The daily sentinel., 1905-07-06

the city.
J. W. Osborne left yesterday for
his big ranch, and will be out of the
city several days.
The big iron frame work and fix
lures are being placed in position on
the new Fair block.
Miss Madge Corcoran leaves this
evening for Provo, Utah, on an eX-
tended visit to her sister. Mrs.
Goette.
c. E. Adams and daughter were
members of the party of Montrose
people that came to the city last
night and left this morning for Den
yer.
Mrs. George w. Peugh and chill
dren. accompanied by Mrs. Peugh's s
sister. Cauble. left this morning for
the Plateau valley on an extended
visit
a. Bergeron, the tuner. again so
licits your piano tuning. He resides
at $40 Pitkin avenue. Orders taken
at Bannister's store.
John Corcoran won the first prize.
$50. in the big roping contest at
Rifle on July 4. There was large
number of contestants, but Corcoran
won out easily.
{ This evening the direciors of the
Civic Improve uent League viii meet
in regl-ts, session at the Offices of
III Chamber OF Commerce. A fun
/ attendance of the directors is de-
sired.
| o. c. Skinner of Montrose was a
pleasant caller at the Sentinel office
this morning. Mr., Skinner is mem
Der OF the executive committee of
the Western Slope Fair Association.
Miss May Rice, Mrs Eugene H
smith, Misses Hope and Blanche
Iaylor, Miss Pearl Marion and Fred
Groves, members of the local En-
worth League. left Tuesday evening
Tor Denver to attend the national
convention.
Milton Marks, a prominent mer-
chant of Denver. is in the city the
guest OF his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. X. Sampliner. Mr. Marks is a
Drother OF Mrse. Sampliner. He has
frequently visited the city and is
well known here.
Glenwood Springs Avalanche. For
the first time in the history of the
H''Hrn slone. the boards of direc-
tors Of the different fairs held wep, ,
of the range are to meet in Grand
Junction this week to try to arrange
weeks for each to hold their fairs.
Inst now Grand Junction and Mont
rose have their dates set for the
same week.
Rev. l.. b. Haynes. who is devot-
ine, his life to prison work, is in the
city on a visit to his brother, w. r.
Haines. past exalted ruler of the To-
cal lodge of Ellts. Bey. Haines has
visited hundreds of prisons IN eY-
cry section of the country. preach
v,1sa s.fNf In NNHft
them to lead better life. He is
thoroughly consecrated to this noble
work and is meeting with grsat sue
cess. Rev. Haines will be in the city
for some time.
As usual. many lives were lost and
hundreds OF people injured in the
! United States as & result of the cele-
bration of the Fourth of July. Ac-
cording TO dispatches received by the
Record Herald of Chicago from $50
principal cities of the United States,
80 people were killed and l,677 peo-
pie injured by explosions OF fire
crackers. fire arms, gun powder and
toy pistols Thousands of dollars
worth of property was destroyed by
fire on the Fourth.
When police court convened this
morning Judge sweeney found a mot
| ley crowd. consisting of eight men,
arraigned before him. Seven of the
men were arrested as hoboes, while
the eighth had been drunk and dis
/ orderly. Two of the hobo crowd
were mere boys, not over 10 years
of age. These the judge dismissed
after administering a severe lecture
and a warning The other defend
ants were given the usual fines, and,
as none were able to pay, the dele
/ cation was turned over to ofiicar
| Knowles and viii work their fines
out on the streets The fine of one
of the men was later remitted by
the mayor.
Millions and millions OF wingiess
srasshoppers are beginning to make
their ahnpal raid upon Routt coun-
ty and the surrounding territory
south of Bear river. AS far west as
Z Craig. There are several great bands
| OF the hoppers, and they are moving
in every direction. Little damage is
done to the ranges, but the grain
crops are suffering terribly, many of
the grain crops having already been
completely destroyed. In some la
stances fields have been saved by
flooding with water; In others farm
ers have banded together and gimply
herded the pests away with whips.
They attack potato crops and do not
of fine oat fields in Routt county.
which promised a fine yield a few
weeks ago, present nothing but
barren waste. Every effort is be
ing put forward hy the state expert
ment station at Fort Collins to de
wise d way to destroy the pest
In evident anticipation of the ther-
momstsr uprising, which is certain
to occur about this time O. year, the
miscellaneous matter In the August
Designer has been kept at AS low f.
temperature as possible Ice is il
strong demand during August, but
probably not one ice consumer in ten
knows the links of the chain which
, draws the blocks of frozen water
/. from river or lake to the household
refrigerator II is all made clear in
the August Designer \ floating
boarding house was a suceessfe, &C
tuality which delighted h6st OF self
supporting women a Few months ago.
1t was crowded from the moment
its gang plank was thrown out nm
til lack of docking space forced i,
out of business. The scheme was TOO