The daily sentinel., 1908-02-01
|AUPPERIE HAS
SOMETHING TO SAY
Takes Exceptions to Certain Statements in the Sentinel
and Gives What He Believes to be the Real Facts
Offers Explanations Regarding Various Actions
Of the Chamber Of Commerce Declares
There is no Inner Circle"
TO THE DAILY SENTINEL

TO THE DAILY SENTINEL:
In your issue of the 29th you had
a front page article headed "a DE-
LIBERATE FALSEHOOD IS BEING
CIRCULATED" and this Is charged
to a prominent official of the Cham
ber of Commerce" l do not know
which one of the officials this alludes
to and l would not give the matter
serious consideration If 1t were not
for the fact that the article shows
very clearly that the writer was not
familiar with the facts when he
wrote it, and the further fact that
such contentious tend to lessen the
influence of the Chamber of Com
merce for good in the community.
= VIII you grant me space In your
columns for brief statement of the
facts In the case?
A short time before the petition to
the council asking that an increased
water supply be provided for was
presented, Mr.. Chas. p. McCary said
to me that a member of the council
had told him that he, (the council
man) didn't feel like going on with
the proposed plan to put an addi-
tional pipe in from the reservoir to
the city because the people might
disapprove of the act as they did of
the mountain water plans, and stated
also that he thought others of the
council felt as he did.
Mr.. McCary suggested that the
Chamber of Commerce proceed to as
sure the council that the taxpayers
approved of the plan.
l took the matter up personally
with Mayor Wentworth and Alder
man Matthews asking them II they
n rtOht n nnfftinn ho fo~ ay-o
was necessary. advisable or helpful.
Both these gentlemen expressed
themselves as believing It certainly
would not be out of the way, and
thought 1t might cause the council
to feel little better IL they had
assurance that the taxpayers stood
behind them In the matter. Then-I
laid the matter before the Board of
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce and they ordered that a petit
ton be circulated and presented to
the council. I wrote the heading for
the petition and took it to Mayor
Wentworth for him to pass on before
circulating it, because l wanted to
avoid any possibility of giving Of
fence to the council even in the
wording of the petition. Some OF
those to whom l presented the peti-
tiOH laioCo thC quCotioh tndI IL Was
not specific enough, that 1t didn't tell
the council anything about plans for
getting this increased supply. To
those / stated that the council HAD
plans, that it was not our purpose to
do anything more than assure the
council that the taxpayers endorsed
such action as in their judgment
they believed best, and in presenting
the petition the committee stated to
the council that the purpose of the
petition was to support them in the
plans under consideration. At the
council meeting Mayor Wentworth
very kindly thanked the committee
for presenting the petition.
I know of no one connected with
the work of the Chamber of Com
merce who has claimed any credit in
this matter. or has even thought of
claiming credit. -----
The Chamber of Commerce asked
the council to send Irrigation En-
glneer Stokes to measure the water
In Hannah Creek some time during
the month of January. 1t is well
established fact that there has been
constant contention by some of those
not favoring the Hannah Creek water
plan, that in the winter months there
was practically no water in the
stream. Two councils have worked
on this plan and two years have roll
ed by without this-question being
settled. Those OF us who had no per-
sonal knowledge of the facts could
do little else than put the statement
of one party up against that of an
other and wonder which was right.
In your issue of Thursday you
have 1.-THE MOST IMPORTANT AN
>r> A n
THE WELFARE, DEVELOPMENT.
CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION MADE
IN MANY A LONG DAY IS THE AN
NOUNCEMENT. HERE MADE FOR
THE FIRST TIME. THAT THERE
is TODAY FLOWIG DOWN THE
CHANNEL. OF HANNAH CREEK,
NOT LESS THAN THREE HUN
DRED AND TWENTY INCHES OF
WATER"
You state further that "The meas
urement of Engineer Stokes must
stand as a state record from now
on. 1t is the first official meas
urement during the winter of the
flow of Hannah Creek. for many
years at least"
/ think your own statements jus
tify the action OF the Chamber of
Commerce in the matter. We asked
for an official record and 1t is made
and at least one point of contention
Is settled. =-
There is complaint made about the
attitude of the Chamber of Com
merce In the so-caIled Palmer Park
matter. A request was made that a
committee be appointed to look fully
into this matter and IL thought advis-
able take 1t up with the council. A
committee of five was appointed who