The daily sentinel., 1904-01-21
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urday D. m.
Quite number of the visiting Eag-
les remained over today to visit
friends in this city.
The Deputy state engineer is in De |
Beque today LAYING off the plans for
tile new span of bridge.
a slight snow fell during the night
There must have been but a furry.
as it did not cover the ground.
Commissioner James U. Harris
went to Denver this morning to attend
the meeting to be held there tomor-
row on irrigation matters.
7. n. Graham. clothier and fur
nisher, is building a new barn in the
rear Of his new residence. on Main
street. between 18th and S-h streets. /
There are quite a number Of gentle-
mon wondering where their annual
passes have gotten to. They have
not received them as yet and there is
considerable unrest manifest.
If you have fine carriage which
You desired painted and decorated ac-
.ording to the latest in carriage paint
ing. see W. r, Parker. the new man
at No. 427 Colorado avenue. next door
to Hiatt's.
The funeral of the woman. Ida
who died at the hospital Yesterday,
took place today from the chapel in
the undertaking establishment of W.
II Bannister Father Conway spoke
few words over the remains of the
young woman.
The Grand Junction Electric and
Gas company office has treated itself
to a new counter 1t is mahogany
finish and is about as pretty piece of
work as could be found any pla ce. 1t
was done in this city. showing that
Grand junction can turn out some
first class work when 1t wants to do
so.
W. r. Parker, of Denver. who has
just opened carriage painting and
decorating establishment. at No. 427
Colrado avenue. next door to II. l..
HIatt's blacksmith shop, has worked
in Kansas City. Omaha and Denver
and he guarantees every piece of work
turned out by him
Nose Graham. an old time offender
was locked up in the city Jail last
night for being drunk and disorderly
While he was there another prisoner
was brought i'll and Nose began to
give the intruder a good drubbing,
until the night officers separated them
releasing the new man. who had been
placed there for drunkenness and put
ting Nose behind the doors of a cage.
Wray. the fotografer. received his
diploma from the Kansas state asso-
citation this week. This being a
warded.to four cabinet fotos entered
in the rating class, made on platinum
paper and upon which he made no
special effort. They We're rated far
above the average in the convention
and We're selected out of his every day
work. shown that this is the same
high class of work that all his custo-
mers receive He will frame it and
have it on exhibition in his studio.
This morning Orson Adams Jr.
cashier of the Mesa County State bank
discovered in his vaults, fifty six bonds
of the denomination of of 500 each.
which We're to have been issued by
the city of Grand Junction. III pay
ment of the old waterworks system.
1t will be remembered that the people
by vote decided to purchase the old
system and that it was uot ratified by
council The bonds had been litho-
graphed and the name of city treasur-
er at that time. S. IL. Vols. was print
ed upon them The singnature of the
mayor at that time was not attached
and Of course the bonds were of no
value. When Mr. Adams discovered
them this morning he took them to
Mayor Sampliuer and they together
burned the documents in the stove in
the Sampliner store. as the best means
of disposing of them. 1t is queer
what strange things can be dug up,
where they have been for years for
gotten. Had these bonds ever gotten
into the hands of dishonest people. it
would have been easy to have signed
them with some fictitious signature
and risk run OF disposing of them.
Stranger things than such possibiI-
ity might have happened.
We are sole agents for the Evans
poFfaa tI,a ~, lN- limo of ,-,oet ofFoo ON. Z, -
sold in Grand Junction that is pre-