The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-12-30

what COS0to00 WAND 061t D0OtA
h q legislature a.l Q state admiais.
tration that viii not play politics hut
that win bend every elsrt ~ ~ ap.
bsi,itns Of the state. There = - esay
lns the fact that We have diUDsd ssae
In our prominence. Theee - No dssang
that We are still kiseaaG coios9do
has over Ave hundred niSes ~ fah-
ro1d main track thsn IL ha1 sex yeass
~. The Midland. the Sheet LAae, ths
vlersnce and Cripple Crssk. ~ Des.
yer Laramie and Northwestern asd
number Of other roads are an gees.
The communities that they served
are fast disappearing and 10 new
communities are speingins up 10 take
their places. Perhaps the Western
Slope was hit harder through the d.
msntling of the Midland than any
other community. This year thou
N nds Of car loads It ruit spoiled be-
cause there was no transportation to
get It to market. 1t Is useless to build
MP a community II the products that
community raises can not be 0ctten to
market. Had the Midland still been
In opeartion 1t would have meant
Thousands Of dollars to the people Of
this great section. -
Again the people of the outstte
states are after tte waters q ssr nv
ers in dead earnest. Within another
fifteen years we are ,soins 70 loee
Thousands of acre fset Of watef rishts
unless We night for them and ,hGht ~
Coloradoans and mot o politie3anA
Again the people of Sait LAke and
Utah have better freight rates than
we have. This because they hass saade
the fight and secured then. - ajso
have Wyoming and lssw Dss,eo;.
The ores Of Utah, Wyoming ana New
Mexico, can get better markets and
better freight rates and s.eltef fasss
ilities than our own. Certainly this II
not q political matter. It - very ri,
tai state livelihood matter and should
be solved through cooperation Of all
In authority and not handled In .
political. way. -;
We All know that the federal sever
nment is getting ready to expend btl-
lions on the Colorado river before II
complete. it's final plans % that wat.
er way. TIE expenditure nay extesd
over a period .ef many yearG :: Jssf
now ali tl,s plans costednSaass- no u.
pendfturv& IN Coaosa6G at elf. II
dams will irrigatc the Inperiai VAL
ley In California. Nevertheless there
there are thousands Of acres u Just
ax good land along the Colorado In
Colorado that are not irrigated and
there are plenty Of reservoir sites In
our mountains and the water housed
In our state would protec: the Icvies
Of California just as much as though
It were housed In Arizona or Califor-
mia. One-half the amount expended in
Colorado on big reservoir would fur
nish water for far more acreage than
can be obtained IN either California
or Arizona. Why not get after the
matter and have part OF that storing
done In our own statek ~
Yes. there are enough big things to
do 80 that every man In the capitol.
whether he be democrat OK rcppbli-
can or governor or member Of the
house can have all the glory he needs.
wouldn't 1t be great II those whom
we have elected to Once would catch
this bigger, clearer vision Of reinstat-
ed transportation facilities for our
crop ralsers, Of protection to our
valuable water rights Of fair freight
rates for our mines aud farms and Of
our share Of the storage capacity Of
the river that derives Its name from
our own state? ,,-t.55. =;
GENTLEMEN: TH1NP IT OVER!
Grand Junction Sentinel.