The daily sentinel., 1900-04-16

Miss Olive Hensel is taking the schoo
census OF school district No. /.
District Attorney Samuel G. McMul
lin left for Gurnison this morning
j. A. Layton, OF Montrose, receiver oi
the general land office, is visitor today
Owing to big snow storm over on the
east side, D. & r. G. No. 8 was annulled
today.
Minnie Walker left last night for
Steam Boat Springs where she will teach
school this summer.
A grand concert and hop will be given
by the Modern Woodmen band on April
25th. Admission so cents.
Business Of Importance will be consid-
cred at the Odd Fellows regular meeting
Tuesday night April 18th and full at
tendance is desired.
Horace T. DeLong, will leave in the
morning for Delta and Montrose to be
gone until Thursday. He is gone on
Masonic business matters.
All lovers OF good music should turn
out and assist the Modern Woodmen
band by attending their first hop and
concert. Admission so cents.
With the new Grand junction Town
and Development company Offering
choice building lots at $50 90 to $500
per pair there is no better time to
build.
Rudolph Lossius, editor OF the North
Fork Times, is an arrival in the city.
Mr.. Lossius looks as we'll as ever and
has smile and joke for everyone, as
OF yore.
J.T. Sweat gentleman we'll known
in the city has made arrangements to
open an up-to-date tailor shop IN the
building near Sixth on Main, formerly
occupied by the Grand Valley Sun, after
April 18th. Everything will be the
best possible to obtain and the public
will be guaranteed first class workman
ship.
Charles G. Sumner, OF Ophir, editor
OF the Ophir Mail, is visiting his mother
in this city. Mr.. Sumner, has deserv-
ed reputation as wit, earned through
his contribution to the San Miguel Ex-
aminer, under the heading of"I Its the Alti
tude." In this colum Mr. Sumner has
done some most excellent work, which
has made many readers for that paper
throughout the state.
A cock and bull story about stacking
a dead "eea near" Grand Junction, With
fish emanated fr- m the brain OF wild
reporter in both of the Denver morning
papers of Saturday. The story related
that there is dead sea" few miles
from Grand junction and that hereto
fore no fish have ever been found there
in. The reporter calls the lake "Gold
| Bridge The fact of the matter is that
T. j. Holland state game and fish COM
missioner was here week ago and made
arrangements to stock Goldsbys lake on
Pinion Mesa sith trout spawn and that
this story has been converted into yarn
about dead sea" in which no fish have
ever been known to live. The lake at
Goldby or Goldsbys lake is an artificial
lake and the reason no fish have ever
lived there is because no fish have ever
been placed in the lake.
A number of wealthy men have organ
lied stock corporation in Denver fol
the purpose OF starting rough riding
training school, under the patronage oi
the government The object OF the
school is to give one years tuition to all
those who have the means and the time
to become proficient in riding, driving
shooting. organization, school OF equip
ment or in other words to prepare mer
to take positions as volunteer officers in
case the necessity arises. A further
idea is to secure the enlistment OF meI
of sedentary habits, men who have los
health by confinement, men OF obesity
to take this one years course as ply 8
ioal regime, for regaining their patura
condition again. The place which ha
been selected for the establishment o
the lcampment is the Shenandoah val
ley in Montrose and San Miguel coun
ties, as beautiful spot as can be fouut
in the state. The price for tuition ant
board for year has been placed at $500
| ,o b,t will ba mn pbeap affair nv n,