Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 119, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1929 — Page 16

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BOULDER BAM FRAUDS AIMED AT EX-SOLDIERS American Legion in Warning Against Luring Offers of Land, Jobs. ft It Oirard W irm • r ' WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.—Attempt* to defraud ex-service men in connection with Boulder dam project are being reported from all parts of the country. General warning has been sent out by American Legion officials, advising service men to disregard lurng offers of land or employment. The American Legion mostly is re- . using to publish advertising on this tbject, of which great floods have coming to it for some time. In addition, an investigation of he situation has been undertaken y the Better Business bureau in .few York. Under the Boulder dam act, former service men are given preference in locating public lands to be irrigated from the project during the first six months the lands are open to entry. The act also provides that o far as possible, preference shad 'be given service men in hiring employes for construction work. Warning Sounded The fraud schemes now being at‘empted are trying to take advantage of there provisions. General warning was sent out some time ago by the bureau of reclamation, both about lands and employment. It explained that all public lands which will be irrigated under the Boulder dam project have been withdrawn from entry and will not be available for settlement until the dam is completed and water can be furnished for irrigation purposes. The six months’ preference to exservice men will begin at this time. It will not be, however, for at least seven years, for construction of the dam will take that long. None in Vicinity The bureau also pointed out that there are no irrigable lands in the vicinity c? the dam itself, and the main ones to which water will be available are near Parker, Ariz., the Yuma project, Arizona, or in the Palo Verde. Imperial or Conchella valleys of California. Con. t action work will not start, at the dam for some time. Until contracts are entered into for sale of all power the dam is to generate, no other work can be undertaken. Power negotiations are in progress but have not reached the stage of calling for bids. The first work to be undertaken at the project will be construction of a railroad to the site of the dam. This probably will not start until spring. Congress has not yet appropriated any funds for the work, preliminary surveys having been paid for out of reclamation funds. Ex-service men are not the only victims of attempted land frauds. A large number of suits just have been brought in San Francisco by victims of the Boulder Dam Land Company, selling what purported to be lands whose value would increase greatly by reason of the project.

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