The daily sentinel., 1905-05-12

The brick work on the new addi-
tion to the Windsor cafe has been
completed
Oliver Dean. editor of the Pail
sade Tribune. was in town yesterday
afternoon
Percy Grubbs, foreman at the Bar
ton & Platt livery stable, returned
this morning from a short trip to
Denver
A meeting of the fire insurance
agents of the city was held last night
at the offices of the Ramey Invest
ment Company.
a farewell reception in honor of
S. w. Coleman and family will be
given at the Methodist church to-
morrow evening.
Mr.. Crosby of the Fruita Drug
Company. who is i'll at the hospital
in this city, is not improving as rap
idly as his friends think he should
Rev. James A. Becker returned
home today from Fruita. where he
has been attending the sessions of
the Western Congregational Asso-
citation.
Rev. j. NJ. p. Martin left Thurs
day for the east on an extended visit
He will spend some time at St. Louis
and Kansas City and will attend sew
eral important Baptist gatherings.
AT a meeting of the Book Cliff
Camp of the Woodmen of the World
last evening, A. w. RAIDER. the city
pump man. was received into the
lodge. The session was largely at
tended.
Miss Maude Allen. at her home on
White avenue. entertained the young
ladies of the b. T. G. Club last even
ing in very pleasant manner. The
young ladies' perfected plans for
picnic to be enjoyed within few
days.
DR.. Merritt of the Methodist
church went down to Fruita yester-
day to visit for a few days with the
Methodists of that place. DIR. Mer-
ritt acted as supply pastor at Fruita
for some months last year and is very
popular with the members of the
congregation of the Fruita Methodist
church. He will return home Satur-
day.
There have been no further devel-
opments in the Fruita robbery affair.
The burglars have not been run
down. They covered their tracks
pretty successfully and seem to have
made good their escape. The loss of
the Fruita Mercantile Company will
not be as heavy as reported yester-
day. The company estimates its loss
of cash and goods at about $3.50.
Last evening at their home on
Chipeta avenue Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
T. DeLoos entertained at dinner d
small Marty of friends IN no ,nr rl
AR. and Mrs. S. w. Cole.r.n. VII.
leave next ~cok for their new hone
in California. The guests were Mr.
aud Mrs. S. W. Coleman. M D. j.
Kenney of Salida. Mrs. David r.
The occasion was one of much pleas
ure.
Today is Field day with the city
schools. No sessions were held in
the high school during the day, and
the pupils of the other departments
were dismissed at noon for half
holiday. The program as published
in The Sentinel yesterday is being
carried out this afternoon at the fair
grounds. The day is an ideal one for
the sports. There are a number of
entries for every contest. The pro
gram was opened at about $3.50 pm.
A large crowd is out to witness the
contests. The exercises will not be
concluded before 3 o'clock. A fun
list of the winners will be published
tomorrow.
Ernest Sumner, son of Col. Jack
Sumner of this city and brother of
Charles G. Summer of The Sentinel
force, in connection with Henry
Gable, are the editors and proprie-
tors of the Salida Daily Tribune, the
first edition of which was printed n
few days ago. Messrs. Sumner and
Gable formerly resided at Durango
Both are linotype operators and they
have put in at Salida complete and
modern printing office, including a
Mergenthaler linotype. The Tribune
is very neat in its appearance. and
the style and makeup is very attrac-
tive. The local columns are most
readable. The young men are ex-
perienced in the newspaper business,
and will doubtless make the Tribune
success,
1t is more than probable that the
delegation of congressman who will
tour the west this summer. visiting
the various irrigation districts. will
include Grand Junction in their itin-
erary. The congressman who are ar
ranging the details of the trip were
somewhat confused about railroad
connection in this section of the state,
and for this reason more than any
other Grand Junction had been omit
ted from the itinerary. However,
Secretary Falconer of the Chamber
of Commerce has been correspond-