The daily sentinel., 1902-08-28
Grand Junction. Colorado. Thursday August 28 9O2


enberp, Tuesday. boy.
South Seventh street is becoming
quite manufacturing location,
j. B. Bedwell did not enter his horse
in the races at Glenwood Springs.
Ten men are busy at the ice plant
placing the machinery in position.
Miss Minnie Zspp returned last night
from six weeks visit to her home in st.
Louis
DR.. and Mrs. Bauer. who have been
visiting the Lays, left Tor Salt Lake City
last night.
j. A. Love, representing the Carpenter
Paper company OF Omaha, ie visitor to
the city today.
Judge W. A. Marsh and Charles Fl.
Arthur returned this afternoon over the
narrow gauge from Ouray.
DR.. Arnold Aronson, eye sight special
ist Of Chicago, is here for three days
only. Consultation free at The Brighton.
The ice plant on South Seventh street
is nearing completion and the work of
manufacturing ice will commence before
long.
There we're two sections of train No. 4
this morning. The travel from the west
to the east IS considerable at the pres
ent time.
Tourists and travellers are loud in
their praise Of the quality OF the canta-
loupes raised in this valley. The crop
this season has never been surpassed and
the flavor is most delightful.
Gunnison ice will probably be brought
to this city in the next week to supply
the local demand. The demand from
Scovill has been 30 great this year that
his own ice reserve has been exhausted
and he will ship ice for his trade the bal.
ance Of the season.
There have been numerous inquiries
come to this office lately asking il there
will be Peach day celebration this
year. For the benefit OF the general
public, who have always been interested
in the annual fall event, we will state
that there will be no festival of any kind
this year.
Mrs. G. A. Wood, P. d. P. @. OF W.
r. @. of Missouri, who is the guest OF
Mrs. F. j. Vosburg of this city, was
guest at the Relief Corps meeting yes
terday afternoon. After the business Of
the day was concluded. very pleasant
social session was held, at which deli
cious refreshments we're served.
The testimony in the school board
case was offered yesterday in Ouray, be-
fore Judge Theron Stevens and the ar
gument on the testimony and the law
governing the contention was begun last
night. This afternoon at clock ar
gument was again taken up before his
honor ana will he concluded today.
The debate last night at the court
house ON the Buckin amendment drew
only small crowd. The side of the af-
firmative was taken by Hon. James w.
BuckliD and j. M. Kennedy; the mega
tive by Allan Mcclure and e. N. Slo-
comb The debate was not brilliant nor
even brisk, 80 it is said by the few who
we're there.
A. l.. Gourley received this morning a
program for the fourth annual session of
the Western Funeral Directors associa-
tion. The program is most handsomely
gotten up and the unique part Of it's
pages are that they are full OF life and
contain abundant illustrations Of csmi-
cal situations, in contradistinction to the
sombre character of the business in
which they are engaged. The session
will be held in Colorado Springs COM
mencing September 4th. Mr.. Gourley
will attend. as he has never missed ses-
sion since the association was organized.
The agitation Of the question of freight
rates for the fruit of this valley by the
newspapers Of the county was doubtless
directly responsible for the cut in the
freight rates on fruit That there will
be a reduction in express charges is
more than probable. 1t is a fact that
the rate just obtained has been what the
fruit growers have been contending for
during quite a period, yet to a large e1-
tent the result has been obtained
through the expressions Of disapproval