The daily sentinel., 1905-09-13

/ SHhV, ne enjoyed MS short vacation
/ hugely
Tine city schools are showing an
increase i'm the total enrolment every
I day. Nearly thirteen hundred names
/ have been enrolled.
ecS of masuiiicent peaches of
I mugs dimensions. displayed in the
windows of the RiCh-Hutchinson real
estate offices has attracted much
attention today
A man is in town this week try
ing TO arrange to bring a merrv-go-
round to Grand Junction for fair
week but he thought the city license
100 high and decided to take his ma
chine to Montrose.
The state federation of labor
is in session at Salida this week. The
convention held its first session YES
yerday. The attendance is large.
labor learers and laboring men from
an sections of the state being pres
ent.
Ihe regular meeting of Book
Chn Camp No. 81. Woodmen OF the
World will he held Thursday even
ing A full attendance is desired.
The entertainment committee will
serve refreshments
This morning the Indian school
band left for Paonia to participate
in the big Woodmen Of the World eel
ebration- The services of the band
nave been engaged by the Paonia
Woodmen for three days.
There will be something doing
in Grand Junction every day next
week from early morn until late at
night. There win be attractions at
the fair grounds every hour in the
day, and shows at the opera house
and dances at the auditorium will
make the evenings lively.
Head Consul Boak. of the Pacific
jurisdiction of the Woodmen of the
World, will visit the local lodge about
september 26th. As this will be Mr.
Boak's first visit to Grand Junction
since assuming the duties as head
consul 1t is expected that the Wood
men of the city will give him a
hearty reception.
The Kempton Komedy Komp-
any Will appear at the Park opera
house one week commencing, Mon
day, September 18th. with an en-
tire change of program each evening
The price of admission being 25. 80
and so cents. On Monday evening
one paid admission will admit gen
tleman and lady or two ladies'. Seats
now on sale at Haskells Pharmacy.
No questionable shows of any
description whatever will be permit
ted by the management upon the
Iair grounds next week, nor viii
gambling in any form be tolerated
for an hour. The city authorities
VIII see that the city is kept clear
of such things Last year the fair
was conducted on strictly iirst-class
basis and the same will be the case
this year.
Yesterday DR.. Il. f. Eldridge
received a letter from Kathleen l..
Gregg, editor of the -Four Track
News" one of the most widely read
newspapers Of New York state, ac-
l5nowledging the receipt of Dr. Ed
ridges book. "A Tale of the Sinbad
Mines" Miss Gregg stated that she
had read the book with pleasure and
found il to be a very interesting and
entertaining story.
DR.. d. r. Ramsey and Mont
Ramsey returned last night from their
hunting trip on Pinon Mesa. They
brought back with them a dozen
grouse and thirty sage chickens, the
reward of one days hunt. The gen
tlemen went up Sunday, driving
good mule team, were out after birds
all day Monday and started for home
yesterday morning. The short trip
was peasant and a successful one.
Otto Mears. The San Juan
Pathfinder" well known in Grand
Junction. is in Denver waiting the
arrival of his big motor passenger
car to be installed on the Red Noun
tain and Silyerton railroad and the
Silverton Northern line for the trans
portation of passengers over these
roads. If the experiment proves a
success 1t is thought that the Red
Mountain and Silverton road Will be
extended from Red Mountain to
Ouray.
The city of Spokane. Washing
ton has prepared 900 feet of NOV
ing pictures representing wheat grow
ing and harvesting scenes, irrigation
work and other agricultural activ-
titles in the vicinity of Spokane, for
free exhibition in the Washington
state building at the Lewis and Clark
exposition After the fair the pictures
are to be placed on the vaudeville
theatre circuits in the east This will
be a novel feature in vaudeville en-
tertainment
One of the largest If not the
largest stock of carpets, ever brought
TO this city has just been received
by the Gourley-Platt furniture COM
pany for the fall trade. The most
complete and best-selected line of
velvets and administers ever seen III
Grand Junction. Ten years eNper-
ience in the carpet business will en-
able the firm to fit your rooms In
the most satisfactory manner. The
closest measurements, the lowest
prices and the best goods are guar
anteed.
Reports received in this city from
the various towns Of the state on
the western slope Indicate that big
are coming to Grand
Junction next week TO attend the fair
from all of the surrounding towns
and cities. Leadville win send down
a large crowd on one or two days. I.
several hundred Glenwood Springs
people are coming down one day, |
While New Castle, Rife DeBeque and
tle towns of the narrow guage dis
r-ict will be well represented on one
or more days. There Is every indi- /
cation that the crowds next week /
will be as large as those in Grand
junction during the week OF the big
fair last year.
Rain has interfered with some
of the crops in the county according
TO the crop report for the week end
ing Monday. September 1lth. The
bulletin reads as follows; Grand
Junction. cool and wet; ranges inn
proved. but cutting Of alfalfa inter
ft1,. ffttff Gathering NOT