The daily sentinel., 1910-03-21
LYING CIRCULARS
INJURED THE
COMPANY

Had il not been for the thou
sands OF artistic but faIsifyinc
circulars issued by the River
side Colonization company of
1855 CIampa street. the River
side Land and Irrigation COM
pany OF zoo Mercantile building
would not today be in disreputc.'
This is the statement of Dr. John
Gould, former president of the River
side Land and Irrigation company.
The colonization project in Delta
county, now under federal inquiry on
account Of gross Measurements print
ed and circulated by its hackers. has
reacted upon the Riverside Land and
irrigation company" says Dr., Gould.
owing 10 ,he fact that C. A. Woody.
who is responsible for the pamphlers
was at one time connected with DR..
Gould and his associates in this same
venture.
| Il met j. 4 Wright in February of
last year" said DR.. Gould this morn
ing. and in discussing the possibili-
ties of Delta irrigation he introduced
me to another gentleman. These two
entered into u contract with me to
| promote the project and later C. \
| Woody became interested by purchas-
| ing tenth interest for cash The
balance of the stock was held in
| equal amounts by Wright, his .riend
and myself | had had surveys made
for the water and the proposition
was to sell water rights for future
delivery, with small payment down.
| Our representation was only that we
had reservoir site and a line of sur
vey through from the north fork of
the Gunnison.
Our contract with Woody" con-
tlnued DR.. Gould. was as individuals
and not as company. Woody was
TO procure the money to prosecute
the survey work. 1t was about this
time that We began talking of the
| Riverside Land and Irrigation com
pany and the company's possibilities.
Woody then started in to sell water
contracts to people who were found
located on government land. We
agreed with him that if he could raise
$4,000 for survey work we would
let MIN In as an equal owner in the
Riverside Land and Irrigation COM
pany.
Now, here is where Woody mad e
his error. On that contract he on
Grated at 1886 Champa street as the
Riverside Colonization company and
employed general agents. His liter
ature was misleading and caused this
trouble"
DR.. Gould states that the first he
knew of Woody's artistic but falsify-
ing circulars was when he was at
Delta.
Il said at the time" he continued
that the statements therein were sc
grossly false that they would not de.
| n oh Iff
. of poison; you take too much and II
won't kill-only sicken you. If we
. owned all the water rights in the
river why would we want to build
such a big reservoir? And there wer,
. dozens of other ridiculous state
: ments"
In consequence of this Dr. Gould
says he promptly demanded that Ihe
literature be suppressed and that nc
turther publicity along that line be
} tolerated. 1t was even suggested, ac-
cording to DR.. Gould, that new sheets
, with accurate information be printed
. to paste over the false data on the
} large circulars, but this was not done.
} Since early last fall" resumed
r DIT Gould, Il have been trying to
get a report from Woody as TO the
expenses of his office and general
coHplele statement OF contracts he
} has signed up, but without avail. ]
; wish to say that we. as the Riverside
Land and Irrigation company, are
! enGeayerfHg to find out the identity
OF those involved in the Woody con
tracts as II is. our intention to take
care of these contracts, whether OF
not they are illegitimate. We want
, no one to lose their money. Incident
/ ally, Mr. Woody is now entirely out
+ Of the corporation, Denver Post
> Saturday,
The Tribune man regrets exceed.