The daily sentinel., 1905-04-24

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resided in this city a number OF years
ago and has many friends among the
older inhabitants of Grand Junction,
to whom his visit is a pleasure. Mr..
Currie Will spend several days here.
This evening the Easter Monday
ball of the Catholic church Will be
given at the Auditorium. Many tick
cts have been sold and a large crowd
will enjoy the many pleasures of the
occasion. The Easter Monday ball
is an annual event and always proves
one of the brightest balls of the year.
Mr.. Harvey, the representative of
the Barnum & Bailey circus, who was
in town Friday and Saturday, COM
pleted the necessary arrangements
for the appearance of the big show
in Grand junction this summer. The
date has been definitely settled upon.
One performance will be given in
the city on Monday, July 81.
DeBeque Bugle: J. S. Swan. gem
eral manager of the DeBeque Oil &
Development Company. returned
from Denver Saturday of last week.
He says he found sentiment favorable
to DeBeque everywhere and that
there is going to be no trouble in
raising sufficient money to put the
DeBeque company's wells on a pay
ing basis.
E. C. Thompson, who with his
brother came to the valley about
three weeks ago on visit to their
relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Phelan. and
to look over the valley with view
of locating, returned to his home in
| Ellkhart, Neb., last night While here
Mr.. Thompson purchased the w. c.
rillotson ranch in Fruitvale, and his
brother will operate the ranch dur
ing the present season.
We have now on the road the fin
est upright piano ever shipped to
| Grand junction. 1t is a baby grand
/ plate, same as is used in the highest
grade of parlor grand pianos in an
upright case. You get all the good
qualities of grand without occupy
ing the room of parlor grand. Any
one wishing the best upright piano
in Grand Junction should see us for
full Information about this splendid
piano. The Thompson Jewelry &
Music Company.
The outlook for Palisade could
hardly be better. Real estate trans
fers take place nearly every day. An
unprecedented acreage of young
trees has been set out, for it is not
| 200. 900 trees as stated in our last
issue. but 100000. Building is 60
ing on at a rapid rate and many pros
porous ranchmen are visited by glor-
ious dreams of the home comforts
and dwellings and barns that this
crop of fruit puts within their reach
after the long waiting. Palisade
| Tribune.
To intellectual theater-goers (and
all theatergoers are intelleetuaD the
performance of Ghosts is sure to
prove rare treat. Henrik Ibsen is
conceded to be the greatest author
now living The play of Ghosts" is
his masterpiece. You may never have
the opportunity of seeing this play
put on the stage. at any future time.
Do not miss this chance of increasing
your dramatic and literary education.
The great domestic play of Ghosts"
will be produced at the Park opera
house Tuesday, April 25.
Plateau Voice: The surveyors are
now working on the survey of the
new portion of the Collbran-DeBeque
road. As we understand it, the new
road VII connect with the present
canon road at the mouth of the An
derson gulch, above Dan Kenny's.
1t will extend northward up this
gulch for some distance and then up
the west fork of the gulch until it
reaches the mesa and connects with
the present road This route will give
an easy grade, and will be compara-
lively inexpensive to construct.
The Western Union telegraph lines
were tied up for time this morning.
The usual reports received by the
weather bureau from Salt Lake City.
Denver and many other points were
not received this morning as custo-
mary, and did not arrive until this
afternoon. A heavy snow has been
falling in Denver during the day. A
big slide in the Grand canon of the
Arkansas river is reported. Snow
fell in Salt Lake City during the
morning. Haevy rains and snow are
reported from many other points in
| Colorado and Utah
1t is estimated by our real estate
men and other good observers that
from thirty to forty people so from
this place to Grand Junction every
day. either by rail or private convey
anee. No wonder we are having
such an increase of advertising from
that place. The Palisade Tribune is
the only means by which the June
tion merchants can reach this trade.
and with a mammoth fruit crop this
| year at high prices our trada &c