work ; t the Hnetinge church. He has
been on the Omaha dUs ri'-t four
years, Rev. n.'Bothwell. who hftS
completed his fixth year of work OS
the Ok ad Ulna I district will go t
David City. Kev. Mr. IshgU). WhB
been located for four ye.rs In Charge
Of the Kearney district, was given a
special appointment sad Will be exe
cutive secretary of the Omaha ere
of the centenary movement.
Little Change In Lincoln Chun he
Little change was made tn be personnel-of
the Lincoln pastors. Drs.
Gratz. Tompkins and Clemens will
return to their forum churches. Dr.
c. w. McCaskiii will return to the
University Place church. Kev. A. L
I'mpleby, who has been for ti e past
year at Hnvlock, has been trans
ferred to Ulysses and W. C. Kelley of
Sargent will take his p'.'ce,, R. N.
Throckmorton, formerly at Mllford
will take charge of the Normal
church.
For tho first time the list of ap
pointments carries a special war ser
vice roll, Twenty-one members are
listed In this connection. Three
pre ii hers are In the enlisted gift log
nnd . Ighteen men are with ihe army
and navy as chaplains. Tlie "to be
supplied" pastorates are a little more
Mi erous.
The. Beaten, ry committe e reported
and accepted the annual allotment to
Nebraska of $338,438 to bo raised
for the cause. The Appointment of
Ir G. W. Isham g executive aecre
taiy of the Omaha area for campaign
purposes was approved.
The temperance committee of the
annual conference had the distinc
tion of bringing In the shoitest fe
port of the cession. This committee
Which on previous years hr-.d produc
ed lengthy articles merely stated
this session that "John Barleycorn
was on the run and we urged all
preachers to accelerate hH move
ments." The committee on educ tion re
ported that the Nebraska Wesleyan
University had completed another
year without going beyond Ita income
The plan of conducting a campaign
for the sum of $4 5,000 with which
to endow a ch ,lr of religion at the
university was approved and pastors
were urged to have their pastorates
subscribe towards the purchase of a
fourth liberty loan bond and donate
the bond to the fund. The committee
predicted that the next campaign fol
lowinK the centenary would be a driv
for endowment for educational pur
poses. N A. Martin read a report on the
work of the Nebraska Methodist hos
pital at Omaha.
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GEORGE A. HEILMAN, Manager
Alliance, Nebraska
"8ome wonderful things happen In
this world and the way Tanlac hia re
stored my health and built me up Is
one- of them," said Mrs. Paul Tobolt,
of 916 California avenue, Butt,
Mont., in one of the most interesting
and remarkable statements yet pub
lished ill connection with the Maaicr
Medicine.
My trouble started about two
feari hko" sh continued "and 1 ll8
simply been I nervous wreede r
Unce until bow. Last January I weal
to the hospital where I was told I hut
my whole. : yidem had baeoOM poison
ed by SB affectd appendix, that an
operation WSJ t y only hrpe and it
wan doubtful t .b .- would s:;ve. So
I a: r-ngec! to h 've my children r.'red
for, in CSM I should noi MS them
again, and submitted to the opera
tion. Well, the operation wag done
with much skill, and 1 w;is BO c.irc-
fuiiy nursed that 1 nmMy got of the
hogaltal. and WO home with my hus
band and children agrln. Then I
picked UP wonderfully for a Utile
more than a month when 1 began
having teirlble puins in .i.y i:iek
over my kidneys. My appetite left me
ind nothing tasted rtgVt I WBi "in-
itipated. bad f-arfiii hendatghee, and
was so BerVOUl I COUld hardly sleep
I fell off until 1 weighed less than a
hundred pounds and was so weak
that It was aa effort for me to uel
about at all.
"Kinally my husband sn. . - . d
that 1 try Tr.nlac, as ii was lx inn so
much -talked It bOUt, and the rOSUltS
inive aatoalsb u both, i couldn't
tee much Improvement on my tirst
bottle, but with the second my nppt
tlte got better, I commenced to feel
Improved and was sut prised when I
lot on the scales, to tind thai 1 Bad
cone up to one hundred' and elgfet
pounds. Wel'.. the third bottle did
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pain and headache and making me
want to eat up everything. l now
W Igkl cm- hundred tad I Ighteen
pounds- making a gain jf more thpn
twenty pounc':. - on three bottle.1'.
and Wandering what my fourth itottle
which 1 have just started taking, will
do for me. 1 Sleep like . Wealthy
child) never waking at Bigbt at all
and feel like 1 could eat five or six
me.. Is a 6t.f. I CkMUngd BtJT hired
help, four weeks ago, aftar eighteen
months steady service, and since then
1 have dune all my own housework,
cooking and everything. I have no
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life is a pleasure to me. I can't
praise Tanlac enough for what it has
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Tanlac is sold in Allk.nce by F. E.
II. listen and in Hemingford by the
Olds Drug company.
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