Gunnison news-champion., 1917-06-01
WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE GETS BUSY
Organized to Assist Crop
Production, Crop Gather
ing, and Marketing and
Every Other War
Activity
Continued from First Page)

sHlCt anu NelSnDOThOOl Committees
Ou nave been appointed chairman of
the committee IN your district. As
chairman, you are now asked to
choose such assistants as you may
deem advisable and to cooperate with
the county organization IN getting
and giving information on Seed Sup
ply, Labor Supply, and Live Stock.
Each Of these will explain in turn.
In many parts of the county there
Is = shortage OF onion sets, barley for
seed, and in some cases, potatoes. In
your neIghborhood some families may
not have the seeds that they want, and
others may have seed TO sell II is
desired that your committee make a
canvas of the neighborhood to find out
% who needs seeds, and what kind;
and (2) who have seed TO sell, what
kind, and how much. This work must
be done Immediately, to be effective
Report the information regarding
your district to F.. NJ Collins or B.
II. Jorgensen of Gunnison. who, as the
central committee, will distribute it
throughout the county.
As to labor supply, you are urged
to arrange for an immediate tentative
survey of your district to find out %
how many men will be required for
the harvesting or other work TO be
done in your district, (2) about when
they will be needed, and (3) how long
and (i) if there is an over supply of
laborers in your community, how
many are there and for what work are
they fit? Send this information to
Frank Lightley, Gunnison, and he will
see that it gets through the county
and that your neighborhood, in turn,
gets information about the labor sup
ply available.
You are urged, in the third place, to
have your committee get an approx
imation of the number of head of live
stock, cattle and hogs, especially, that
will be put on the market from your
district in the fall. This information
should be given to j. J. Miller, in the
First National Bank, Gunnison, or to
Mr.. Frank Lightley, Gunnison.
The Importance of doing these three
lines of work, Immediately, cannot be
over-estimated, as it is desirable to
complete the state survey at once.
Notifications of the estimate will be
necessary later on, and other prob
lens will be taken up, but this much
we can do now.
Judge Clifford Stone is chairman of
the county committee. The members
are Henry F. Lake. Jr., Publicity: E.
NJ. Collins and B. n. Joroensar. Seed:
]. J. Miller. Live Stock: Frank Light
Low. Live Stock and Farm Labor; and
Samuel Quiglev.
Please that information about
tho seed situation is made available at
once.
The seed committee is expected to
make an immediate survey of the
county to ascertain the kind of seed
desired by each ranchman and the
amount of seed in this county avail
able for this purpose. 1t is the duty
of the committee to see to it that the
excess of seed in certain districts is
sent to districts short of seed, and, by
this means, to procure the seeding Of
every available acre of land, through
the aid, if necessary of the Finance
committee. Although the seeding
season is almost over, Mr.. Collins and
Mr.. Jorgensen can be of considerable
assistance to ranchmen or towns peo-
pie needing seed of any Kind, If the
matter is taken up with them at once
There seems to be scarcity of onion
and barley seed.
Mr.. F. E. Lightley is chairman OF
the committee on Farm Labor, and
will at once begin to collect informa.
ton to ascertain how much labor
there is now available and what ad.
ditional labor will be needed during
the various harvesting seasons. II
will probably be very difficult to gel
labor outside of Colorado, but by in.
dexing the needed laborers on the
ranches and the people in towns. city
and mining camps, and the boys ane
girls who can help, it is believed thai
the actual need can be supplied.
Mr.. Lightley and Mr.. ]. J. Millel
were appointed committee on live
stock. On motion Mrs. Ralph Aller
was appointed chairman of the com
mittee of five on Home Economies
the duties of which will be explained
in detail later.
A publicity committee Of all ths
editors in Gunnison county was ap
: pointed.
- "a -
Crawford Chronicle: Harry Saw
! age and John Lupher came up from
Delta Wednesday and closed q dea
whereby Lee and Harry Savage be
i came the owners Of Lupher's band O
sheep about 27oo head including th'
lambs.