The daily sentinel., 1905-08-23

Fred o. King has returned from
' trip into the far northwest.
The work on the roof of the new
Fair block is well under way.
George H. West, a. prominent
citizen of Greeley, is a visitor today
Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. Hussey of
JEFFERSON, Tex, en- route west, were
visitors today.
j. p. Reed of Great Bend, Kan.
is spending a few days in the valley
The Odd Fellows held an impoi-
tant business meeting last night
transacting considerable business.
Mrs. II. l.. Taylor and Miss Hell
en- Taylor of Wichita, Kan, are
among the many strangers in town
today.
Miss Mayme Stevens has been
very i'll for several days at her home
on the corner of Third and Main
street.
M. NJ. Shores of the Grand June
ton Feed & Implement Company re
turned last night from a business
trip up the narrow gauge.
1t is reported that the concrete
company which has been employed
on the new depot will not return
from Denver until October.
Mrs. II. Reed is a recent arrival
from Kansas City to join her hus-
band. The latter is a structural iron
worker and together they viii go to
Salt Lake City and Seattle.
Go to IVES Flagg's barber shop
in the postofIice block. First class
and satisfactory work done by com
petent and courteous workmen A
patron of the Flagg barbershop wears
satisfied look.
Miss Ferbrache and Mrs. Klev-
er, two 70 the city's sweetest sing
ers will be heard at the Methodist
church Friday evening Mrs Ne
Nulty will also render a violin solo.
Don't fail to attend this entertain
ment.
r. NJ. Hardinge, local weather
observer, states that yesterday was
the hottest day of the season. the
maximum temperature being 9S de
grees. 1t was very sultry all day
and the heat continued through the
night.
Friday evening. The grand gold
medal contest at the Methodist
church. Six young lady orators,
each holding a gold medal Will con
test for the grand prize. Several
fine special features Admission 25
and / ) cents.
Last night nearly forty passen-
gers for Grand Junction were on the
narrow gauge. The passenger traf-
fic on the railroads is very heavy just
now. The trains passing through
the city going either east or west are
usually crowded.
&C. w. Bacon left this morning
for Delta, where he goes for the pur-
pose of teaching a party OF young
men drumming. in a recently estab-
| lished drum corps. They will go to
| Denver for the big G. A. r. reunion
and encampment, and expect to make
| quite showing.
The first grand gold medal con
test ever held on the western slope
at the Methodist church Friday even
| ing. It will be the best contest of it's
kind ever heard in the city Six
young ladies will compete. Fine
musical numbers also. Admission
very low.
This morning a big camping par
/ ty left the city at an early hour for
the Rice camp on Pinon mesa, where
they will enjoy mountain life for the
next ten days Frank, Carl and Isaac
! Hill. the two young ladies' visiting at
the Hin home, Bernard, Ralph and
Miss May Rice and several other
young people were members of the
| party The young people left the
city anticipating a jolly time
Quite Il few people are specu-
latinE on the nature of the visit Of
Chief Justice Gabbert paid this see
| ton Monday. Some say that the
judge is looking after his political
fences, which need quite a little
mending. A well known democrat
put the question to his honor whether
he was a democrat. and, if we under
stood the gentleman correctly, he
said that Judge Gabbert responded
in the Affirmative.
This afternoon the funeral OF
Emery Beaman. the young man who
was drowned in the Grand river near
Iona on Sunday afternoon, tool,
place at Fruita. As the young man
was well known a large concourse of
! friends gathered at the Methodist
church where the services We're held
and at the Fruita cemetery to pay n
last tribute of respect to the mem
ory of the deceased. Rev. Burd had
charge of the services. The funeral
was in charge of Undertaken Gour
ley.
The Booster Book. edited and
published by Sumner 4 Horn, has
been received from the printers and
will he ready for distribution in a few
| days. The book contains nearly one
hundred pages, has many handsome
| illustrations and gives forth more
solid and reliable information about
the city and valley than any adver-
tising medium ever sent out from
this city. Thousands of copies were
printed and they will be widely cir
culated throughout the country. The
! Booster Book was issued under the
sanction of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Glenwood Avalanche: The Grand
Il Junction team seems to have gone
home with sore heads, Judging from
the report of the game which they
gave the Grand Junction News. The
score as given in that paper was
4 to 8. The account says that the
boys We're very much elated over their
victory. and if the game had been
! twice rs long the score would have
been unchanged on the part of the
Glenwood team. But, nevertheless.
the Grand junction aggregation were
badly frightened when the game
| closed. as they had only one tally to
the good, The score was II to 10;
but it is entirely safe to say that
there will be different result next
Sunday, when the teams play again.
1t was great big audience that
greeted the Kempton Komedy Kom-
pany at the Park opera house last
night and 1t was thoroughly