Gunnison news-champion., 1910-03-25
Mr.. Aians' Lsulsg

Dn a recent visit to my old home a
number of people having asked me n
great many questions about the dry
Town ~ Montrose and how liked IT,
J Thought ii would not he amiss to
give you some facts and observa-
lions " hich have come to me while
living IN this town both under the
wet and dry regimes
At the outset | wish To say that |
have been converted from the idea
high license and strict regulation are
he essentials Tor the best govern
nieHt of n town. and that the license
money 10 absolutely necessary f3r
the running of town. | was al
ways n firm believer in those doc
frines during the many years of my
residence IN t'unnisOn, and was hon
est in IL for the reason that | had
never lived In a town that was dry
During the past eleven months
however, ! have been fnlly convinced
that the city does not havet accept
the saloon license money in order To
keep up its expenses. neither does IL
have To- accept fines from gam
blers and lewd houses every month.
and permit them To run openly and
Violently in defiance oi law and de
tNf' I'M tIt NdlpttiH
became So defiant that when a muir
der was committed in one of them.
or minors were sold liquor. or they
We're caught running ON sunday, and
We're arrested, all the other saloon
Keepers would rush to the assistance
OF the offender. This crystallizcd
public sentiment tn such an extent
that " hen the question was submit
ted the dry forces won by "A substan-
tan vote IN the spring election-l2s
malority-with the mayor aud entire
board of alderman ON the dry ticket
After watching the conduct Of our
city affairs for the past eleven
months ! have become convinced
that beyond doubt the best results
are obtained, not only for the pros
Iserity and upbuilding ri the town,
by having il dry. but for the moral
ity oi the town as We'll. ! had some
missivings at first as to what the
outcome would be from a financial
as well as a moral standpoint. bal
there are none now, after the expert
ment has been well tried. lean well
qnote the language of Judge John 4.
Bell. whom most nj you know. " hen
he stated at a meeting a week ago in
the ArmOry hall cailed for the pur-
pt,se of expressing the satisfaction of
the people eli the town with the
effective manner in which the city
of5icsrs were stamping out boOtleg-
gfng: II was fearful that pfohibi-
tion could not he made successful,
hut that fear has now vanished.
When you submitted this question of
making Montrose dry. a year ago.
ven carried il by only n small major
ity. II IL should he submitted again
] am confident eighty To ninety per
cent of the people would support the
dry eide. Montrose will never he
come wet territory again. These
are the sentiments of many business /
men who voted the wet ticket one
wear ago. Mr.. Adams then gives in Z
detail and most interestingly q list \
Of the public improvements that /
have been accomplished this last
year. without revenue from saloon I
iicefsess. and CONTINUES.
All bills against the city are paid /
promptly zach month. and today I
tbse5e is A4-s8 on hand in the general |
fund. as against S2.spo " ben the pres
ent dry board went into Office. Mind 4
you al the expenses of the town
have been carried on. and this