Cheyenne record., 1919-01-09
much ON such limited fi..ne,., prov,.

much ON such iinitsA financial provi-
The Mems state corneil ef Dsfsns.
Tuesday morning. whore. presided over
by the chief executive. they have re-
class of war work: The $4,000 APP
propriated az stated has been expend-
vision Of finance committee of the
Mems Council of Defense. No payment
out of the fund has been made until
approved by the executive committee
of the council and in course approved
by the council In regular session.
Some of the use: Of this fund; The
was made the chairman of the COM
mittee on food production, conservation
and marketing. In aid of his numer-
ed from this fund. Through these vari-
GUS committees and the effective agen-
cy of the Agricultural College, produc-
counties, the construction OF silos. the
construction Of warehouses. and. Co
operating with the State Utilities De-
was materially aided; also the moving
of live stock, with results for the good
we can scarcely estimate.
During the season of 1918 most de-
sirable results were attained through
the organization of an irrigation cam
paign. In the early summer 1t was
tion of water and cooperation among
our people, enormous crops would be
lost. An irrigation committee was
formed, numbering in its personnel the
Land Board, one of the professors
from the Agricultural College and
was 10000 acres Of wheat lying under
the Henrylyn, the Burlington and
neishborins bitches. By eooperation n
from
their reservoirs in the month OF June
5000 acre feet, 1t is conservatively es-
timated by the farmers that over 800.
900 bushels of wheat We're saved, OF
value Of over half a million dollars.
By the further cooperation Of the
same systems and the giving in the
Water Works of 1000 acre feet. at
least 100000 in various characters of
This committee went into the Ar
kansas valley, over into the San Luis
valley and in other districts of the
state, and water owners cooperated;
Crop results were obtained and an ex-
ample set that will avail the state for
all time.
Washington urged campaign
against venereal diseases among the
young soldiery and those about to on
ter the service. Cooperation was es-
of the state Board Of Health, $500
appropriated for this work. The sub
jert was reached by the moving pic
tufes. placards, lectures and personal
The campaign against influenza was
on. Aid and cooperation to the sec
retary Of the State Health Board from
AMERICANIZATION
Committee headed by the president
of the State University. The total ap-
preparation to this committee from the
ir, funds given the governor was ts,lo9'
This was aided by contributions OF pri-
vate funds. The committee went out
with its organizations to all counties
6n There tSerf Slrbt was large allen
speakers gave their services, the NOV
ing pictures were used and every eff
fort was made to get before the allen
1ish language, of taking out his natu-
ralization papers and to bring to him
a realization Of the opportunities. du-
ties and benefits of American citizen
ship.
THRESIIERMEN.
With view of locating the grain
crop of the state-especially wheat
and avoiding waste in the threshing.
ganized. to supervise. through agen-
cies in the respective counties. the
threshing Of grain throughout the en-
tire state. A proclamation was issued
by the governor, requesting all thresh-
ermen to take out licenses and to
make report-5,009 made-of the num-
y,
the owners and the disposition made;
Threshers were inspected by local
committees and waste of grain pre-
vented There was an effort made.
partly successful, to standardize the
charges for threshing and a successful
effort to distribute threshers in opera
tion to districts in need. The citizens
voluntarily acted in harmony. The
federal food administrators loyalty CO.
operated. Abundant We're the results.
A consequent saving, estimated by the
ODD
bushels of wheat during the season of
1918. II Is hoped that this and many
other like measures inaugurated. may
be continued in the coming years
All departments of the state govern
ment loyalty cooperated with the gov
ernor and the state Council of De-
fense. The State Board of Immigra-
tion took up the question of securing
from the owners leases. In most in
stances without rental. on the lands in
the state lying fallow and suita bic for
Commissioners were active in aiding
the agricultural committee of the
State Council of Defense. When no.
tice came of the breaking out of hog
locality Of the state a committee rom
the Council Of Defense. acted in effect
of Stock Inspection, using the state
veterinary and his assistants in aid of
this undertaking.
COLORADO DOES ITS PART.
At this point it may be well to pause
for a moment to contemplate the con-
dltions to be met when the declara-
ton OF war was made against the Inn
perial empire of Germany. A message
came from the President of the United
States and also from the secretary of
state of the United States six lays
before the declaration of war advisirg e
that war was imminent. urging the
governor of the state to guard all
transportation lines, power plants res
ervoirs and the industries available in
aid OF war. and further asking that
this protection be provided by the
state. saying that federal troops, to
the every man. would be needed In the
world war.
The area of our state equals that of
the states of New York and Pennsyl-
vania-103. 900 square miles-nearlv
| 5000 miles Of steam railways; hridxes
many of them gigantic structures.
1900: trestles. many of great length.
| 4 tunnels loo the lnstrnntIa.,e ~