Gunnison news-champion., 1906-12-07

Nes sLss lAnd kas beea haris
cell psosp<ct~d With dsAmood drslIs
sAd iks csAi nsos.oAses sorsed oU;.
And t<~sds~ ~e caauo; sss koS >;
~ossld harm sayons If . Esnckman
sno Uaa tssldsnx hcs0s ~ CSsns-
$50 county did accidentally assco,ss
Gel On hss rl>ee. We ksse no;
heard thai monsser corporations
sere t.kiax Sp eusl land N oer -
t.i'a under dummy Homestead ca
tines. However We viii agree with
Mr. .a~4ii thai At mIsht not tie a
bad idsa - try government owner
ship and olsrasioa d lev coal
mines here ana there Ne do nG
smagsne At woald he necessary to
own all oi them ~ control pr.ces aHs
more than 1t w0sld be necessary to
bsy ali the railroads IN order to
make a Start al contruilng the trans
p,rtstion problem But that IL
another question:.
The real animBs of this whole
thing }. discrimination against
home-ieads In mountain cugstie-
Why because the forestry de
partment - acting on the false and
uniustItable theory that The water
Is more valuable ioser down" We
kH0w this hccause Mr.. pinch0t saws
50. b-cause his forestry officials tell
u- - aud hecause the whole trend
0l the forestry movement proves 1t
This theory while apparently trae
upon the face l. based IN IT'S work
ing ogt al ol tine immur i principle
thai You NAV rob une section OF Iis
God given resources, and cover il
with the blighting hand Of business
staguatioa In order 10 bestOw the
favors Of ma ure upon another com
muuIiy We viii not deny Mr.
PInchoi 5 contention that water to
lrrigate an acre Of ground can be
made 10 produce more money return
IN Delta county lowlands than at
the altitude of Gunnison, but when
he SAYS he has right to prevsnt my
Trend from taking up a homestead
here IN order 10 a!ford opportunity
Tor some immigrant TO be later
brought into Delta county and that
is identically the proposition) he
has enuneiated the most dangerous
theory ever proposed in the history
Of irrigation
For the people Of Colorado to ac-
cept that theory immediately vitiates
their contention IN the Kansas Colo
RADIO water case and places the en-
tire Hnappropriated water resource
OF the state ESTIMATED at slOO,U 600, :
600 in the hands of bureaucratic and
carpet baggers to use in California,
New Mexico, Kansas or Colorado as
1t suits their whim The tendency
OF modern irrigation practice is that
water should be used near head
water OF streams regardless If prior
ties for then II can be used twice.
And that is the worst feature abou'
II Tor, come down 10 the last analv-
SIS, PInchois theory isn't true at
all. since there Is more water run
ning into Black canon during the
low water months of July, August
and September that there was be
lore the white man saw this upper
Gnnnison country. II the forestry
department had its way and could
cause every ranch here 20 be ahan-
doned (the editor does not mean to
say that such desire Is ouenlv OK
pressed, but snch Is the logical ex.
treme OF their theory and practice J
the stream flow available in lower
counties at periods of water scarcity
would be materially diminished in
stead OF increased since mountain
ranch iK one Of the most effective
reservoirs known. The whole effect
OF the plan is absolutely opposed to
the real interests Of the purpose of
reserves. 1t would make a desert
oil the mountain counties only to re-
duce the stream flow for the sun
posedly favored community. If the
forestry and reclamation departments
knew their business in this matter
they would be encouraging high
mountais ranches, even Offering a
bonus for them instead of as at pre-
sent, doing all they dare to hold
back those sections.
We have devoted some little study
to the question and assure Mr.. Raw
all that II instead of taking every
thing the forestry people tell as
true, he will devote some spare time
to investigation he will discover
that News-Champion is right all
along the line and that the real in
icrests OF Colorado a. well as the
North Fork lie in shedding a little