Gunnison news-champion., 1910-04-01

"
sess Tk~S know THAT si4a- ~
t4si-., and ats<rv1ss. asp<,s chasx~
81 s.3ss<ly, ss nstes.s5,; 80 g,rose
ths4r r4-sssssr,n-. In yssssr 10
car t-s-i csiIzeD-. Wa-, hsS. srrx-
ed ID. toxs is1sshfuiiy ier y.ars
W'lfhssgi oas eraf ri pay Ae have
Alrcady ns.sn'is.s..d a i.sv ~ the
things thai the sfsszen- party
lssss siose seF the Town and a. tts~
financial -iatess.nt es ihs lsst
fsesl wear cannot tse pui,is-i.sd
un1si aisef tho ce,sssIssg .issctisn.
". sl.--sre 90 cad tlss at i.ni.soa 81
tie soi.rs ho hs9 s.sh tL. pres
est t~,ard has essadlsct.-d the
ai1aEr- at the te,ua darIug tbs
ia-i Twelve ns..nfh~.
an April l~i. Isss, ther. ua~ a
balspcs oi cash on hand IA the
Treasury sd the tOwn amounting
10 s.3e t,., aud wllIis I he hooks
ie,f The Isrc-eui tsDnth have not
t.-en clssed the appg0Nilaaie
amount taken in trtau the var
lt,us -ources darlu2 the last ii~-
cal wear viii lra <1si loi rs and
al tssi- aiBoant - .tioD aas re-
ceiNed tron iicenr..S el salosnS.
While 0H the vf hsr hand the
ausonnt Received fre,su the reaer-
al taxes for this safsse I,etle,d ua~
Ouiv ~5.s,5> ~ And adding 10
the amount rsc,,iVed by the toNn
tor Saloon hcsases. the amount
Taii Tho tDNn by these saloons
ior hight aud wafer. The aHsouut
rsreIyed irom the salDo1is would
very NEARBY equai the amount
reeelVs'd ior al general taxes. n
VIII therefore i,e seen that IT the
Law and Order pe@l,.e have their
waN aud the saloons are abOhSh-
ed. the general taxes of the town
viii be nearly ,loutied 80 the
amount receINed bv the town
during Ito last vear. l,esides its
ordinary cXpeBsoS " has paid
out ON old mdetitellues-. inde
meHts, interest on bands and I
bonds redeemed the sula of
-, 80 10 which neans that the
public debt 81 I be town has been
reduced Iust that much. For
put,iIc improvements aud repairs
on town property. such ss city /
bah, hight and water plants. (
streets etc, the sum oi -, I1231 |
has been expended. la addition
To these amounts, the regular
expenditures OF the town make /
the amount paid out during the Z
last wear approximately 500 I
oss1s, which will leave bal |
ance on hand ON April LIST. 1910
of 81, 3,394 %. While the state
ment in detail viii he published 4
next week these figures show what /
the present council has done with I
the funds at its disposal. eVerv /
cent has been used for paving 1
Off our indebtedness. improving 1
the town and meeting it's current Z
EXPENSES. Every one of the
above figures can he verified bv 4
examining the books of the
town treasurer-but facts are
not what the Law and Order peo-
pie want; they would rather have
their claims rest ON false insin-
uations. !
z s';,ev OF the facts above stat
ed, ii You desire TO east your
vote for the prosperity and mp I
building of the town of Gunni-
son, vote theCITIZENS TICKET
next Tuesday. II YOU believe
that II is better for the morals of
the town of tunnison To have
liquor sold here under the strict
regu,.sation OF the law, rather
than have an equal or a greater
OF liquor OF the viiest
kind sold in the most disreputa-
ble places, then upon the propo-
sition OF making this town Anti,
saloon territory, vote No,
As the campaign - nearing its
close, to- 'dry-" do not hesitate
to spread all sorts of campaign
lies. one of the Ia test teipe that |
numbers of our boys, under the
age VT twenty-one, are IN TIE
habit of visiting the saloons of
this town and have been served
with liquors-which thev well
know TO I've false. We challenge
any one Of these so called reform
ers to name n single minor who
has been allowed to visit n sa-
loon in Gunniso@ and who has
procured liquos there. II yoa
know any such, give names and
proof and We will guarantee that