The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-02

an extremely severe cold.
Furniture repairing, etc. at PA
Colorado. Furniture hospital.
John Richardson, of Glenwood
Springs. is a visitor in the city today.
J. p. Baldridge, one of the Plat
eau's best known citizens, is in the
city on business matters
B. p. Blair. of the Montrose land
Office, is in the city today and will
remain until tomorrow night.
NJ. o. Delaplain, the real estate
man, has been quite i'll for several
days and unable to be at his office.
Mrs. Walter Powers, who has been
absent on an extended eastern tour
for month or more, is home again.
Church services at First church of
Christ Scientists, at corner of Seventh
and White. Subject God the Pre-
server of Man"
This evening the pupils of Miss
Gladys Brainard will enjoy a piano
recital at the home of Miss Brainard
on North Seventh street.
On Friday evening of next week,
VIM. A. Brady's great production of
the famous and ever-popular play,
way Down East" will be seen at the
Park opera house.
The young ladies of the Methodist
church are arranging for the organi-
cation of a Queen Esther Circle, the
organization to be perfected at the
home of Miss Bessie belong on Tues
day evening.
Mrs. C. II. Convey has been in a
critical condition for several days and
it was thought yesterday that she
would not live through the night.
She still survives but the end is only
a question of short time.
j. NJ Graham, formerly engaged
in the clothing business, has engaged
Office room with the firm of Johnson
e Glasco, on Main street in the Miller
block, and will conduct a general
agency business on a large scale.
The east room of the old Fair
block is now being prepared for the
occupancy of the Vorbeck Music and
from the Currie block on South Fifth
street to the new location on Mon
day.
Sherman w Moody. the jeweler.
yesterday purchased twenty acres of
fine fruit land near Palisade. He ex-
poets to plant the tract TO Elberta
peaches next spring. OF course It will
prove a valuable piece of property
as fruit land in the Palisade country
is almost as valuable as a well pay
ing gold mine.
the new Fair store since it's opening
to the public yesterday afternoon and
the words of admiration at the per-
feet arrangement and the beauty of
the big store are to be heard on every
hand. Naturally it will take several
days yet to get everything in ship
shape in the big building.
A large number of Fruita peo-
pie were in the city yesterday and
today. the majority of them being
here to attend the sessions of the
Mesa County Teachers association.
Among those in the city from the lit
tie metropolis of the lower valley
are, D. NJ Brown. Ora Brown. Miss
Beal, AL Herring, Miss b. e. Main
ard, Miss Kate Zimmerman, and d.
w. Young.
The new building being erected by
James Masser on the corner just
west of the Moody & Casteen har-
ness shop. is going up very rapidly.
The building will be two-story
brick. ninety feet in length and
twenty-five in width. The walls are
up about eight feet now. Gourley-
the lower floor when the building is
completed, as their present quar-
ters are far too small for their rapid
ly growing business-Fruita Tele-
gram.
Four prominent Republicans stand
ing on a street corner today were
jocularly asked by a Sentinel man II
they would kindly define their atti
tude on the policy of President Roose-
welt on the freight rate question. To
have heard the hens and haws of the
distinguished gentlemen, three OF
whom were Republican ofiice-holders
vary funny ipdapd Mona nf
them undertook to answer in any
wise the question put by the reporter
and they were at once excused when
their confusion became apparent.
1t was news to many people who
attended the union Thanksgiving ser
vices at the Presbyterian church Sun
day to learn through the always re-
liable" sheet last night that Rev.
Forsyth, of the Methodist church de-
livered the sermon. II was the gem
eral opinion of all present that Rev.
Becker of the Congregational church
was the speaker. 1t is not known
have exchanged identities. But then
some papers just can't get things
right
The football game yesterday be-
tween the Montrosd county high
school and the Teller institute Indians
of Grand Junction was fine one
from beginnin to end and exceptional
ly clean throughout, with the excep-
ton of one of the boys who was dis
qualified for jumping ON an Indians
neck. The result was a victory for
Teller by a score of II to o. Mont
rose played the strongest game, but
had hard luck. IL was said the Ind
ians stole the ball several times, for
which no notice was taken.-Mont-
rose Press.
Suitable sidewalks will be laid
across the railroad tracks at the foot
of Main street and Colorado avenue
Through the efforts of Alderman
John O'Boyle. The officials of the d.
G r. C. agreed to have the walks
laid and yesterday General Manager
Ridgway instructed Supt. Choate of
this division to have the walks laid
at once. This announcement will
be received with pleasure by the res
idents of Crawford's addition. espee-
tally by the school children. who have
been forced to walk throug the mud
at the railroad crossing during bad
weather
The sugar beet crOn of This mart