The daily sentinel., 1903-09-26
TALL TALKING
AT MEETING.


to consider resolution which had
been referred over from the board of
directors of the chamber to tn con-
sideration of the Chamber itself.
The nature of the resolution was
that the Chamber of Commerce ask
the board of county commissioners,
the city council to petition with it.
self, the Secretary of the Interior, to
institute another survey for ditch in
Mesa county alone. lower in grade
than the one that had been made by
Engineer Mathes and which had been
presented to the honorable secretary.
Another resolution was presented
by j. S. Carnahan which asked that
the board of county commissioners be
invited to call the election petitioned
for. in its petition now being publish
ed in the Weekly Sentinel. A great
parliamentary wrangle occurred over
the contest to adopt one or the other
of these petitions.
The president, Mr.. Roberts was EN-
inently fair in his rulings, allowing
u large laUlUuue Oh u6Date.
After a motion had passed which
in substance was that the resolutions
be considered separately. O. F. Cas-
we'll moved the adoption of the reso-
board of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce A motion was then offered
by Alec. Seegmiller that the Carna-
han motion be substituted for the
original resolution which petitioned
the Secretary of the Interior for an
other survey. This precipitated quite
debate. in which O. f. Caswell,
Orson Adams. George Smith, I. N.
Bunting, E. M. Slocomb. A. R. Sam
pliner. W. F. White, ]. A. Lyons, ].
S. Carnahan and others participated.
The motion to substitute then pre-
vailed the vote standing II to 8 for
the passage of the Carnahan resolu
tion.
Every effort was made by the oppo-
sition to the Carnahan resolution to
secure a reconsideration, but as it was
absolutely against all parliamentary
precedent, the Cham Der refused to re-
consider.
The causes which led up to such a
heated debate were that the resolu-
tion which had been sent over from
the board of directors, it was said
would scare private capital away from
investing in the bonds of the ditch
On, hn Ath ha ,f
the Carnahan resolution were insist
ent that if the Carnahan resolution
prevailed. that the government would
be scared away and would never mi
tiate movement to either make a
survey or build the ditch. AS there
was such a pointed disagreement. the
two sides could not get together and
the Carnahan motion was passed.
The follwoing is the Carnahan res
olution. which was adopted by the
meeting. in full;
Be it resolved by the Chamber of
Commerce of Grand Junction, Colo
RADIO, it is the sense and desire of this
body and it is earnestly in favor of
the construction of the so called High
Line Canal in Grand Valley either by
the Government or by private capital,
whichever may be secured.
And be it further resolved that the
Honorable Board of County Commits
sioners of Mesa County, Colorado, be
and hereby are requested and respect
fully asked to grant the petition and
call an election upon the petition to
be presented to them on October 8,
1908, notice of which presentation is
now being published in The Weekly
Sentinel. to the end that the initia-
tory steps for the organization of a
District and construction of said Irri-
cation Canal either by the Govern
ment or by private capital may be
taken at the earliest practicable mo-
ment.
And be it further resolved that a
copy of this resolution be certified to
the Board of County Commissioners
of Mesa County. Colorado by the act
ing Secretary of this Association.
Before adjournment motion pre-
vailed that a committee of five be ap-
pointed to draft suitable resolution
over the death of the late secretary OF
the organization, Charles W. Steele.