The daily sentinel., 1905-09-08

Only ten DAYS until the opening
of the Mesa county fair.
3. w. Vedder returned today
from the Plateau valley.
This evening the Rebekahs
meet in regular session.
r.. J. Bolles, the Colorado
Springs capitalist, is in town to-day.
-Remember your washing Is 10
per cent cheaper now by buying a
coupon book at the Excelsior Laund
ry.
The fire department has respond
ed to two fire alarms within the last
twenty-four hours, the first calls they
have had for nearly two months.
R. l.. Nichols, manager OF the
Grand Junction Planning Mill COM
pany, returned home today from a
pleasant visit with his family in Den
YER
The daily fruit shipments are
growing larger. A number of cars
go out from Grand Junction every
night While Palisade sends out sew
eral every day
Mike Sullivan returned last
night from the Uintah Indian res
ervation. He held a number under
the six hundred mark but was not
pleased with the appearance of the
country and returned home without
| filing.
An average of 1900 pounds of
fruit is being shipped out daily from
this point by the Globe express com
pany over the Denver & Rio Grande
4 The average is hardly as large as
/ that of last year owing to the short
peach crop.
Miss Hazel Hilbert. daughter OF
1 c. G. Hilbert, one OF the proprietors
of the Star grocery is dangerously
/ i'll at her home at $50 Rood avenue.
The young lady is suffering from ap-
pendicitis. She is fourteen years Of
age.
Reports received here from the
| Grand Junction people in Denver
attending the encampment, state that
/ the old veterans from this county
are having the time of their lives
and are enjoying every minute of the
big reunion.
The remains of John NJ. Miller,
the aged man who died at Mack
/ Wednesday night, were brought to
this city last night and We're ship
ped this morning by the Gourley-
Platt Undertaking company to Mont
rose, the old home of the deceased
George w. McElroy and wife
left last night for Harper. Kansas to
be present at the celebration of the
fftieth anniversary of the marriage
of Mr.. McElroy's aged parents. A
family reunion will be held for the
first time in many years and Mr.. and
. Mrs. McElroy left anticipating a
happy visit.
james LaGrange returned last
night from two months visit at
= his old home in Cedar county, Iowa.
He declares that the two months
are to be counted among the happiesl
of his life. he met scores of old time
. friends and renewed acquaintance
/. that lapsed years ago. The visit
was alco very beneficial to Mr.. LIE
: Oranges health.
: The infant child of Mrs. Wallace
: Pollock who died few weeks age
at Fruita, died yesterday afternoon
the child was only two months ol
: age and has been i'll since the death
!. of its mother. The funeral Will take
place tomorrow afternoon. inter
ment at Orchard Mesa cemetery
/ Undertaken Gourley has charge oi
the remains.
Last night the first meeting held
by the Masons in the new Masonic
hall on Fourth street was largely at
tended and every member of the
| lodge who was present found ample
cause to congratulate the lodge upon
| the arrangement. convenience and
| comfort of the new home. No lodge
| in the city has n better suite of lodge
| i rooms than the Masons since the
new hall in the Lyons block has beer
| completed.
Joseph Newman and his clever
| company of entertainers are coming
to Grand Junction. Manager Has
| ltell having booked them for Monday
September 11th at the Park opera
/ house Mr.. Newman needs no in
| frAAngtfnu In "a TnlnTnnn nunipnN
because he is an established favor
| ite wherever he appears, and he is
well known here. And this season
he promises the same kind of an en-
| joyable show he always gives, but the
selection win be entirely new in every
| instance. Mr.. Newman has writer
| several new songs since his last Wis
! it here and will introduce them alonl
: with the latest up to date New Iorl
n successes.
I During the week of the fail
] there will be on display in the eN
hibition hall two large cases o.
4 samples of the different product,
obtained during the process of th'
manufacture of beet sugar Thes'
cases have been on exhibition at th'
: Worlds fair at st. Louis, and at the
Portland exposition, and are the prop
erty of the government, being In
n charge of n representative of the de
partment of agriculture. The eNhib
its show the transformation whicl
h the sugar beet undergoes from th'
/ time the seed is planted in the earl!
4 spring until the granulated suga
( is produced at the factory the fol
4 lowing winter. This will prove
\ highly interesting and instructive eN
( hibit to the thousands of visitors.
To-day the official premium lis
4 of the Mesa County fair was issue,
3 from the Sentinel Office and the bil
= edition was placed in the hands o
5 Secretary Fisher for distribution thi
I afternoon. The premium list is com
s piled in n handsome booklet contain
ng nearly one hundred pages, tn,
: matter is well arranged and prepar
5 ed in an attractive manner. Heav'
Z book paper is used in the book an,
5 the cover pages are of neat design
I Full information regarding the fair
{ rules and regulations governing tn
: exhibits and awards and the com
Z plete list of premiums to be awarded
6 in each depurtment are to be fOuui