Gunnison news-champion., 1905-12-22
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tsaas admitting Suitable tsaA O.
reserves ~ nossse-ssed e1ssx "Thsa
Jsa9e GRAY. tcs the hesssuss -
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homes ~ Gsspssoa co..s.v asd Il
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worrysse asroSs ksszsD ~ Gsans-
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these. Tsey want ssu.ssss -
caS~s skey b..isese thea ksa ~
al eas.ccrssd cad ksSa.sr -
serves v,il tssd ~ hsssss -
ranges. TAe Isnpae hess sss 80
hssssl 70 ssss " laJ~s G~nnisua
co1uty.
We ssx glad 20 ssad sAese vosds
from ts.r aud able sepss.s.Aaaiss
ot the eommassty, and woah1 -
Ie~sh to tsleve the act,oa q -
Aostrose delegation at GIsswssd
really Represented even the Sud
Growers association. When Cscle
Sam Is losning you four o. 6ve
millions of dollars to build . d1AcA
10 make prosperous homes 1T woSld
certainly seem mighty small ksasi-
ness 10 beersd9e the other tsllos
his chance 10 make homes una.Asd.
The iset repatUs. however, thss this
Is just what Mayor Gray did and
he did IT at the ins,lgatioa OF
the caItlemen who took him along to
speak for them, The homestead
resolution was a worthy one sup-
traditions of American life When
the idea was first presented Mr.
Gray was heartily IN its favor. but
after he had consulted with his
cattiemen, who seemed 10 be opposed
to any more settlers near them, as
are number OF selfish interests. he
took the other side He stated that
the call Tor homesteads was based
aud told the writer. IF YOU want
any homes come down to Montrose
and take them" Wasn't that
peighbOrly remark? Such. unfortu-
nately are some Of the interests that
are cloaking their designs under the
hene6cent guise of forest reserves.
II the Enterprise sees fit we would
like to have 1t present this idea 10
Monlrose people
Every ranch taken up in Gunni-
son county, particularly at the alti-
tnde of forest reserves, where spring
food water is turned out in album
dance. acts as reservoir and actu-
ally increases the flow Of the Gunni
son in July ard August. The more
May and June water which can be
turned into the soil of Gunnison
county, The more steady and abun-
dant will be the later flow of the
streams. The higher YOU 90, the
more noticeable does this return
s,epage become. 1t is demon
strated by actual experience and OBJ
servation OF a number OF our streams
and We understand is also demon
strated by measurements on the
Cncompahgre since ranches have
been taken out upon its headwaters
The reclamation service does not
understand this and the forestry
bureau, working by its rules estab-
lished through observation in the
Appalachians, refuses to acknow-
ledge it entirely, but that is one of
the grievances we have against the
bureaucratic government they have
forced upon US. They don't under
stand western conditions and
whether or no are bent on govern
ine us for our own good, a la Fill
pino. You folks have a good thing
anu are not to be blamed for stav-
ing with it. but when homesteads
are prevented upon western noun
tains not only is injustice done and
precedents Of American history vio-
lated. but a positive harm is worked
to the very interests of water conser-
vation these reserves are intended TO
secure.
Our interests as communities do
not conflict They RON parallel.
While the News believes that the
grazing tax is most unjust and that
the forestry department knows very
little about the way forests conserve
moisture IN our western mountains,
the fact remains that we all want
the water conserved and we want as
many forests as we can get We
quite naturally object to being taxed
out of our homes and other homes
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