The daily sentinel., 1900-08-13
Local News.

Saturday-The Bargain House will
make special sale on china.
Postmaster Edwin Price was a visitor
to Glenwood Springs yesterday.
Great slaughter in china, not in the
Occident but, at Andersons Bargain
House.
John D. Reeder has been appointed
postmaster at DeBeque vice G. w.
Armstrong resigned.
The city was we'll filled with tourists
yesterday. Most of them were on their
way to Salt Lake City.
Try the new afternoon train on the
Midland leave Grand Junction 4:5O p. m.
arrive in Denver TOO m. Pullman and
chair cars. See Peck about it.
C.P. holland and wife left this morn
ing for Ouray, whore Mr.. Naland will
represent Grand Junction lodge No. 55
of this city at the grand lodge session,
which convenes there this week.
Box containing one dozen peaches OF the
Early Crawford variety is on exhibition
in the show window of the Haskell drug
store. They came from Mendoza Or
chard, owned by G. F. Chapman and are
beauties.
Mr.. and Mrs. ] G. Thomas Of Harvard
Nebraska, stopped of in this city yes
terday, while on their way to Idaho.
Mr.. Thomas is the editor OF the Har-
ward Courier, and while here gave this
Office a fraternal call.
Four or Ave members Of the Modern
Woodmen band left this morning over
the narrow gauge for Delta. They join
the Delta band and go to Ouray to help
furnish music for the big Knights Of
Pythias encampment.
There were three small boys loafing
around on the streets yesterday that
were about as tough looking as ever
struck town. They we're ragged, dirty
and had the earmarks OF being street
Arabs Of some large city.
A epecial train will be run from this
city to Ouray Friday, August 18th, as
that is the principal day OF the Knights
OF Pythias encampment. The train
leaves here at $50 a. m. and the fare for
the round trip will be $4.00.
The new train over the Colorado Mid
land. which leaves Denver at 3:25 p. m.
arrived in the city this morning at $3.50
o'clock. The train crew reports quite
good passenger traffic on the run from
Denver, although the fact OF the train
being on was new to many people.
Ringling Bros railroad circus passed
through this city yesterday on the way
to Provo, Utah, where they give an ex-
hibition today. Wednesday they will be
in Salt Lake City. Ripgling Bros.
skipped" this city on account OF the
fact that the last time they were here
they failed to make expenses.
In. Bunting. the genial editor Of the
Grand junction Sentinel, DR.. j. L.
Walpole, who dishes up that delicious
Sentinel shortcake, and r. M. Horn, sole
instigator of the Hornets column (pateDt
opPiioa AoiI Wcio OH III oioh"oON As''o
Sunday enjoying the attractions which
only Glenwood can furnish. DR.. Wal
pole is secretary Of the Peach Day exc
cutive committee and says they will this
year have the greatest event ever known
in Grand junction. II the other MEM
bers Of the committee are as energetic as
DR.. Walpole, Peach Day will surely be
success.-Glenwood Past.
Grand Junction has trouble on it's
hands with the railroads, which refuse
to grant an excursion rate for Peach
Day unless Grand junction closes up
the ticket brokers for that week. The
brokers have refused to close and the
city council has refused to recognize the
demands OF the railroads, and as the
matter now stands the committee has
notified the railroads that the celebra-
ton will be declared off The railroads
are using this as club to shut off the
ticket brokers, which may be fair enough
20 far as the brokers are concerned; they
never lose an opportunity to skin the
railroads and scalp the public. But it is
not fair proposition for railroads to
discriminate in this manner against a
town. No one ever heard Of them max