The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1904-08-26

The Boston Transcript. speaking OF
canteloupes. says take q Rocky Ford
or none. The writer of that never
has had his lips shut tight over a
Grand Valley product. If it is not
as good we will ship car load to
Boston for free distribution.
Alvin N. Bucklin is expected to re-
turn to this city tomorrow night. Mr..
Bucklin and wife have been making
an extended eastern trip that has COW
cred goodly portion of the eastern
country. Mr.. Bucklin left here more
than month ago to attend the ses-
sion of the grand lodge of Elks in
Cincinnati and extended his trip to
the east, which included a visit to
the great fair.
The bread contest. inaugurated by
The Mesa Flour Mill company has
been terminated and the awards will
be made in the course of several days.
The contest has been very satisfactory
and there has been quite quantity
of home bread submitted to the
judges for their Judgment, made from
the two brands most conspicuous in
the fionr manufactured by the Flour
Mill company, the Imperial and the
Star.
Manager John F. Moore. of the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers asso-
citation states that next week will be-
the banner week, IN his Judgment. in
fruit shipments He hopes some day
next week to make a record Oh fruit
shipments from this comfy. by send
ing out a train load of twenty cars.
This he says he can do. he thinks,
without much trouble. The fruit is
coming in steadily and very fair
prices are being maintained
Mrs. A. R. Wadsworth is in receipt
of a copy of the North China Herald
and Supreme Court and Consular Gaz-
cite. published at Shanghai, it being
the weekly edition of the North China
Daily News. The paper has more
than fifty pages and is only three COL
umns wide. 1t contains vast fund
of information. 1t is printed in the
English language and is for the Eng
lish residents living in China. The
paper was sent to Mrs. Wadsworth
by an old friend Mrs M A. Posey,
whose residence is North Gate, Shan
ghai. 1t is curious paper and we'll
worth careful examination.
Q. E. jenkins, arrived home last
night from Salt Lake City where he
has been visitor. also to other points
in Utah. Mr.. Jenkins says that the
electrical development in Utah is some
thing marvellous. In Provo canon
there is plant that supplies electrical
energy for distance of $50 miles and
probably one of the longest distances
in the world. to which electrical en-
ergy is transmitted. He says the
plant there is large and there are
number of the very largest plants in
the country IN the state of Utah. He
reports spending most delightful ten
days vacation in the state of the
saints.
H. W. Edwards. superintendent of
the Smelter was an arrival at bone
ON the coon train. Mr.. Edwards would
have arrived in this city last Monday,
had it not have been for the great
washouts on the Southern Pacific.
AT one point twenty miles of road
was washed away so effectually that
there is not even a trace that road
ever existed there. Transfers across
this space of twenty miles were made
in wagons. Mr.. Edwards visited the
coast and has had a most enjoyable
trip. He comes back ready to start
to work with renewed vigor toward
the problem of securing the common
cement of operations on the plant.
Mayor J. NJ. Sampliner returned
home last night from his visit to DEN
yer and other points in the state.
Spoken to in regard to his candidacy
for the nomination for the state
treasurership on the Democratic tick
ct. Mr.. Sampliner acknowledged that
he was an aspirant for that position
and thought his chances most excellent
for the nomination. He had received
encouragement from Democratic lead
ers all over the state and there was
no active candidate in opposition to
his nomination. ''Of course, said
Mayor Sampliner. II may fail of hav-
ing the necessary number of votes to
nominate me to that Office, but think
it an honorable ambition to go after
it and l guess you might count me in
the race, so far as condi tions loom up
at the present time. -