The Glenwood post., 1911-09-23
THIS Community
IN EARNEST
Pa|isade Paper Says That Sec,
ton Will Not Trifle Longer
With Lawbreakers
THEY MEAN BUSINESS

That the residents of Palisade were
tremendously in earnest in their Oppo-
sition to the law breaking tactics FL
ways pursued by the boozeries, not only
in "dry' but in "wet' territory as
well (when the citizens will permit it)
is shown by the following article from
the Palisade Tribune of last week.
There is lesson in the recent ex-
perience of Palisade with those persons
who were charged with bootlegging
which might be a benefit to other
places. But the trouble is, too many
towns dread the publicity that comes
through dealing with this class of Grim
inals and they "endure the ills they
have rather than to fly to others the
know not Of The bootlegger is al
lowed to continue his nefarious busi-
ness principally because the business
interests of the town dread the battle
necessary to break the hold of those
who have a certain following, and 1t
generally means boycott to the man
who stands alone in the fight.
Public sentiment had become crys.
tallized in this community against the
domineering acts of set of men who
felt they could run the affairs of the
community whenever they cared to go
on the warpath, backed by the absorp-
tion of a quantity of bad whisky to
stimulate their nerves. All they need
ed was "call' on their bluf1ing and
that came here after the escapade o.
beaten by these spellbinders. The pub
lie sentiment that had been gradually
growing against this class of people
then reached it's climax and band OF
masked men notified the ringeaders and
self confessed breakers of the law thai
they must vamoose the town and
stay put
This move meant publicity of the
most undesirable kind, but it also meant
that an outraged community had gone
the limit with that kind of citizens.
Even the great and good governor of
Colorado felt called upon to ''butt in -
upon Palisades crying evil and the
town was threatened with the militia,
while "Honest john wrote a personal
letter to convicted bootlegger prom
ising him the protection of the state
Of Colorado. And this learned attor-
ney and governor for the nonce forgot
that Mesa county had sheriff capable
of handling any condition that might
be brought to his notice through the
regular channels. Great head that.
After these men had left the town as
per notice from the "night riders -
behold the booze merchants of Glen
wood Springs got busy and attach
ments to the tune of $1,000 and better
were sprung upon those two innocent
looking restaurants-which the COVER
nor was anxious to help and which rep
resented but portion of the money
paid by the wholesalers for whisky and
beer that had been sold in this dry
territory within few short months
And the best part of the story is writ
ten in the announcement that they fail
ed to collect cent on their suits for
the booze that they had been shipping
here, and it is to be regretted that
those who retailed the stuff ever paid
them anything. When the attorney for
the defense started to show that they
had been shipping it into dry terri
tory under false labels, contrary to
federal law, they hunted cover in a
rush, as they knew better than take
too many chances with your Uncle
Samuel.
| Subsequent events have proven what
| is pertinently stated in the closing
sentence of an article in the Glenwood
Post: ''Guess some of those old Pail
saders knew just a little more than
they were at first given credit for
knowing Palisaie has proven its
position and received due credit for it
as the press has recorded the conditions
that existed. "Unruly Palisade" it was
characterized by few Of the booze
sympathizing organs, which recognized
only their own side of things and
seemed to believe only in the strenuous
ness of the pernicious law breakers.
These matters are mentioned at this
time merely to call attention to the re-
suits that have grown out of "our re-
cent unpleasantness," and also ~ .