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<br />COLOR DO nlFORl.jATION
<br />NEHSLETTER
<br />Vol. 16, No. 19
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<br />MAY 1 71954
<br />COLO. WATER
<br />CONSERVATION BOARD
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<br />Dear Subscriber:
<br />The semi-al~ conventiou of the Southeastern Colorado County Coorr,ussioners
<br />Association will be held Thursday, ha:' 27 at the J,a Junta courthouse. President
<br />of the association is P.L. Reed of Kiolla Cotmty while VI.I.i. Turpin of Prollers County
<br />is vice-president. and Art Bradbur;ji' of Kim~" Cotmty is ::;ecretary....
<br />The pro:::ram has been s ~t as follows: call to order by Reed; invocation by
<br />K.T. Trout, pastor, Christian Church; adclr~s::; of welcome by Nolan N. Basinger of
<br />Otero COU11ty; response by Andrew C. Shafer, ,Tr. of Huerfano County; rollcall1;;
<br />reading of minutes by Bradbury; ~P?ointment of cor.uni1tees; address by A.H. Thurston.
<br />president, State Association of ~ot\llty Commissioners; address by J. Fred Schneider,
<br />general counsel and secretary. State Association of County Commissioners; adjourn- .
<br />ment for :funch; sponsored by the equipment and supply firms at the Kit Carson hotel.
<br />The afternoon phase of the program has a call to order by Turpin; rollcall:
<br />address by Cliff Etter, soil cons~rvationist, of L!l1nar, on "Soil Conservation";
<br />address by Sam Gordon of Baca County on "Soil Erosion Program and Results": ad-
<br />dress by 1-:. N. Hilson of Pro.:ers County on "Counties' Position in Regard to High-
<br />~mys"; address by Lieutenant Governor G()rdon hl~ ott on "Lee:islation"; reports of
<br />conu'nit.t.ees, seledtion of ti.'P~ a..'1d pln.ce of next meetingi drald.ng.:for .'":ondi
<br />adjourl1lllent.
<br />Counties in the association include Baca, Bent, Chnfiee, Croll1ey, Custer.
<br />El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiolla, Las Anilne.s, Otero ,Prowers, and Pueblo....
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<br />Twenty-four Colorado counties will sh:lre in the ne~l federal $15 million
<br />so11 erosion control aid progrron Going into effect. Colorado's initial share
<br />comes to $1,638,000.
<br />Approved ccunties include Adam~, AJ.'apa1'oe, Baca, <lent, Boulder, Cheyenne,
<br />Crouley, Elbut, El P"so, Fremont, tluerfano, Jefferson, Kim'Ta, Kit Carson, Larimer.
<br />Las Animas, LincolJn, Norgan, otero, :t'ro,'lElrs, Pueblo, Hashington, Held, and Yuma.
<br />PayT"ents are to be retroactive to erosion control work done after l~rch JO.
<br />Up to $1.25 an acre or the actual cost of the l-IOrk,1-1hichever is smaller. has been
<br />authorized............
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<br />Northeastern ColoradO counties are to be the scene of a large-scale erection
<br />of granary units as uheat storage capacity by the Ca/llmodity Credit Corporation is
<br />more than doubled. S01',le 1165 bins are to hold 4,514,900 bushels of government
<br />grain obtained as payment on farm loans and through purchase agreements, mostly
<br />,1heat from the 1953 a~d 1952 cro)s now on farr"s.....
<br />Seven new ,lildcat oil locations were announced for [.;organ County w.i. th four
<br />others in Adalls and \;ashin:ton County. Operations have already started on six
<br />of the 11 locations........
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<br />Political candidacies recently announced include St<:te Rep. Racket D. Smartt,
<br />D. ,LaJilar, seeking re-election frorr. PrOllElrS and Saca Coul1t:'.tes; State Sen. D. Lew
<br />vlilliams,Norwood, seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate; \filliam E.
<br />Tyler, Colorado civil service cor.lI,j.ssioner, D., seeking t.-. 1",' ~tate repl'.esentative
<br />from Denver (his father \1illi::ml H. Tyler is runninG for his fourth term as
<br />state representative fr011l Puebl~; Ben i~lein of Denver, candidate ror state house
<br />of representatives; Adar.ls County Sheriff Ira Bashor,filing for re-election;
<br />Roy Slattery, lJenocratic oandidate for state house of representatives; Ed Harding
<br />of Craig, candidate for state house of representatives......
<br />Final statement by Gov. Thornton as to his po) itical desires was keenly
<br />anticipated by G.O.P. top office aspirants.......
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