The daily sentinel., 1908-09-04
MAKE BITTER
ATTACK ON CITY
In Red Hot Communication W. 0. Reddng Of Monrose
Fair, Assails Grand Junction and Her People
in Most Virulent Manner

the precaution. Saturday night at
the close of the Street Fair at Grand
junction Mr.. Adams was found to be
short on his guarantee and this was
made good by order of Mr.. Van
nettisch, secretary, and Mr.. Luddy
acting treasurer. Mr.. Adams receiv-
ed his money through Mr.. Luddy.
The other local bills were paid, ex-
cept the band. which was employed
for the occasion. They have not been
paid and there is no excuse or rea-
son for it so far as we know. The
rs 60 of the gross receipts. winch was
the amount to be retained from re-
ceipts of each show each night as our
percentage, was left each night in
, the hands of Mr.. Luddy. AT the close
of the Street Fair we desired to set
| tie UP and pay all bills and divide
receipts, the leader of the band being
present, but Mr.. Delaplain, who had
the money in the bank, could not be
found so we returned to Montrose
next morning, expecting to receive
statement and check to balance, but
instead of that we have been unable
to get either and the band. by request
| of some members of the Baseball
association. has brought suit against
| Mr.. Ensor and myself for their salary
| $117.50. After all expenses were
paid, including amount due the band
there would still be balance in the
hands of the Baseball association
Now, the question is. what has be-
come OF the money? We have not
seen it, as they handled it and refuse
| to settle.
''As to the Street Fair being COM
posed of poor shows, charged by you
1t no doubt was a disappointment to
some of your people who were look
ing for The Girl in Red or The
Dancing Girls or such immoral
shows as have been presented upon
your streets i'll the past No one can
say word against the shows connect
ed with the Street Fair along that
line. They will be at the Street Fair
in Pueblo next week during the State
Fair. Montrose was generous enough
to furnish gratis. the use of the string
| of electric lights for the use of the
Grand Junction Street Fair. Your
own people refused the Baseball as
sociation the string of electric lights
used in your city for decorating on
| public occasions.
Now a few words in reply to the
coming fairs. We have not forgotten
when fifteen of our business men
went to Grand Junction to prevail
|
iation to change their date for the
! Mesa County Fair, they having set
| tied on our dates after we hau those
| dates established for fifteen years,
and it is well known how we failed
/ to accomplish the desired result.
! Montrose has run three excursions
10 Grand junction to one excursion
! from Grand Junction to Montrose.
Montrose has had the Grand junction
band to play fer the Western slope
| Fair three times and | was on the
committee that employed them.
Montrose, Delta and the North Fork
counties came cheerfully TO the
rescue of Grand Junction with peach
es to enable them to keep on with
their Peach Day, many times until
| ii became too well known to continue.
| We said nothing about it and let
| Grand Junction have all the credit
| but we have about concluded that
such relations must cease and each
city look after it's own interests.
| Grand junction exhibited poor judg
ment in its endeavor to take from us
| the Gunnison Tunnel project, using
every effort possible to discourage
| the government in undertaking it.
Now we have always tried to be
| on friendly terms with Grand June
! tion people and have done everything
to bring it about but have not been
able to accomplish the result we had
hoped Our county clerk, Mr.. Mcneil,
| has spent hours writing and correct
| ing erroneous reports sent out by
| Grand Junction correspondents re-
garding the fruit crop in this valley.
| A Denver newspaper recently pub
lished under glaring headlines. the
erroneous report signed by and from
| Junction parties. a report that it was
| intended to mislead the general pub
I lie regarding the true situation as to
( the prospects of fruit in this valley.
! Men were employed thinning the
/ fruit from the overloaded trees, yet
Grand Junction was circulating re-
ports through Denver papers that our
crop was a failure, equal to, if not
greater, than Grand Junction. Now
if these things are to continue we
may as well stand for our rights and
protect our citizens and farmers from
such erroneous reports. The treat
ment Montrose people have received
from Grand Junction in the past has
caused many of us who were for