The daily sentinel., 1913-01-20
MR.. AUPPERLE /
WRITES AGAIN
Grand Junction, Colo.
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Mr.. Walter Walker, Editor Daily
Sentinel, Grand Junction. Colo;
Sir-Your editorial of Friday
! headed Mr.. Aupperle's Reply il
again misleading, and | must ask the
privilege of again setting you right
in this matter You started some
thing and it is only fair To your
readers and to me that the FACTS
shall be made clear.
You say. The Sentinel respectful
ly suggested the other evening that
the annual reports of the G.. V. w. u.
A. lie Published, on the grounds that
the high line canal is public enter
prise 70 large extent, and that the
public generally is interested in it,
And again, Mr. Aupperle takes
the request made by The Sentinel as
an insult. He says that is a reflec-
tion on the board of directors of the
association, and that we have no
right to ask for such a report"
Let us get our statements together
and let them speak for themselves
Here is your editorial of Wednes-
day:
The c.. v high line canal is
public institution. The people of the
city and valley have every right to
know just how the affairs OF the G.
V. w. U. A. are handled and admin
istered.
1t is announced that $4,000
in bonds are to be issued to pay the
debts of the association. The annu
al meeting has been held. The an
nual reports have been made.
The public has right to peruse
these annual reports and 10 have a
detailed financial statement from
the association. showing expenditures
and unpaid obligations.
The Sentinel trusts that such re-
ports will be made
Yesterday you said, "The Sentinel
respectfully suggested" etc.
Does the above editorial read very
much like respectfully suggested 2"
That editorial was reflection upon
the management of the association,
and your attempt to excuse it is sim
ply an admission of this fact on your
part.
Your editorial was uncalled for
under any conditions and more espe-
cially SO under the circumstances. In
the first place the annual meeting
was held on Tuesday. Your re
spectfully suggested" article appear
ed the next day "wednesday How
/ did you know that the association
was not ready 10 make public its
reports? The fCct is, you KNEW
THAT they were willing to furnish
them to your paper for publication
/ for your representative, Mr.. ]. Il.
Moorhead, had asked that very day
for a statement for publication, and
! | promised to furnish one Just as
soon as | could prepare 1t for him,
and this was Considerable time
before you went to press.
Let the public judge the case on
/ the FACTS and see if you were JUS
/ tilted in publishing such statements
as you made Il will go farther this
/ time than | did before and say it
was not only reflection on, but an
/ INSULT to the directors and the
management, and unless you are
willing to plead ignorance of the
meaning of plain English terms, you
must admit that it was produced
with malicious intent.
You say, THE Sentinel cast no re-
Elections on Mr.. Aupperle or the
board of directors" think 1t did.
If you wish to escape suspicion of
such intent in the future, | should
advise that you take a few lessons
in elementary English and learn to
employ terms which express your
real sentiments.
You say. 'If the Water Users as
sociation is not public institution.
why, then does it seek the use of
the public fund for the construction
of its enterprise?"
This again shows your ignorance
of the facts. We are not asking the
use of public funds" we are ask
ing that the work be paid out of
SPECIAL fund created for that pur-
pose, and the members of the asso-
citation will repay that money. The
public fund" is that which is used
for general expenses and pork bar
rel purposes and is never repaid.
And you are just as far wrong in
your attempt to make case out
of your question. why did one of
It's officials make a race for county
office last fall and appeal for votes
on the ground that he was a public
official. working at all times in TIE
| interests of the public and for pub
! lie cause" He made no such state
ment. He-did say that he had work
ed for cause which materially eff
| fected the entire county, and that his
opponent was largely responsible for
creating condition which made the
l last three years work necessary, and
/ neither you nor your candidate could
deny the statement.
You say, "Mr. Aupperle is too SEN
sitive' / think I'm not too sensi-
tive" in fact, l am not sensitive
from a personal standpoint, but !
am sensitive concerning the wei
fare of the Grand Valley Water U.s.
ers' associations interest. | serve
notice now that | will be ION guard
as long as any part of its manage
ment is intrusted to me, and ! shall
not only resent, but combat, If nee
essary, any attacks made by any one,
if | believe the best interests of the
association demands it. The associ-
alton and the community has al
ready lost four years time and mill
ions of dollars as the result of med
ding and we don't want any more of
it.
You are holding an important po-
sition. You can help or hinder ma
terial progress here. Your past ac-