The daily sentinel., 1903-02-20
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Dance with the B. of R. T. at
Turner hall tonight. A good time
will reward you.
Turner hall will be specially deco
rated for the ball tonight. Be sure
and don't miss this event. Stovall's
orchestra will furnish the music for
the B. of R. 7. ball tonight.
A German Lutheran service with
holy communion will be held at the
Presbyterian church ON Sunday, Feb
ruary 22nd at 2 80 p. m. We bid you
welcome. ]. R. Graebner of Salt
Lake City will conduct the service.
George A. Bible. of Salt Lake City
travelling passenger agent of the Rock
Island railway. was visitor to the
city this morning. Mr.. Bible is
new man in this territory and is
making many friends. He went south
over the narrow guage this morning.
Charles R. Hall of Cherokee. Iowa.
friend of Howard Fletcher. of the
Fruit Growers Association was an
arrival in the city Yesterday. Mr.
Hall comes to Colorado with a view
of locating at some point on the West
ern slope.
Last night at the meeting of the
Women of Woodcraft it was decided co
begin preliminary preparations for
the annual May Day ball of that or
der. an event which always marks in
this city the opening of the spring
looks forward to with the keenest
pleasure The ball occurs on the
night of the first of May
Montrose and Mesa counties are
pulling against each other in irriga-
tion matters. each in its effort TO Sc
cure government aid first. seeking to
disparage the claims of the other
That sort of campaign is in danger of
delaying the work in both localities
Montrose claims precedence for the
Gunnison tunnel scheme and Mesa
county declares that no other locality
should receive government considera-
tion until the Grand Valley high line
canal is constructed. Telluride Jour
nal.
The Park opera house announces
its next attraction to be 1.-The Fatal
Wedding - the new four act comedy
drama from the pen of Theo. Kremer.
This play has had a most highly sue
cessful season. and from the outlook
it's success will be duplicated here
during its engagement. The produc-
| tion will be presented with superb
scenic settings. mechanical effects.
and the same excellent cast which
characterized it's presentation at the
Grand Opera house. New York City.
Some people when they go TO pay
their taxes are inclined to ''holler"
at the rate. but what would they
think if they owned property in Grand
Junction. where the tax rate is six
cents and 2-10 mills ON the dollar :?
In Telluride the rate is 80 mills on
the dollar. the highest in the county
| The lowest rate in the county is in
School district No. 2-San Miguel
MnolG bllt Idtt 10 go ibiAAo oii tiic dOl-
lar. Few counties in the state have
a lower tax than ours. Telluride
Journal.
The Sentinel. Grand junction S
conservative. reliable, little daily pa
per. decries the reports that are being
sent out alleging damage to the fruit
prospects from the severe cold, and
cites competent authority to show that
so far no damage has resulted. We
are not up in the fruit science. but
had always supposed that cold in mid
winter will not ,riously injure fruit
prospects, that the injury comes from
irregular capricious weather. warm
spell in which sap starts and buds
swell. followed by freeze. A steady
suell of severe cold is generally re-
. garded as favorable. as it is ordinarily
followed by mild. even spring.
without extremes of cold. 1t will be
a serious blow to the Grand Valley
should its fruit be killed or partially
so. Telluride Journal.
Toward the close of the last act in
the matinee performance of 'Arizo-