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The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
JOHN w. ROBINSON.

In community like Fruita to
which so large cattle and farm
country is tributary, IA good harness
shop is one of the important business
es. Fruita may be congratulated on
the possession of an enterprise of this
kind that is second to none in Mesa
county 1t is owned by John w.
Robinson, a pleasant man to meet and
square man to do business with.
Mr.. Robinson takes pride in his shop.
He keeps on hand l,rge stock of
harness. saddles. whips, blankets,
etc. and he has them we'll displayed
In addition he has a manufacturing
and II repair department that is well
equipped with the best machinery for
all the requirements of his work.
He employs three men, and sometimes
four, all the year around. Mr.. Rob
inson makes it point to see that
nothing goes out of his establishment
that does not represent his best efforts.
Born in Indiana in 1868. Mr.. Rob
inson moved with his parents to Kan
sas when he was two years old. There
he lived on farm until he was six
teen. In 1889 he came to the Grand
valley. Ten yaers later he embarked
III the harness business in which he
has since been profitably engaged.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
Nv. A. MERRIELL.

There are few things large or small
which the purchaser cannot buy at
Fruita as cheaply as as he can any
where else in the county. This is
given particular evidence in the large
line, high quality and reasonable
prices of the goods sold ny W. A. Mer-
riell. The stock of his establishment
includes lumber, vehicles, farm i'm
plements, all manner of building ma
terials, hardware, seeds, etc. He nc
commodities large town and country
trade. His buildings are located on
the square in Fruita. All of them
have neat and well kept appearance
and an air OF prosperity. a picture
of the buildings is given on this page.
Mr. Merriell was born in Illinois
in 1858. He came to the Grand val
ley in 1894. Practically all the time
since that he has been engaged in his
present business in Fruita.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
The Fruita Improvement Company.

To those desiring to locate near a
railroad town in which no intoxicants
are allowed to be sold but where
there are churchles and good schools
and rich agricultural country
around, no better place could be rec
commended than Fruita. Colorado.
Here as elsewhere in the Grand val
ley, plenty of water, excellent soil
and fine climate go hand in hand
All along the many roads leading
into the town will be found trim and
healthy orchards, good hay and grain
ranches and prosperous looking farm
houses The ranchmen, many of
WHOM have been in the country only
IA comparatively short time, are almost
to man able to say. Il own my
house and land and l have neat lit
tie balance in the bank. 1t does
not take lifetime to earn d compe-
tency here. .Steadfast diligence APP
piled to the soil makes it yield abun-
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
Fruifa a Busy Place.

Three are three churches i'll Fruita,
each having "a substantial structure
Methodist, Congregational and Sew
enth Day Adventists. Something
schools. Plans are now under way
for the securing of "A High School.
Friuta Is pretty and interesting
little town. 1t is built around a
square or park. Its streets usually
present a scene of activity. People in
vehicles or on horseback are contin-
ually coming in from the Numerous
ranches in every direction to do their
trading. Never has Fruita and the
entire country around it enjoved a
more fiourishipg period than it is at
the present time experiencing.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
The Fruita Public School Building.
THE HONEY INDUSTRY.

Bee culture and honey producing
has become one of the really important
industries in Mesa county. The thou
sands of dollars received annually for
the output require that due notice
be given this business Fruita and
the Plateau country are two of the
principal bee centers of Mesa county.
From these sections honey is sent out
annually by the carlond. In 1900,
J. c. Carnahan, big honey man of
Fruita, sold 2,44S pounds of honey
from sixteen stands of bees. He real
lied 50, 660 Tor ., 100 cases of honey and
this i'll one season For five carloads
he got over $4,000. The output of
1902 for the county brought nearly
$50, 600. There are over 5000 stands
of bees in Mesa county, and the pros
poets are that there will be a larger
product of honey this year than ever
before. Our alfalfa, and the yellow
sweet clover furnish the honey for the
bees
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
The Fruifa Mercantile Co.

Biv far the largest business enter
prise in the lower valley is the Fruita
Mercantile company This Is one of
the Oldest firms i'll Fruita having been
established there some twelve years
ago. Besides big local trade they
supply COW camps, and hay ranches
for miles around with groceries,
meats. hardware, queeusware. glass
ware, stationery. hay, grain, and
kindred merchandise. They keep an
extensive stock and do an immense
business. 1t may be interesting to
note that in 1902 their sales amounted
to SOS. 5iS 53 This is an increase of
about $40, 600 over what they did n
few years ago.
Messrs Robert l.. Adams and W. c.
Osborn proprietors of The Fruita
Mercantile company are enterprising
young business men. The former
was born in Missouri in 1865. He
came to Colorado in 1888 and ten years
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
j. p. TALLEY.

Another well known business man
is j. p. Talley. He has been in the
valley for fifteen years. During that
time he has been successful in estab-
fishing himself as merchant of re-
pute and also in regaining his health
which was considerably broken down
when he came here. So he is CRATE
full to the Grand valley as are many
others, and he never misses chance
to recommend this country in the
highest terms. For three years he has
had store in Fruita where he hand
les ladies and gents furnishings. sta
tionery, confectionery, and cigars.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01

deed shall become null and void,
and all right, title, and interest
in and to the premises hereby
conveyed. shall revert to the
party of the first part, its success
sors and assigns; and the said
party of the second part, by ac-
cepting this deed, for himself,
his heirs, executors, administra-
tors and assigns, consents and
agrees to the reservations and
conditions aforesaid.
This makes Fruita specially desir-
able place for the building of homes
and the rearing of children. Its So
ciety is good. Its moral sentiment
for the observance of the Sabbath
prevails. Fruita is surrounded by
prosperous class of law abiding peo-
pie.
The Fruita Improvement company
is interested in considerable land
within and without the corporate
limits of Fruita. They own the town
site. Many lots have been sold but
there are still many desirable ones
left. Several ranch properties near
Fruita are owned and worked by this
company. Its president, W. S. Wal
lace, has his main offices at $50 Main
street, Grand Junction He will
answer all questions in regard to
Fruita with promptness and courtesy.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01

tion town. 1t is settled, sealed and
fixed by one of the clauses in each
and every deed that is given by the
Fruita Improvement company. This
clause reads as follows
''Also for rhe further consider
alton of the agreement between
the parties hereto, for themselves,
their heirs, successors. and legal
representatives. that Intoxicating
liquors shall never be sold manu-
factured or otherwise disposed Of,
as Il beverage, in any place of
public resort. in or upon the
premises hereby granted, or any
part thereof and it is herein and
hereby expressly reserved by the
said party of the first part, that
in case any of the above condi-
tions concerning Intoxicating liq-
uors are broken by the said party
of the second part, his assigns, or
legal representatives. then this
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01

Fruita was founded in 1884 with
eighty acres as IA townsite and $40
acres as an orchard subdivision, to be
laid out in five, ten, and twenty acre
tracts. 1t was the border town land
still isl of the valley and county.
The pivotal idea on which its devel-
opment was based was that of fruit
and of these the peach and apple
stood at the head of the list. Settlers
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
M. r. SHELLY.

NJ. F. Skelly prominent merchant
of Fruita was born in Iowa in the
year 1865. He came to Fruita in 1895
and finding the Grand valley agreeable
and promising, settled here. Six
years ago he opened up dry goods,
boot and shoe store. which he has
since conducted successfully. He also
has large cattle interests
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01

Since then Fruita has had a check
cred career But despite all draw
backs, the farms and orchard lands
about Fruita have become the pride
of the valley and county. The coun-
try district has prospered all along
and the town is doing likewise now.
Fruit, alfalfa, wheat and potatoes are
leading crops. Winter wheat seems
to be especially adapted to this section
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
,, % Fruita and the Lower Valley. %

of the valley. The production of
berries and vegetables is remarkable.
Of these constant shipments are being
made not only to points in this state,
but also in Utah
Fruita is situated about twelve
miles northwest of Grand Junction on
the western division of the Rio
Grande railroad. So it has good trans
portation facilities and is close to the
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01

were soon attracted to the village in
the valley where no saloons were ever
opened because OF restrictive clause
in the title deeds. Within two years
the new school district set apart for
the settlers, boasted of 5000
school house and one year later sent
to Denver to fair an exhibition of
products including peaches, and apri-
cots that surprised everybody.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01

county seat. Iti now an incorporat-
ed town having "A mayor, five alder
men, police magistrate, marshal,
and street commissioner. J. Roth is
mayor; S. G. Lane, R. Miller, NJ. f.
Skelly, W. G. OSBORN and - - Will
liams are the aldermen; w. A. Mer-
riell is police magistrate and N.
Owens, marshal.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01
Business Block of w A. Merriell, Fruita, Colorado.

later located in the Grand valley.
For number of years he was en-
gagged in the cattle business. Mr..
Osborn is a Georgian by birth.
When he was four years old his par
ents moved to Colorado, near Pueblo.
He has lived in the Grand valley
much of the tine since 1887.
The daily sentinel., 1903-05-01

The finest of straw berries are raised
in Grand Valley as well as raspber-
ries, both of which have proved very
lucrative to the producer, selling usu-
ally at 50. 90 per crate of "a quarts to
the former and "a pints to the latter.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
COAL EXPERIMENTS.
acknowledgements study Eject of
gubmerg1nW I'm Salt Water.

Some curious tests with coal are
now being made at Portsmouth, the
object being to ascertain to what ex-
tent, II any. 1t is improved by being
kept for certain time in salt water.
Twenty-one tons of coal taken from
the same heap were first divided into
three parts. two of which contained
ten tons each, and one Que ton. One
Of the ten ton lots was next divided
into five parts. each containing two
tons, and these, after being placed in
Eve perforated boxes, were sunk in the
sea- The other ten ton lot is also to
be divided into five parts, each con-
tanning two tons, but instead OF being
sunk in the sea these are to be kept
on land and will be covered with tar
paulin. The one ton lot was burned a
few days ago, and thorough test is
now being made of It's qualities as
shown by combustion.
In IL months the coal in one OF the
submerged boxes, and also that in one
Of the boxes which have been kept on
land, will be compared, and the re-
suit will be compared with that which
was obtained when the one ton was
burned a few days ago. In this way
the scientists and the naval authorl-
ties of England are confident that
some new and important facts can be
learned in regard to the qualities OF
coal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
BRAVE IN FACE OF DEATH.
The Thrilling Grand Stand Play of a
Famous Bull-Fighter In a
Spanish Arena.

One of the most thrilling incidents
ever witnessed in the arena is recalled
by the recent feat of the Spanish tore
adOr Reverte. 1t occurred at Bayonne
says an exchange. After disposing OF
two bulls Reverte had twice plunged his
sword into third, of great strength and
ferocity, and as the beast continued ca
reening wildly the spectators began to
hiss Reverte for bungling. Wounded to
the very quick Of his pride, the Spaniard
shouted: 'The bull is slain!" and,
throwing aside his sword, sank on one
knee with folded arms In the middle of
the ring. He was right, but he had not
allowed for the margin Of accident.
The wounded beast charged full upon
him, but the matador, splendid to the
last, knelt motionless as a statue, while
the spectators held their breath in hor-
ri1ed suspense. Reaching his victim,
the bull literally bounded at him, and
as he sprang he sank in death, with his
last effort giving one fearful lunge of
the head that drove a horn into the
thigh of the kneeling man and laid bare
the bone from the knee to the joint. Still
Reverte never flinched, but remained
kneeling. exultant in victory, but calm
ly contemptuous Of applause, till he was
carried away to heal him Of his griev-
Gus wound.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
DEER VISION NOT so GOOD.
If 1t Equaled Mans the Killing
Would Not Be So Large Accord
ing to Those Who Know.

Every day or two the fact is brought
to the notice of hunters that deer can
not see as we'll as a man. Tell this to
a person who has never been deer hunt
ing and he will laugh at you, but it is
fact that the average human being has
better vision and greater range than
has the red deer of the north woods,
says the New York Sun.
This is easily proved. A person may
stand in full view of deer, and the ami
NAL may be on the lookout and still
not see the person until quite near and
some time after the person has spied the
deer. OF course, the sense of smell, as
well as that of hearing, is overdeveloped
in the deer, but not so with the power
Of sight. James Skilton, one of the best
known hunters in this neighborhood,
says that almost every deer he has killed
could have sa, ed itself if it's sight had
been as good as his, and other hunters
say the same thing With the wind
blowing away from the deer, one, or
even drove, will sometimes stand in full
vision for half an hour, until their keen
sense Of smell or hearing gives the alarm
and they scramble away through the
brush.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
COLLECTORS WEAKNESS.
A Rich Man Who Would Have No Re-
productions of Paintings
Owned by Him.

The attendants in the art gallery OF
department store in Brooklyn were
startled the other day to see a man
deliberately destroy two pictures that
he had just purchased at cost of
SAT, says the New York Press. The
man is wealthy and aims to have a
collection of art objects that have no
duplicates. He had purchased in the
art gallery that was the scene of his
vandalism a painting for which he
paid $1,000. After it was sent home
he was showing it to a friend. who,
knowing the collectors weakness, told
him he had seen two reproductions OF
the painting in the same gallery, one
priced $35. the other at $12.
go and buy them for me-" said the
collector, "and when you get them
break them up. I'll give you check
for SAT before you go home"
The friend declined the task, so the
collector went to the store himself,
pointed out the two pictures and after
he had paid for them destroyed them
on the spot.
The same man ordered table with
a carved top, for which he paid $500,
and after it had been finished he went
to the artist who had designed 1t and
stood by him while he destroyed the
original drawings for the table.
That was a part of the contract and he
meant to see 1t carried out.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
DOGS BLOW THE BELLOWS.
Blacksmith I'm New York Adopts Novel
LabOr-Saving Device - Intellt-
gent Animals at Work.

On an uptown street on the East
side of the city, says the New York Mail
and Express, hundreds of people daily
pause at a biacksmith's shop to watch
three large and intelligent Newfound-
land dogs, which are employed by the
brawny smith to work the bellows OF the
forge Of his shop. In one corner Of the
shop is a wooden wheel about eight feet
In diameter and wide enough for dog
to stand in When the wheel is at rest
the dog stands in much the same posi-
ton as the horse in a child's rocker,
with his head always turned toward the
forge awaiting orders. When told to
"go ahead" the beast on duty at once
starts on a brisk trot, which makes the
wheel turn around rapidly and by means
of q crank and lever the power is con-
veyed to the bellows
The dogs work willingly and with such
intelligence that people are never weary
Of watching the efforts Of the animals
to keep the smithy fires bright. Each
dog works In the wheel for one hour and
then rests for two. They cost their
owner about two dollars week each to
feed, and he estimates that they save
him $12 q week, as otherwise 1t would
require the services Of two men or
small engine to do their work.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
pER1Ls OF MIcRoBE DoDGING.
Discovery of Germs the Most Dis
heartening of All the D1scOv-
cries Made by Science.

Microbes snatch at us from around
every corner" according to Eugene
Wood, in Everybody's. 1--WE can get
on the good side o. a dog by patting
his head and we can please the cat
by scratching her under the chin (if
she doesn't scratch first). We can
tame other animals by giving them
food or by putting the weight Of our
hand on them. If they won't be pet
ted or tanned we can pick up rock
and let them have it between the
eyes. But when a creature has no
tail to wag and nothing to purr with,
how can we pet it? How can we.
without getting a crick in the neck,
stoop down far enough to say: "Pret-
ty microbe!" to something that is to
us as a grain of sand is to Mount
Blanc? If it comes to discriminating
them, what chance have we with a
creature that every two hours breaks
into two pieces, each Of which is
perfect organism, ready in another
two hours to break in two again, and
each of these halves to break in two
in another two hours, and so on and
so on until il three days the progeny
of one single bacterium numbers
4,772 billions? Nobody can keep up
with that rate of increase. Of all the
discoveries made by science it seems
to me that the most disheartening is
tie discovery of germs"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24

In France persons who live at the
expense of others have discovered a
novel and shameful method of thiev-
ing. They practice it only at funerals,
and hence they are known as death
bed thieves" When they read in a
newspaper that well-to-do person has
died, some of them go to the house
an hour or two before the funeral
takes place and coolly mingle with the
invited mourners. OF course the mem
bers of the family do not know them,
but they naturally assume either that
they were known to the deceased and
have come to pay their last respects
or that they were invited to be pres
ent by some aunts or cousins who are
unable to attend in person
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
CARPENTRY IN THE FAR EAST.
Artisans In India, China, Turkey, and
Adjacent Countries, Do Clever
work with Primitive Tools.

In our big lumber mills, where great
pine sticks are reduced to kindling in
a few minutes, the millman is merely
required to see that the stick is Sc
cured straight in the carriage. He
would be bewildered, says Andrew APP
pleton, in Everybody's Magazine. il
compelled suddenly to follow the Phil
ippine method of lumber reduction.
There the largest sticks are sawed by
hand. Even woods as hard as teak
are set up on frame. and two labor
ers monotonously pull big band-saw
through its tough length for days and
days until they have produced the
slabs Of which eastern furniture is
made. Our modern carpenter is little
more than joiner of parts. The in
tricate holdings and headings come
ready finished and all he has to do Is
to put them together But the car
penter of the far east receives the
wood In the rough, exactly as 1t is left
by the band-sawyer. He must carve
his holdings before they can be
placed in the houses. In India, China,
Turkey, Syria and adjacent countries
these clever artisans may be seen
working with tools as primitive al
most as those used in the days before
America was discovered.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
JAPANESE TERRAPIN.
United States Fish Commission Sends
Experts to Study Methods of
Culture ln Far East.

The United States fish commission
has sent an expert to Japan for the
purpose of studying terrapin culture
rs practised in that country, where they
seem to have succeeded in breeding the
turtles by artifice 1t is true that the
Japanese terrapin is not the same spe-
cieS as ours, but its habits are similar,
and there is reason to suppose that
like methods of culture might be sue
eessful in the United States, says the
New York Herald
The matter Is of no small i'm
portance, inasmuch as our terrapin is
on the verge of extinction. 1t used to
be vastly numerous. especially in the
neighborhood of the Chesapeake, and
in 1850 diamond backs sold in Balti-
more for 1917 cents apiece But they
have been literally hunted almost to
the point of determination, and at the
present time they fetch $50 a dozen.
The Japanese species, which Is said
to be equal to our own in flavor. is
known as the "suppon" and, like the
American terrapin, is an inhabitant of
tidal waters and salt marshes. Arti-
fetal ponds with a muddy bottom are
employed for rearing purposes, with a
low fence to prevent the turtles from
escaping. The pond is shallow, and at
laying time, in early summer, the fe-
males climb out on the bank, scratch a
shallow hole and deposit their eggs,
finally covering them I'M and Ieavjnc
them to be Matched by the heat Of the
sun. Nets are spread to prevent birds
from digging up the eggs.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
SHE TOOK THE CAKE.
Engine, Now in Scrap Heap, Once One
OF the Finest and Fastest
I'm Her Glass.

Lying in the Central yards, and under
going the process of being dismantled,
is an old engine, No. 03, once one of the
finest and fastest engines of her class,
says the Mexican Herald. To-day she
represents nothing to the casual OBJ
server but an old scrap iron pile, yet
thirty-odd years ago the cows got out
OF her way and the amazed spectators
clapped their hands and shouted their
applause when she passed by under full
speed, running at the rate of four kilo-
meters an hour, with Van Scoik hanging
out OF the cab, with one strenuous hand
upon the throttle and the other upon
the hand brake, which was under such
perfect control that within a few min
utes' notice the train could be brought
to stop-with the assistance of few
ties thrown across the track.
The engine weighed about nine tons,
and the tank was part of the cab Wa
ter was brought in buckets by the fire.
man and conductor when they were not
engaged in brushing the reptiles that
overlook the train from the platform
This feature occurred at every avail
able waterhole. Rich grandees, priests,
poems, beggars and what not waited with
interest to see her arrive at station.
pulling coach, and when she arrived
admired the ingenuity of the Yankee
who invented so great a machine. Her
day is past, and she remains but to re-
mind of the improvements that have
been made, and also to call to mind the
history of the pioneer railroad men of
the republic
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-11-24
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