The daily sentinel., 1905-08-23

No. was twenty minutes late
this afternoon
Edward Eds of Oskaloosa, Ia,
is a new arrival.
The front of the Senate saloon
is being handsomely repainted.
Quite a number of prominent
railroad officials are in the city to-
day
Mr.. and Mrs AL Ferguson of
Eimwood, Neb., are in the city for a
short visit.
The Kempton Komedy Kompany
left the city this morning over the
! narrow gauge.
"A train load of gravel arrived
last night and is being unloaded at
the new depot grounds.
The first filings on homestead
claims in the Uintah will be made
next Monday. August 2S.
Thomas Hadcock opened his new
blacksmith and machine shop on Col
orado avenue this morning for bust
ness.
Many are planning to take in
the excursion to Ouray Sunday, to be
run by the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
road
Mr. and Mrs. ]. w. Chapman of
Pueblo passed through the city this
morning en- route home from the far
west.
There is very little change to-
day in the condition of Mrs. p p
Collins, who is suffering from ty-
phoid fever.
The next attraction at the opera
house will be a home talent enter
tainment on the evening OF August
, / and September 1.
Mrs. b. l.. Hopson and Mrs. Joe
Cramer leave this evening on No. 6
for Denver, where they will visit
friends for the next week.
Yesterday MagiIl & VanDalsem
traded 10 acres of land southeast of
the Indian school to Mort f. Steele
for his 35-acre ranch southwest of
Fruita.
Three gentlemen. friends of W.
j. Meyer of the Fair store, arrived in
the city last night for short visit
with Mr. Meyer. They are touring
the west.
Edgar O'Neil, little son of J. S.
O'Neil, manager of the Grand Valley
Itch, is i'll at his home on Ute ave-
nue., suffering from an attack of fe-
yer. Edgar is one of the regular car
rier boys of The Sentinel.
A. o. Arnold, proprietor of the
Senate restaurant, and several 9TH
ers, who made a trip to the Uintah
reservation, arrived home yesterday
morning, Mr.. Arnold was not at all
favorably impressed with the reser-
vation.
This morning was considered by
many the most oppressive and sultry
of the summer. The night was
warm one and the atmosphere be
came more heated and dense as the
morning progressed. Had the tenn
perature dropped suddenly this morn
ing very heavy rain would have fol-
lowed.
Prof. j. p. Lowe of Knoxville,
Tenn, has been elected teacher of
the seventh grade of the city schools
to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of Miss Pickett of Michigan
Prof. Lowe is highly recommended
as an able and experienced instruc-
tor. He was chosen at a special meet
ing of the school board.
Word has been received from
Rev. Walters, pastor of the Christian
church, that he arrived at Coffey-
Vile. Kan, Sunday afternoon, and
although feeling quite tired, stood
the trip very well and is feeling fair
ly well. He hopes to regain his
strength rapidly from change of
scene and the effects of a lower al
titude.
To-day number of Grand juno
tion people who registered for free
farms in the Uintah received official
notices of numbers drawn by them
during the past two or three days.
one or two parties received notif-
cation that they had numbers above
the $1,000 mark. They are not wor-
rying about making filings. nor have
they made strong efforts to secure a
market for their chances.
Last night at meeting of the
odd Fellows a committee was ap-
pointed to arrange the program for
a lodge entertainment or social to be
given Tuesday evening of next week.
Whenever a firth Tuesday comes
around in a month, which is the case
only about three times year, the
Odd Fellows enjoy an evening of
pleasant diversion from the usual
work. a happy program will be ar
ranged by the committee and large
attendance is expected.
In a prosperous condition are
the crops of Mesa county. according
to the weekly crop report which
reads as follows: Grand Junction
Oats and wheat secured in excellent
condition, average yield; damage
from grasshoppers and worms only
in spots: beets continue promising;
fine peaches coming in for shipment
rain needed. Collbran-Harvestin
y
quality good. Second crop
of alfalfa in stack, poor; spring wheat
and oats stacked; threshing in prog
ress.
j. Ii. Lavery of Pennsylvania. |
the general manager of the Grand |
Junction Smelling Company. was an
arrival in the city at noon today. Mr.. |
Layery left home about two weeks |
ago and has been engaged on bust |
ness for the company ever since. Mr.. |
Lavery says that they are working |
as hard as anyone can to get things |
in shape for the starting of the smell |
ter, but that he could say nothing |
definite just at this time of the date |
that it might be anticipated that the |
smelter would begin operations. He
did say. though, that the friends of |
the smelter are much encouraged by |
the present outlook. /
The oil excitement has been at |
fever heat during the last two days at |
Montrose. Thousands are stalking |
lands below the Gunnison tunnel in |
which natural gas was struck Satur- |
day afternoon, and il is conservative
ly estimated that fully 10000 acres |