The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-01-04
CITY WILL
COOPERATE
IN FIGHT ON
LEAF ROLLER

A dozen or more representative
fruit growers of the community were
present at the regular meeting of the
city council Monday night and asked
tho cooperation of its members in
the event that it was decided to form
a pest district here under the provis-
ions of the statute to make common
warfare on the leaf roller, widely rec
ognized as the most destructive and
unremitting enemy of successful hor-
ticulture in Fremont county. The
matter of combating the pest was dis
cussed at length by a number of
speakers; among them Ralph R. JEFF
fries, county agricultural agent, Prof.
C. p. Gillette of Denver, state ento-
mologist, Capt. r. F. Rockafellow, G..
". Hodgin, G. NJ. Rice and others.
The council expressed us willing
ness to assist heartily in every way
it could in making the undertaking
successful in case a pest district was
organized, but made it clear that it
ought not to be expected to take the
initiative in the movement. The Wis
iting delegation, in fact, diG not re-
quest the council to take the first
pest district, but urged that it join
the fruitgrowers in making thoro its
work if such an enterprise was in
augurated by them for their mutual
protection. This the council agreed
to do. The fruitgrowers will call a
mass meeting of the orchardists and
IL they vote to form a pest district
the council will make the city a part
of it. Prof Gillette stated that the
determination of the leaf roller here
would necessitate the spraying with
oil of all fruit and shade trees, except
the cottonwood and peach trees,
which are comparatively immune from
its ravages. and that the work would
have to be done in a careful. pains
taking way. All maple, elm and other
fruit trees. along the public streets
would have to be sprayed as required
by the inspector appointed for that
purpose. The problem of fighting the
ieaf-roller was fully concurred in by
the council and its members declared
themselves as being ready at all times
20 lend their assistance to any plan
that promised relief from it.
BY unanimous vote the council on
Monday night entered into contract
with Sweet, Causey, Foster & Com
pany of Denver to refund $4,000 out
standing Canon City bonds. due and
payable in 1928, at four and half per
cent interest, as low as that COM
manded by any similar securities in
the country, and the refunding will be
made without any expense whatever
to the city. After five years from the
date of issue, or 1928, according to
the terms of the agreement with
Sweet, Causey, Foster & company.
these bonds will be paid OFF at the
rate of $4,000 year.
The city now levies a special tax
of one-half mill to take care of its
water bonds, and it is computed, that
in five years from now. or in 1923, the
revenue derived from this assessment.
coupled with the funds it now has on
hand and the income from the Cot
tonwood creek ranches, it will be able
to take care of $50, 900 of water bonds
With the redemption of this block of
water bonds in 1923, the same levy
of one half mill will provide the
necessary $4,000 per annum to cancel
the municipal bonds as provided for
in the contract with Sweet, Causey,
Foster & Company.
Captain B. F. Rockafeilow asked
the council at its session Monday
night what arrangement could be
made with the city for procuring
water from the Empire Zinc COM
pany's pipe line for the irrigation of
lots in Greenwood cemetery. No def
mite answer was made to his inquiry
water and cemetery committees to in
vestigate and report their findings at
a subsequent meeting of the council.
On application and motion the city
clerk was ordered to issue fruit ped
dlers licenses to Mrs. Flora Zeigler
and Mrs. J. N. Kissel for the ensuing
three months. Monthly reports of the
city clerk, city treasurer and street
supervisor were read and ordered
placed on file. Bill for current ex-
penses of the city, amounting to ap-
proximately $4,000. were presented by
the finance committee and ordered