The daily sentinel., 1910-03-14
STARTLING CHARGES ARE BEING
MADE.
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then get them out of the county as
quickly as possible. II is reported
that the number of people who have
been induced to come into this valley
in this way and who have been in
duced to make purchases and pay
ments down. is remarkable indeed.
Nearly every day some new story
connected with the operation of this
company has come to light.
The company. so far as can be
learned, has no Grand Junction rep
resentative. The company, In fact
has avoided Grand Junction as much
as possible and endeavored to keep
local people in the dark" as to their
operations.
The Sentinel has for several weeks
been making Investigations concern
ing this particular company and their
scheme and 1t has yet to find any one
who has regarded the project feas-
ible, the proposition above reproach
or the actions of the company en-
titled to commendation. In fact gen-
eral condemnation of the scheme and
surprise at the number of eastern
this county and make purchases. have
been expressed on nearly every hand.
Many most sensational charges,
direct and said to be backed with un
shakable evidence, are likely to be
formally filed within n few days.
1t is claimed by some people who
have made Investigations that this
company is composed of people who
have filed and had their relatives to
file on hundreds and hundreds of
acres of land under desert act, then
when positive buyer is found, he or
she Is shown some tract of land, valu-
less unless 1t can be irrigated, led to
believe that il will soon be irrigated.
induced to enter a contract and make
n payment down, and then the land
is relinquished to them but the guar
antee of the water right, on which
depends the value of the land, is miss
ing.
Already steps are being taken
against this company. In yesterday
mornings Denver News appeared the
following most interesting story con-
cerning these steps and the alleged
methods employed by the company:
Waiting upon DR.. B. l.. jefferson
register of the state land board yes
terday. with reference to a certain
company operating In their section of
the state, delegation of Grand val
ley citizens was indirectly responsible
for the revelation that both govern
ment and state officials have been
quietly engaged for months in prob
ing into the methods of certain COM
panies organized for the purpose of
promoting irigration scheme in diff
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| investigation has now reached point
where a crash in irrigation fakes is
due.
That quite a number of companies
| operating on the western and eastern
slopes of this state, in northern Colo
RADIO and In the south and southwest.
have been undergoing microscopal
examination at the hands OF the Of
ficials is now known, and 1t has been
discovered that thousands of dollars
have been gathered In by these con-
Germs in all parts OF the United
States with no apparent prospect of
| return.
The one company which the west
ern slope people called DR.. Jefferson's
attention to yesterday is said to have
| secured over 100000. and has so
| far not given the slightest evidence Of
carving out its announced plans
| This particular company is without
the states supervision, but 1t de-
veloped that II is under investigation
at the hands Of the government auth
critics. 1t has been promoted and
handled by Denver people. and the
promoters are of more or less promi-
| nence.
The delepation OF men who waited
on DR.. Jefferson yesterday are en-
heirs asked TINT the estnta ha n,o-