Irrigated Land Provides Wealth For Farmers In Southern Alberta
(By DON HANDIGHT)
(Canadian Press Staff Writer) LETHBRIDGE, Alta., (CP)-The blank eyes in the bas-relief head of Sir Alexander Gait peer straight gm-ough the is r min g soul who seeks a share in southern Albertais "green acres."
sir Alexander, noted politician .nd pioneer in western develop- ment. whose plaster head hangs above the door to the irrigation building. fathered the province's rirst farm-watering canals built in 1902. The building is the headquar- ters of the St. Mary-Milk rivers development. successor to Galt's Alberta Railway and Irrigation CompaI1Y-
The task undertaken with a Mormon labor crew from Utah has mice turned into a 360,000,000 Do- minion-provincial venture that will eventually increase by S200 the productivity of each of the SMRD's 510,000 acres. Some of the land ivas worthless or had at best a productivity of s5 to S10 an acre 1 year.
HAND-PICKED FARMERS
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The man settled on irrigated land in the early 1900': had to be In experienced farmer, able to get aver the homesteading hump and into a spot where he could cancel the debt to his provider.
The requirements, for the times, were tough and they still are.
P. M. Sauder. colonization man- ager for the SMRD, now handles the new wet wealth from the St. Mary river which has piled up 288,000 acre-feet of water behind Canada's largest earth-fill dam. I 57,500,000 structure about 35 miles southwest of Lcthbridge.
The irrigated territory adminis- tered by Mr. Sauder has come largely from tax-recovery and crown-owned lands. once occupied by dust - impoverished ranchers, sold to the SMRD by municipali- tics and the provincial govern- tncnt.
Each applicant is rated for age. t: c a l t h, agricultural experience, education, personal capital and character. His wife, if he has one, is also screened. No settler can start with more than l60 acres of iiiigable land.
VETERANS FIRST
Veterans get first consideration. The veteran pays an average of M0 an acre and also a water-right charge of S10 an acre. i
Thus, a young couple satisfied with a low-cost. four-room house can -- with a minimum of equip- ment and their Veterans' Land Act grant of S2,320- get started with about 53.500 in capital and be debt- troe after 10 years.
The price to non-veterans is roughly doubled. They also make a .water-right payment of 810 an acre. Veterans and others pay an Innual charge of S2 for water ser- vice for each acre of irrlgablc land.
But what happens to the farm- ers firmly rooted on dry land once hesitatingly settled by their grand- parents?
They "sign-up" - pay the SID an acre water right - before the gov- -ernment levels their land and di- vcrts water from the distribution canal to their dusty fields. A majority of farmers in any one district is needed before the work is started. So far. says Mr. Sauder. the ”slgn up" has been almost 100 per cent.
NOT FOR OLDSTERS
Again. some of the elderly farm people are too far along to take up this new watcring idea.
”We realize that these people rannot change over to irrigation farming and we do not try to per- Iusde them," says Mr. Sauder.
"When the land changes hands. the new owners will most likely sign up. Even if they don't, tiicy ran be forced to pay the walnu- rate if the majority of farmers have signed up."
Many of the farms are large: dry-land farming on this drought- ridden but fertile land requires
as tomorrow!
about 10 times as much space as with irrigation.
Some farms total 1,600 acres. Others are as small as 40 acres. The average is about 230 acres. The big ones. though. are grad- ually being split up. The vastly increased growing potential pro- vided through irrigation has be- come too much for one large-farm family to handle.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rix of Locke Road were in 0'Leary on October 9th.
Mrs. Art DesRoches and her two boys spent Friday afternoon Octob- er 8th, at. the home of Mrs. Mar- garet Arsenault, Forest View.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Arsenault and family of Forest View recent- ly spent an evening at the home of Mrs. Felix Dorion, Duvar.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Desftoches were visitors to Fortune Cove on October 10th.
Mr. Henry Perry and daughter, Eva of Charlottetown, spent Octob- er 10th visiting relatives in How- lan and Forest View. i
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richard of Duvar and Mrs. Margaret Arsen- ault of Forest View were visitors to Grand River on October 10th.
Mr. and Mrs. Alyre Gallant and family of Duvar were visitors on Tuesday evening October 12th at the home of Mrs. Margaret Arsen- ault of Forest View.
Mr. Henry Gallant. of LO('kC Road wns in O'Lcaiy on October 13th.
Mr. Willard Smallinan of Forest View was in O'Leary on October 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorraine Gallant. of Lower Howlan were visitors on Sunday afternoon, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Firmang Perry.
REDS VISIT HANDI-
PARIS rltvculcrst -,Gcn. V.) Nguyen Giap, commander-in-chief of the Communis' Vietminh army visited Hanoi Wednesday for the first time since his troops occupied the capital of northern Indochina. according to reports received here Thursday. Ho Chi Minh. the Viet- minh leader. is expected Saturday to greet India's Prime Minister
Mr. and Mrs Hesacll Matthews and their twwo sons, Elroy and Allan, Arlington, were the guests of Laughlin MzrcLean and sisters on Oct. 3.
Mr. Woodland Colwiil is visiting his daughter unci son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sanderson, Bum- merslde. ,
'Rev. and Mrs. W. A Young and family of Port. Elgin, N. 3.. spent Thanksgiving visiting friends in this community.
Sincere sympathy is extended to
Mrs. Clifford Bigger upon the death of her mother. Messrs. William McKay and
Charles Dyment, spent Thanksgiv- ing with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKay and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dyinent.
Misses Norma Dyment, Blanche Colwiil and Wanda Rodd who are attending St. Mary's Academy, Summerside. spent Thanksgiving with their parents.
Friends regret to learn that Mr. Wilfred Mcnougall, is confined to his home with ii severe cold. His many friends hope to see him about soon. eAw.
HUNTER RIVER UNITED CHURCH W.M.S.
The October meeting of the Auxiliary of the W.M.S., was held at the home of Mrs. L. W. Ripley The president, Mrs. J. S. Mac- Leod, who presided, had as her theme. ”Thc Influence of :1 Chris- tian Nation," -opened the meet- ing with a reading. After the singing of hymn. ”All Hail the Power of Je s u s' Name." the scripture lesson was read by Mrs. ,E. Bernard and Mrs. Moasc.
l The story, ”Out of the Experi- -vcnce of one Missionary" was read by the president. The first chapter of the stud, book. "The Church in
SOEST, Germany, (CP) - New
homes and schools, prime ingredi- ents for a balanced community, are rising around this rural Weat- phalla town, where the bulk of Canada's NATO ground forces are stationed. The buildings, now nearing com- pletion by German contractors, will house dependants of troops serving with the ist Canadian Infantry Brigade group. The three Canadian-'designed schools will accommodate some 900 children in all grades from kindgergarten to senior matricula- tion. The homes. built In three- storey rectangular blocks, will take about 1.700 families of assorted sizes. Both should be completed early next year and the first fami- lies will move into the new homes before the end of this month.
MAKE-SHIFT SCHOOLS
Meanwhile, the 2.500 dependants now living in Soest lack neither housing nor schooling. Canadian families are scattered through private German homes around the area and the children are getting their lessons either in borrowed Grman school rooms or in make- shift classes in the camps.
For instance, at Fort Henry, one of the four Canadian camps at So- cst and site of brigade headquart- ers, some 90 children are study- ing in the bright, modern camp gymnasium.
There are 48 Canadian teachers at Socst and they operate roughly the same system in all camps. A temporary school has also been opened for 50 Canadian children living with their mothers at the British army leave centre in Win terberg, 50 miles away.
FORMER TEACHERS
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India” was given by Mrs. Mac- Lcod. Mrs. Seaman and Mrs. Rip- ley. This was followed by the Cir- lcle of Prayer and hymn, ”Jcsus 1Unltcd By Thy Grace." The Bone- diction closed the worship period.
Seventeen members answered the roll. Fifty-two home. 6 hospital calls were reported and 15 books rc.'-id.
The missionary monthly scorc- tary gave a report and the tren- surcr reported s2i.30 proceeds from special service. Mite boxes are to be passed in at the Decem- ber meeting.
Mrs. Scllar, Mrs. LePage and Mrs. Andrews are to have charge of the study book for the Novem- ber meeting which will bc held at
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He told reporters who visited the
Camp: I 'iWc're rerillv pioneers here. iTherc areiso few of us that we icannot specialize in certain sub- jccts, we must teach as many as we can.
"Also, because we have child- ,ren coming here from all parts of Czinada for only a few years study. we must give them courses which will fit in with the educational
Iomy." iMrs. J. Craswcil. Mrs. L. Carcw land Mrs. G. Smith. Roll call word its to be ”Offering."
Meeting closed with the Lord's, the home of Mrs. LePagc. StudyiPraycr. Lunch was served and hi
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Among brigade wives, however. most attention new homes, or permanent married quarters, being built on three sites. The largest settlement of 600 units is on the outskirts of Soest.
Mrs. Betty Norman, wife of Pte. Kenneth Norman of Montreal, said. "that's the chief topic of con- versation around here-the new quarters."
Mrs. Dorothy Brool-ls. wife of Cpl. Jack Brooks of Winghain. 0nt.. Rprend, We can hardly nail to get. into them."
TOUR NEW HOMES
'Most of the wives have toured the white stuco-walled buildings und have their
Said Mrs. Jean Bclanger, wife of S. Sgt. A. L. Belanger of Ot- tawa:
"I'm thrilled with the living room. It's going to be very long with big windows and lots of air."
Mrs. Ann Bell, wife of Cpl. Jack Bell of Montreal, liked the serving hatch connecting the kitchen with the dining room.
The quarters are divided into units with varying numbers of bed- rooms. Rents, which are matched by army living allowances, range from about slit to M25 21 month and are fixed according to rank. A private and his wife without child- ren will pay the same rent as a private with four children.
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-All schools of the community are now closed for the fail holi- days. Many of the pupis are as- sisting the farmers in the harvest- ing of their pats-to crop.
Misses Ruth and Norma Reid students of commercial College, Summerslde, spent the Thanksgiv-
parents. Mr, and Mrs. Reid. Campbellton.
Friends and neighbors of Mrs. Frank Butler, Glengarry. are sorry to learn she had the misfortune to fall off a load of grain and .frat-ture her ankle. All wish her a speedy recovery.
Miss Penny Griffin. student. of Notre Dame Academy, Charlotte- town, spent the Thanksgiving holl- days at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Griffin Burton. Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Murphy,
Hope River, also Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McKenna and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradley of Charlotte- town, were receiit visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank But- ler, and PaLi'i('k Butler, Glengarry.
Mr. and Mrs Lance Dalton, Mrs Calridge Rogers, Misses Kemmie and June MacGregor and Mrs Ralph Sanderson, Burton, were re- cent. visitors to Summerside.
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