Gunnison news-champion., 1910-04-01
y~ l.as.A nv ~ Jss m usuk,

! he unknssn writer f0g the ga
loess os Gunsi-on. slonsne ''com-
usissee Csslzens Party, befosc pre.
parlng has iabaEed srticls for la-i
weeks News Champion seems 10 have
Suffered ereai pasa over az advertise
ment putlislsed W ns some weeks
ago. HE Reminds ~ of -aail bcy
~he haslng heca punished safely
hIatlen hehind high board fence
throws mud al his teacher who ~
passing BY "a plaza sighi
Personally We wsuld nai care to|
notice such an ARTICLE lts personal
illusions are answered by the char
acteg If the article itself Sui FOR
fear souIe lew might lie misled bs
the figures therein set iorth, VT wtli
give shaTt space b. reply
We quote from oar faruler article,
the ous alluded to ~ the saloon de.
lender, as pgtl,shed M the News
Champion oi March 4. 1910. az fol-
lnws
The ease from Ohio Civ viii eost
the most. probably Sl2u0N0 at
least, ana these costs must he paid
by the eoauiy. increasing the eoauiy
l.x
t'eeli anyone possibly he "mis-
led as O. whether the town ~
eoaniy paid these taxes Yea the
"snk nown' has charged us with try
iRR 10 make some one believe he
town paid these taxes directly aut Of
the town treasury OF course, the
tax paver living in Gunuison paws
his proportion of the county tax.
We are at a loss 10 understand
where osr friend got his amount OF
S3UU0.OD. Bat there lt is boldlv sci
forth You viii nnte above our
amount Of sl20oGo
Also the unknown SAYS the item
OF Sls36O should not be counted as
the statue provides that expenses Of
bringing defendants IRON other
states shall be paid out Of the state
tseassry Now that writer could
0slly have discovered that such a
coastrsctlon is not pat on that statue
bs the state officers and before the
governor would issae the extradition
papers the sheriff Of Gannison
county had to sign an agreement re-
leasing the State from all obligation
and stating that G1nnison county
was b. pa, all such costs. The total
cost 81 bringing the defendant from
Neorasks was S255 40 and this has
been paid by the county. And yet
WE are charged with attempting 10
deceive
Then the unknown soes cheer.
fully ON TO estimating the clerk 8
witnesses and jury fees. Every
one knows the uncertainty attending
trials by Jury. Juries frequently
hang, new trials a;e granted, or
the case is reversed and remaaded'
by the supreme court 40 that these
estimates are practically valueless
The only fair aud just manner IN
which 10 arrive vt the cost OF criml-
nal cases is to take the average cost
Of such cases in the past. This was
done before our former article and
the estimates Of costs very conserva-
lively given.
Some of these eases may cost less
than the estimate, but a single case
may cost manv times more as the
tax payers of this county know to
their SORROW. Space forbids men,
tioning more than one, the in famous
Yard ease. which cost this county
s40.0O0oo. and we understand part
of that cost vet remains unpaid.
As to that case from Ohio City be-
ing caused directly by the influence
of q saloon-we did not saw Gun
nisoa saloon-we know positively it
WAS We cannot GO into particulars
st this time
We affirm our statement that the
four cases from Gansison were
caused by the saloons In the felony
cases it is trse that the defendants
were not drsnk, bat had they .os
been habitssl sttendaHas IT saloons.
had they not seen the saloons of
Gannisoa openly violating the Law
and had they not PLAYED the slot
-~nA.S~ sk... ~.el las,a - ~ L., >.~A
tke aaloons. these okenses wosld
sever have been committed in Gsn-
s,.oa. This 10 apparent to all.
According 10 the report issued by
tie SAsAe Board Of Control Of kanses
- Jelly I, 1909, twcnty -one counties
u shaa saase did so4 have . single
prisoner in the pesssestiary. thirty
GA had no prisoners IN the reform-
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