The daily sentinel., 1912-01-11
PRESIDENT LORy ASKS THAT
COMMITTEE WORK OUT SOME
SOLUTION FOR INDIAN SCHOOL

of the advisory committee of the
Teller School of Agriculture, telling
them the situation at the school Un-
less something can be done to get
the appropriations. there will be no
state field work here next spring.
summer or fall and he states that the
college has borrowed money to pay
the expenses up to the present time
The letter in full which is of great
Importance TO the county is as fol-
lows:
Fort Collins, Colo,
Jan. 6, 1912.
Mr. w. p. Ella Member of Advisory
Committee. Teller School of Agri-
culture, Grand Junction, Colo:
Dear Mr.. Ela-For over two
months past, ! have been planning to
come to Grand Junction to see you
regarding matters concerning the
school, but have found it almost inn
possible 10 get away. While ! may be
over in the near future, vet | think
there are some things we had better
take up, because | am very anxious
to get your opinion of them.
As you know we have not. as vet.
received dollar of the appropria
tion for maintaining the Grand June
tion property. We have incurred an
expense of something like $1,000. on
money advanced out of college funds
and now borrowed from the bank
here at Fort Collins. This money
has been used to pay the custodian.
MIR. Herrick, and his assistant. Mr..
Sporer, and for making some neces-
sary repairs to put the property in
shape for winter. We will probably
get half of the appropriation or S5.-
OOO. This is sufficient to keen a
custodian there and make some min
or repairs, but will leave nothing for
equipment of any kind or for doing
any drainage work. We have mi
IN series of test wells and are
keeping records of the water levels
all over the tract, so as to get some
preliminary data on drainage. Since
the college for its experiment station
work Will only receive half the an.
preparation, the appropriation made
Tor fruit Investigations. has already
been used. With this we maintained
Mr.. Weldon in Grand Junction last
year, and Mr. Herrick in Delta II
VIII, therefore, be impossible for ms
to have field man for fruit investi-
cations on the west slope this com
ing year, unless we keep Mr.. Her
rick as custodian, liberate him from
the general work of the care of the
buildings, giving thatto his assistant
ana asking him as the representative
OF the school, to do as much field
work as possible; in other words
look npon him as a field man for the
region, / have looked up the law
carefully and feel sure that such ac-
I ton comes within its provision. In
this way the Western Slope would get
some benefit of the school through
| extension service, even though tbe
/ appropriation is TOO small to do any-
thing along educational lines at the
school proper or to provide for anv
equipment.
am writing a similar letter to tbe
I.other two members of the committee
and hope you will write me inst as
soon as you conveniently can your
opinion of the plan. If we get an
per cent of the appropriation there
VIII be enough to do this work well
and perhaps leave a balance sniff.
cient to employ a custodian until the
next appropriation becomes availa.
Die. We have given a great deal o-
thought to this problem and are very
anxious to get the greatest possible
returns for the region. Your advice
and opinion will be appreciate.
With best wishes for the New Year
remain, cordially yours,
CHAS. A. LORY