The daily sentinel., 1905-06-30

The advance guard of the boom
. ers' is arriving here, en- route to the
Uintah reservation. The old prairie
schooner was in evidence yesterday,
and the patient manner of their NOV
ing recalled the days of the Kansas
Nebraska boom. and the run" for
I the Oklahoma lands.
90.
The crop of CANNES is less by far
than when the city began to demand
the tax on the dogs of the city. Nor
should there be any let-up in inn
pounding or shooting all the stray
ours running loose. There is no force
in making a spurt at the collection OF
this tax. the willing ones paying up,
as they always do. and others being
let go by default.
90.
1t will be a week tomorrow since
the grand cleanup day. Don't fail
TO do a little more tomorrow. You
can cut down those unsightly weeds
in front of your house or even if
they extend over from the vacant
lot of the nonresident. While we
acknowledge that it is pretty hard
to cut down those which belong to
him, yet it will vastly improve your
own property. Try ii and see If you
20. o..
1t would not be a bad idea if this
city was able to construct free baths
for the use of the public. Such pro-
vision is not new to municipalities,
nor is there anything quite so need
full in public affairs. The ancients
made such provision before almost
any other public expenditure. Pub
lie baths are a safeguard against dis
aese and operate to reduce crime.
] Clean and wholesome individuals are
not apt to associate or act conjointly
with those who seek to violate the
law.
90.
The man that expects social privi-
leges granted to him is the hardest
man to deal with before the law. The
law, so far as we understand, plays
no favorites. If men run counter to
it's provisions, they must suffer the
penalty The people usually who
ask more and usually obtain more,
under some governments, are those
engaged in prescribed businesses. II
makes men who abide by the law in
every particular ask no favors other
than is granted to the whole people,
at times very sore at the demands
made by some of those individuals.
We have had a slight experience in
the matter lately, and we want to
say that, so far as we are concerned,
we snail want to treat all alike in
the performance OF the duties the
law imposes upon us.
30. o..
H If Secretary Taft continues to
dominate in so many things outside
of his own particular duties, he will
be dividing attention with President
Roosevelt Taft has made himself
very conspicuous lately, especially by
arbitrary actions in the conduct of
affairs in the construction of the
Panama canal. His disagreement
with the eminent engineer in charge
whose services We're secured only af-
ter much pressure brought to bear
upon him. has set many people
against this new dictator. For sew
eral years Taft has made himself
very conspicuous in national affairs
and has interfered to the detriment
of the national service. He is soon
to leave on a grand junket to the
Philippines. With two junketing
expeditions to the Philippines, we
ought to know much about these for
eign possessions at the next session
of congress.
30. o.,
There is nothing too big for Grand
Junction in an industrial way If we
only think so. There were a few
croakers who eternally damned the
proposition to secure a sugar factory
and the smelter. Those individuals
we must expect TO have with us, but
the smallest amount of attention we
can give them the better we will be
off. There never was a city which
lacked faith in itself which amount
ed to a continental. II is faith in
ourselves that conquers Every city
has its class of large property own
ers and merchants who feed off the
efforts of those who are the build
ers. You cannot hope to escape them
/ by removing elsewhere. The only
way to treat them is with the con
tempt they deserve Grand Junction
at the present time has fewer of this
class of individuals than anlict most
cities and that is one of the pvinci-
pal reasons we are growing proper
tionately. Let us keep hjtcheG to
the band wagon and we viii reach
any goal we set for ourselves.
90.
1t is to be regretted extremely
| that the Mondell committee will not
arrive here until late in the evening.
so late that it will be impossible for
| them to get comprehensive idea
/ of the matters desired to be present
] ed to them anent the High Line ca
nal proposition. II has been the
| hope. ever since it was announced
| that the committee would tour the
/ arid states. to have them brought
here and taken over the lands which
are proposed to be reclaimed If
| they desire to be informed about
matters which affect the arid land ir-
rigation problem, it would almost
! seem that they would be as anxious
as we are to view the best scheme for
the reclamation of land in western
America. At almost every point Wis
/ tied the problem of sufficient water
/ has confronted them. This is obvi-
ated in the Grand river project by an
ample supply. There are no obsta-
cles of any consequence whatever to
the building of the High Line canal.
! Perhaps it is this fact that makes ii
seemingly so hard for us to secure
any consideration from the govern
ment If there was little or no wat
er; If there We're great reservoir
] schemes to be provided, and If there
was not so much land available to be