The daily sentinel., 1908-10-28
AUPPERLE IS NO
LONGER SECRETARY
OF The BODY

1
ed privately that the work of the
secretary's office was not congenial
to him and that its general duties
were distasteful to him. He found
p.easure only in pushing the Hig.i
Line canal matter and to this work
ne devoted practically his entire en-
ergies.
On July 31st, Mr.. Aupperle tend
cred his resignation to the board of
directors but the resignation was
| filed away and not made public. This
was the agreement. 1t was before
the board and was practically accept
ed to take effect when suitable sue
cessor to Mr.. Aupperle had been
chosen. Matters went along for some
weeks. Quietly the board of directors
began to look around for a new sec
| retary. They wanted an outside man,
one who had no interests here that
might make him partial in the dis
charge of his duties. a man who, hav-
ing little acquaintance here. would
treat all persons alike and impart-
tally. man trained in the work. Sew
eral applications were received.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Aupperle
went to Washington on the High
Line canal matter. He returned last
week and as The Sentinel stated Mon
day made no efforts to conceal his
opposition to the Orchard Mesa Irri-
CATION project. matter that he
should have kept his hands off, it
being a project, the success of which
meant great step toward develop
ing the valley. II was question
for the land owners of the district to
decide.
Last Friday night the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce decided to take up the matter
of selecting new secretary. After
some discussion it was decided to
hold meeting on Tuesday night to
, take up the matter.
MIR. Aupperle knew of this meet
ing. On Monday night he submitted
to the morning paper a lengthy COM
munication in which he attempted to
defend his stand on the Orchard Mesa
project. He claims therein that he
was not knocking the project but in
the very statement itself he knocks
the project.
The statement did not appear yes
terday morning as Mr.. Aupperle in
tended but appeared this morning
and therefore was not as effective as
Mr.. Aupperle had hoped ii would be.
The closing paragraphs of this
statement shows that Mr.. Aupperle
was and is very angry over the Or
chard Mesa affair and wanted to con-
tinue as secretary SO that he might
DEFY these men who are calling him
"knocker.' a-rfH
Here is what he says in this re-
gard: tartu
Reports came to me some time
ago that the promoters of the
Orchard Mesa project had me
.mnrl<ed for slaughter" ] was
told today personally, that
shall he removed from the posi-
ton of secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce at once.
On this subject l now wish to
say that the records show that
my resignation was rendered tine
board of directors on the 31st
day of July To take effect when
they secured IA suitable person
for the place. + wish to-, an-;''
nounce publicly that now
withdraw that resignation and
the board can get another from
me ii il is desired.
Respectfully,
sC. ID. w. AUPPERLE.
The public announcement OF the
withdrawal of his resignation, not
made until today. came too late. He
was down and out" when the notice
IF public withdrawal was published
today.
When the board of directors met
last night Mr.. Aupperle appeared be-
fore them and made a terrific strug-
gle to retain his position. He grew
very frantic at times and there were
some lively scenes. He made it clear
that he wanted to remain as secretary
mainly to show these men who are
upbraiding him over the Orchard
1 Mesa project that he COULD stay in.
| There was much discussion by Mr..
4 A ArIa ~
board. Many phases of the situation
were gone over. and after two hours
of wrangling the board. holding that
| Mr. Aupperle's resignation had been
accepted long ago and that the board
did not see fit to retain him as sec
retary, proceeded to select new
| secretary.
Frank Mahoney. at present and
( II some time East, secretary of the
mont was chosen as secretary of the
Business Mems Association at Long
mont was chosen as secretary of the
Il Chamber of Commerce. He is highly
! recommended by many well known
Colorado business men and citizens
and his record in boosting and ad-
vertising work is indeed splendid
one. Mr.. Mahoney visited Grand
junction some time ago and went
over the situation, Interviewing many
ials.
The new secretary will reach
Grand junction about November Is.
Mr. Aupperle will probably act as
secretary until that time.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Edwin Price. NJ. H. Loeffler and J. H.
Rankin. was appointed to draw up
resolutions expressing appreciation of
1.-The services of Mr. Aupperle, espec-
fially his services in the work of get
lting the government to take up the