The daily sentinel., 1905-07-19
CROWDS COMING

: In the next month, Judging +
+ from conditions which have +
: prevailed at other openings OF :
+ government reservations, this +
: city will care for the largest =
+ crowd of people in its history. +
: To do so in proper manner will J.
; strain the power of the local :
: city government and the public :
: generally. IL is to be anticipate /.
+ ed that there will follow in the +
J trail of the honest seeker of !.
= land large contingent Of riff =
+ raiT, whose purpose Will be to /.
:. fleece the unwary, rob and work =
: CRAFTS of every character. :
+ The police department of the +
+ city does not propose to he +
+ caught mapping and unprepared /.
+ to cope with the situation. Ar i.
: rangements are now being per- I.
+ fccted whereby the city will be +
+ patrolled with a sufficient force I.
+ to insure order and preserve the =
: peace. II will be the purpose OF i.
: the city government to MAIN +
; tain law and order, The same as :
+ though no extraordinary occas- +
!. ion obtained. License of any !.
!. kind Will not be permitted. IL +
: might Is well be understood :
!. now. as to wait until there is !.
: attempted violation of the law, :
= that no gambling whatever will +
: he permitted. The county peace :
= officers and the city police de- :
+ partment have joined hands up :
= ON this matter, and they will +
: compel obedience in this rela- :
: ton to the strictest letter of the :
+ law. +
+ Before the matter was even :
!. considered by the government !
+ of making this city registra- i
: tion point the board of county I
: commissioners, Sheriff Struth- !
= ers and Mayor Hunting signed i
+ written agreement to MAIN 1
i. tain order, preserve the peace !
+ and allow no gambling what /
+ ever during the time of the reg i
+ istry period. Certainly they /
+ will do all in their power to I
+ make their word good to the /
: government. and also because i
+ il Is against the law to permit i
+ gambling. !
= Perhaps some of our own :!
+ people will feel inclined to con- /
+ slider the occasion and oppor- /
: tunity to evnde and defy the !
+ law. but these will find that :.
: such is not the case, and that !
i. there will be strenuous meas /
+ ures adopted to insure tranquil i
= ity in the city from resident or 1
: stranger. !
= Grand junction is too old a +
: city. has too large AN ambition !
+ and occupies too important a po- i
= sition in the state to permit t
= riotous disregard of the law. IL !
+ has been limited that the city /
+ government will wink at surrcp- i
+ titious violations of the ordi- i
!. nauces. Whoever thinks 50 !
+ should disAbusc their minds at /
+ once of such an idea, as it is j
+ not in any manner correct, nor /
= can il he tolerated. There will j
= unqucstionably he violations Of /
!. the law and the element may i
: not he apprchcndcd who dis i
/. obey, hut il will not he because /
!. an effort has not been made. +
+ At BOncstecl, :. d., the man +
: ner of the conduct of the ViSi- !
= tors was such rs to bring con- +
+ tempt ON that town, from !
= which il has never recovered. +
= We don't propose, if it is pos +
+ sihle To avoid IL, to have to he :
+ compelled to suffer rs they did. +
+ + + !. 1. = /. 1. + /. + + + 1. /. + 4. +