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Evening star., 1912-03-10

SSssA ::.,. :::, !: a: ar: :''':'' ''%
II didn't know
there were thar many" said Mr.. Hen
messy.
NO more did J." said Mr.. Dooley.
But judsin be what. been turned
in be tn boys as their pick "
IN wurruld's champeenshp team
there's not hundherd-theres
millyon l don't know most iv
thin They done things in thrades
that I know nawthin' about. Ye see.
ivry wan that's asked puts down names
iv la-ads In their own business. They
all start with Shakespeare. Wash'nton
an Lincoln. but they're lible to wind
up with Ephraim Perkins, who was tn
champeen calcyminer " his time.
Twas Andrew Carnaygie started
il. iv coorse. There's a man ! like.
He's good compny. Whin nobody is
taIkin' an some people ar-re thinkin
iv goin' home, he's always ready to
jump In and get up some kind iv parlor
intertainmint, whether tbs rayformed
hundherd grgreatest men competition.
lie turned in tn first list himslf AS 1T
was orig 'nally, dye mind there were
a hundherd an wan names on tn list.
but he scratched off tn first wan, say
in 4 don't want to crowd amy
good fellow out at the bottom, he
saws Ask me who ar-re tn hundherd
gr-reatest men in histhry.' he says. 'Ye
won't? Well. I'll tell ye who they
ar-re.' he says. an he puts down Shak
speare. Wash'nton. Lincoln. Cyrus
Higgins. tn invintor iv tn steam
hoist: tn man that discovered Poland
an Bohayma. an a lot iv other art
lists that done things to make tn steel
business what it is today. He is
right about it. too. He oughtn't to take
all tn blame himsilf
Well. he'd no sooner suggested this
rough but injyable spoort thin TIL
whole wurruld set down an begun
maxim out lists. an ivry wan done
just as Andrew done Ivry man to his
graft as TIL sayin' is. \ pote picks
out hundherd potes who he thinks
ar-re in his class or nearly so A.
banker can't see anybody but Shak-
speare. Wash'nton an Lincoln excipt
tn boys that can separate money with
their thumbs.
Evening star., 1912-03-10

SEE.v said Mr..
Dooley. that q
lot iv people has
been ask ed to
make out a list "
TIL hui n d n e + d
gr-greatest men
in til wurruld
that ar-re now
dead
II didn't know
Evening star., 1912-03-10

Copyright. 1912. by Finley Peter Dunn"o
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
A DEMOCRATIC
MEETING
HERE
Chairman Rhone Issues Call for the
Democratic County Central Com
mittee to Meet Next Monday.
To Set the Dates for
the County Primaries.

Attorney Henry r. Rhone, chair
man of the Democratic county CEN
tral committee, is today issuing a
call to all members of that commit
tee for a meeting to be held on next
Monday, March %, at the hour of
Mr.. Rhone in the Reed block.
The purpose of this, the first
meeting of the Democratic central
committee this spring, will be to fix
the dates for the primaries at which
each precinct will elect delegates to
the county convention and to select
the time and place for the county
convention, which convention will
name delegates to the state demo-
cratic convention. The appointment
of the precinct delegates and a num-
Der of other matters will also be
given attention.
The precinct primaries will prob
ably be held about the middle of
April and the convention about a
week later, as the state convention
meets at Colorado Springs ON April
10Th.
1t is hard to tell at this time
whether any vigorous efforts will be
made to instruct Mesa county's dele
CATION to the state convention for
one particular presidential candid
ate. There seems to be a decided
sentiment in favor of an uninstruct-
ed delegation, especially as each of
the three leading democratic presi-
dental Wilson, Clark
an HarmOn-has a large following
in Mesa county. However, 1t may
develop that admirers of the several
big democratic leaders will strive for
an instructed delegation.
There is no question but what
democratic sentiment in the city
and county as to presidential choices
is very greatly divided.
There will probably be a full at
tendance at the committee meeting
Monday.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
SPECIAL
TRAINS ARE
COMING
Thousands of Visitors Are to Pass
Through Grand Junction in May.
"A Golden Opportunity for
This City to Do Some Very
Effective Boosting.

Early in May from 25 to 80 spe-
cial trains from all sections of the
east, north, south and middle west
will pass through Grand Junction.
Probably in all not less than lO,-
600 and perhaps $1,000 people will
travel in these specials.
The trains will be en- route to
Los Angeles for the great meeting
OF the Shriners which will take place
in that city May to 10.
The opportunity thus afforded the
Grand June ion chamber of COM
merce and other boosting organiza-
tion of this city and valley to do
tome effective and extensive adver-
tiFing is truly cne of the, finest ever
presented and The Sentinel hopes
that these organizations will lose no
time in perfecting plans for action
along this line.
William G.. Haskell of Cedar Rap
ids. la, one of the most prominent
Masons in that state, and a brother
of Frank II. and Edwin A. Haskell
of this city, in a letter received by
the brothers here this week, an
IlohhNNo lhaN ll' VIII So " lllt EDlll III
ers' meeting as a delegate from Iowa,
points out Grand functions great
opportunity to make her advantages
known to the thousands who will
pass through the city He have Sc
cured permission to reproduce part
of this letter. 1t follows:
There is a chance for Grand
Junction and your valley to do some
advertising: Some 20 to so spe-
cial trains will pass your way 60
ing. Get your chamber of commerce
into action. Have a committee at
Glenwood Springs to meet every
train with descriptive matter of the
valley and city of Grand Junction. If
you have no fruit to show them, get
your green houses busy and have
flowers to distribute. If you have
not a band organize a drum corps
and if have an automobile in town
put it into commission, and give
some of the travellers a l0-minutes
ride over your city. Show them
your city hall, new Y. NJ C. A. and
where some day you eXepect to build
court house and county Jail Get
into touch with the ID. & r. G. and
arrange for every train to stop one
hour. Have the Indians on parade.
Blow the steam whistles in the SUI
gar factory. Give every passenger on
the several trains copy of your daily
papers which can have write-ups of
your valley and Grand Junction.
They will have time to read it after
passing out of your oasis and into
the desert of sand to the west 1t
will bear fruit"
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
The People Of Colorado Were
Robbed for Years by the
"POrk-BarreI" Method.
STATE OFFICIAL IS HERE
Thos. H. Tulley, in Interview With
Sentinel, Declares Governor Act
ed in Interest of the People
When He Vetoed Bill.
INSTANCES IN MESA COUNTY

This morning Hon. Thomas II. TUT
ley of Durango. member of the state
highway commission, appointed to
represent the entire western slope OF
Colorado including Mesa county, was
an arrival in Grand Junction on Of
hcial business. The attention of Mr.
Tulley was called by The Sentinel to
the letter written to Attorney Rhone
of this city by Governor Shafroth,
which appears in full in another col
umn. Mr. .Tulley said:
81 have not seen the article of the
Grand Junction News which brought
forth Governor Shafroth's letter of
the 10th inst to Mr.. Rhone: but. IL
| am to judge by the language of the
governors reply, then the News in
! its wisdom has taken the 0NI.Y-p po-
litical view taken by any of the re-
publican papers of the state, as there
has been no recent adverse criticism
by the leading papers opposed to
Governor Shafroths political belief.
AS to any egregious conspiracy
or design on the part of the demo-
cratic administration in vetoing the
the pork barrel bills such a view
is contrary to the expressed endorse
ment by resolution of the last two
annual state meetings of the boards
of county commissioners of the entire
state of Colorado at Denver in 1911
and 1912, and also by the last two
non-political state conventions of the
Colorado Good-Roads Association,
held at Denver in January, 1911, and
at Pueblo in January, 1912, both of
which organizations in 1911 directed
the legislature to turn the so-called
! "pork-barrel" funds over to the state
highway commission, and both of
which conventions in 1912 expressed
delight that action had been taken to
bring about that result.
I'm addition, EVERY subordinate
good-roads convention which has
been held since the Pueblo conven-
tion of last January has resoluted in
like manner, and it is not to be
wondered at that they did so.
"The governor gives as his reasons
for yetoing the ''pork-barrer' bill:
Ii, t, because ii was platform
pledge; and. second, because the peo-
pie WERE TIRED OF HAVING
FUNDS DISTRIBUTED by the legis-
lature in the manner which had pre-
vailed for the past third of a CEN
tury
II will tell why the people were
tired of such distribution. One rea-
son was a lack of system. Different
members elected to the legislature
from different counties and differing
in political affiliations, both within
and without their parties, would
spend more time getting into combin-
ations that would result in appro-
priations from 1900 to $4,000 for
a road or bridge in their counties
than they would in the consideration
of legislative enactments beneficial to
the people. AS consequence, rep
resentative over in Ouray county
might get an appropriation for a
road, and the representative in Mesa
Continued on Page Five.)
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
GOV. SHAFR0THI, !, OEN0UNCES
THE LIES 0f YELLOW
NEWSPAPERS
Vicious Misrepresentation Of His Reasons for VetOng Road and
Bridge Pork Barrel Measure and County Classification
Measure Fall to Pieces in Face Of Facts.
LETTER TO At IORNEY HENRY R. RHONE FOLLOWS

The seventeenth general assembly
created a highway commission for
the very purpose of having it divide
the moneys of the state, which
should go to the construction of
roads and bridges, in a systematic
manner. and in the convention which
nominated me for governor this
resolution was passed:
We favor the appropriation of
the moneys derived from the nation
al internal fund to the use of the
state highway commission, to be
equably appropriated and distributed
by it among the several counties of
the state for roads and bridges"
That platform was a pledge which
we made to the people; it was di
rection that instead of having pork
barrel bills" we should have the
entire sum turned over to the high
way commission for work which
would be most beneficial to the
state. BY the vetoing of those
bills. the moneys. according to the
provisions of another bill. would go
to the state highway comission for
distribution among the counties. ac-
cording to the Importance of their
needs and to the general benefit to
the public.
1t is needless for me to say that
felt it my duty, by reason of the
platform upon which ! was elected
to office, to carry out the provisions
thereof by vetoing each and every
pork barrel bill" which | did.
The state highway commission
made an apportionment the other
day of the internal improvement
fund. placed by house bill 200 in its
hands for distribution. and the
amount apportioned to Mesa county
was $15,OOO,OOO. the exact amount
of the bill for bridge in Mesa coun-
ty which | vetoed. The validity of
that bill is now being tested in the
supreme court, and If the measure
is sustained, Mesa county will get
that money.
The reason I vetoed the reclassifi-
cation bill was because 1t was cum
Continued on Page Six.)
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19

In a letter addressed to Attorney
Henry R. Rhone of this city who
called the governors attention to the
recent extensive, viciou S and un-
founded attack made upon him by
the local organ of socialism and in
surgency, which attack had for its
prime purpose the boosting OF Ben
Griffith. who wants to be governor
of Colorado, Governor John f. Shat
roth brands these statements as
deliberate Misrepresentation" A
perusal of the governors letter to
Mr. Rhone and the accompanying
veto messages will make it clear to
every fair-minded citizen in Mesa
county that the governors position
in these matters was the right one.
A copy of the letter to Mr.. Rhone
was sent to the local paper making
the attack several days ago, but
following its time-honored custom of
refusing to give publication to the
facts that would give the lie to some
of it's utterances, that paper declined
to give publication to the letter.
The letter follows:
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
Associated Press.

Eh1SONiaNtu ltSo+
Lincoln, Neb., Mar. 19.-Charles
Morley, the living member of the trio
of convicts who were apprehended
after four days hunt and who
killed three men in making their es-
cape from the penitentiary, probably
VIII be given his preliminary hearing
the latter part OF this week. The
charge to be filed against him will
be that of Conspiracy with intent
to commit murder"
Morley is now in a solitary cell
at the penitentiary. He was tired
last night, although willing to talk
about the break for liberty. His on
ly regret is for the death of Roy
Blunt, the young farmer who was
Killed in the battle between the Of
ficers and the convicts
Sheriff Hyers, whose bullet, if con-
vict Morley's story is true, killed
Charles Taylor in yesterdays run
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Santa Fe, n. NJ, Mar. 19.-The
first ballot for two United States SEN
ators today resulted in a deadlock.
The trap which was set by the re-
publican state central committee last
night, in which four members of the
house( Jose II. Lucero and Julian c.
Trujillo of Rio Arriaba county and
Manuel Cordova and Luis r. Mon
tcya of Taos county, were arrested
charged with accepting bribes to vote
for certain senatorial candidates, was
declared by the accused men today to
have been set by themselves to catch
"higher-ups."
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
Denver, Colo,
March 9Th 1912.

Denver, Colo,
March 18th, 1912.
Mr.. Henry r. Rhone,
Grand Junction, Colo.
My Dear Rhone.-l am in receipt
of your letter of the l4th inst, en-
closing clipping from the Grand
junction News, which criticises me
for having vetoed the bills for high
ways and bridges, commonly called
pork barrel bills" and also for We
toing the reclassification bill for
counties, which would place Mesa
county in the second class. on the
ground that the vetoes were against
Mesa county.
The reason l vetoed the special
appropriation bills for roads and
bridges was because the people were
tired of having large funds distrib-
uted by special bills to Legislators,
without regard to whether the mea-
sures were good or bad. ! vetoed
93 of such bills.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
HEAVY VOTE POLLED
IN EXCITING PRIMARY

There has been no effort made by
the Taft committee to bring out any
votes for the president in the pri-
maries today. 1t is generally recog-
nized that the fight is between the
LaFollette and Roosevelt forces.
Among the delegates there is no
contest in the matter of presidential
choice, as Governor John Burke's
name alone appears on the ticket.
From reliable sources it was
learned today that many democrats.
realizing that one primary vote for
Burke would be as good as a thou
sand, are casting their ballots in fa-
vor of LaFollette, believing that
defeat for Roosevelt would widen the
breach in the republican party.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
DEADLOCK FOLLOWS
BRIBERY SENSATION

After spending all night in jail,
the men assumed the defensive today.
Their designations. prepared last
night, were presented to the house
by State Chairman V. Jaramillo.
communication from the prison
ers also was presented to the house
in which it was asserted that their
designations had been secured
through coercion; that they would
withdraw them and demand a thor
ough investigation.
Subsequently the house adopted a
resolution authorizing the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate.
the alleged bribery charges.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19

Associated Press.
Omaha, Neb.. Mar. 1.-two of
the three convicts-John Dowd and
John Taylor-who escaped last week
from the Nebraska peniteutiary. and
Harry Blunt, an innocent victim OF
their desperate attempt to gain their
freedom, are dead as a result of a
pitched battle between the convicts
and posses yesterday afternoon.
Charles Morley, the third convict,
saved his life by surrendering after
battle extending over miles on
horseback.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19

last night. Mr.. Brady has just re-
turned from a tour of the east. He
says that wherever he visited the
Taft sentiment was growing by leaps
and bounds. In fact. from his oh
seryation, he believes that the Presi-
dent will have sufficient instructed
delegates at the national convention
to nominate him with ease. He says
thai nothing can now prevent Taft
from being renominated.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
Takes Slap
At Recall
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Columbus. o., Mar. 19-United
States Senator Burton of Ohio, in
an address before Ohio's fourth
constitutional convention here,
vigorously opposed the recall of
judges and of judicial decisions.
The initiative and referendum.
he said, would neither be regard
ed with grave apprehension, nor
should they be depended upon for
the regeneration of the body po-
litic.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
A ssociated Press.

Associated Press.
Fargo, n. D., Mar. 19.-Heavy vot-
ing marked the opening of the first
state presidential preference primary
today.
Apparently responding to Senator
LaFollette's personal appeal, issued
or his recent trip across the state,
the followers of LaFollette were the
first at the polls in many of the pre-
cincts.
The campaign managers for Colo
mel Roosevelt said that reports re-
ceived from Bismark, Mandan and
other points in the western end of
the state showed that Roosevelt had
lost nothing as a result of LaFol-
lette's speech-making tour.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
; 6 6 6 g 8 3 $685. $685. 6 g
M0NTROSE FRUIT OUTLOOK
SIMILAR TO THIS COUNTY
Sentinel Special Service.

; Sentinel Special Service. {
!, Montrose, Colo, Mar. 10
: Fruit experts and the growers
!, declare that the fruit trees of
!, this county are at least month 9
!, behind last season in develop {
; ment. A year ago the cherries {
!, were in bloom. Today the buds {
; are hardly swelling. The out
!, look for a big crop could hard
) ly be better.
; s
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The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
CONVICT
MOURNS FOR YOUTH

ming fight. does not believe that Roy
Blunt, the farmer who met death,
was killed by the posses. He is OF
the opinion that Blunt may have
been killed by one of the convicts
while trying to leap from wagon
in an effort to escape.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
School Children to Help.

State Superintendent of Schools
Wilson has asked all the boys in
school who are old enough to take
a part in the work and is urging
the girls to help by furnishing lunch
es for the workers
The enthusiasm for the practical
observance of good roads day is ex-
tending all over the state, and it is
safe to say that thousands of miles
of rough roads will be turned into
smooth highways, as a result of the
governors proclamation.
The Chamber of Commerce and
Motor club are behind the idea here,
and it is believed that so cars out of
Grand Junction will be offered by
their owners to carry the volunteer
road workers to their places along
the pixies.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
KILLED BY TOADSTOOLS.

Sebastopol, Cal, March 19.-As
the result of eating toadstools, two
children of Henry Fletcher are dead
and the other five members of the
family dangerously i'll tonight
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
TAFT'S NOMINATION IS
CERTAIN, DECLARES BRADY

Sentinel Special Service.
Salt Lake City. Utah, March 10
"Roosevelt's political activity has
assured Taft's denomination" de-
clared James H. Brady, former gov
ernor of Idaho, at the hotel Utah
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
Motor Club Will Take County
Commissioners to Delta on
the Excursion Run.
militia MAY Be CALLED
Plans for Observance of May 10 as
Aid to Better Highways Being
Made.-School Boys and 9th
ers Will Volunteer.
Can BUILD MILES OF ROADS

Plans will be perfected at a meet
ing of the Motor club, probably Sat
urday night. for an excursion to run
of 30 Grand Junction machines to
Delta and back, when the club will
take as its guests the county COM
missioners and other local citizens
in its sociability trip.
While these runs will probably be
of frequent occurrence during the
coming summer, this particular run
will be for the purpose of showing
the county commissioners just what
the necessary work will be to put
the Delta-Grand junction road in
first class condition.
Il believe that a hundred men
with a wagon load of lumber to
make water boxes can make the Del
Ia road a perfect boulevard in a
single day." declared James l.. Ham
ilton today. Water boxes where
those little gullies now ruin the road
will put it in fine shape, while a
little work with rakes and forks will
clear the highway of rocks and
stones"
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
DELTA COUNTY FRUIT
OUTLOOK is SPLENDID

: Delta, Colo. Mar. 19.-Fruit
: men OF this county are predict
= ing the greatest crop in the his
{, tory of the district. The season
!, is at least four weeks behind
: last year. Few buds are show
= ing signs OF development The
Z nights continue cold, and there
3 have been no real warm days.
:. The season is ideal.
.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
THE EXCISE BILL HAS PASSED
Associated Press.


19The bill the
without
a 249
republicans | to the
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-19
Would Call Out National Guard.

Secretary Shaffer of the Chamber
of Commerce, acting on the sugges
tion of local members of the nation
al guard, both privates and officers,
today wrote Maj A. F. Reeves of
Montrose. advising him of the gen
eral interest and enthusiasm here
in good roads day, which has been
set for March 10, and asking If it
would be possible for either himself
of Adjutant General John Chase to
issue an order requesting all mem
bers of the organized militia to
turn out on good roads day and as
sist in the work. The guardsmen
have been equipped with mess kits
and camping outfits, etc, while
their intrenching tools could be put
to good use on the rough roads.
While probably no stringent or
der can be issued the officers of the
guard can. if considered advisable,
urge the assistance of the men in this
work
The Washington times., 1912-05-24
FIGHT IS OPENED
TO KEEP PRINTING
IN THE DISTRICT
Merchants Association Re-
ceives Denial of Con-
tentionS.
g G.HBUcK

Vigorous action to keep printing for
Washington business men in Washing
ton printing shops has been commenced
by the Retail Merchants. Associa-
tion. following a meeting Of the board
of governors Wednesday afternoon. at
which written denial Of the recent
claims Of the telephone company and
the city directory company. that wash
ington shops are not equipped to gel
out the two directories. was made.
Copies of the letter Of denial Of in
ability were sent to the two companies
and letter will be sent today to every
printer in the city. asking them to re.
of anv printing Job which they know is
being sent out OF the city in order that
the association may taks the matter
fl-directiy with the merIharts, and en-
bdeavor to have the work done at home.
At the meeting of the board Wednesday
r. p. Andtew presented special re-
port on the subject. and laid before the
members letter from the Darby Print
ing Company. in which the latter de-
clared that there are at least fqul u
are equipped to handle the directory
work.
Twelve new members were elected by
the board at its meeting, as follows
William S, Schwartz, Byron s. Adams
F. W; BoIgiano; P; X. Ghaconss. F
Henry T. Offterdinger, Edwards &
Tanner, Charles J. Stein, Ellie Sheetz
| Calvert s. Rosenthal, and ]. M. Steir
& Co.
Instead of the regular monthly meet
ing of the association the board decid
| next month. The time and place viii
be announced later.