Vets Draw for Riverton Farms in Wyoming
A public drawing will select World War II veterans for 54 irrigable Riverton project farms at the Riverton Wyoming fairgrounds on August 26. 1 367 names, from 41 states, include Nebraska Colorado California and Wyoming with 101 Wyoming entries. The process will filter applicants through verification and an interview before final allotment.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Riverton
Wyo
Fe. Verren
Bil- Vass
Bureau
Regina G
Arabia
Nebraska
Colorado
Dlak
California
Wyoming
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Cining World
H. A. McMillan
W. R. Skelton
A. J. Kireby
Doctors and Dentists Get Higher Pay In Services
The article notes doctors and dentists in the armed forces receive an extra $100 per month since 1947 to offset loss from leaving private practice. A reserve captain in the army medical corps could earn about $466 monthly, roughly equal to a lieutenant colonel's pay, with many active reserve captains and lieutenants urged to volunteer. It also mentions readership of The Herald among people with relatives moving from Billings.
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Army Medical Corps
Army
Medical Corps
River ton project frontier opens third homestead parcel
The August 16 drawing sets the priority for selecting farms from 6 940 acres of irriginale land. This is the third opening on the River ton project since World War II with four more openings planned for 1983 through 1055. Applications must reach the bureau examiners in Balings by August 28, with forms obtainable from the examiners at post offices or the Eleventh UW S civil service region in Seattle Washington.
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Riverton
Bureau
Board of Examiners
Balings
UW. S. Civil Service Region
Seattle
Wash
Government seeks drill operators for water development program
The U S civil service board in Billings announces competitive exams for foremen operators and helpers to work on a water resource development project in North and South Dakota Montana east of the continental divide and northern Wyoming. Drilling types include core diamond power auger and churn. hourly pay ranges from 1.35 to 2.23 dollars. Applications must.
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Bureau of Reclamation
North
South Dakota
Montana
Continental Divide
Wyoming
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Billings
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