The daily sentinel., 1905-08-24

No was forty minutes late this
afternoon.
Prof. E. T. Fisher of Fruita is
in town today.
5. J. Thompson of Telluride was
in town this morning.
The new city scales are now in
perfect working order.
A. l.. Lagg of Sioux City, Ia.
is among the new arrivals.
james w. Galloway, Jr., of
Montrose is in town today.
j. II. Woods of Silverton is
greeting friends here today
Mr.. and Mrs. f. McCurdy of Sa-
Ida are guests of friends in the city
this week.
w. E. Platt and Doctor Ramsey
are expected home from their hunt
ing trip tonight.
N. Tiarks of Monticello. Ia.
came in yesterday and expects to
spend several days in the valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. n. Jackson OF
Great Bend. Kan, are among the
tourists who are spending the dag in
the city.
Among the advertising novelties
issued by the Mesa County Fair AS
sociation is a line of handsome little
memorandum books.
Mrs. George w. Peugh and sis
ter. Miss Ethel Couble, leave tomor-
row morning for Glenwood Springs
to spend two days with relatives.
A handsome new electric sign
was placed over the Windsor bar
yesterday. II is a beauty. and at
tracted much attention last night.
The work of painting the brick
walls of the fire house began this
morning. The color is a bright red
and the improvement will be a great
one
Last night William A. Lynch
brought party of people down from
the mines of the Western Slope Mill
ing & Mining Company in the Una
weep country.
Harry Burnett will attend the
races at Glenwood Springs Saturday
and Sunday, and will take his popular
trotting horse along to enter some
of the events.
L. Jaques. who has had a re
freshment stand at the city park
during the registration weeks, has
moved his stand on a lot on the cor
ner of Fifth and Ute
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George b. Robinson, who has been
very i'll with appendicitis for the
past week. was very low yesterday.
DuJ is signify DeItef TO-DAY.
Judge Theron Stevens of the dis
trict court, accompanied by Mrs. Ste
vens, are visitors in the city today
They came in last evening over the
narrow gauge from their home in Ou-
ray.
Telephone Mesa 105 when you
want "A livery rig. Barton & Platt
have one of the best equipped livery
establishments in western Colorado
and fill every order in a satisfactory
manner.
Bread even better Than that
mother used to make is to be found
at the Progress bakery. Buy your
pies, cakes and fruits there. Every
thing fresh. All telephone orders
given prompt attention.
This morning nine men, arrested
as hoboes, were arraigned before
Judge Sweeney. All were found gull
ty as charged, but sentence was sus-
pended on five, while four were sent
to jail. The men were all arrested
in the railroad yards.
At the corner of Fifth and Colo
RADIO is located Barton & Platt's
barn. Good horses, no broken-down
animals, nice rigs. the best service
and courteous treatment. Call on
them when you need anything in
Nllt livery llHts
For nearly five weeks the fire
alarm has not sounded in Grand
Junction, the longest period Grand
Junction has been without fire
this year. However the fire boys
keep in splendid practice. taking a
long run every morning.
Powell & Mckinney have pur-
chased the free corral from John
Kennedy and will in the future con
duct the business under the name of
the Pioneer corral. Messrs. McKin
ney and Powell are well known and
will doubtless meet with success from
the start.
Many people in Grand Junction
thought yesterday was as hot as the
day before. They are wrong. The
maximum temperature yesterday was
81 degrees, or degrees less than
that of Tuesday. The temperature
remained at n high notch all night,
however.
Grand gold medal contest to-
morrow night at the Methodist
church under the auspices of the w.
c. T. U. Besides orations Mrs. Klev-
err Miss Ferbrache and Mrs. Me
Nulty will delight the audience with
and o cents.
-Glenwood Springs Avalanche:
Mrs. Harry Burnett of Grand June
tion is spending several days in this
city. She will be Joined by her hus-
band. Harry Burnett. proprietor of
the Hotel Grand at Grand Junction,
next Saturday. MIR. Burnett is a rae
ing enthusiast and viii be here to at
tend the matinee.
Capt. and Mrs. James NJ. Ken
nedy and children arrived home last
night from Durango Mrs. Kennedy
has been visiting in Denver the
greater part of the summer. while
Capt. Kennedy has been following
his work as organizer for the Wood
men of the World lodge at different
points in the state. Tor the past
three weeks he has been at Durango.
San Francisco. Aug, 2S-The
stockholders of the Western Pacific
Railway company have been called
together to meet here today for the
purpose of authorizing an Increase Of
the capital stock of the company
from S5O,00O.0OO to S75,0O0.OOO.
The company has recently authoriz-
ed the issue of 100000 OF the
first mortgage bonds, the interest on
the mortgage to be guaranteed by the
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