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The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20

governor stated in substance, that we
of course wanted our present recla-
nation projects completed, but that
we did not want projects created by
direct taxation. That is the sub
stance of it. and that is what we
had in mind and all there was to it,
and l think the members of the
committee that heard 1t so under
stood it.
Some of it was in conversational
tone and some of it was rather for
chile, and | do not know how much
OF II the stenographer took down. 1t
had nothing to do with the appropri-
alton for the present projects. They
are provided for in existing law. Be
sides the public lands committee has
nothing to do with reclamation pro-
iects; and there was no attack upon
the reclamation service or any of it's
officials. or any criticism of any
body; neither was there any refer
ence TO the forest reserves, nor any
attack upon the forest service people
or any of the federal bureaus. 1t
was not personal matter. It was
purely question OF governmental
policy, and as to whether or not
Colorado wanted to help raise a large
part OF that $100, 100000 to be in
vested during the future years in
reclamation projects in various places
throughout the west, and after it had
been so used, requiring from 20 to
So or 40 yearsl then have one-half
OF it returned to the state
do not presume to individually
speak for Colorado. and yet | am sent
here to represent her, and am doing
my utmost to carry out her wishes.
These measures will probably not be
finally disposed of until next win
ter and in the meantime, the public
viii have ample opportunity to study
them. and will try to explain them
and will follow my practice of many
years of obeying whatever orders
Colorado gives me. But in the mean
time, | viii say to my bureaucratic
critics that | win not permit any one
TO bluff out of me my loyalty to Colo
RADIO or my western patriotism. I
may be mistaken, but, personally, l
believe that when these matters are
thoroughly understood the public
conscience of Colorado will look upon
this leasing proposition as a gigantic
bureaucratic scheme whereby the
ENSN - bdl btflnS away ltS Dlrtlr1gnt
Tor mess of federal pottage. with
out amy assurance of getting the pot
tage-at least during this genera
ton. No one before the committee or
mere in Washington. to my knowl-
edge, denies but what this leasing
policy is to include all of our gold
and silver and other metal mining.
This may be wise and constructive
policy But to my mind, and aside
from the principle of surrendering
our states constitutional rights. and
looking at it only from a commerciaf
standpoint. it looks to me too much
like taking twenty dollars out of one
pocket with the hope of ultimately
putting fifty cents back in the other.
Personally. haye;a great admiration
Tor Secretary Lane | think he is
the greatest secretary we have since
Senator Teller occupied that power
ful cffiee. | do not approve OF the
dennnciation that some. of the west
ern papers are heapins upon him. lie
is not traitor to the west. He is a
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20
TRAIL WORK TO
BEGIN MONDAY

Supervisor Bertholf has announced
that work will be commenced on the
Midland Trail between Plateau canon
and the town of Palisade next Mon
day morning.
An outfit, consisting of Is men
and teams and 10 single hands will
attack the job and hurry the work to
satisfactory completion. Several
slight changes will be made in the
road ana when finished Mr.. Bertholf
expects it to approximate permanen-
cy.
About ten days later the camp n.
Atwell bridge will be established. and
work will be commenced between thar
point and De Beque.
The Delta work will commence as
soon as the commissioners formally
accept the highway commissions an
pointment.
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20

coal. oil, gas, radium, phosphate. etc.
as we'll as all of our water power.
and there is also d bill In providing
for the withdrawal and leasing OF
all our grazing land, although that is
not one of Secretary Lanes bills
These bills provide that the proceeds
from the royalties. paid by way of
rentals by the leasees to the govern
ment, on all of our resources in the
western states. shall so in TO the re-
clamation fund first, and after hav-
ing been used by the reclamation ser
vice and repaid to the government,
(which means probably thirty years
hence) one-half of the proceeds shall
be returned to the state from which
the funds were originally collected.
While our state Legislature, and
chambers of commerce all over the
state. boards of county commission
ers in nearly every county, and the
public-spirited men of the state gem
orally, have repeatedly and very em-
phatically gone ON record in vigorous
opposition to this proposition of per-
petually Withdrawing from entry
these resources of our state and put
ting them in a general federal leas-
ing system; | have not impeded the
committee in the very exhaustive
consideration and reporting out OF
those bills. On the contrary. | have
very diligently worked with the com
mittee ON these leasing bills ever
since returning from Michigan two
months ago, in perfecting them, and
have put in many amendments my
self. | succeeded in making three or
four very vital and far-reaehing and
"A.
Tor the welfare OF the west. The
water-power bill OF the secretary. as
originally introduced, provided that
the proceeds from the rentals of water
power should first he used to pay the
cost of administration and of the
leases. etc, and thereafter the sur
plus to go into the reclamation fund.
got that provision struck cut and
an amendment put in requiring that
all of the proceeds should 20 first
and directly into the reclamation
fund. ! felt perfectly confident that
| II the proceeds were first used for
| all costs OF administration, that there
would never be any surplus TO go into
the reclamation fund. as it would all
be consumed in salaries and expenses
of administration. | also got in an
amendment which compels the gov
ernment to recognize the laws of the
state and the water rights of the
people for irrigation and all other
uses Also an amendment giving the
states and counties and all cities and
towns n preference right to establish
power plants or to lease power aud
without any payment whatever of
royalty to the government 1t seems
to be those three amendments are of
tremendous Importance to our state.
and none Of them was in the original
bill presented by Secretary Lane. a
copy of which I enclose to You here
with. | also amended the coal leas-
ing bill by inserting the provision
of my general bin on that subject.
whereby the government lis authoriz-
ed to lease 100 acres of coal land to
any city or town without any royalty
charge whatever, for the mining of
coal for municipal purposes.
Under the act of congress OF 1910
creating $2o.000,OO0 bonded
Indebtedness, no more projects can be
started in any state until after all Of
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20
CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR
DEFINES HIS POSITION
tContlnned from PAGE ID


tant bill that It now has pending be-
fore congress during this session, it
will be largely through my efforts,
because | am now the acting chair
man of the irrigation committee and
personally in charge OF the bill, and
am doing everything | possibly can
towards securing its passage, and
there is a great deal of opposition to
it.
However, be that as it may. you
may recall that something like two
months ago Secretary Lane issued
a statement TO the Associated Press,
and II was copied by the papers gen
orally throughout the country. in
which he was represented as saying
in substance that he expected,
through the conservation leasing pol
icy which he Is endeavoring to in
augurate. to raise by royalty some
thing like one hundred million dol
lars and have the money put into the
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20


patriotic. broad-minded citizen, but
| do think he is inoculated with too
much Pinchotism. He is very earn
estly trying to build up our country.
But l confess that | cannot yet be-
lieye that 1t is good policy to make
federal tenants of the people who will
occupy over one-half of the area of
the western states. No political par
ty has ever indorsed this policy. and.
in my judgment, no party that does,
can carry single western state.
The hearings before the committee
showed that electric energy can be
generated from water power in Can
ada, Norway, Sweden. Denmark and
other countries at from one-fourth
to one-half what it can be generated
for in this country. The hearings
also showed that the greatest use for
water power in the future will be for
manufacturing, and also showed that
with very, very rare exceptions the
royalty tax imposed by the govern
ment would be direct tax upon the
consumers; and it was also shown
that we in Colorado and the west
generally cannot successfully compete
with other countries in manufactur
ing by water power. If in addition TO
our high cost of production, we are
required to pay royalty tax impos-
eu Tor the construction of reclama-
tion projects or anything else. The
hearings also showed that the use
OF water power energy requires a
large expenditure and cooperation
and that it is necessary to regulate
the companies as to their rates and
service; and my thought was that IL
IS not necessary or right to tax them
put that 1t is necessary and right to
thoroughly regulate them by state
utilities commissions, and il neces-
sary, also by federal provisions. But
l do not like the thought of a perpet-
ual federal tax, because | firmly he
leYe little If any Of it will ever get
into the reclamation fund or come
back to the state at all; but that it
VIII soon all go into the federal
treasury, and stay there; no matter
how coed the intentions of the pres-
ent public officials may be on that
subject. bureaucracy grows ON what
it feeds upon.
As matter of fact, most of the
members of the public lands commit
tee are opposed to a royalty for the
purpose of building reclamation pro-
1ects. They look upon it as a bad
economic policy to impose tax any
higher than is necessary for the act
ual cost of supervision. So that if
anybody thinks any very large
amount of that money is ever going
into reclamation project, | prophe-
cy that he is doomed to disappoint-
ment. | have not the slightest fear
OF Secretary Lane being unfair. But
no one knows what rates may be i'm
posed by future secretaries or bureaus
and whatever they are, 1 look upon
them as wholly unnecessary and
unjust tax upon our Developments.
| have an abiding conviction that
there is enough brains. honesty and
patriotism in the west to regulate and
control these public service corpor
ations; and that If there is mot at
the present time. and until such time
as suitable laws shall be passed in
every western state. the federal gov
ernment should retain a supervisory
control over them. But that in order
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20

Mrs- f. A. Brumbaugh, wife of
Switchman F. A. Brumbaugh of the
hio Grande lines, has gone to Chi
caso Tor a several weeks vacation.
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20

john j. Tobin, receiver for the
Mesa County National bank. return
ed iast evening from Denver, where
ne has been attending the ilegisla
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20

Make the MIDLAND TRAIL FUND
!arser and have a big laugh by go
ing TO fE VILLAGE SKEWL !
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20

II. L. Michael arrived this morning
from chicago and is stopping at the
81 Regis, while in Grand Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20

AdverfisHg has UaIae unless il founded on ruth
Every statement tUe make is absolutely true
The daily sentinel., 1914-05-20
Foreword
Telephone Talk
Number l

Experience has taught that the public will always
has safes and best way conduct
business tell the public plans
For the months have told through newspapers
company.
We told o t history its investments md
and expense big broad general
We propose o OF Western dorado the
the difficulties COZ u in par o.
We will DO this through paid
that where stand
A series of Telephone Talks will be published within
few weeks that will tell business Western
Colorado.
We ask that read them and think o say
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
"The Corporation DHfreP
The day book., 1914-06-06
POLITICAL DOPE

David J. Murphy, 2eo6 Throop ST.,
Ind. Dem. candidate for county COM
missioner, is flooding town with peti-
tions.
Sec'y of State Harry Woods admits
only himself and Sullivan have
chance for Senate.
Lieut.-GoV. Barratt O'Hara and
his four newly married couples hit
the honeymoon trail' tomorrow.
The day book., 1914-06-06
Ell FoR MRS. DoNNELLEY

Benefit FOR MRS. DoNNELLEY
The wife of Michael Donnelley,
former labor leader who led the big
stockyards strike in 1904 which Po-
lice Capt Paddy LAWN broke by in
PRODUCING Colorado and Calumet
methods, is to be given benefit at
the University of Chicago Settlement.
Mrs. Donnelley is keeping a. lodg-
ing house in Kansas City, but is far
ing very badly. Donnelley disappear
ed six years ago and never returned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
GUNPoWDER OR LIFE ?

Now and then this country seems to
wake up to some particular evil all at
once, to look around for remedy and
then to change the whole tune of sta
tisti.s by applying it. It is only 4 few
years since the casualties attending on
celebration Of the Fourth of July were
numbered by the thousands, and every
year went up wall, while every year
some thousands Of parents and children
were left to repent for the remainder
of their lives the gunpower celebration.
Figures recently given out by the
Russell Sage Foundation show the rev.
olution that has taken place. Only six
years ago the serious accidents reported
numbered 5,623. From this number
accidents of like nature decreased 10
2, 1923 in 1918.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
Mineral Point Motor Association.


The Motor association held their an
nual meeting at the Commercial Club
rooms last Friday evening for the pur-
pose of electing officers and discussing
the good roads question The following
officers were elected:
President-G. E. Martin.
Secretary-E. G. Penhallegon.
Treasurer j. p. Hutchinson.
A special committee of the following
was also elected, E. C. Fielder, S. E.
Shepard and j. A. Meserole, TO confer
with the town officers and others inter-
ested in the betterment of roads. While
the matter of good roads is now being
looked after by the Motor association,
it is believed by many to be very i'm
portant question to every business man
or farmer in the vicinity, and each
should do what he can to improve the
roads. Good roads make good mar
ket. Good roads>make good town.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
HI Failed TO Como un

HI Larity treated his peg leg to a
handsome coat of white paint one day
this week, after which he painted
inches and half inches on it and has
since been using it as a measuring
stick when digging postholes and do
ing other work. Our road oyerseer
came along a few days later and placed
white pole in the creek with inches
and half inches painted on it so team
sters can tell when the creek is too
high to ford, Link Lollop passed that
way shortly after and found Simp
Summers staring at the pole most in
tently. Link asked him what he was
watching I've been settin here
nearly an hour, simp replied, "waitin'
to see what HIS divin' after, but hit
seems Ike hit takes him a long time
to come up."-Kansas City Star.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
The Milwaukee Journal Adds Four-PaRe
Comic Section.

The Milwaukee Journal announces
the addition of four-page colored
comic supplement to their regular
Sunday paper.
The comic supplement contains full
page of Buster Brown, Mary Jane and
Busters dog Tige, :. iull page Of Dolly
Dimples, page of Pc and his titled
Son-in-Law, and also a page of Hilda,
the one and only hired girl who never
held job.
RIO other comic supplement excels it
in quality of humor or color effects.
Besides the comic, there are many 9TH
er pages of interesting news and fea-
ture matter that appeal to all
The price of a yearly subscription,
including this big feature, is now but
$500.
$500 Per Year or $500?
Why should anyone pay FIVE dollars
for daily and Sunday paper when The
Journal will supply them for just about
half the price.
The old rate Of $3.50 per year for
the daily and Sunday without the COM
ic is still in force.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
cromwelps Army.

The famous army with which the
Protector overthrew the tyranny OF
King Charles was officially known as
the New Model" The strength of
the New Model in all arlns-infan.
try, artillery and cavalry-footed UP
about $4,000 men. The "Ironsides,"
as they were more Familiarity called,
rarely lost a battle. Before the push
of their pixies and the rush of their
cavalry the plumed hosts Of the king
disappeared like chaff before the wind.
The New Model was the most demo
cratic army ever known, and at the
same time, the best disciplined.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
Trinity Church Notes.

Thursday, 7:90 p. m, meeting OF the
Guild at Parish House. All adult mem
bers of The parish invited.
Friday, 1880 p. M, prayers and medi-
tation. Choir practices at p. m.
Sunday, fourth after Trinity. Holy
Communion and sermon at 1890 a. m.
Sermon, Notes and Beams, St. Luke
Viii.
Sunday school at 1900.
Evening prayer and sermon at 1880.
Sermon, THE Cup of Cold Water, st.
Mark IX-41.
All are cordially invited to worship
with us.
The REV. VIM. f. PHILLIPS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
FOR SALE

100 acre farm for sale at reasona-
BILE price. Suitable for grain raising or
stock. Has good set of buildings. Il
large part of the money can remain on
the place.
For sale at a very reasonable price, q
six-room cottage. Barn and cistern.
About four blocks south of P. M. church.
Property has recently been put in first
class repair all through, inside and out.
VIII be sold very reasonable.
The Peter Rink property. A 7-room
house, cistern, wood house and two
lots. win be sold at a reasonable price
The w. II. Toay residence, very con
veniently situated. has large rooms, is
an exceptionally warm house, and will
lie sold for a reasonable price.
Two houses on Brewery street and
hne large, nine-roomed dwelling near
kinc works. win be sold cheap.
4 Parties wanting to buy. sell or rent city or
.urroundinecoun property please call op4,
J. B. REYNOLDS.
Opposite City Hall. Upstairs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02
An important Question.

Did il ever occur TO you that the
most important question 70 you is
how much every farmer raises and how
many acres Of land he cultivates? If a
farmer turns Oft only one beef steer
instead Of twenty. your meat bin is go
ing to be high, yes. higher When the
farmer cultiyates only 30 acres instead
of so, the consumer Of food stutfs is
the loser
What is this to the average citizen,
you ask The farmer expands his use
fulness in proportion as the small as
well as the large investor comes to his
aid with the cash to fertilize and culti-
vate, through the purchase Of mort
cages which not only builds our rail-
roads, factories, telegraph and tele-
phone lines, but is today the greatest
force in providing the farmer will The
necessary cash with which to improve
his farming methods, increase his acre
age and turn OIL more cattle and pro-
duce, thus giving the people more and
better food at lower prices,
The mortgage supplies the progress
siye man with the means, and in turn
furnishes the investor with the very
best security ms well as a splendid re-
turn in interest.
There is no security on earth like the
earth itself.
For select first mortg ages from $500
to $1,000, en- improved farms see or
address r. j. FENuAlLEGoN.
500 High Street,
Mineral Point, Wis,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

WELL, WELL! And now the Demo
cratic house Of congress has granted
an appropriation Of 100000 to ferret
out what tho leaders of that party
characterize as the wilful hiding Of
incomes by individuals. This has re-
suited from a notable shortage in the
estimate Of incomes, q shortage that
is now embarrassing the government.
Why not be honest and frankly admit
it to be the result OF inability to esti-
mate Did the Democratic party ever
prove its ability to successfully handle
big business ike that Of the govern
ment? Their further estimate that
$500, GOO thus spent win return fifteen
for one is only further evidence Of
incompetency.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

mileage and mechanical equipment J;
and the advance is always going on.
The Pennsylvania railroad is about to
change its huge l00-pound rails for
100 pound rails. In addition it is order
ing tremendous locomotives, locomo-
tives that win pull as much as sixty
oId-time engines pulled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

One day | told my son. aged three.
to pick up his blocks quickly. for din.
ner was ready to begin at once hut
he would no more than get them piled
up until he would accidentally knock
them over again. Finally I removed
MIN rather sharply, and. looking up
at me with hurt feeling, he said:
Mamma, am l bad boy?"
/ answered: mo. dear. but you are
careless"
A few days later I had occasion to
give MIN Q dose Of medicine. He
didn't want 70 take it, so I said on.
coura8ingly Take it. it isn't bad"
Wen, he answered, IF it isn't had.
It's careless. Chicago Tribune
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

Dear me, said the potentate who
are those people and what IS the mean.
ing OF their enormous badges?o
Prince was the reply, they ara
members Of a temperance society ana
their badges signify thai thew xevor
get drunk"
The prince frowned.
III wore a big badge" he said, for
every wrong thing I don't do vo,
couldn't see my clothes at an
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

THE Des Mones Chamber of Com
merce spoke like candid friend when
it asked Congress to adjourn and give
the business interests Of the country
a much needed rest from anxiety
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

THERE seems to have been no disput
ing Of the proposition when some one
at the meeting of the American Medi-
cal association said too many surgical
operations are performed without just
ifiable cause.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

THAT Kansas town where everyone
had to turn out to get the crops in is
almost too busy to do much talking
about depression, or eyensto listen to it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

WITH insane labor unions and selfish,
greedy millionaires, the country is "be-
tween the devil and the deep sea"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

THERE are those who won't care a
whoop whether the Mexicans 90 on
fighting among themselves or not, so
long as this country keeps out Of war
that would be costly. unnecessary and
deplorable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

AT the same time that the Democrats
laid federal tax on the incomes Of
the country, they enacted tariff changes
which operated to cut many incomes
down.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

THE comment viii be that if Secre-
tary Bryan had not allowed work to ac-
cumulate in the state department while
he was away lecturing, he would not
have sent in his recently disallowed re-
quest for an assistant at forty-five hun
dred a year. Tx.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-02

r. L. PuuPp for governor; that
doesn't quite suit the Tribune. He
might be, and probably is, bright fell
low, good in various ways, but is re-
garded al too thoroughly saturated with
the wiles Of Toryism, a thing in Wis
consin politics which righteousy met
its death-knell some few years ago. OF
course he poses behind the cry against
high taxes and extravaganza, but what
candidate doesn't,