The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20

Local News Items
OF Great Interest

There have been very large num-
ber of applications for positions as
special policemen during the regis
tration period. The council chooses
the special officers at the session this
evening.
There promises to be a large at
! tendance at the second annual ice
cream social to be given by the men
of St. Matthew'S church this evening
at the rectory. The Indian band has
been engaged and will render a splen-
did program.
Tony" Cordona, who has been To-
Gated in Salt Lake City for several
years. is in the city visiting old
time friends TONY" formerly re
sided here and is well known in the
city and valley.
Tar Baby, owned by Guy Bedwell,
was the winning horse i'm the 6-fur-
long event at Colorado Springs yes
terday Purse, Sl0O The races
closed at that track Yesterday and
Mr. Bedwell will be at home i'm a few
days.
The circulars giving information
| regarding the opening of the Uiutah
/ reservation and the registration reg
ulations issued by the Chamber of
! Commerce are in great demand and
already several thousand have been
| distributed, hundreds being sent
! back east.
Reports from Glenwood Springs
state that scores of people are ar
ranging to come to Grand Junction
/ on Monday, July 81, to see the big
| show. Large crowds are coming
| from all the towns along the line.
| Thousands of visitors will be in town
\ to welcome the Barnum 4 Bailey
show
The location of the registry offices
have not yet been definitely decided
upon by the Chamber of Commerce
committee who have that matter in
| charge. Three locations, either one
OF which will prove most satisfactory.
are under consideration, and a selec-
/ tion will be made in few days. The
offices win be located near Main
/ street
Attorney Stroud Logan has had
| fine Diebold safe in his office for
| three years without knowing the
combination, keeping II as proof
against fire and not thieves. Last
evening a boy turned the knob. not
| knowing the mischief he was doing.
and locked the safe. Mr.. Logan has
all sorts of local experts working,
| trying to work the combination.
State Insurance Commissioner L
e. Rittenhouse has started a crusade
against insurance companies doing
| business in Colorado. Upon assum-
ing his duties of office he has found
| that his predecessors completely ig
nored a section of the statutes which
compels insurance companies to pay
| a license of 81 per year for each
| agent. He estimates that Colorado
thus has lost between $4,000 and
| $4,000. He will make an effort to
collect this money.
prominent hotel man declares
| that the tourist traffic in Colorado
was greater in June and the present
/ month than il ever was before in
| the history of the tourist business in
| Colorado. The highest point reached
| in any year heretofore by the rail
roads in carrying tourists was So
| 600 travellers II is confidently pre-
| dicted that the number of tourists
| to be carried in the state by the
| Denver & Rio Grande, the Colorado
q Southern, the Midland, the Moffat
and other roads this year Will reach
| the 100000 mark.
dispatch from Provo states that
/ George c. Hunt. the special inspec-
| tor of the general land office, is in
/ that city comforting with the city Of
| fcials regarding the registration. He
asked that two buildings, to be used
as registration Offices, be provided
| by the city. and one building, the
/ Parker school. has already been Sc
cured by Jaor RoylanCe. and for the
other Office the Proctor Academy or
old tabernacle will be secured. Mr..
| Hunt stated that the government
| would pay no rent for registration
Offices, but will employ doorkeepers
at 50 per day. Mayor Roylance has
| assured Mr.. Hunt that everything to
preserve the best of order and pro
| tect the homeseekers will be done by
| the city officials.
| Many veterans of both the Civil
and Spanish-American wars will reg
| lister for lands in the Uintah reser-
vation. II is stated that over 800
! Colorado G. A. h. veterans will take
+, part in the drawing of the reserya-
/ tion lands This is the estimate of
| Col. w. w. Ferguson, in charge of
| the war relics museum in the state
capitol at Denver. For the past
month he has been literally flooded
with letters requesting information
about the opening of the reservation.
| From the letters ! have received |
| am sure that over 800. of the veter-
ans will take up land" he declared
to a reporter in Denver yesterday.
The boys seem to have their hearts
set upon this Utah land and are dead
anxious to get slice from Uncle
! Sam"
Rev. James Fiield of Kansas City,
secretary of the evangelical commit
tee Of the Congregational church. ar
| rived in the city today at noon over
the Colorado Midland, and is the
| guest of Rev. James a. Becker. This
evening Rev. Fiheld Will conduct
services at the church and every ev-
| ening during the remainder of the
week he will deliver a sermon. He Is
a man of national reputation and one
Of the brilliant speakers of the Con
| gregational church. Everybody
should avail himself or herself OF the
opportunity to hear this able man.
4 cordial invitation is extended to
the public TO attend.