The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-20
SPRINGS
City Council to Encourage Growing
of Home Gardens

Ol I1OIuc 1dluCl1S
encourage production garden
reached Idaho
the city council committee consisting of Aldermen J. S Under
HILL Atkins Mayor Moscrpt appoint
ed lend the growing of vegetables in the
lots and the will probably offer for the best gardens
Perhaps four prizes will be offered to the and four the
children.
Mayor Mofcrip the stock ordinance will be gdy enforced
from end and that chickens
kept penned up day marshal will be appointed well
the night marshal will be pledged that the law strictly enforced
of
cultivation city will permits the
of water for irrigatng the ground.
Those who wish to buy sell exchange garden TOOLS seed
plants invited the Sfngs for making their known
No charge will be made for this service.
The following plain statement of the county food condition
plains the true situation and should be read by citizen
All of Europeneural well warning countries been
placed food ations to exc supplies until the
harvested This county entered the last July with
1916 produced bushels wheat and
of spring wheat total supply 100000 This wear there will
practically upon
the winter forecasts yield of only 430OOO0 On this basis
thepng wheat crop be 24OOOO0 bushels larger than last
in order to give wheat supply equal to what will
and consume the closing This is alarming
outlook The wheat nooous subject to weather
conditions More spring wheat should be but doubtful if
the wheat shortage be made Other food must be
to the deficiency.
This country Belgium
France and Italy dependent upon food They will have
coming
they will be able feed all their people Added the
appeals starving humanity military making
possible for embargo the expectation food We
must divide what this with these and with the
neutral countrHoand Denmark, Norway Sweden. Switzerland
and Spanwhch self sustaining supplies. And
only must enough keep these peoples from but
enough the heavy which the sub
warfare IT food then did last yearand
far the outlook for esthee danger food situation such
the world modern has dreamed Of No other country
has the land and population meet this but
the United States There business which all other business
depends upon this growing this
And the started Immediately. There
from outside The be only by
spontaneous action state county and school district forming
local organizations
Picture your mind what will cities
and dea than they now be impressed upon
bushel of wheat the supply after the growing
The country aroused but alarm will accomplish
suits There be organized personal work. headed
locality by of force and influence.
The of called for the enlistment boys from
Ii to IL to work either gardens the farms President
Wilson will be Soldiers of the Commissary
There possibilities this idea The boys be brought
feel that they country truly their older brothers
navy the girls should have chance
we'll They should medal keep lifelong evidence Of their
service hope-of the worlds history
Although desirable the farm crops
and especially the spring wheat be that the best chance
increase the food supply by the intensive cultivation of garden
tracts and adjacent where labor additional to the regular
farm supply for growing potatoes BEANS onions
The will depend upon the efficiency
the local organizations
~. The Cause