The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-01-09
uch ON such limitsd financial pr.vi-

1
The Mems state Council of Defense
BY the chief e1eeutive. they have re-
and Initiated. advised and aided every
class OF war work; The $4,000 ap-
aosr o
Vision Of a finance committee Of the
| Mems Council of Defense. No payment
approved by. the executive committee
| of the council and in course approved
by the council In regular session.
president of the. Agricultural College
was made the chairman of the COM
and marketing. In aid Of his numer
Gus committees $4,000 was appropriat-
ed from this fund. Through these vari-
| cy of the Agricultural College, produc-
| tion OF crops was encouraged In. the
counties. the construction of silos. the
| operating with the State Utilities De-
partment. the transportation of crops
\ OF live stock. with results for the good
we can scarcely estimate.
During the season s Of iSis mSst ,Sh de-,
the organization of an irrigation cam
paign, In the early summer II was
manifest that without the conserva-
tion of water and cooperation among
our people. enormous crops would be
lost. An irrigation committee was
Land Board, one of the professors
others. The most Immediate matter
was 10000 acres OF wheat lying under
the Henrylyn, the Burlington and
among the ditches and the Denver
| Union Water Company. giving from
their heir reservoirs in the month OF June
timated by the farmers that-over 300..
ooo bushels OF wheat were saved. Of
BY the further coopsration Of the
; month Of July from the Denver Union
least 100000 In various characters of
crops were saved in the Platte valley.
wsnt INTO int sam 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 en-
tablished with the efriciemt secretary
OF the State Board of Health. $500
appropriated for this work. The sub
lures. placards. lectures and personal
on. Aid and cooperation to the sec
retary of the State Health Board from
4 this fund.
APPROXIMATION.
Committee headed by the president
preparation to this committee from the
funds given the governor was $500.
This was vas aided by constitution. Of pri.
with Its organizations to all counties
where there was larSe allen popula:
speakers gave their services. the NOV.
Ing pictures were used and every ef-
fort, was made to get before the allen
lish language. of taking out his nntu-
ralization papers and to bring to him
a, realisation 81 the opportunities, du-
ship.
THREsHERMEN.
With view of locating tho grain
crop of the statev-cspecially wheat
and avoiding waste In tho threshing.
threshermens committee was or
gnnixed. to supervise. through ngen-
threshing OF grain throughout the en-
tire state. A proclamation WAS issued
by the governor. reque.tinK all thresh-
make rcport-s.ooo made-of the num-
ber OF bushels threshed. the quality.
the owners and the disposition made:
vented. There was an effort made
charges for threshing and n uccessful
effort to distribute threshers In opera
tion to dtstricts In need. The citizens
federal food adJninistrator loyalty CO.
operated. Abundant were the resultA
= son.ea1snt % saying: estimated by the
bushels of wheat during the season Of
1918. 1t is hoped that this and many
be continued in the coming years.
| All departments of the state govern
ment Loyalty cooperated with the gov
eernor and the State Council of De-
tion took up the question of securing
from the owners leases. in most in
the state lying failow and suitable for
agriculture. The State Board of Land
| Commissioners were active In aiding
state Council Of Defense. When noe @
tice came of the breaking out of hog
iosaiits Of the @ .tas. sa commste. In ,ray rny
the Council of Defense acted in effect
i've cooperation with the State Board
UetsrnaTy % and his a..i",ant. 'hs IN AID iaaos Of
this undertaking.
COLORADO DOES ITS PART.
| At this point 1t may bs well to pause
dition. to be met when the dsolara-
periai empire Of Germany. \ MASSAGE
States and also from the secretary Of
state Of the United States. six days
before the dsc,aras,on i1 L, Of war sdvisins
governor of the state to guard All
| transportation lines. power plants. res
| aid Of war. and further asking that
this protection be provided by the
| state. saying that federal troops, to
world war.
/ The area of our state equals that of
| the states Of New York and Pennsyl-
vania-1O3;000 square mi1es-nearly
5000 miyes of steam railvsyss bridges, ,
many OF them gigantic structures.
T 1900: trestfes. many. Of great length
| 5000; tunn4ls 1e0 the destruction or
any one of which would seriously. prS-
vent transportation of food and sup
| plies. These miles of trackare ira
xeraIn1 thu nlaIna throuRh our r,omn.