The daily sentinel., 1905-03-14

self is greater than he that taketh
a city," is much in point in this aw-
full affair.
The area of Colorado is as great
as that of the British isles. 1t is
about as large as France. 1t has
been stated that our population is
only about as great as the third larg-
est city in France. If these are in
disputable facts, then Colorado can,
as has been said of her. easily sus-
tain a population of 100000 peo-
pie. A half million will almost COM
prehend our present population.
Those dear souls who think that we
are becoming overrun and that we
shall soon be crowding each other
can well ponder over these relative
conditions as to population. That
this state will and can support such
vast population is unquestionable
and the culture of beets and their
manufacture into sugar will be one
of the means by which this will be
done.
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We believe it is the duty of the
city to make every hobo. arrested for
committing a misdemeanor. work out
what it costs to maintain him during
his fine. We believe that they can
be made to work to assist in beauti-
flying the streets of this city. Why
l..
ity with this class of petty Grim
inals, and we believe that they can
be made to do something. The con-
tention is made that they will not
work. Now we have reason to be-
lieve that they can be made to work
other towns and cities make them
work, and Grand Junction, if 1t goes
about the matter in business-like
way, can get considerable work out
of this class of gentry. The county
are costing the taxpayers 81 per day
to entertain to do some work in
beautifying their grounds All these
things are worth a trial. Give the
sheriff authority and undoubtedly he
would be glad to have the prisoners
work.
Jack Conley is pretty generally
known as a young man of ability in
clerical capacity. Mr.. Conley is
the democratic candidate for city
clerk, and he says, If the people will
entrust him with that office, he will
endeavor to give it the best possible
care and attention. Mr.. Conley says
that he believes It to be the duty
to have prepared and ready for ex-
animation at any time the outline
of the work which the council will
have to perform at each regular or
special meeting. II such data was
prepared for it, the council would be
able to accomplish a vast amount of
work which is now neglected because
of the lack of the necessary detail
work. If elected he believes he can
supply the council with a schedule
of the regular routine work which
will take many burden from eoun-
cilmanic shoulders. 1t is worth while
to give such an ambitious young man
a chance to see what he can do.
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All along the line of the Rio
Grande road the citizens in the towns
are catching the civic improvement
fever. Leadville takes up the ques-
tion now, and wants to know what
has become of the organization that
was started some time back. We do
not profess to be a crank on the sub
iect yet for a long time The Senti-
mel has urged civic improvement of
every kind. We cannot argue to
ourselves that we have beauty
enough and that we can jog along
with dirty alleys. bumped up streets.
vast spaces filled with greasewood,
and other plague spots to the eyes,
and attempt to fool those who expect
something when they set foot in
Grand Junction. To begin with, our
own back and front yards offer gen
orally fallow field for Improvement
II we get these well cleaned, 1t is a
beginning that will add materially to
the looks of the city. After that.
there is much else to be done. and
The Sentinel will endeavor to keep
the public in mind of this self-im-
provement which cannot be inaugur-
ated too soon.
Special communication of Mesa
Lodge No. SO, A. F. & A. NJ, We'd
nesday, March 10. at 1 pm, for the
purpose of attending the funeral of
Bro. II. II. Lyons. All visiting broth
ers cordially invited to attend. ].
w. Thomas, w. NJ.
B. ]. Chapman of Tomah, Wis. is
a visitor to the city. Mr.. Chipman is
a son of Richard Chapman, owner
of the 1-story brick block on the
south side of Main street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets. He is
nephew of James II. Cosgrove.
Mrs. ]. Q. Phillips died at her
home near Fruita Sunday. after
long Illness. Undertaken Bannister