The daily sentinel., 1906-07-21
TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE
PULLING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

The constructionist is a useful char
acter in any community-the man
who sees, suggests, pushes along and
in fine, promotes. Happy is the
community which has this man, espec
tally if he is honest and level headed.
He must be enterprising. he must be
able to grasp the situation, he must
have the ability to fit his suggestions
for improvement to the times, to the
surroundings. He must have nerve.
endurance, and a good tough, thick
hide-a cuticle that will turn cal
umny, be impervious to abuse. and
impenitrable to the arrows and slings
of his arch enemy-the destruction
ist., who is as sure to be on hand as
chigoe at Missouri picnic a howl
ing wind in a Nebraska winter, cy-
clone at the ideas of March in Okla
homa, or pistol at a country dance
in Kentucky. All communities have
these. two individuals. The forces
that move them are universal, espec-
tally in all well regulated localities;
It is in the soil or in the air, or the
water. or the salt, or perhaps where
unanimously used. as in Grand juno
ton, the beer. Anyhow, the good
Lord created 1t, or it got out of PAN
dora's box, and is here and is here
to stay. By some process unexplain-
able either in the lore of the Chal-
dean wiseacres, or by the modern
mind readers, each gets into the body
of the man best suited for its work,
and the racket begins. It commence
ed when a woman pulled an apple
1--WE are sure 1t wasn't a Jonathan)
and handed 1t to Adam, and it will
go on until Gabriel blows his horn
to notify the Palisade peach growers
that there is a better country than
theirs but that it is accessible to
Fruita people only, as they have had
such poor chance here, and the
probabilities are that it will still be
in existence in a modified form when
the government builds the high line
canal and the Grand Junctionite
proves up on his hundred and sixty
down by Mack. 1t is mixed up in this
mountain water enterprise of Grand
Junction, but on this account there
is no cause for alarm to either the
pros or cons.
The city council, we believe in
fair measure, represents our con-
structionists. The measure submit
ted has in view an imrovement every
citizen of Grand Junction has hoped
and. prayed for; it is as well night
universally desired as any measure
ever was in any city. 1t appeals to
us from health stand-point-th
first consideration of a man in
seeking the welfare of his family; 1t
appeals to us from business stand
point into which we are putting our
lives and energies. 1t appeals to our
civic pride-our love of home our
disposition to occupy a position in
the galaxy of Colorado towns where
our light will shine as far out as any
of the other planets of the good Cen
tennial state.
The destructionist, forgetting the
report of the state bacteriologist and
the admonition of the local board of
health to boil all water for drinking
purposes; viii tell you our water Is
is it good enough for you? The des-
tructionist overlooking the fact that
scores of good people, seeking homes
and anxious to spend their money for
what they want in a climate like
ours, hear of our bad water. andnever
come tells you that the city is grow
ing fast enough for him. and it is
for him, but, If by spending a few
dollars you could double your bust
ness, would you hesitate to make
the investment and get all the advan-
tage of your surroundings
The destructionist thinks the or
dinance is not drawn right. If il
had been drawn differently, another
destructionist would have been on
hand with objections equally as good.
The destructionist thinks that the
source of supply should have been
named in the ordinance. Had it been,
the other fellow would have been
there with objections Just as potent
The destructionist may think that
the members of the city council or
the mayor, or the party employed to-
gather information. is not dealing
fairly. Had other persons been in
all of these positions, the destruc-
Zionist, may be not this one, would
have his tale of woe.
Thus we might ennumerate the
entire catalogue of minor objections
If we must wait and postpone ac-
tion from time to time until all of the
minor objections are removed from the
mind of every man in the community,
and all the city officials. in the opin-
ion of all the people, are as wise as
Solomon, as guileless as Nathaniel,
and hustlers like Zerubbabel and un-
til the mayor can go out and brace
some modern Hiram for the proper
sized pipe for a mountain water main
we will be masticating Gunnison
river noatsam and jetsam from the
alfalfa fields of Montrose county for
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