The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-18
GOVERNOR AMMONS' MESSAGE
MANY MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
PEOPLE OF COLORADO, CLEARLY STATED IN
INAUGURAL ADDRESS NINETEENTH GENERAL


Dtnv,r-Gos,sn L. n. Ammons
delivered III, inaugural address 10 the
Nineteenth General Assembly Of Colo
RADIO ON Tuesday. the l4th. In part
t4e governor said.
10 taa Members OF the Nine,esnth
General Assembly Of tAe state Of
y!8Tuuo
Greeting Iou are here as the rep
trsratatso5 OF the people of III" state,
not 10 make partisan politics, bur to
t.Haet laws for the benefit oi ALI the
altr2aus Of ONT comm0uH eaith You
u0sl bear In MUD that this IS Il state
% great variety ot industrial and bus
Hp56 conditions, thai there VIII be
seeming conflict Of interests to ad
jsst The field If legislation must be
entered with wisdom and tolerance
believe every member is inspired by
ts. best motives. an / expect to see
a.trudid results.
Roads and Parks.
perhaps the most urgent necessity
"yun us at the present time for the
advancement OF farming. mining and
uI kinds ot industrial pursuits Is thu
construction ut q systematic network
oi highways throughout the state. W.
aale many sections ot good road, but
.u very lew places ars they properly
connected. Ia order to carry out a
harmonious plan Ne must first build
she main arteries reaching all sections
of the state and make connections
With every locality easy. To bring
about such a result taC work must bel
under The supervision of some eff
Glen. centralized body SHch system
would not ouly enable us to reach,
settle up and develop every portion
ot our state, but it would also furnish
nv best possible means to secure tho
tourist travel now looking for an op-
p0rtuuity to visit tn" Rocky noun
fajns Even with our present discon-
urc,cd system OF highways, auiomo-
bile tourists are visiting most portions
of the state and advertising to the
World our wonderful variety of scenic
HraUty. We ar" especially favored with
natural attractions and all We need to
secure the lion 5 ShaC" of this traI el is
he construction OF good roads. In
1915 the trauscontinrntal highways
viii be lined with automobiles headed
toward the Panama eNpositiouS ON the
Pacific coast. aud unless We complete
tuc main arteries Of our system by
That tinIe We can hope for but little
u' his trade
Transportation and Marketing Condi.
tions.
Inquiry has shown that We are an
uUally importing into this state for
cur own use livestock and agricultural
products to the amount OF $40 per cap
TIA or about So .0pU,u0u year j his
is counting only those products We
should produce ourselves. NeEerthe-
loss. this year We had an immense
quantity OF fruit and other farm crops
for which there was no available mar
ket or no transportation facilities
through which they could be sold a
a profit Thousands OF tons of the
best fruit ever produced in the state
went to waste. Much OF this was per
ishable and if moved at all had to be
shipped within a very limited time
lIac there been ample manufacturing
facilities much of this crop could have
been put in condition to hold over foI
use in years Of scant production.
State Forestry System.
The Eighteenth General Assembly
authorized the appointment uf a stare
forester under the Board of Agricul
ture and enacted legislation to put
into effect most salutary laws in be,
half Of forestry in this state, The ap-
propriatiou did not become available
until a year later ana then only a part
vi IT, Enough was secured, however,
To- effect the organization of the sers-
ice. The Agricultural College has es-
isbliShed course of study in forestry.
irrigation.
The development of our irrigation
system is the most important factor
ia our agricultural growth Expert
euce has taught us that by storing
and ,.olding within the state a large
portion of the natural water supply
that comes to us in the way of snow
and rainfall. We will. during the course
ar time, add almost indefinitely to the
amount OF land we may irrigate.
Public Defense.
To extend our irrigated territory as
We should, the state must defend its
title to the streams which rise within
Il. BY congressional enactment we
we're given these waters nearly half
century ago and our title to them was
confirmed by our constitution at the
time OF our admission to statehood in
1876. Notwithstanding this fact, sew
eral suits have been brought by neigh
boring states to deprive us OF the use
of these waters. and more suits are
threatened.
State Institutions.
The demand upon a new state for
educational, penal and charitable in
- stitutions is always great This is es-
pecially true of our educational insti-
tutions in Colorado. Our natural re
sources are of great variety, and their
development involves problems as nu-
merous as those to be met by the en-
tire country. We have half the min
erals known to the world, and all the
mining problems of this continent. To
develop our immense area OF mineral