The evening herald., 1918-01-09

h"fnlllo county. which was uu View
/ during state Patriotic Week
shipping and Marketing bureau. 4
committee headed hN Georgc Ruslinp-
tuu has been appointed to arrange N,
details for the establishing of this iu-
siitutuu IN connection with the
chamber dj an early date
biainago The drainage ~ the CONE
trnl l;io Graudc valley i- of IA, u..
most importance To- all the farmers
embraced within that territory aud the
matter has received great deal OF
attention. The cooperation uf the
government aud the state college has
been secured and work is now being
carried on with "a view to ascertain
INK conditions as they actually are.
Mr. -. T.. Bloodgood "a drainage cX-
pert from the state college viii ad-
dress the next meeting of the bureau
on January 18th
County Agent. Efforts have been
made To- provide capable successor
to replace H. r.. stewart. and the state
college assures W. they will suggcs.
the name of one In short time
Charities bureau.
\. u. Strou?. bureau leader
This bureau formerly tne Civt-
Bettcrmcnt League. has been placed
upon sound financial footing and
Is used to disbursc the charities fund
of the chamber receiving an allow
nucc OF S2iO.UO q month.
Receipts From all sources irclud-
ing the Chamber Of Commerce during
the period from Ausust to Dcccmher.
1917 t2.l95i4. made up as follows
city Of Albuquerque. S25O.01,
Chamber of Commerce. sl,250, Doup-
tious. {355.I6 Refund from Berna-
ll,lo county, t3i9.9S, Refund from
eases. $1,000. Total s2.197A4
Disbursements S263l3j
Cases Handled 2i4 cases of all
kind have been handled and 5,NtJ
meals have been served "a, the coloul
during the period the report covers
Thanksgiving Baskets \ great
many donations 81 this kind were dis
.ributod 10 needy families and cuu-
trlbutions for Thanksgiving made hy
the school children of Albuquerque
were handled hy the bureau
Christmas The Christians activities
uf the bureau were yerN ,unsIdCra bio.
Many poor families being taken care
~ and through the Kindness uf Mrs.
Max NurdhEus. e holiday dinner was
provided tor an "a, The colony ana
many outside AIRS A. -. MsMUlcu
headed a committee to provide gifts
ana other essentials Of Yuletidc en-
JuyW"ut
Charity Cases During the month
Of November. so cases In an were
handled. 30 Of them rev ones This
is about an average month. Cncm-
ployment, tuberculosis and other
forms Of sickness. and widuwhnod,
figure largely in the causes of dis
trcs~
civic Burcau,
Aldo Leopold bureau leader.
OF the many pressing problems
suggested hy the mcbcrs of this cham
her. the following were selected ZEE
suitable for action during the winter
months The comment under each
caption summarize, the work done.
Streets aud Paving. Don =. johnson.
chairman pf committee. Mr Johnston
has been conducting an inquiry into
the technical prohleu of determining
un Inexpensive dust-proof treatment
sufficiently inexpensive to allow uf
rapid extension throughout our Ivsi-
dcnce districts During his present az
soncc iu the east hy IS gathering in
formation u1 the experience of eastern
cities When his recommendation
are ready. they viii he taken up with
the city manager FOR consideration ana
action
city Refuse Disposal. Peter Gamer
ON. chairman Of committee. Mr.. cam
cron has been gathering Information
from engineering firms on the mcin-
cratic ~ city refuse. with the possible
recovering of metals ard organic by
products This is "a highly intricate
problem, and 1t IL as yet too early to
reach conclusions ON which action
could be based
Rio Grandc Park. The ergineerin;
committee, consisting of l., q. Dawes,
Edmund Ross and A. r. Hutchinson,
hayr compelled the preliminary WORK
~ mapping and drawing the boundar-
les Of the proposed park. IN accord
Hnco with the detailed specifications
passed In the form of a resolution hy
the civic bureau members on Mo-
Ncmbcr 22nd
The next step consists of some form
OF definite assurance by the city COM
Inissinncrs of the amount, cost and
nature 81 the improvements which the {
city promises to undertake on Tn" !
coded lands The figures have beet |
submitted To CITY Engineer A. r. Hut |
Crimson and will probably be placed !
before the city commissioners at their |
next meeting, and within two weeks 4
the bureau should be able To approach !
The rcal estate owners with an cN- /
pliCit and mutually attractive PROPOSE I
lion.
Meanwhile the Real Estate commit
tee. headed 10y J. A. Garcia y sanchez.
has h",u wurklng among the real "s-
u'c owners. aCquuintng them with
he nature OF our plans and the mu-
.ual advantages To- hc derived from
heir execution.
Clean up ana Paint ~, g. y French /
'hairmau. Mr French has been dis
ricting the city and selecting leaders
Tor each district tu conduct a city
wide cleanup campaign, in the early
.pring lie reports his organization
~ nearly ready to begin work
Municipal Christmas Tree, Mrs. y.
J Alger and George &. Taylor In
.hargc The tree was selected and
furnished as usual by the I, >. forest
oryice, ana through the courtesy "I