The Delta independent., 1919-01-31
the long appropriation bill will be

the long appropriation bill will be
passed.
One other bill was taken up on
second reading, which will no doubt
meet with the approval Of all the at
torneys in Delta county. This is an
act to provide for the appointment of
a commission who should revise and
prepare for publishing, the constitu-
ton of the state and all the general
statutes of the state, including the
code of civil procedure The governor
after consultation with justices of the
supreme court, is to appoint two COM
petitent attorneys who are actually in
the practice of law in Colorado. He
will also name one justice of the su-
preme court and two district judges.
This Commission shall compile two
thousand copies of their report to be
presented to the twenty-third general
assembly for its approval, and when
they shall have approved it, it shall
become the offial statute of the state
of Colorado.
Last Saturday, Dr. Coan. a man who
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spoke on the Armenian Relief Fund
which is being raised at this time. DR..
Coan was ne of the five Americans
who raised the U. S. flag over the
consulate in Persia in the face of an
advancing Turkish army and saved
10000 Armenians from being slaught-
cred He claims that the Armenians
deserve as much or greater credit than
Belgium for having defied the Central
Powers When they We're asked to
join with Germany and Turkey in the
war against their friends the Allies,
they refused and in doing so. knew
that they would be subjected to all
sorts of massacre and humiliation. Dr.
Coan emphasized the fact that it was
the German Kaiser alone who caused
the massacre of hundreds of thousands
of Armenians. In speaking of the
present Armenian drive, he. said that
$500, 100000 had been donated by one
man in New York for the purpose of
caring for all the administrative pur-
poses In this way every penny that
is given to the Armenian relief fund
will be spent in Armenia on these un-
fortunate people.
The Delta county commissioners
were in Denver this week in attend
ance at the commissioners meeting. !
might add that it is my opinion that
Delta county derives considerable bene-
fit from her commissioners attending
these conventions each year. At this
particular time they were not only able
to help draft the 100000 900 bond
issue for good roads. which will be
presented to the Legislature this ses-
sion. they informed me that the state
highway commission had agreed to let
them use the $1,000 which was to
have been spent on n one-half mile
of cement road out OF the city OF Delta
for gravel roads on the main high
ways of the county.
In conclusion ] want to call the at
tention of the people OF Delta county
to the farm loan department of the
state board OF land commissioners. Two
years ago the people of Colorado voted
years ago the people Of Colorado voted
that the public school funds should
be loaned to the farmers OF the state
at pei CcHt uiS law was tdhth
to the supreme court and was decided
constitutional. ] am enclosing in this
letter. general description given by
the board as to how money may be
obtained. Only persons who are ac-
tual residents con the land may get
loan. and only s25O0 may be loaned to
any one person. The cost of appraisal
and other expenses of course. must
be made by the person getting the
loan. suggest that those who may be
interested. write to the state board of
Land Commissioners Loan Department
for applications. The commissioners
told me that there had been a great
many loans made in eastern Colorado.
but so far little request from the
western slope.
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