The daily sentinel., 1905-06-17
!. n. HUNTING. Proprietor.
MUST CONNECT MIrH sEWERs

MUST CONNECT WITH SEWERS.
A great many residents and prop
erty owners of the city have evaded
the mandate of the city ordinance
/ requiring them to connect with the
sanitary sewers of the city. Many OF
/ those who are the most delinquent in
the matter are men who are well
able to have the work performed, but
/ who presume upon the good nature
of the city government and procrasti-
nate until forced to obey the explicit
terms of the ordinance.
A case in point yesterday was the
owner of much property in this city,
resident OF New York city and
wealthy, who has defied the city gov
ernment for long time. 1t would
not at any time have worked a hard
ship upon him to have connected
with the city's sewers. He even COM
PEELED his tenants to steal water from
the city. because he was too miserly
to spend his money to provide mod
ern comforts for those tenants. This
man has been given formal and dig
nified notice to at once obey the law
or he will be compelled to remove
his tenants and thereby lose his rent
ais. Or. if he does not give a ready
acquiescence to the city's demand, the
work will be performed by the city
and charged up against the property.
Many others have simply been per
mitted to continue nuisance on
their property by default.
The water and sewer committee of
council have given direct and posi-
tive orders to Superintendent Vedder
to enforce the ordinances. and the
latter intends to do so at once.
No man or property owner has the
right to maintain nuisance or jeop-
ardize the health of the family of his
neighbor by disobeying the direct let
ter of the law in connection with the
sewers. Nor does the city propose to
submit that he shall do So
90.
The public has taken it for grant
ed that Vernal, Utah. which secured
the location of a United States land
office, had been selected as the place
of registration and allotment for the
lands of the Uintah Indian reserva-
ton. From late information it has
been ascertained that the govern
ment has not made any final selection
of the place for registration. It Is
presumed that Vernal has the edge
on all other places but there may be
some surprices awaiting those who
are much interested in the matter.
DO.
There is no reason whatever why
Grand Junction should not celebrate
the Fourth of July. The Chamber
of Commerce is to be congratulated
that it has taken up the matter to
provide the people with fitting Gel
ebration of the day. II is a fact that
| the people of Mesa county and in
fact of the greater part of the terri
/ tory of the western slope look to the
people of Grand Junction to provide
amusement for them. We have grown
beyond the condition of local celebra-
tions and must provide upon a broad
er scale, as becoming our position of
western Colorado's chief city
....O.O....
The school board of the city is con-
fronted with the problem of supply
ing more rooms for the accommoda-
ton of the growing school population
of this district If any skeptical ones
need any better confirmation of the
claims that the city is growing very.
very fast, all that they need to do is
to consult with Secretary Marsh of
the school board to ascertain the
number of new pupils that will have
to be provided for during the coming
scholastic year to satisfy their doubts.
At least five additional rooms will
have TO he secured to care for the
increased school population.
90.
From time to time this paper has
urged upon the merchants of this city
to forward the plan to make Grand
Junction known as the outfitting
point for the lands of the Uintah res
ervation. The motto of The Sentinel
that Grand Junction is the Gate
way for the Uintah reservation has
caught on, and many papers in the
Of a. n Il q
of the lands of the reservation for
settlement, speak of this city as the
gateway to those lands. There is
nothing like persistency in any mat
ter and we believe that we can at
tract the bulk of the boomers who
are turned in this direction.
90.
There is no use whatever of dem
ocrats throughout the state getting
fussy over the meeting of the state
democratic committee in Denver next
Monday, or because certain well
known democrats have taken it upon
themselves to call together demo-
Gratis from all parts of the state and
confer with them and dine them at
their expense. This assumption of
dictatorial powers by certain leaders
| will continue ON at state conventions
| until such time as self-respecting
democrats throughout the state cul-
tivate sufficient nerve to tell both Of
the warning Denver factions to 70
back and sit down. This cannot
be accomplished. we suppose, until
the Denver delegation can be met by
a solid phalanX from the outside
counties. determined to obtain recog-
milton as against the demands of the
"savages. This might be accomp-
lished, although doubtful, as there
are always those who. to sit at the
feet of the assumed controlling pow
ers. would kiss the big toe of almost
anyone of the self-constituted chiefs