The daily sentinel., 1907-10-04
Hurting a Town

PAST THE PAPEtS OF DEN NEf
HAVE BEEN FURNISHED WITH
STUFF FROM THIS CITY, PUR
PORTING TO BE NEWS MATTER
WHICH Is so FAR FROM THE
TRUTH AND SO INFLAMMABLE
IN ITS LANGUAGE-CON
BEING DISTORTED, EXAGGERAT.
ED AND MADE so DAMNABLY
GLAZING AND FALSE - THAT
THE HARM THAT HAS COME TO
THIS CITY HAS BEEN TEN-FOLD
GREATER THAN FROM ANY 9TH.
Err SORE SPOT OR INFECTION
THAT HAS MENACED THIS TOWN
IN MANY YEARS.
Occurrences that have been of lit
tie or no consequence have been sent
in with blood and thunder accom-
paniments, which have been shock
ing and harmful TO the people Of this
city as II whole.
| Cases that have been tried in the
public courts have been misrepre-
sentcd, have been magnified beyond
any scmblance of truth. and the peo-
pie of this city held up to ridiculc
and contempt to the general public
| through the means of this corres-
pondence that has been regularly
sent out ON the slightest pretext.
Glnncing over some of the matter
that has appeared in the Denver pa
pcrs, one might imagine Grand juno
tion was alive with scandal and rot
tenness; that its social life was cor
rupt, and that its men and women
were offenders in the sight of the
law and paid no respect to the COM
mands of the law, social customs or
dcccncy.
If divorce wars granted, any
slightly saIicious details were gross
ly magnifed and the principals in
the trial asserted to be some of the
most prominent men and women Of
the city and county.
a little fracas on the street be-
tween two women working in laun-
dry was sent to the Denver papers
as duel between two well known
society women, members of the
Woman's Club and pictured as hay-
ing been one of the most sensational
incidents ever occurring on the thor
oughfarcs of this city and a disgrace
to the public and to the social cir
Gle in which these women concerned
moved, when the true facts were that
a women's little wordy war, with a
few hair-pulling accompaniments,
was the sum total of the horriblet
tale that was sent from this city.
But the instances are too numer-
Gus to review. The public Is as fa-
miliar with the matter as we are,
and have time and again expressed
their indignation over the matter;
but no one seems to have taken the
matter up to have IL corrected. The
character of such correspondence
places the people of this city in an
attitude inviting contempt and con-
tumely. II bespcnks for this city n
character that it does not possess.
II the directorate of the Chamber
OF Commerce, the body TO which the
citizens must appeal for redress from
any such offcnscs against the good
name OF thy city, would take this
matter up, IL would be of more last
ing and permanent benefit than any
other thing they might do. So long
as we are painted as n town of the
border ruiiian variety, our people
having no regard for the law, our
social life honcycombcd with scandal
and the impression going out that
anything goes in this city, we simply
make the declaration to the intend
Ing settlers and prospective resi-
dents that we don't want them.
The matter has become serious:
IL is more serious than any oflcnsc
that has been pcrpctrated in this
city for n long time. Those rcspon-
sibic for this class of matter being
furnished the Denver papers can be
readily found out.
II We will grant that those rcspon-
siblc for the sending OF such matter
probably do not have the definite
purpose of iniuring this city in mind,
hut that such matter is n great space
hilcr, and with some papers the most
acceptable character of correspond
cncc. Their purpose, then, is to
make money out OF such tales and
misrepresentation, and not to injurc
the city. The harm, however, is
done, and the injury to the charac.
ter and reputation of the city will
require years TO overcome il such
lies and misrepresentation are per.
mitted TO he sent every day, which
so grossly misrcpresents the charac.
ter of the people and the conditions
that prevail here.
No city in the land is more peace.
ful and its people more contented
enjoying the largest degree of happ,
: home life, than the citizens of Grand
junction. and we assert with our
best thought and Judgment upon tn,
matter that such misrepresentation.
that have been sent out through thi.
press correspondence in the last ii,
months have done incalcuIabIc i'm.
jury TO the reputation of the peopl,
and the business interests of III,
community as n whole.
AAA
The announcement that work wa.
being prosecuted by government en-.
gineers on the High Line canal prop
osition was received with general de
light by the public. The futur,
greatness of the valley is largely de
pendent upon the construction OF
that great irrigation canal. There /,
. only one way to secure Il and thai
is 10 be eternally vigilant.
AAA
Serving on the board of contro
of any public institution is general,
thankless job. II is not a new ex
perienee for men in public life tC
have their work criticised by those
who may not know the difficulty ol
the management of any such insti
tuition. However. the man OF broad
and catholic spirit may well over.
look criticism that is honestly mn 4.