The daily sentinel., 1909-12-03

Arthur Currie, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Currie of this city and one of
the best known young men of the
city, who for several years has been
suffering from a most severe attack
of rheumatism and has been able TO
leave his room but very. very few
times during all that period and who
is now in New York City under the
care of a widely known specialist,
does not allow his affliction to pre-
vent him from keeping up with the
movements of men and events. The
young gentleman. always bright and
quick in his comprehension Of events,
reads the daily papers and many of
the leading magazines regularly. and
as result is exceedingly well posted
on what is going on.
Mr.. Currie is especially watchful
of actions having influence on the
Developments of this city and valley.
He has the High Line canal situation
down pretty pat. Frequently he
writes letters to his father. giving
his ideas and interpretations of GER
tain actions and movements. These
letters are always of keen interest
and show the clear insight the young
man has into these events. He longs
to be at home and to be in the
game" as he expresses it. However,
as he cannot be at home. he keeps in
touch with the home spirit and the
home growth.
The many friends of the young
man will be glad to know that he is
improving slowly but surely, and all
will hope that the day will speedily
come when he will be able to be on
his feet again. Below The Sentinel
gives the text of one of his letters OF
comment, written to his father, and
which letter the young man had no
idea would appear in print. II is n
highly interesting letter, a thought
full review and comment that Will
command the attention of all. The
letter follows:
New York City, Nov. rs.
Dear Father.
The things | have been reading in
the Tribune and The Sentinel this
morning make il very hard for me
to have the patience to remain in
bed. | have tried real hard to ge:
I'D since | read them, but | can't do
1t.
In The Sentinel | read that they
have on hand $50 cars of material
for the interurban and that it will
be in operation by June /. l think
that will be a great thing for the
valley.
For some time | have been think
ing that the ID. & r. G. stock would
be good investment at 46 or Al, be-
cause the Western Pacific should
shortly be able to carry its own bond
issue and the Rio Grande is to re-
| ceive good block of the stock as a
| bonus for carrying it in the past.
This morning 1 notice that II. ALL
way. the financial writer for the
1 Tribune, writes the following: Com
pleted Gould financiering and the
ready cooperation of James ]. Hill
promise early agreeable things for
Denver g. Rio Grande."
Also in the Tribune | see what |
take to be a definite and binding
promise on the part OF the govern
ment to build the big canal. dis
patch from Washington says that
yesterday (November 27) Secretary
Ballinger ISSUED an order" granting
| the request for the construction of
the canal. OF course this will be no
| news to you when this letter reaches
you, but | think | can give you some
| information upon the sentiment in
| the east concerning something vitally
connected with 1t: | mean the pro-
| posed bond issue for the completion
of the government irrigation projects
| | have been reading about this in the
| different papers and following the
growth of the idea as closely as pos
sible, and think the following about
expresses the situation:
President Taft has just completed
| big tour of the west and the south.
| He took this trip with the idea of
winning the confidence of the people
of those parts of the country. He
did great deal of talking, and out
i lined great deal of proposed legis-
| lation. the enactment of which he
will urge upon the coming congress.
4 Now the coming congress will be
4 divided into not only democrats and
4 republicans, but also there will be
republican insurgents and republican
conservatives. The Taft administers