The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-10
ch on such imired financial prov.

| Tuesday morning. where, presided over
ceived the reports OF the Committees
and Initiated, advised and aided every
class OF var work; The $4,000 APP
| ed. every dollar of IT. under the super
| vision OF "a 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 uses OF this fund: The
president OF the Agricultural College
was made the chairman OF the com
rnittee on food production conservation
and marketing. In aid of his numer-
ons committees $4,000 Was appropriat-
ed from this fund. Through these Yari-
Gus committees and the effective aKen-
| cy OF the Agricultural College. produc-
ale',r aiom t. o. cfSps was eneouraged III me ,he
construction of warehouses. and, CO.
operating with the State Utilities De-
partment. the transportation of crops
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-
sifable results were attained through
the organization of an irrigation cam
manifest than without the conserva
ton OF water and cooperation among
our people, enormous crops would be
lost. An irrigation committee was
formed numbering in its personnel the
state engineer. the engineer of the
Land Board, one of the professors
from the Agricultural College and
others: The most Immediate matter
was 10000 acres of wheat lying under
neighboring bitches, BY cooperation
among .he bitches and the Denver
Union Water Company. giving from
their reservoirs In the month Of June
5000 acre feet, II is conservatively es-
tlmated by the farmers that over 300.-
600 Bushels OF wheat We're saved, Of
= value of over half million dollars.
BY the further cooperation of the
same same systems and the giving In the
Water Works of 1000 acre feet. at
least s301.000 In various characters of
crops were saved in the Platte valley.
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.
VINO never helped each other before.
Crop results were obtained and an ex-
ample set that will avail the state for
Washington urged campaign
against venereal Diseases among the
young soldiery and those about TO en-
Ter the service. Cooperation was es
tablished with the efficient secretary
of the state Board of Health $500
appropriated Tor this work The sub
Ject was reached by the moving pic
lures. plncards, lectures and personal |
visitation.
The campaign against Influenza was
on. Aid and cooperation 10 the sec
retary OF the State Health Board from
this fund.
AMERICANIZATIoN
committee headed by the president |
of the State University. The total APP
propriation to this committee from the |
lnnds given the governor was $1,000.
This was aided by contributions of pri- |
vnte funds. The committee went out
with its organizations to all counties |
where there was a large alien popula:
ton. Night schools We're opened, |
speakers gave their services, the noy
ing pictures Were used and every ef-
fort was made to get before the alien
the Importance of acquiring the Eng
lish language. of taking out his natu-
faiizntion papers and to bring to him |
a realization of the opportunities. du-
ship.
THREsHERsiEN.
With a view of locating the grain
crop Of the state--espeeially wheat
"A threshermens committee was or
ganized. 70 supervise. through agen- |
threshing of grain throughout the en-
tire state proclamation was issued |
by the governor, requesting AL thresh- |
cimen to take out licenses and to
make rcport--5. 900 made--of the num- !
ber of bushels threshed. the quality. |
IN The owners and the disposition made.
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
federal fosd administrator loyalty Co
operated Abundant we're the results. |
a consequent saving. estimated by the |
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 ana the state Council of De-
fense. The State Board OF Inimigra- |
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 suitable for |
agriculture. The State Board of Land |
commissioners were active in aiding !
the agricultural committee of the |
state Council of Defense When no. |
tice came of the breaking out of hog
cholera or any cattle disease In any |
the Council of Defense acted In effect
i've cooperation with the State Board |
OF stock Inspection. using the state
veterinary and his assistants in aid OF |
this undertaking.
COLORADO DOES ITS PART.
At this point 1t may be well to pause |
for, moment to contemplate the con-
tor of war was made against the i'm
perial empire of Germany A message |
came from the President of the United |
state of the United States. six days /
before the declaration of war, advising |
that war was imminent. urging the |
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.o00 square miles-neariy
5000 miles of steam railways; bridges. i,
many of them gigantic structures.
1000; trest1es, many of great length |
1000: tunnels 100. the destruction of |
any one of which would seriously pre-
vent transportation of food and sup
plies These miles of trackage fra
versins- the plains through our noun
tain gorges and defiles and over our
lofty ranges. districts traversed In |
many instances. in sparsely settled
sections, where every opportunity Of
fered for destruction Dozens OF res
efNnlrs. Q each with dam mora axtar- |