Gunnison news-champion., 1910-03-18


Again he zasps.Dilsfy uf Nonlso-e
iSua ir tEun raa-snG hss caa-ee
f~xns 81 hnadEet4- u aGEos q be- g.
viaed and -ssbdssIaad Eut0 sinai
.rus f>rm- ct tea. t~cusy and tsEiS
scrc.. ths- eaassng large sncEease
Vt lrspsss.stiSn. individual haidsnG-
aud pssascsson. al the trade ana
essspe-e os when NATURALLY eaHEes
- shs t~sesss sEoSsh ana prosperity
1T Ao0sro-e
k.suensber thaf tnls growth. ~
crease and prosperity u ths to~n q
AoalTorc ha~ been 81 stea1s.
hesishy character. ana has extended
iur a Ircrlod oi ever -esen wears. yet
II has beea only one wear thai Aoni-
rose has enloyed the eIssIBct'on
81 eeIae a ary io~n. stsh the rev
eFend e.Dtlsnsen who preside over
the ednaFlal sepaHtaeut ai Csunnl-
-on pruhsbItIanisis d. not hesitate
to elasm. with an assurance that -
at least refreshing. thaf snch M
crease ~ business aud hand values
ID the toWn II MoatFose as a. has en-
Ioyed durIng the past wear, due D.
to The causes shown. - due O. the
absence 81 saloons In anal town.
i Durlng al these wears. excepi The
last. thaf Montrose has thus been
ionrlshina and tbrising. % had sis
saloous ID Wnala be equally rielies-
loss to say that Montruse has grown,
thrived aud hecome prosperous, Iis
business. population aad values
largely Increased because IL bad sa-
i,'on~ durIng all this period, a. It Is
now 10 say thai such increase as IL
has shown during the last veal Is
due % the absence ct saloons during
last wear
These reverend gentlemen must
certainly rely lar gely on the igno-
rance of the average GunnIson cItl-
zen If they expect % convert any one
BY such silly letters aud statements
as these Can ii be, that. like Bret
Ilar,e Heather ChInee, they were
made with intent 90 deceive
One would almost he tempted 10 be-
lieee such to be the case, but as the
very nature OF the calling Of these
gentlemen precludes any such as
sumption, we can only, m charity,
assume that owing 10 the fact that
ma jority Of this editorial committee
are new arrivals in this community.
unfamiliar with conditions here and
with intelligence Of the average Gun
nIson citizen, are mistakes of the
head and not Of the heart Doubt
when they have been here long
enough 10 become voters, and to
have gained a residence here, have
become identified with the interests
and welfare of the people whom they
presume 90 advise, their views will
be considerably modified, and they
themselves will take rational view
of these matters
And while these gentlemen have
been so diligent la procuring letters
from six citizens of Montrose out of
population of five thousand, To
proclaim the virtues Of prohibition,
we cannot help but wonder why, in
fairness, they have not been equally
diligent in presenting at least some
of the glarlng detects, vices and fail
ures attending the dry sys-
tenn. They have carefully refrained
from informing the public of the
fact that today there is more spirit
uous liquor consumed in Montrose
than when that town had its licensed
saloons. Where it only required one
town marshal to enforce law and or
der, it now requires three. The cost
of prosecuting and maintaining in
Jail, dranks and bootleggers has
enormously increased the expenses
of the city government, and that
since Montrose went dry city taxes
have largely increased, ali of which !
we are assured by responsible and
reliable Montrose citizens are facts
which can easily be shown to exist 4
in that town, and which would in I
evitablv obtain here In Gunnison.
should the people here vote IN favor
of dry town at the next election.
No. no, gentlemen BE fair, If
you can. We will admit that Mon
trose has prospered and flourished
last year, yea, even as a green bay /
tree, but it's records and figures
show that the period Of its greatest
prosperity was in the year 1908, |
when it had it's licensed saloons,
and when it registered an increase
in population of 1000, and a cores
ponding increase in business activi-
ty and property values II Montrose
fiourished last year, 1T was not be-
cause OF prohibition, but in spite of it,
COMMITTEE CITIZENS PARTY.