Gilpin observer., 1919-01-09
much on suoA iiniteA financial provi-

much ON sueA limited finanoia, provi-
.. the ne. a' IN :s: ssras as.p0 It
BY the chief executive. they SsS. re. re-
snG initiated. advised and .iSsd iiS%%..ess, .ys.s
GLASS OF war work: The $4,000 ap-
propriatsd az stated has been expend-
Vision Of a finance committee Of pl the
Mems Council Of Defense. No payment
out of the fund has been made until
OF the council and in course Approved
by the council In regular session.
Some of the uses of this fund: The
" was made the chairman OF the % COM
mittee on food production, conservatio
and marketing. In aid Of his numer-
Gus ,ro nit snn s14SSG wa,
GUS committees and the effective agen-
cy of the Agricultural College, produc-
tion OF crops was encouraged in the
counties, the construction OF silos, the
construction Of warehouses. and. CO.
operating with the State Utilities De-
partment. the transportation of crops
of live stock. with results for the good
we can scarcely estimate.
During the season of 1918 most de-
the organization of an irrigation cam
paiHn. In the early summer it was
manifest that without the. conserva-
our people 'e an crops Moaid bs
lost. An irrigation COMMITTEES was
formed. numbering in its personnel the
state tate engineer, nasrs the engineer Of the
from the Agricultural College and
Others; The most immediate matter
was 10000 acres Of wheat lying under
among the ditehes and the Denver
Union Water Company. giving from
5000 acre feet. it is conservativsly es-
timated by the farmers that over 300.-
600 bushels of wheat Were saved, of
q value Of over half million dollars.
same systems and the giving In the
month Of July from the Denver Union
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
all time.
Washington urged campaign
young s9ldisry and those about to on
tablishsd with the efficient secretary
OF the State Board Of Health, $500
appropriated for this work. The sub
lures, piacards, lectures and personal
visitation.
The campaign against influenza was
on. Aid and cooperation to the sec
this fund.
REORGANIZATION
Committee headed by tho president
of the State University. The total ap-
to this committee from the
Ths was AIDED f BY q pT
vate funds. The committee went out
with Its organizations to all counties
where there was a large alien popula.
tlon. Night schools were opened,
speakers gave their services, the NOV
ing pictures were used and every eff
fort was made to get before the allen
ish iansuass Of q .aSins out his hhs nats mhs
ralization papers and to bring to him
a realization Of the opportunities. du-
ties and benefits of American citizen
ship.
THRESHERMEN.
With a view of locating the grain
crop of the state-especially wheat
and avoiding waste in the 'threshing,
a threshermen's committee was or
cies in the respective counties, the
threshing of grain throughout the en-
tire state. proclamation was issued
by the governor, requesting all thresh-
make report-.5,ooo made-of the num-
ber OF bushels threshed, the quality.
the the owners and the disposition made;
committees and waste Of grain pre-
vented. There. was an effort made.
partly successful: to standardize the
charges eh5uIs for ui thrs.hing and a successful
tion to districts in need. The citizens
voluntarily acted in harmony The
federal food administrator loyalty CO.
NO Tn a A hNN daV
A CONSEQUENT saving, estimated by the
Federal Food Department at 10000
bushels of wheat during the season of
lshS; M y Is hoped that this and many
be continued in the coming years
All departments of the state govern
ment loyalty cooperated with the gov
ernor and the State Council OF De.
tion took up the question of securing
from the owners leases in most in
stances without rental. on the lands in
a agriculture The State Board Of Land
Commissioners were active In aiding
the agricultural committee of the
state Council of Defense. When mo-
cholera or any cattle disease In any
the Council of Defense acted in effect
of Stock inspection, using the state
veterinary and his assistants in aid of
this undertaking.
COLORADO DOES ITS PART.
g. At this point II may be we'll to pause
for q moment to contemplate the con-
ditions to be met when the declara-
tion OF war was made against the Inn
perial empire of Germany. message
came from the President of the JJnited
States and also from the secretary Of
state of the United States, six davs
before the declaration of war. advising
that war was imminent urging the
governor of the state to guard all
transportation lines. power plants. ree-
ervoirs and the industries available in
aid of war. and further asking that
this protection be provided by the
state, saving tnat Iedersl troops. to
world war.
The area of our state equals that of
the states of New York and Pennsvi-
vania-1O3.oOO square miles-neariy
5000 miles of steam railways; bridges.
many of them gigantic structures.
4 nOn. tunnels loo the destrnntia..e ~ ~