The daily sentinel., 1905-07-03
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE

The most important body of indi-
viduals that has ever visited this
city will be present in the city to-
night 1t is the congressional com
mittee, known as the Mondell com
mittee, appointed to view the arid
lands of western America. This
committee has been on long timer
ancy and Grand Junction will be
practically their last stopping place.
The Chamber of Commerce of this
city has secured their presence here
to look over the irrigation scheme.
known in government circles as the
Grand river project"
That the land that is to be re-
claimed in this valley and the i'm
mense water supply with which to
irrigate that land, is one of the most
feasible projects that will be con
sidered by that committee, there is
hardly a question. The project pre-
sents no herculean difficulties what
ever The water from the Grand
river is at all times abundant. and
the manner in which it is to be Sc
cured would be regarded by any en-
gineer as presenting very few diff
ficult problems in engineering.
The water would be secured in
the canon of the Grand river several
miles from where it enters the val
] ley at Palisade, and it would be
brought by gravity bitches to water
the arid or unreclaimed acreage ly-
ing north and west of this city. one
of the most beautiful valleys in all
the west.
No such engineering problems as
are presented in the construction of
the Gunnison tunnel would be en-
countered whatever. A small amount
of rock work would have to be done
/ in the canon. but this would be OF
no consequence whatever. The land,
/ considered from the standpoint of
| fertility, is unequalled anywhere.
/ The people of this valley feel that
the government, in view of the i'm
mense water supply afforded by the
| Grand river, should look with much
| favor on the project, and the Cham
| ber of Commerce feels that the com
mittee tonight if they have the op-
portunity afforded them of viewing
| this wonderful body of land. will be
wonderfully impressed with the land
as well as the greatest water supply
in any of the arid western states.
90.
We shall not recede one step, it
matters not what the criticism of our
action may be regarding the use of
| the City park on the Sabbath day.
| We have endeavored in our past life
| to be consistent, and the position
regarding the use of the park for po-
litical gatherings on Sunday is now
| the same as IL was two years ago
when the question was raised. Doubt
! less the socialists feel somewhat sore
over the matter. They had fair warn
] ing, however, before they went to
the park yesterday to arbitrarily ov-
erride our judgment in the matter.
and they must not feel aggrieved.
Il. i i ..t
| feel as much aggrieved as do they, as
they deliberately attempted to over
ride the law as we see IT in the mat
ter No petty threats shall change
our decision. IL they feel that we
have exceeded our authority, they
have remedy in appealing to the
city council. If that body desires to
grant the parks use to the socialists
or any other political organization.
we shall bow to their will, as IL is
our duty to do. So long, however, as
we are the custodian of the public
property of the city, we shall defend
what we think is right in the mat
ter
90.
If some of those individuals in
this city. who are so desperately in
earnest i'm their attempt to save the
country and to effect reforms, which
/ but few OF them understand or know
the effect, would join in the move
ment to secure the High Line canal
or turn the tide of travel into the do
main that Uncle Sam is about to
give away. toward Grand Junction,
or Join in an hundred other move
ments to build up and populate the
country. they would have less time
to save the nation and talk of the
capitalist classes. The capitalist class
es of today. save for the effeminate
few of the scions of some of the fam
lilies, are the country farmer boys of
three score years ago. The capitalist
class is generally augmented by the
Individual who is glad to sit up
nights to study new benefits for man
! kind or to make life more worth the
! lil-inn. thrnmmh his inNemIinn and Inl-