The daily sentinel., 1905-06-22
Where Were They?


:. gressmen when the congressional /
= committee on arid lands were in !
| !. Utah?. Every congressman and i
+ senator in Utah was alive to the J.
!. fact that the committee was !
= present in utah 10 look over pro- :
:. posed schemes which would come i
:. under the reclamation of arid +
= lands act. Our congressman were +
:. nowhere to be found. +
= Where was MIR. HOgg? That /.
= gentleman is II great story-teller, i.
+ but telling stories don't build or i.
+ secure canals or secure appropri- !.
:. ations. \ considerable disgust 1.
y comes over us that we have not !.
+ been able to secure the presence +
i. here of this committee for one of !.
+ the grandest projects in all of +
1. western Amcrica-the building of !.
j. the Grand Valley High Line ca- :.
!. nal. +
!. If Mr.. Hogs wanted to do any =
!. thing for his constituency in this i.
I. neck of the woods, why did he !.
+ not go out of his way to see this =
i. committee with his colleagues i.
!. from this state and positively in i.
+ sist that they come to the Grand =
j. valley to look over the project !.
!. We would like to know one =
i. single thing that MIR. Hogg has !.
L
+ ing to be funny or protecting his +
+ favored friends. Here was an f
1. opportunity to do some real
!. work, but not one congressman i
!. from this state could he found +
:. doing anthing, especially cur own :
+ representative. +
i. The Chamber of Commerce of +
j. this city has been making despcr- !.
!. ate efforts to secure the consent !.
u : Il
:. come to the Grand valley and cN- +
/. anime the proposed High Line !.
i. canal project Every engineer !.
+ who has ever been in this val +
4. ley and knows of the wonderful +
!. water supply has expressed them +
= selves that this is beyond qucS- !.
+ ton, on account of the great vol i.
+ ume of water available, the best !,
+ project which has been presented +
J. TO the government, and would +
i cost less money with larger pro- +
+ portionate results than any other {.
+ scheme now known of by the gov /.
!. ernment. j.
= But all that the Chamber of /.
= Commerce could obtain, when +
= writing to Colorado's congress- +
+ men, were sugar-coatcd and per- +
= functory replies from congress- +
= men and senators. If, instead of !.
!. endeavoring to save the state by +
+ banqucts and wind-iamming on !.
I. municipal ownership in Denver, j.
+ some one or more of our con- -
4. gressmen and senators had per- I.
= sonally gone after this committee !.
+ and endeavored to secure the 4.
+ presence in this state of the arid +
+ land committee on construction !.
+ of reservoirs and bitches which +
= would have reclaimed thousands +
i. of acres of land and furnished j.
+ homes for 10000 people, the BEN j.
= etits and results would have been I.
= vastly greater than from any !
i. mouth service at banquets. There i.
+ is too much politics, too much +
+ work for the perpetuation of this +
!. man or this party or that party !
! in power, as If that was the func- i
+ tion for which senators and con- :.
+ grcssmen were elected. Actual /
= work for the benefit of the whole +
+ people is what our representa- :
+ tives are supposed to perform. i
J. The people of this city and this i
/. entire section of country, and the i
= many thousands who We're and :
= are looking for homes i'm this sec +
+ tion under the proposed High !
J. Line canal, are suffering with an !
+ awful disgust over the apathy j.
+ and inanition of those who might J.
= ordinarily have been expected to !.
+ he working tooth and nail to Sc +
+ cure the presence of this commit +
!. tee in this state. +
/ + As between business and poll i.
+ tics, give us business every time. +
I. But IL does seem that IL is about =
1. as hard as the proverbial camel i.
j. passing through the eye of n nee J.
+ die, as to secure any real work +
!. from our paid servants. the rep +
: resentativcs and senators from +
= this state. Copious tears over T.
J. the state of the country, and +
r resonant language over municipal I.
i. ownership is all right when no +
! actual work is about to do, but I.
+ these will keep without rust !.
! while some genuine work is being +
+ done. +
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90.
In another column we publish at
length details of the controversy ov-
er the conflict of dates between the
Grand Junction and the Montrose
fairs From all the facts. and from
private information. we are of the
opinion that the Montrose officials
in insisting on having their fair week
before ours. seek to compel horse
men to come there in order to avoid
/ an open week on their way to Salt
! Lake City, whose fair is early in Oc-
| tober We feel that Montrose has
/ taken "A very weak position, and in
maintaining it she can look for no
aid or announcement from this di-
rection. What they should do is to
| improve their grounds sufficiently to
be able to offer inducements on their
merits alone. and not attempt to jug
| gle the dates of other fairs so as to
compel attractions to come to them.
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