The daily sentinel., 1905-09-13

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supplies at the Postoffice Book store.
-Charles Hawkins, who has been
experimenting some work on the new
business block of James Purcell at
Palisade, is in town today.
Hal Reid's great play, Human
Hearts" viii be presented Monday
night at the opera house as the open
ing bill Tor the Kempton Komedy
Kompany
Judge Joseph p Sweeney enter
ed upon his duties as one of the
members of one of the night Office
forces at the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers association, last night.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Grand Junction Building & Loan
association was held Monday evening
at the Offices of the secretary, Horace
+. DeLong. No business of general
interest was transacted.
Mrs. William F. White enter
tains this evening at her home on
North Seventh street in honor of her
visitors, Mrs. NJ. J. White and Mrs.
Ben T. Hardin Nearly one hundred
Invitations were issued
There was a large attendance
last night at the regular meeting of
the Odd Fellows. Work was done
IN the initiatory degree. b. w. Ved
der, the city water superintendent.
was initiated into the mysteries of the
order. The session was a lengthy
one.
The building committee of the
Odd Fellows lodge is advertising to
day for bids for the construction of
the stone and brick work on the
new hall to be erected at the corner
of Fifth street and Rood avenue. The
bids are to be received up until noon
on Thursday. September, 2Sth a
number of contractors are expected
70 make bids for the big contract
Only 1872 filings were made on
land in the Uintah reservation last
week out of 6G6 numbers that We're
called. according to the official re
port forwarded TO General Land Com
missioner Richards at Washington
This made total up to Saturday
night of G39 filings out of a possible
1892, or less than so per cent. The
total filings this week will probably
fall below one hundred.
Rev. II. j. Grace and wife ar
rived at noon today and are the
guests of Senator II. T. DeLong and
family. Rev. Grace, who was pastor
of the Methodist church of this city
number of years ago. has been
greeted by many old time friends
this afternoon. He and his wife viii
leave tomorrow morning over the
narrow guage for Durango, Rev.
Grace's new charge.
The trial of Mrs. 81 x. McCabe
charged with stealing nine boxes Of
fruit from the packing house of Frank
Berger of Palisade. was concluded at
"a late hour yesterday afternoon
Judge sweeney took the case under
advisement and viii render his de
cision Friday. Several Witnesses
we're examined by each side and the
case was argued by Attorney Coles
for the prosecution and Attorney
Weiser for the defense.
AT Grand Junction last Thurs
day the wife of a prominent and we'll
to-do farmer of that vicinity was ar
rested for shop lifting. and the mer-
chants charge that she has carried
on for months a systematic scheme of
stealing from store counters. Surely
the mother whose children must suf-
fer in reputation by her acts. and
one who has no need to pilfer. must
be mentally wrong, who viii do such
things Telluride Journal.
Miss Lila b. Crawford will ar
rive in the city this evening from
Shaw, Montana, for a visit with her
sister. Mrs. Josephine Pearce, Miss
Crawford was formerly employed as
She has been in the Indian service
or several years being employed as
teacher in the big Indian school at
Shaw, Montana. However, she tend
cred her resignation short time ago
and VIII quit the service. Miss Craw-
ford is well known in the city.
Yesterday the work of removing
the old building standing on the lots .
near the corner of Sixth and Main /
he site of the new office building of [
1 Ia Grand ID1sfn
pany, was started, and as soon as the 7
lots have been cleared the work of
making the excavation for the hand /
some new building will be started. I
The contract for the building has been .
awarded to John j. Lumsden. The .
Daily News expects to be in its new
quarters about the first of the year
In view of the fact that II was
been almost impossible under the !
present regulations to protect the hi
cycle paths of the city. a mass meet
ing of the hicyclists of the city will /
be held at the court house Friday
evening for the purpose of formulate
ing plans TO bring about legislation /
by the city council and county com /
missioners in the in terests of the bi- /
cyclists. The meeting will doubtless
be largely attended. Many people
driving along the streets in vehicles
paths in some parts of the city and /
as a result one or two of the newly
rebuilt paths have been almost com
pletely ruined in some sections.
The city council and the citi-
1ens In general of Glenwood Springs
are planning for a "Glenwood Day"
at the Mesa county fair. and judging
by the statements of the Avalanche
and of Glenwood people who have
visited Grand Junction during the
past few days hundreds of people are
coming FROM that city to Grand June
ton one day next week. Monday
night at the session OF the Glenwood
city council the Avalanche says that
Agents Gamble and Kecll of the Rio
Grande and Midland railroads asked
he board to endorse a "Glenwood
Day" for the Grand Junction fair so
hat IL would be looked upon as an
official act If the railroads advertis-
ed the big excursion to go to Grand
Junction on that day The council
vas also asked to furnish everyone
who wishes to 20 with free badges