The daily sentinel., 1905-10-04

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The Sentinel struck very re-
sponsive chord of the public, in its
! article on the water question, which
is confronting this city at the pres
ent time. That some action must
be taken and at once is almost abso-
I lutely Necessary.
The article on the building opera
tions now in progress in this city.
published in this paper yesterday.
was commented upon with consider
able interest by the public last night.
( While there is alwaws general idea
Of what is going ,on in the building
line the complete facts given in de-
tail. as compiled by the Sentinel af-
fords n deal of satisfaction to the pub
lie. The buildings now in course of
erection do not Indicate that there is
any boom in this city At almost any
time in the past few years. compila-
tlon equaliing the figures yesterday
could have been made. The work in
progress is a splendid indication of
the solidity of the city's upward
movement
Ebert Hubbard, in the last issue
Of the Phinistine. his little pamphlet
issued from to time. inveighs against
the cigarette fiend While Hubbard
is almost Incorporate in his talk
against the individual who INDUCES
in the coffin nail yet his argument
against the reliability of the individ-
ual whose better nature. brain and
physical life is robbed by the fumes
of the cigarette, are well worth while
being placed before the public. He
insists that a man who is an habitual
user of the deadly cigarette cannot
be entrusted with welghty matters
whatever. While there are notable
exceptions to this stringent assertion
on the whole any young man in this
day and generation who hopes to
succeed had better cut out cigarettes
before he enters the fight for livli-
hood and a place among men.
The campaign at the sugar factory
the present year will demonstrate to
the management whether It will be
profitable for them to double the pres
ent capacity of the plant. The Grand
junction factory is one of the inde-
pendent plants OF the state. not in
control of the trusts and it Is mat
ter of much Importance to the public
that the management be encouraged
the present year to double their pres
ent capacity. The raising of sugar
beets has been pryen a profitable
crop. 1t took several years to teach
the farmers that they could provide
themselves each year with crop that
would give them cash returns and
was almost an absolutely sure crop.
They have discovered that this is
something worth while to count up
on and they have grown beets this
year with a wholeheartedness, which
has been gratifying to the manage
ment of the factory. II is to be hoped
that the net returns from the factory
viii be such the present year that the
management VIII conclude that it
viii profit them to double the size of
4 the factory That the sugar factory
is an important wage paving indus
try that we cannot afford to lose
/ under any circumstances has been
more than proven the past two years.
Whenever the editor OF the other
evening publication gets bad case
| of insomnia or trembles at approach
Ing old age and senility, he starts in
to attack the city authorities upon
the matter of the condition of the
streets. His petty little bug-a-boo
at present is the extraordinary 90
extravagance of the city council In
making a purchase of small desks
for the transaction of business in
proper manner. When II is consider
ed that the cost of this alleged ex-
travagance was about $500 and that
it could hardly he any reason FOR
holding back upon the reconstruc-
ton OF Main street which would cost
thousands upon thousands, the public
will readily understand what sort of
fool argument he is endeavoring
to make. II he would upon the other
hand join this paper in its endeayor
to find way by which some sort of
permanent improvement to the city's
main thoroughfare could be made. he
would be serving a better purpose
than In making himself ridiculous. .
The entire funds available for all 4
street and alley work Is less than