The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-01-10
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By the chief executive. they have re-
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propriatsd as stated has been sxpend-
yI yi:.on % q % . fiaanes n comni,sss % " Of oSpas sh.
out Of the fund has been made until
OF the council and In course approved
by the councii In regular session.
Some Of the uses Of this fund: The
was made the chairman of the com
mittee on food production. conservation
and marketing. In d AID Of hi. nums.-
ed from this fund. Through these vari-
Gus committees and the effective agen-
cy of the Agricultural College. produc-
tton of crops was encouraged in the
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
sirable results were attained through
the organisation Of an irrigation cam
masif.s. that wi,hou, the eons.rv.-
tion Of water and cooperation among
our people. enormous crops would be
formed numbering in Its psrsonnsi tn.
state snginesr. the engineer OF the
Land Board; one Of the professor.
others. The most Immediate matter
was 10000 acres of wheat lying under
the Henrylyn, the Burlington and
as' amons .hs di,eh:: sns and .S. sS''fsea 6.assa
Union Water Company. giving from
timated By the fsrmsrs that over 400
900 bushels OF wheat were saved, Of
a value Of over half million dollars.
same System. and the giving In the
Water Works of 1000 acre feet. at
crops were saved In the Platte valley.
This committee went into the Ar
kansas valley. over into the San Luis
state, and water owners cooperated;
who never helped each other before.
Crop results were obtained and an ex
ample set that will avail the state for
Washington urged campaign
against vensreal diseases among the
ter the service. Cooperation was ss-
tablished with the efficient secretary
of the state Board OF Health, $500
jsct was reached by the moving pic
lures. placards. lectures and personal
visitation.
The campaign against influenza was
on Aid and cooperation to the sec
rstary of the State Health Board from
REORGANIZATION
Committee headed by the president
OF the State University. The total ap-
propriation to this committee from the
funds given the governor was 3e.100
This was aided by contributions Of pri-
nltf
with its organizations to all counties
where there was large alien popula-
siSn ixnt x. ,Sai1 ohools w:r' hop.n:d
Ing pictures were used and every Of
fort was made to get before the allen
Of s on. sas Ens
ralization papers and to bring to him
realization Of the opportunities. du-
ship.
THRESHERNEN.
With view of locating the grain
crop OF the state-especially wheat
and avoiding waste in the thrsshing,
saniaea eo snpsrSi.e ,hrourS S
cies in the respective counties. the
threnhinE OF grain throughout the en-
by the governor. requesting all thresh-
ermen to take out licenses and TO
make report-5,ooo made-of the num-
the owners and the disposition made
Threshers wers inspected by local
commlttee. and waste of grain pre-
partly .ueeessful. to stand.rdire 1.-THE the
charges for thrsshing and a suocsssful
effort to distribute threshers In opera
ton to d. d,.triets in need, The citizens
federal food Administrator Loyalty CO.
operated. Abundant were the results
Federal Food Department At 500. 900
bushels of wheat during the season Of
1918. Il is hoped that this and many
other iike measures inaugurated. may
be continued in the coming years
All departments of the state govern
mont loyalty cooperatsd with the gov
s@rnor @ and The state Council Of Do
ton took up the question of securing
from the owners leases. In most in
stances without rental. on the lands in
sf y he .sM Slate ans Boara Of f.ss sos
Commissioners were active in aiding
the agricultural committee of the
tice came of the breaking out Of hog
locality Of the state a COMMITTEES from
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 It may be well to pause
for . moment to contemplate the con-
ditions to be met when the dsclara-
ton of war was made against the Inn
perial empire of Germany. message
came from the President of the United
States and also from the secretary Of
state of the United States six days
before the declaration of war, advising
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. 10
the every man. would be needed In the
world war.
The area of our state equals that of
the states Of New York and Pennsvi.
vania-103.o00 square miles-neariv
5000 miles of steam railways; bridres.
many of them gigantic structures,
1900: trestles, many of great lenrth.
4,o0o tunnels 100. the destruction OF
any one of which would seriously pre-
vent transportation of food and sun-