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L.R. Rist, supervisor of the White River national forest, spent 10 days at the CCC camp near Yampa last week.

A fleet of Army trucks came in Tuesday loaded with equipment for the camp and about 200 arrived by special train from Texas the same night and were transported to the camp. They were a happy lot but had a mighty hungry look after their long ride.

The camp is situated on a beautiful spot on the upper Bear River about 10 miles above Yampa in the heavy timber and well arranged for comfort and health. A large mess hall will be the chief attraction for the boys, with large, roomy tents for sleeping quarters.

One of the first pieces of work for the boys will be repairing the upper end of the main road to the camp. A part of this will be the county road where the county will cooperate and the remainder within the boundaries of the forest.

Pioneers will meet in Craig on June 16 for picnic

The pioneers of Routt and Moffat counties will hold their annual picnic on Saturday, June 16, in the Odd Fellows hall in Craig.

It is the event eagerly looked forward to by the men and women who subdued the wilderness and have built Northwestern Colorado to its present position.

They opened the trails, built the first churches and schools, and laid the foundation for our present position of organized society.

Long ago, it wisely was decided that Routt and Moffat counties should join in the celebration. They both were in one big county in the early days and imaginary lines cut no figure with the pioneers.

Routt County to take part in social welfare survey

Harold Drinkwater, of Denver, will supervise a survey of Routt and Moffat counties as part of the statewide local welfare survey of Colorado. He will cover the Moffat county territory first and will take Routt second. The plan originally provided for the study of child welfare activities only, but the project has grown and now the scope of the survey has been widened to include the four fields of health, care of families and children in their own and foster homes, care of children and adults away from home, and the organization of social forces.

If the relief agencies had known the conditions a year ago, their work would have been easier, Mr. Drinkwater said. The object of the survey is permanent relief following CWA and FERA work.

The survey is being made to show the correlation of social welfare activities in local communities and in the state as a whole; to discover the most effective correlation between county, state and local government units; and to uncover methods in local communities and in the state as a whole.