The Holly chieftain., 1913-01-17
GOVERNOR AMMONS' MESSAGE
HAS POSITIVE CONVICTIONS OF INTEREST TO
PEOPLE or COLORADO. WHICH STATED
INAUGURAL AoOREss NINETEENTH GENERAL



Nineteenth General Assembly of Colo
rado on Tuesday. the 18th. In part.
the governor said:
To the Members OF the Nineteenth
General Assembly Of the State OF
Colorado:
Greeting: You are here as the rep
resentatives Of the people of the state.
not to make partisan politics. but to
enact laws for the benefit of all the
citizens of our commonwealth. You
must bear in mind that this is q state
of great variety of industrial and bus
iness conditions; that there will be
seeming conflict of interests to ad.
Just. The field OF legislation must be
entered with wisdom and tolerance.
believe every member is inspired by
the best motives. and / expect to see
splendid results.
Roads and Paris.
Perhaps the most urgent necessity
uDon us at the present time for the
Advancement Of farming, mining and
all kinds Of industrial pursuits Is the
construction Of . systematic network
~ highways throughout the state. We
have many sections OF good road. but
IN vsry few places are they properly
connected. In order to carry out 4
harmonious plan We must first build
the main arteries reaching all sections
Of the state and make connections
with every locality easy. To bring
about such result tho work must be
under the supervision Of some eff
cient centralized body. Such q system
would not only enable US to reach.
settle up and develop every portion
Of our state. but 1t would also furnish
the best possible means to secure the
tourist travel now looking for an OPP
portunfty to visit the Rocky noun
tains. Even with our present discon-
nected system of highways. automo-
bile tourists are visiting most portions
Of the state and advertising to the
world our wonderful variety OF scenic
beauty. We are especially favored with
natural attractions and all We need to
secure the lions share Of this travel is
the construction of good roads. In
1915 the transcontinental highways
will be lined with automobiles, headed
toward the Panama expositions on the
Pacific coast, and unless we complete
that time we can hope for but little
Of this trade.
Transportation and Marketing condI.
tions.
Inquiry has shown that we are an
nually importing into this state for
our own use livestock and agricultural
products to the amount of $40 per cap
ita. or about $32,0O0,0O0 a year. This
1s counting only those products we
should produce ourselves. Neverthe-
less, this year we had an immense
quantity Of fruit and other farm crops
for which there was no available mar.
kst or no transportation facilities
through which they could be sold a.
profit. Thousands of tons Of the
best fruit ever produced In the state
went to waste. Much of this was per-
1shable and II moved at all had to be
shipped within a very limited time.
Had there been ample manufacturing
facilities much of this crop could have
been put in condition to hold over fol
use in years Of scant production.
state Forestry system.
The Eighteenth General Assembly
authorized the appointment Of a state
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-
preparation did not become available
until year later ana then only part
OF 1t. Enough was secured, however,
to effect the organization of the serv-
ice. The Agricultural College has es-
tablished course of study in forestry.
Irrigation.
The development of our irrigation
system is the most important factor
in our agricultural growth. Expert
ence has taught US that by storing
and holding within tine state large
portion of the natural water supply
that comes to us in the way of snow
and 6rainfall, we will, during the course
Of 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
1t. BY congressional enactment we
were 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