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The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
THE GUILTY MUST BE PUNISHED

Whatever is to be said concerning the
rights of either faction to the use of
the range, there is nothing that can
palliate the brutality and lawlessness
Of the masked bandits who raided the
sheep herds of Grand Junction men in
Garfield and Mesa counties few days
ago. 1t was an outrage which should
not be permitted to pass unpunished,
us has been the ease in similar ones
gone before. The only way to put
stop to such criminalities is by appre-
hending and Furnishing the guilty men,
and that should be promptly done.
There need be no delay in arresting
the guilty ones provided only the peo'
pie OF the section whose peace has been
violated are insistent that justice do
its duty.
SO far as the dispute involves the
right to Craze herds on the public do
main, that need not figure. Strictly
speaking, neither sheep men nor sheep
grower has better right than the other.
Both are trespasser, though by tacit
consent of the government, it has be
come the custom to permit the free
| ranging of herds on lands for which
there has been no individual demand.
Because the cattleman has been al
towing his stock to run on the land he
| has acquired he has no priority right
whatever and has no just basis for
complaint when another chooses to ex
crcisc the same privilege.
No license to kill has been granted:
the cattlemen as a class have no more
claim to protection than have the men
who run sheep, nor no first call to the
land. The men who committed this
outrage could no doubt be named by
half the people living within n radius
If twenty miles of the scene. They
must be called to book; The slaughter
of those herds cannot be left to go uu-
| punished. Such crimes breed others;
next there will be murders, and a long
drawn feud will be starting. Wyom-
| ing range conditions cannot be endured
| in Colorado; the courts can punish the
| men if they will and the whole state
demands that it be done.-Denver Re
publican.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29

unfoldment of greater vista of life
shan has ever before appeared upon
the horizon of our vision.
To the graduates of the Glenwood
class of '09 the Post sincerely hopes
that this period may lie the commence
ment of better and greater things, the
commencement of more decisive vie
tories over the obstacles which line
the pathway of life, the commerce
ment of SUBMITS scaled, of disappoint-
mems overcome, the commencement OF
an era in which life shall seem sweeter
and fuller and nobler than pictured in
their fondest dreams of the pres ent
day.
If this hope shall be realized the
1909 commencement will have been
worth while.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29

the water out of stream during the
early spring or floodwater season, and
taking il a considerable distance away
from the stream, wasting it in gulches
and along the hillsides in porous soil,
and often in loose and broken rocky
formations, so that it would require
considerable time for the water to find
its way back to the natural stream
channel. If this plan is followed dur
ing the flood period and continued no
to the time the high water ceases, II
will be found that the water thus stor-
ed in the gulches and hillsides adjocen.
to the stream will come trickling down
thirty, and sometimes sixty days after
this storage practice has been discon-
tinued, and the stream supply thus be
greatly augmented by reason thereof.
This system of storage has for the
past few years been successfully prae-
ticed by Mr.. George Newton, water
commissioner of Water District No. 40,
and while it has been impossible to ac-
curately measure the amount of water
by which the stream has been aug
mented, by reason of this process, it is
known to have been considerable, ana
Mr. Newton believes in some seasons
it has been the means of saving the
| crops in the Roam creek section.
Either of these experiments is well
worth trying, and in communities
where water is short, and the condi'
tions for this styls of storage are fav'
orable. the farmers can well afford t.
Join together and give one or the Other
or both methods n trial. OF course, II
will be readily understood that one oil
those is "A winter and the other sum
mer met hod.
The Post will be glad to hear from
any who have given either of thest
plans a trial
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
THAT ANTLERs WATER

As we easily guessed, the wITer OF
the article eriticising the Post because
of its desire to see the Antlers section
become what 1T is capable of being, is
W. L. Tippett, secretary of the far-
mers' Irrigation company. Our guess
is confirmed by another letter from
Mr.. Tippett appearing in the Ava
lanche, Mr.. Tippett this time signing
his name.
Since the gentleman does not refute
any of our previous statements we viii
give his letter but little attention. In
fact there seems to be so little differ
ence beween Mr.. Tippett and the Post
that it is perhaps scarcely worthy of
discussions. We simply don't think
alike on the method to pursue to RENE
DIV what we both argue is an undesir'
able condition. The chief point of diff
ference is that Mr.. Tippett and his
friends appear to be content to let
matters drift along in about the same
unsuccessful condition which he admits
has existed for years while others of
the company have hoped for better
things and with this element and with
this sentiment the Post has been forced
to agree.
The Post would not take or encour-
age any project which would take from
the old settlers of the valley one drop
of water. What we should like to do
is to assist these people if possible to
secure more water than they have ever
had, to the end that there may be more
bountiful crops and greater prosperity
in that section. This can easily be ac-
complished and there will yet remain
enough water to irrigate abundantly
all the balance of that rich mesa.
All that is necessary is greater stor.
age capacity and greater ditch capa
city for carrying great quantities of
water when it can be obtained, for
Mr. Tippett admits that for several
years the water has been shut off sew
eral weeks each year and from this
fact he bases his statement that after
the present rights are supplied there
would be no water for others. There
certainly would be if other people, who
ever they might be, would develop or
secure more waiter than at present
available That is to say If Mr.. Dew
ereux and associates or any one else
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29

irg saloon, or gambling hall to indulge
in the doings in these places, but that
time is rapidly passing, and in its
,:ead is Il growing demand that our
judge5 be men of upright character and
morally qualified to fill the place to
which they are chosen.
A few days ago Butte, Mont, case
attracted wide attention, and was Civ
en- due publicity by all the leading pa
pers of the country The dispatch
sem. from Butte told of 4 particular
case at bar, and said:
Gone thousand dollars fine and a
year in Jail was the bitter dose ad'
ministered to Leander Duncan. gambler
and pioneer, today. Duncan who is an
old man, fairly wilted in his chair. The
sentence was accompanied by an ar
raignment from the bench which has
no. often been equaled in severity by
court in Montana.
'' For forty years you have bilked
the public shouted District judge
Donlan, gambling forty years thai
might have been spent in useful effort
which might have landed you in com
fort and respect, and not in jail. Now
your string is up. You are an old maj
and I would like to be lenient Will
YOU, but it is time gamblers learne'
there is no place for them in this com
munity. You have been arrested il
every raid since the raids began, an
We are going to put you out of busi
ness. The court orders you imprisone'
! n the county jail for Il months, an
fined $1,000.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
ousTING THE GAMBLERS

Judging by the efforts of the vari-
Qua peace officers over the country, the
movement against the illegal practice
of gambling is one that sooner or later
means the ousting of the bunch and
the starting of able bodied men on the
paths of honesty and right living.
1t Is true, men have ever loved the
game of chance, and perhaps they Will
continue to be enticed from home and
loved ones by the gaming table and the
race track, but there are today many
mem who could fill better place in
life than they are if they would only
allow the good in them to assert itself
and nut under their feet the mania for
gambling THAI. is sucking ther morals,
xnd in many cases robbing children OF
broad and clothing.
Soune may scoff at the idea that pub
lie sentiment is welding great force
for right and square dealing we need
but to point to courts of some states
Cs.e after case has been tried where
tho gamblers were given their Just
dues. Judges today are placed on the
beoeh by the people who are looking
with disgust on past practices. There
m;sh4 have bean . time when judge
weaaa ,aave the bench for nsishbor-
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
WHAT OF COMMENCEMENT?

This is commencement week in Glen
wood and the sweet girl graduate is
abroad in the land. Some have Won
dered why the end of a school career
should be called commencement. -
"Why should the close of a career be
designated as the beginningf' is Il
question which some have asked and
the answer comes in the fact that the
completion of a high school or college
course in most cases marks the begin
ming or the commencement of a. car
Ger of activities and responsibility in
life to which the student has thus far
been a comparative stranger.
1t is the dawn of greater opportpn-
tiles than have ever before presented
themselves. 1t Is the period of the
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29

then lumber was cheap. Lumbermen
did no, take the trouble to look ahead
They could not foresee the time when.
the forests fellei lumber would become
scarce, And SO they cut and wasted
ruthles lv destroying the young growth
in their haste to market the large trees
They did not understand that forests )
can be grown and cared for much as a
garden is cared for; that by constant
replanting forests can be kept in condi-
lion to yield a continued supply and at
more profit in the long run than the
careless and wasteful slaughter of ev-
erything in sight produces.-Philade ell
phia Inquirer.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29

would quadruple the present storage
capacity of the reservoir and then in
crease the capacity of the ditch 30 that
it will carry more water when it can
be obtained, which is for n. least six
months in the year, the difficulty will
nave been solved
But to do this takes money. The
Post does not care whether the money
comes through the Devereux company
or from the Glenwood banks just so
long rs the much to be desired needs
are met but we do have a right to
hope that Mr.. Tippett and his associ-
ates or someone else will soon become
so impatient about the way matters
have been dragging along that some
plan may be evolved by which that
beautiful valley will be well watered
and made to do its share toward the
agricultural output of this country.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
PoPocATAPETL TO WORK

The City of Mexico harbors a genius.
Panfillo CARA Garcia is his name. His
spirit is intrepid, his imagination un-
limited. his proposition at present stu
pendous. Many a time and oft has he
sal beneath an awning Slipping his
aguardiente and studying the smoke
curling from the crater of Popocatepeu
and dreaming of schemes to harness
the titanic power latent within. AT
lp-t he has solved the problem, and
now he is organizing a company which
is goinp to make the City of Mexico
n center of industry with every wheel
-urned by the fires of the earth. His
scheme is simplicity itself. 1t is to
sink two wells into the side of the
volcano until he reaches the boiling
point in the earth. 1t il immaterLal
at present to consider how he is going
to keep from being boiled himself or
by proxy, the chief point OF concern
being that as soon as he has reached
this interesting stage he will explode
dynamite and Join the two bores.
Then by running cold water down one
we'll he will transform it into steam
at the bottom, and it viii come up
the other tube ready to work. If one
pair of wcll7 will develop 80 horse
power, 10 pairs will develop 500. From
the explosion onward it is simply a
matter of multiplication. Manufae-
turers throughout the world viii an
xiously watch Panfillo Garza Garcia 5
enterprise, and if it succeeds. as Of
course it must, the volcano market will
be Immediately on the boom.-Exchange
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
THREE MILLION TREES

Upon various reservations along the
line of its rails the Pennsylvania rail
road Is about to set out 100000 trees.
1t began this policy three years ago
With it's prospective planting it will
have 3,430,OoO growing trees under its
jurisdiction. The road is simply pro
tccing itself. 1t is in constant need o!
timber, and especially Of ties. AS it
cuts ii will plant, and thus always In
sure supply.
What tho Pennsylvania is doing on a
comparatively small scale, should have
been adopted as settled policy by the
ownsn Of forest lands long ago. But
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
OUR GOVERNOR has lust

OUR GOVERNOR has Just found
that in dealing with the county assess
ors and trying to get them to do his
bidding, he has struck the most obstin.
ate crowd he has had to handle since
he ran up against the belligerent legs
lators. The governor wants to get
some more revenue to offset the SEQ.
600 which his legislature recently votel
to give away TO disappointed Office
seeking democratic lawyers under the
pretcnse of fighting Pinchot but in re
ality to amtagonize the government,
which they are now asking to build the
High Line canal, and make many other
important improvements in this state.
This expenditure, together with over
$50 900 thrown away on the Wes ern
Federation of Miners and several o. her
appropriations equally idiotic, seen t,
make the state look pretty poor in the
estimation of the governor, and he is
anxious TO have the county asses sors
raise the valuations in order to atone
in manner for the blunders of the
lawmakers. 1t S a sly trick of the ex
ecutive to throw some of the respo
bility on the assessors when he
have helped some by exercising
veto power. The assessors nav
Nay, John. They are wise to t
that His Royal Honesty had a S,
chance to take n hitch at the
purse strings but he failed to d
and they say they don't propose to
pull his ehestnhts out of the fire.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
JOE FOLK oneht To have a nrct

JOE FOLK ought to have a pretty
good idea of the mental attitude of the
country on things political. He be.
lieves there is n ray of hope for dem
ocraey to elect the next president, if
the republican party does not do soma
thing real, besides tinkering with the
tariff. We receive with delight the
slight hope held out by Mr.. Folk, bu.
are not enthusing largely over it, as
we have been hanging onto democratic
straws and slight hopes so long tina.
we shall wait until we hear the band
before dressing for the celebration of
the occasion.-Grand Junction Sentinel,
(Democratic).
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
THE SLAUGHTER OF
THE 1NNocENTs

Humanity always resents unneceS-
sarv and unwarranted cruelty. no mat
ter in what form inflicted, and more
especially does ii resent the infiictlon
of pain and suffering upon animals
lust for spite work against their own
ers. This is why the people of Colo
RADIO stand aghast ut the terrible, I'M
warranted and malicious slaughter
and butchery of 1900 sheep in the east
ern part of Mesa county by n band of
human towards last Wednesday. This
is why the people are also demanding
that those towards serve time at Canon
City.
The time may have been when range
wars were taken as a part of western
life but that time has long since pass
ed Such events as the one near Mack
only served to keep Colorado on tine
wrong side of the moral ledger among
the states of the east and unless our
state, county and humane officials re
lentlessly pursue those men until every
one is behind prison walls, we will con
tinue to remain on the wrong side of
that ledger.
1t is pleasing to note that our OF
cials are acting promptly and vigor-
ously. The humane society has offer
ed $500 reward for the capture and
conviction of the criminals the Off
cials of Mesa county are prosecuting
the work of securing evidence upon
which arrests will be made and Gov
enor Shafr0th has said tha. 50 long as
he remains governor not one of them
shall receive executive clemency should
they be convicted.
All this is well and good and will go
a long way toward securing convic-
tions but the citizens of Colorado owe
it, not only to the state but to them
selves, TO in every way possible help
in ascertaining the guilty parties and
securing their punishment.
The stoekmen cannot afford to let
such deed go unpunised. Every
stoekman of Colorado, be he a sheep
or cattle owner, cannot afford AMI
should not permit the great industry,
of which lie is an integral part, to
stand under the disgrace of such an
incident one minute longer than it shall
take to convict the men who commit ed
the crime.
1t is to be hoped that public officials,
stockmen and citizens everywhere will
Join in one concerted action to ascer-
tain aud convict the men who, in their
mad desire for vengeance, inflicted
cruelties on innocent animals that were
nor even surpassed in the Armenian
outrages by barbaric people few
weeks ago.-Pueblo Chieftain
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
Saturday, May 29, 1909.
GOOD TIMES HERE AGAIN

A few months ago the finger of
Hope was pointing at few scattered
factories, the owners OF which were
coming out of cover and giving orders
to start the wheels. No longer is the
finger pointing at a few scattered in.
dustries, but today thousands of fac
tories and enterprises are taking on
the life that furnishes food and cloth
ing for the men and women of the
land
Nor do we need TO point at the fac
tories alone for this evidence of busi
ness return. Glance over the columns
of the papers published in the western
Colorado fruit belt. Lands are chang.
ing hands as never before, and the
price of few years ago is no longer
heard of. If it is, it is now the price
paid for raw land, whereas five years
ago it was received for the bearing or.
chard. Fruit men in western Colorado
never faced brighter prospects for
bumper crops than at the present time.
But what could they do with bumper
crops of lucious fruit if the men and
women of the land were not employed
and thus provided with the means for
occurring the fruit for their tables?
As has been the case for several
years, the Colorado fruit man will SO
cure top prices for his product. The
quality counts in this, but the best of
fruit cannot bring a fancy price. or
even profit-giving price if the hand
stores When the wheels of industry
are started, the farmer and fruit man
are filled with new hope. They see
ready market for their product. They
Immediately plan for a newer and larg-
er home, for their families, the car
penters are thus given work, and ev-
erything from the greatest factory in
the country to the humblest of farmers
Is on the move, and the wave of pros
perity completes its journey across the
whole land.
It is true, there are a few minor
strikes of laboring men, but as rule
the laboring men are too busy to talk
strike, and if they did talk, they would
not act, for they are satisfied that all
that can be done will be done for them
and their interests. They may have
feared to trust Mr. Taft in the presi
Dental chair, but if they did the No
eemyber vote did not disclose such \
fact nor have the official acts of our
president given warrant for such fear.
I'm fact, President Taft is better Lowell
today by the laboring men of the land
than any former president, save, per
haps Mr.. Roosevelt. The whole country
now sees the wisdom of placing Taft
at the head of our government, and tine
north and south, east and west are
united in singing his praises, for with
his taking his seat as president, the
financial interests settled down, the
factories re-opened, and every depart
nent of labor felt the impetus and we
arc entered on another era of prosper
ity. the like of which has never been
known.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
THE CLOSING of saloons on sund;

THE CLOSING of saloons on Sunday
and at midnight, the prohibition of tho
sale of liquors to minors, the exclusion
of women from wine rooms, the stop
ping of the retail sale of liquor by so
called clubs and druggists, the stopping
of gambling in all forms, restraints
upon the operations of rel-ight deni-
zens, are all reasonable regulations,
and laws covering these subjects exist
in all the states of the American union
and are everywhere regarded as just
and wholesome rules, proper to be en-
forced, and capable of being enforced.
No good member of society will conf
plain of their enforcement.-Puebl
Post.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
.pINcHoTIsM" AND THE
NEW LAND LEAGUE

Under the guise of an endeavor to
protect the constitutional rights and
promote the local interests of the peo-
pie of Colorado, new land league, 70
be known as the National Public Do
main league, has been organized for the
purpose of making war on what Is
known as the Pinchot policy respecting
the administration of national forests.
The evident purpose of the new lea
que cannot be hidden behind a profes-
sional devotion to local interests and
constitutional rights; for the leaders IN
the movement have all along been more
notorious for their opposition to Mr..
Pinehot than distinguished for devo'
ton to the constitutional prerogatives
of this or any state.
Before falling in with this anti-Pin
chot scheme persons who may be 50
licited to Join should consider the fact
that the land embraced within national
forests belongs to the national govern
ment, and therefore is subject to what
ever Laws congress may enact respect
ing its regulation and disposition. To
accept the extreme state right doc
trine, that the federal government is i'll
respect to those lands merely a propri-
etor, involves in turn the admission
that as proprietor it may adopt what
ever rules and regulations it may sec
fit to adopt for the management and
administration of such lands. If pri-
vate citizen can do what he pleases
with his land, certainly the rights of
federal government are no less exten
sive.
Admitting the right of the federal
government to make all lawful and
needful rules and regulations respect
ing the administration of national for
e-sts, it follows that all such rules that
have been made in accordance with the
laws enacted by congress are binding
upon the public and upon the states.
To deny this would be to assert that
| the government as landed proprietor
has fewer rights than private landed
proprietor, which would be to reduce
tho proposition to an absurdity.
1t would be extravagant to assert
that the administration of the national
forests has attained perfection. No
officer or agent of the forestry bureau
would make any such claim. But any
one who makes an unbiased inquiry
will discover that the policy of the bu-
reau is good, and that in most cases
where friction has arisen it has been
due to the blunder of subordinate or
to some misunderstanding respecting
the legal rights of persons entering
upon forest lands.
The new land leaguers will busy
themselves in vain if they devote their
,nergies to stirring up opposition tn
Mr.. Pinchot g policy in respect of ma
tional forests. Opposition to that pol
lev has been on the wane for some TIM
now, and it will continue to decline as
the public becomes better Informed r"-
specting both the purpose and the
methods of the forestry administration.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-29
NOTICE OF DlscoNTrNuANcE-

THE POST Ia not discontinued at expira-
ton, and is sent to subscribers until an cx-
plicit order is received by us. and all pay
ment of arrearages is made. required by
law The courts invariably hold a subscriber
responsible to the publisher for the suoscrip-
tion price OF all papers received until the
paper is paid for In full up to date. anf
ordered discontinued. PAPERS Rk1UaSab
ARE Nor NOTICES OF DIscoNTINUANcE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-30
EXCURSIONS ON LAKE
WASHINGTON.

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park for around Mercer ISLAND. i've
times daily. Two lours' ride. Ee.
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