The daily sentinel., 1904-08-23


dressmaking parlors.
Walter Gosfin, is home from an
extended stay in Salt Lake City.
A new sidewalk is being laid on
the east side of Ninth street. south of
Main.
Mayor Sampliner. who is now in
Crested Butte, is not expected to re-
turn until the end of the week.
A much needed new crossing has
been laid by Commissioner Armstrong
across Main street at Eighth and Main
streets.
District Attorney Samuel G. Nc
MulliD left for Lake City Yesterday
to attend the session of the district
court of Hinsdale county.
1t is said that there are no less
than Thousand more tax schedules
to file this year than at any year pre-
vious in the history of the county.
A large string of racing horses, be-
longing to number of well known
Grand Junction people. were taken to
the grounds of the Fruit Fair associa-
ton last night.
Maximum temperature yesterday
! was 81. The weather forecast for 80
! hours ending D. m. Wednesday is
partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday,
with local showers; cooler.
John G. Mckinney, clerk in the
Grand Valley National bank. Rodney
lay and Mark R. Bunting, returned
home from an eight day outing at
Mesa Lake, yesterday afternoon.
They were pilote6 home by Thomas
Lowen.
W. M. Easton was an arrival last
night from Guthrie Center. la. Mr.. |
Easton is we'll known horse trainer
in his own state and comes here to
take care of and train string of
horses. He is all old time friend of j.
| A. McLuen.
superintendent Vedder is giving
| good distribution to his notices regard
ing the use of the sewers. There
should be determination oa the part
of the public to assist him. in his at
tempt to maintain the sewers in first
class condition.
General Agent J. #. Vallery, of
the Burlington, who succeeded his
brother Geo. w Vallery, as the gen.
eral agent of the Burlington in Den
yer, was visitor to the city yesterday,
accompanied by Travelling Passenger
Agent A. Il. Campbell.
Some boys were out after water
melons Sunday night. about a mile
northeast of the city. They were
heard as they were prowling through
the patch and the owner of the water
boys, but at a convenient height, so
that he would not hit them.
Word comes from the family of
Edwin NJ. Ewing, who recently moved
from this city to Seattle, Wash. that
they arrived there safely and are
very well pleased with that country.
although they still think that Grand
Junction and the Grand valley is
"the'. place to live.
The authorities at Pueblo and Salt
Lake city are anxious to know abso-
lutely. if the man whom Marshal |
Watson has under arrest in this city |
is Mako Cigich. the murderer Yes
terday morning when Marshal Watson |
compared the description with the
man. he decided that he was not Gig
ich. Later telegram came from Salt
Lake City TO hold the man until a
more complete description reached |
here. Marshal Watson then went out
and placed the man under arrest again
and he is now in Jail awaiting the full
Ter description and a photograph.
BY careful estimate it is found |
that Grand Junction has at present a
little over 400 linear feet of the
finest concrete and cement sidewalks
Three years ago it would have been
hard to point out 800 feet. On Main
street alone there are 900 feet or more.
Three years from now this city will
have five miles and probably more
of the finest sidewalk that can be
made. 1t is necessity and the city
must have concrete walks and nothing
else. They wear forever and are al.
ways in good repair and usually clean.
Very few cities in the state the size
of Grand Junction can boast of as
great an amount of elegant concrete
walks A few years back the old
board sidewalks were the object of
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