The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-13

tion. These books contained % views,
descriptive matter concerning our eli
mate, horticulture, agriculture, stock
raising and industrial advantages and
comparative Genealogical tables
We have reason. to believe that we
have a fair show in the location of a
Government Sanitarium in the near
future :.
WAR WORK.
We might well say this was the i'm
portant work of the past year. Your
Board of Directors Instructed the Sec
retary to render every possible assist
ance in all war matters and We made
an honest effort to do our Bit. The
office of the Chamber OF Commerce
was made headquarters for much activ-
ity in war work Probably the most
important work was that rendered as
Deputy Food Administrator. This
work was of vital importance to our
to this work This office received a
good per cent OF the collections in the
first Red Cross Drive and assisted in
practically all OF the war drives ex-
cepting the Liberty Loan. We as
sisted the Food Administration, Red
Cross. Y. NJ. c. A. and other organiza-
tions in various public meetings and
demonstrations and acted as County
Director for the Working Boys Re-
serve.
We assisted in the reorganization
of the County Council of Defense and
considerable of the work and corre-
spoEdence was carried on thru this
office. We feel that Mr. Chas. E
Reeves is entitled to much credit for
the time devoted and the efficient
manner in which vast amount of
this important work was carried out
In response 10 an appeal sent out by
the Navy Department for binoculars
and spy glasses. we secured and for
warded to Washington 81 pairs for
use in field work
During the early part OF the year we
secured air. VI. D. Hodineite TO lecture
on Government Insurance. ailotments.
allowances and compensation This
Information proved very valuable to
our boys who We're entering the service
as well as TO their families.
We assisted in securing the Three
Hundred and Forty-frst Field Artil-
lery Band from Camp Funston.
We had completed all arrangements
for the location of Machine Gun
Corps in Canon City, when the war
closed and consequently changed the
order
We compiled and sent out question
aires to all industrial and business
firms in this County for the purpose
of ascertaining the names and number
of men in their employ who were con-
sidered essential TO the conduct of
their business This information was
for the use of TIE State >Industrial
Advisory Board in considering the
classification OF those called into the
service.
This office was called upon many
times 10 fill out questionaires Of vari-
Gus kinds by the Government. and
many papers of investigations for DIFF
ferent departments were referred here
for attention
Fremont County furnished about
1850 men for service in the army.
navy and vocational training.
The Chamber of Commerce was
more or less active in all war activi-
ties. In order that we may know and
plished by our community in various
has been compiled:
There were l47 war gardens planted
in Canon City on vacant lots. These
gardens covered more than thirty
acres of land
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVES.
/. No quota.
. Quota. s2l4.0o0.00. Amount sub
scribed not available
g. Quota, s2el, $4,000. Subscribed.
sse5.S5o.oO
!. Quota, s4ss.25o.Oo. Subscribed.
$500. 10000
/. Quota. ss3,o00.00. Subscribed,
ss5.4.5.o0.
?. Quota. sas.ooo.oo. Subscribed.
s4s 10000.
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
l. Quota. sioo.7so.oo. Subscribed.
sss2.s2s.o co.
This was the only war drive in which
we did not far exceed our quota. The
entire nation was short IN this drive
and our per cent was far in excess OF
the total amount secured
v. N. c. A. DRIVE.
l. Quota. ss,7oo.oo Subscribed.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
l. Quota. 100000. Subscribed.
s.. 10000.
UNITED WAR WORK DRIVE.
1. Quota. s24,eco.oo. Subscribed.
s34 10000.
ARMENIAN RELIEF DRIVE.
l. Quota, $4,000. Subscribed.
$4,000.
LisRARv FUND AND BOOKS.
, A considerable amount OF money was
raised for this fund. but the amount Is
not available. Seven hundred books