The Arvada enterprise., 1919-03-06
DARDEN POMONA GRANGE
HAS SPLENDID SESSION HERE

OANOEN FOWONA &SNAN0E
HAS SPLENDID SESSION HERE
Darden Pomona Grange held an
excellent meeting at Arvada Colo.
on March l. The morning session
was devoted to the business Of Po-
mona Grange. After delightful
dinner served by the ladies, the after
noon session, open to all, and good
attes.dnnce, began its course First
number on the program was piano
solo by Mrs. Jones Compton which
was well executed and thoroughly
appreciated. The next number was q
talk on "Land values for tax pur-
poses" by Mr.. Rudolph johnson of
the State Tax Commission. This talk
evoked considerable interest and it
is to be regretted that oil of the pro-
perty owners in jefferson County did
not hear this talk and learn of the
problems which confronts the county
assessor and land owners as we'll
Miss Frances Merriman sang q oc-
lightful vocal solo, who was followed
by State Master John Morris in a
speech on, the Moffat tunnel bill,
which is now drawing considerable
interest throughout the state. Mr..
Morris pointed out the fact that the
Moffat tunnel if completed would
be one of the wisest actions the state
Of Colorado has ever done towards
the general betterment and advance
ment of this glorious centennial state. ;
Re also said that it was high time
that this state govern itself and let
the Wall Street money Hogs" stay
where they belong and keep their
"dirty finger out of Colorado af-
fairs. Following Mr.. Morris, various
subjects were discussed and everyone
was thoroughly satisfied That the
afternoon was well spent.
In the evening DR.. Lory, president
Of The Colorado Agricultural Col
lsgs, made an excellent address. COW
ering q wide scope of thought on the
reconstruction period.
In the first place, Mr.. Lory Is a
firm believer In the league of ma
kions and many Of the advanced
idsas IN dealing with world and ma
tional problems. However, he ur-
god his hearers to give careful study
and Investigation to the many new
prob,sns that confront u, and be
thus enabled 70 express IN intslii-
gent opinion regarding them - they
present thsmselvss.
He spoke Of the great problem Of
allowing he population Of the coun-
try to eentralizs itself in the big
cities. and thus being more readily
organized into class distinctions and
class hatreds which threaten the se-
curity Of the foundations Of good
government.
To illustrate his point In this, he
said. perhaps many Of the farmers
did not know that the food admins
tratioa In tie early stages Of the Or
gxnisation, WAS confronted with .
dire threat from the labor organizes
tions Of the eities to declare a gen.
esal strike, ~ . remonstrance to the
apparent discrimination In favor Of
the farmer. This threat was met by
ths food administration with . eoun-
ter threat that II the labor strike was
called, the farmers would also de-
clare . strike, th1s shutting off thS'
fosd susssy for the people In the blk
citiss-which had the desired effect
Of pesvsnting the general strike.
"But." said Mr.. Lory. "you farm
srs must never strike. because ifyou
do, you will create condition In the
Zig cities that will breed anarchy and
OOboGGVS1us ShUW8AS wv" ~S~
desperate and are q menace to good
government" Every effort should
be made to build up strong commun'
tiles outside the big csnters to off,
set tie element Of discomfort that
breeds and thrivss In them.
In this connection, Mr.. Lory laid
great stress upon the education Of
the farmers children, 20 that those
who remained on the farm would be
capable Of earning better living by
having expert knowledge Of the bust
nsss and those who showed IN incl'-
nation and natural tendency toward
the professional or commercial life,
would bs better able 70 meet the
compstion In skill to be found In the
city. He 10 very strong for the unit
school system 70 bring about this
es,ndition. and IN favor Of the bill 70