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THE IREiGATION AGE. 



COLONIZE BELGIAN WAR VICTIMS IN COLORADO 



THOUSANDS of Belgians who have lost their 

 homes as a result of the European war will 

 settle in Colorado. Belgian capitalists have ac- 

 quired title to a large tract of land and water rights 

 in the Arkansas river and tributary streams and will 

 at once begin the construction of an immense irriga- 

 tion project on the south side of the Arkansas river 

 between Las Animas and Lamar. The project will 

 include about 50,000 acres of land and it is said that 

 $1,250,000 is involved in the deal. The capitalists 

 propose to colonize their holdings with immigrants 

 from Belgium and to convert the tract into sugar 

 beet farms and dairy ranches. 



The deeds to the land and water rights are in 

 escrow in a Pueblo bank and have been accepted by 

 the Belgian capitalists, it is said, who are arranging 

 for payment and as soon as the money arrives and 

 the deeds are surrendered the contract will be let 

 for the completion of reservoirs and irrigation 

 canals and laterals. It is said that a large force of 

 men will be put to work and the project completed 

 as rapidly as possible. 



It is hoped to bring a portion of the colonists to 

 the land in time for the planting of crops for the 

 1915 season. The deal has been under way for the 

 past several months and was being considered be- 

 fore the war in Europe was declared. The war re- 

 tarded the closing of the deal, but it is said that all 

 details have now been arranged and that the matter 

 is practically assured of being carried out this 

 winter. 



It is proposed to divide the big tract of land 

 into five, ten and twenty-acre tracts and to dispose 

 of it to bona fide settlers. In this way the land will 

 provide homes for from 5,000 to 10,000 Belgian fam- 

 ilies. Only experienced beet growers and dairy 

 farmers will be given opportunity to colonize the 

 tract. 



MONTANANS WOULD BAR JAPS 



The Montana Farmers' and Producers' Associa- 

 tion, at a recent meeting in Billings, Mont., adopted 

 a resolution introduced by delegates from the Hunt- 

 ley government irrigation project, that the associa- 

 tion appeal to the legislative assembly of Montana 

 to pass a law at its coming session, forbidding the 

 purchase or holding of real estate by aliens in Mon- 

 tana, and that said law be similar to the Webb 

 anti-alien law of California. The action followed 

 charges that many Japanese are drifting into this 

 sugar beet district, and leasing land for the purpose 

 of raising beets. 



THE TEMPTING WEST 



A resolution calling upon the government to 

 lessen its activity in irrigating in the West, "be- 

 cause it attracts farm labor from the east," was pre- 

 sented to the National Grange at Wilmington, Del., 

 recently. It was laid on the table. 



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 at the minimum expense for fuel and main- 

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