The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 27, 1922, Page 12

REPLIES TO DEFENSE OF LAND PLAN Mrs. Sweetman Answers White Bluff Editor's | Criticism of Her } Eaitor The Star: Tm an attack of Editor O'Larey, of White Bluff, on a recent article Wherein I criticised the soldiers’ land 4% locatea In his neighborhood, ts found little argument or proof re futing the assertions 1 made. Editor O'Larey resorts to denun @iations and frequent charges of | falsehood in place of facts. He ts} apparently more interested in the de Yelopment of this confessed desert section and the upbuilding of a rural metropolis around his Washington | "handpress and few fonts of type) than in the welfare of the former | Service men. The people of Wash- ) iMgton differ with the distinguished S) @ditor in so far as they are more “interested in the welfare of Une serv. ice men than in White Bluff, Editor O'Larey should refresh his memory regarding the his- tory of Judge Hanford’s irriga- tion scheme and for this purpose would refer to the old files of own paper, where he will a record of high finance; promises of immediate é 1 both investor and set- “ther, all blasted on the rocks of an impractical irrigation scheme | ‘was terminated by a court | receivership and the silent pass | img of the busted settler, A ree | ‘cord that helped mightily to kill | the market for irrigation bonds | in this state, . ‘The paper published by Mr.’ > OLarey was owned by Angus Hay, © who also owned a fruit farm. Mr Hay was compeiied to let his farm ‘gO on account of the cost of irrize tion, which went to $18.65 per acre He sold the paper to Mr. O'Larvy ‘and turned over the postoffice with it, He says family after family walked out without a dime after put > ting their all into the land © Any time a state activity cannot stand constructive criticism without Paving to fall back on personal ‘abuse as a defensive measure it ls high time for the cards to be spread ‘face up on the table for examination by the disinterested but overbur- pective soldier settler. The land set- | “tlement law and appropriation were; ‘@ farm home and at the same time} fo help in the development of the “atate, but under the rules as issued) Dy the department it is going to) te an uphill strugste for the soldier | , and the man without finan- | “elal backing amounting to not less} ‘han $1,500 ts left out entirely. “This valley was chosen only after investigation of several months,” Maya Mr. O'Larey. The American / Legion committee was headed by a! man. The “Experts” men-| ‘tionea by the White Bluff editor | © were headed by Marvin Chase, “hy-/ ‘Graulic engineer.” ‘There was a Mavrin Chase, hy- ; engineer for the Okan- | Power and Irrigation Co., jack of water promised by Mr. Chase, will bear witness to the fact that he is a questionable authority on irrigation subjects. We suppose Mr. Jenkins, the , told them the land was sand and volcanic ash, which fact has long been common know! edge. 9 The inance of sand is evident to any who will look. Perience asserts that it is necessury to line the irrigation ditches with concrete to prevent the porous land from drinking up the water before it | Teaches its destination. | As to the soll expert's opinion, there is hardly a piece of land in the D ptate of Washington, no matter how worthiess, that has not the com mendation of some professed soll ex pert. This may be the best land in the world, but without water it is worthless. Mr. O'Larey refers to welle as the best form of trrigation. ) Upon the authority of engineers, I ‘Ausert that it is the worst form of irrigation possible. It is costly and inefficient. I was not at all “startled” over the editor's declaration that there were already 10 applicants. If the proposition had been any good, | there should have been 4,000. | “The question of Holstein cows Clark Seediing strawberries and oth er like questions, are administration matters,” declares Mr. O’Larey. Very true, yet they are matters of vital) importance to the man who settles | on the land | ‘That a mortgage company ha foreclosed on many acres of land in this section is denied and my state tent called a parefaced Isehood.” [Whether absolute forect re was) gmt thru the court or not, 1 do not know, It ic often the case that land fs turned over without cour tion. We do know that this mortgage com » holdings In r heard of pany has amassed lar thia territory and whoe ite buying land? Editor O’Larey says the success of the government's undertaking de pends on three elements—“The abil ity of the soll to produce erops, the intelligence of the state administra tion, and the type of settler who fake up the jand.” Now I have no quarrel with the department super vising this project and I certain! want it to be ful study of th suce by the departmen d me that success is impoxsit dless of the kh ion, climate wv the abil ity of the prospective settler. | - “Phe agriculturist cannot carry | any excess baggage at this time. Take the matter of a “project manager” as an example—this man is estimated by the depart ment to cost $5,000 per annum and he is to have charge of but 58 settlers, or an annual e farm unit of $86.20, 7 | direct tax on the settler and | HOW MANY 20-ACKE FARMS ‘There is so much sand in this land J) that a well-known engineer with ex BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS SOUGHT BY HOSPITAL Rooks—tight, bright reading current issues of magu nd subseriptions to maguain are asked by Miss C. Marrt uM brarian of the Cushman hospital, Tace for use of the 260 dt abled war veteran suffering from i 1 whoek end asa result © World Bottle of Liquor Is Found in Wreck | «, PORTLAND, Feb. Cymtlaia Grey a All the Appealing Characteristics of SpringinT hese @g— Te THE SEATTLE STAR Can Girl Wed Beneath Her Socially and Financially | and Be Happy? One Says “Yes,” Another “No —What Do You Say? Following are some of the in love with a young lady whos | focratic, while he is just a p | ‘Three per | good circumstance: sons were injured, one Ernest T.| truly loved the giri he has a rig’ and wishes to know if he should “pop the question”; | Dear Miss Grey: I would nxious.” Iam « girl who b Johns, eritieally, When an automo: | wife, mobile crashed into a railroad gon dole car standing on a siding, early| who have been reared in too vastly different spheres should today. Johns crash came. s driving when the found a bottle of moonsh the wrecked car, they reported, IN THIS STATE, not under state control, WOULD STAND u of our counties where the ¢ per farm is but a few have no agriculturist or have given him up en account of ex: pense, Benton county, in whieh this project ix located, has a county agriculturist, however, and our settlers are to help pay his salary also; a double dose of agrticulturist experts. Resides, the cost of the farm com plete is far above that upon whieh the best 20ncre tracts of IM PROVED LAND are returning in- terest A prominent Seattle man ts in-)clally. terested In a neighboring land prop osition. It is less than 15 miles from the White Biluff-HManford project. Land his section al ready under cultivation, with build ings, can be bought for $225 an . against $232 an acre charged ac the service men at White Bluff. Hanford. His land gravity irr n with dance of water. Also a fo farm loan of $140 an acre can be obt 30 y 1t was on this project that a farm was operated for demonstra irrigation from wells by means of a pumping plant was abandoned because it was found too expensive and, in lew of the pumping plant. the Sunnyside canal was extended at great cost. Due to intervening hills, this canal In not available im the White Bluff-Hanford section I began the investigation of this sponse to the request for informa: tion draft county. The entire proposition is so loaded with dynamite that I re alized that it meant disaster to = large portion of these men deserving of better treatment from the state. UDE SWEETMAN. beard, Division 2, King INCOME TAX returns must be filed by March 15. All aingte per. sons having a gross income of $1,000 or more, all married persons or per- sons at the head of a family with a Kroms income of $2,500 or more and | all corporations with a gross income of over $5,000, must file a return. 6 and two empty bottles in|? Of course there are extreme marry. But this young man ny real woman, whether ric There are so many “flapper men” in this world who think only of thelr own personal pleasures and who live Jacifish lives, flapping about at the fend of a long cigaret holder, that it is @ pleasure to hear from a well meaning, earnest man and I'm sure your precious lady will appreciate lyou if you are what you seem, Jing can surmount @ social bearing. | (he lyou are worthy of her you will a life of} ined at low interest, payable in| ¢ |tion purposes and, after a fair trial, |the cloth | | dened taxpayer as well as the prov) White BluffHanford project in re | Bincerely, MERKIANE. eee Dear Miss Grey: T would like to say a few words to “Anxious.” Noth By all means you should wait for your prospects to materialize and if No girt of spirit can enjoy poverty with a man below her so Money DOES talk. A job tn not @ position, If the girl loves you ashe certainly will not love your pov erty, and it would gall her to be pulled down to your social standing. 1am writing this letter from my own experience, as my broken heart will bear testimony to. IMF, eee te subject to} Value of an abun-| Coin Dear Mixe Grey: Could you please me if there is a premium on a mbian halfdollar dated 18937 It in the only one I ever saw out here. How many crocheted corner insets should one put on a luncheon cloth, being just to fit the table? Thank you. AN INTERESTED READER. There is no added value on any 19th century coin, Sometimes there are only two cro- cheted corners used on @ tuncheon| cloth, one et opposite corners, while often four are weed. Either two or four would de suitable. see Engagement received from a number of| Pinger " both passed with the idea of assist: | former service men that passed thru | D {ng the returned soldier in making /my handy while serving on local/ Dear Miss Grey: To settie an ar- gument between my daughter arid myself, please print in your columns what hand and finger an engaged girl in supposed to wear her enguge- ment ring on, and oblige, A. I. Q An engaged girl should wear her engagement ring on the third finger of her left hand. A reader of this column asker for information on raising geese Any other reader desiring the same information may obtain it by writing to the Publications Di- vision, U. &. Department of Agri culture, Washington, D. C., ask- ing for Farmers’ Bulletin 767, “Goose Raising.” The bulletin ts (ree. No postage need be sent. aud have a good education, ch or poor, admires an honest-/ to-goodness man, ‘vhatever his station in life. replies to “Anxious,” who is se parents are wealthy and aria- romising young working man, | like to say a few words to us always lived in moder: If “Anxious” | ht to ask her to become his) } »s, I don’t believe that couples) says he has bright prospects. | | | | } Ming Grey will receive callers to her office Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 2p. m., and on Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a. m, to 12 m, each week, Please t come at other times am it seriously interferes with her writing. Is standing on Dear Miss Grey: jone's head @ very good exercise? | Thanking you, JACK, | Ae standing on one’s head causes! blood to rush to the head, I do |not think it would be advisable at all |times, However, there might be cir- cumstances when it would be a valu jable exercise, 1 twowld consult a | physician about the matter, eee Dear Miss Grey: I have noticed |two or three articles in your column |recently regarding divores in Wash- ington, and 1 understood from these articles that a final deeree could not be granted in Washington until xix months after the divorce was granted. I secured a divores in Seattle about A year ago. The decree was signed by the Judge before we left the court- lreom after trying the case and the} same was turned over to me by my attorney. He stated that that was all) there was to it, except that I could) not marry within the next atx months. | 1 have just examined the decree, and) find that it reads “Final Decree.” Would be glad to hear from you on | the subject, an I might marry again and want to be sure that my divorce lie legal. ‘Thanking you, I am, yours truly, RAY Since you were granted your di~| vorce the divorce laws of the state! of Washington have been changed. Now you must wait ete months for) |the final decree, and may marry im-| | mediately after receiving it, whieh amounts to the same thing as pet-| ting the decree immediately, then! teaiting wie months to marry. 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