The daily sentinel., 1905-06-29

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!. feather state" said stranger !
!. n few days ago. The remark !
+ was not made in ridicuIe of con- I
i ditions in this city, but was an i
= apt phrase expressing conditions :
+ which prevail here now and !
! which obtain i'm all towns DUR /
+ ing their formative period. What !
: he meant to express, we I'M !
+ derstood him, was that we are AZ +
r the transition period between /
+ the conditions that prevail in !:
+ small town and one that is grad +
+ ually putting on the position of +
! city. There is a certain rag +
= gedncss apparent to the eyes of :
= II stranger, which ii seems al +
= most impossible to overcome. /.
: There are many unimproycd lots +
= which take on ragged air ow- +
i. ing to lack of attention. There +
= is large street mileage, many !.
= new streets and thoroughfares i.
+ being opened. Until the city he +
: comes more thiclIIy populated /.
+ and private ownership cares for +
+ the many vacant pieces of prop +
+ crty, there is bound To he more +
+ or less raggcdness. +
+ But there is one condition +
! which offsets many of these con- +
i. ditions mentioned, and that is +
I. that this is live business COM +
!. munity. Its people are progress i.
+ i've, open-hcarted, liberal and de- +
+ sirous of making the very best !.
J. front possible, so far as the city J.
+ is concerned. The next few +
+ the city. The present ''pin +
+ feather condition will rapidly =
+ disappear. IL will leave us un- /:
+ consciously and we will never +
+ realize just mt what period we +
!. took on a different air. +
+ Our faith in the ultimate dcs- +
i. tiny of this city has never wav- j.
+ cred for one instant That il is +
!. bound to be one of the first cities +
: in population, wealth and COM !.
+ merciaI Importance i'm the whole i.
+ state is most apparent to anyone =
+ who is cognizant of the position I.
+ that this city occupies in this +
= state tthe present time. =
+ Its very ardent builders at +
!. first hoped that il would grow +
= more rapidly than ii did. up un- i.
+ til three or four years ago, hut +
+ review of what was backing il j.
+ to make il n city has taught +
+ them that they anticipated when 4
J. there were no grounds. !.
+ Its growth at present and for +
+ every anticipation of the most +
i. sanguine, and in the next five i.
+ years il will take on II growth !.
J. more rapid than il has in twice :
= that length of time during the i.
+ past decade. !.
+ /. = !. r + + + + + i. + + i. 4. + + +
From time TO time The Sentinel
has spoken of the almost absolute
need of a first class natatorium in
this city. If ever a place needed
such a health-giving and recreative
institution it is Grand Junction.
there is no place where the people
crave "A diversion such as health
giving bathing quite so much as
mere. We have. of course, two great
rivers, but the waters of both are
treacherous and dangerous. and they
do not invite the general public to
battle in them. Had we natator-
ium. business men and the travelling
public would be happy to patronize
city by rail is a long and hard one.
With the exclusive comforts afford
ed by the Pullman service, there is
much discomfort of heat and dust.
To be sure there is an abundant sup
ply of water in the hotels and ample
bathing facilities in bath rooms. but
the public Graves something differ
ent in the way of a natatorium, and
The Sentinel goes on record that an
institution of that kind built on
large and liberal scale, with ample
facilities and comforts for bathing,
with hours for men and women, that
1t would be one of the best money
earners that could be erected.
90.
90.
The Mondell committee will have
too little time to note the possibili-
ties of this great valley. Some
times, however, more progress is
made where men composing such
committees see few things and let
the rest to their imagination.
20. a..
Turn in and join in the effort to
have a good old-time, rousing Fourth
of July celebration
90.
Baby Drinks Poison.
The baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank DAILY drank some water made
poisonous by arsenic this morning.
and was in a precarious condition
for several hours and is still very Ill.
The mixture of water and arsenic
was placed in saucer and was used
as a fly poison. The little child, one
year of age, in toddling about the
house. found the poison. and lifting
the saucer drank of the deadly fluid
As soon as the mother reached the
child and discovered what had hap
pened she telephoned for DR.. A. c.
Taylor, who soon reached the resi-
dence and found the child suffering
Intensely After the physician had
labored with the baby for some time
the little fellow began to grow bet
ter.
This afternoon DIR. Taylor stated
that the child is still very sick, but
will recover.
The baby had a very narrow es-
cape from death and the result
would doubtless have been fatal had
the mother not discovered immedi-
ately that the child had drank the
poison.
Mr.. DAILY is employed in the meat
market of the Enterprise grocery.
Nearly all the stores of the city
have agreed to close on July 4. The
grocery stores have entered into an
agreement to keep closed all day,
while the other business houses Will