The daily sentinel., 1900-12-24
Christmas flowers, Holly and mistletoe

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at Adams pharmacy.
Dance with the Firemen New Years
Eve.
Go to the ball at the Armory tomor-
row night.
Harry Ballard, OF Thompsons, brother
Of A. P, Ballard, was q visitor yesterday,
The Ten Nights in Bar Room COM
pany left over the narrow gauge this
morning.
Capatin James NJ. Kennedy leaves to-
night for Denver to spend Christmas
with his parents.
The Modern Woodmen of Fruita will
give grand MASQUERADE ball tomorrow
night in the town hall.
The ball at the Armory tomorrow
night will be about the best place you
can spend Christmas night.
Tho annual rabbit hunt by Parson Uz-
zell and his benevolent friends occurred
at Lamar last Wednesday.
The merchants have been rushed
Saturday and today dealing out Christ
mas presents to customers.
The location OF the new sugar factory
at Loveland has been selected. The
site cost the company $4,000.
w j. Hamm ond received a telegram
at late hour this afternoon stating that
his mother had died at Ouray.
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| The Christmas anthem rendered by
the Methodist choir yesterday was much
appreciated by the congregation.
The annual meeting Of the Colorado
Editorial association will be held in
Denver on Monday, January 7th., 1901.
The state teachers association meets
in Denver this week. Several Of the
teachers OF Mesa county will be in at
| tendance.
A merry Christmas" aud Happy
New Year" to each and every patron OF
the SENTINEL, as we'll as to every resident
of Mesa county.
The public schools of the city will be
closed until one week from Wednesday
| Ills klNcA Iuo tcdCaoIo ohA CShVioi5 -
much needed rest.
The rural mail route for the Grand
| Valley should be pushed forward 20 as
to be in operation before the harvesting
OF next seasons fruit crop.
The special edition Of the Sugar City
Herald was indeed a creditable number j..
1t had handsome cuts OF the new sugar
beet factory erected there the past sum-
| mer.
| Lester johnson is getting the mater
ial on the ground for large fruit pack
ing and cold storage house at Fruita.
The new structure will be the largest Of
the kind in tho lower valley.
The semi weekly Salida Mail has been
enlarged, which is an evidence of pros
perity. The Mail is one of tho best
papers in the state, always neat typo
graphically as we'll as pure in tone.
Judge Gray. we'll known in Grand
Junction, has removed from Meeker to
Aspen. The Judge was elected district
attorney at the late election and has
made the change in his residence in
order to make it more convenient for the
duties OF his Office.
| Percy Grubbs, the philosophical
knight of the grip who has reputation
for veracity, says that smallpox is 80
prevalent down in Mexico that it kills
the foliage, and. coming from Percy, it
| will probably have to be swallowed with
out achaser.-Telluride Examiner.
The Montrose Press says that there is
serious talk OF a straight out democrat
ic paper being started in that place.
The news field is sufficiently covered in
Montrose by the Enterprise and Press
and third paper would benefit nobody
and the party starting such a paper
would be money out in the end.
Our friend, John S. Charlton of Grand
Junction, it is said is an applicant for
the position OF appraiser Of the state
land board. We know Of no man more
| deserving or better qualified than Mr..
Charlton and we sincerely trust that
Governor Orman may look upon his
candidacy in the same light.-Delta
Laborer.
Speaking of the safety Of sending
money through the mails, Mr.. VIM.
Curtis says in the Chicago Record: "Of
nearly 100000 arJicles handled in the