The daily sentinel., 1905-07-01

day.
H. F. vorbeek is visiting in Den
YER
E y. Spencer of Palisades is in
the city today on business matters.
A good hard downpour of rain
would be appreciated greatly before
the Fourth.
The weather forecast is; General
ly fair tonight and Sunday; cooler in
north portion.
! Mrs. /. y. Bunting and daughter
Hannah will return from two
Z weeks visit in Denver tomorrow.
A new plate glass window was
placed in the Bliss front, in place
of the one broken a few days ago.
Entries for all running races must
be made at the Office of Mr.. Atwood,
clerk of the course for the races of
the Fourth of July, before Monday
evening.
c. H. Robinson of the Mesa Paint
& Wall Paper Company left for
Montrose this morning for a few
days stay.
Mrs. Amanda Fletcher and grand
daughter, from Carthage, Ill, moth
er and niece of Mrs. J. Il. Weir, were
arrivals in the city last night on a
visit to the family of Rev. and Mrs
j. E. Weir.
Miss REEVE Stone Ferbrache most
delightfully."- entertained number of
ladies and gentlemen at her home
last night in honor of Misses Roset-
ia and Martin. Cards. music and
games occupied the evening. Miss
Jessie Martin won the first favor.
St. Matthews Episcopal-Sun-
| day school, 10 am: morning ser
vice and sermon, II am; evening
service and sermon, s pm. An eff
fort will be made to shorten both
sermon and service during the heat
ed season. c. w. G. Lyon. rector.
a. II. Moore of Knoxville, Tenn,
a relative of IL. o. Keiser of this
city. is a visitor to the city and val
ley. Mr.. Moore comes here for the
purpose of recuperation after a num-
ber of years of hard business life.
Mr.. Moore is engaged in the agri-
cultural machinery business.
There was a public installation Of
officers of the Coming Men of Amer
lea last night at the home of the
president of the organization, w, w.
Harrison, on Orchard mesa a most
delightful evening was spent fol
lowed by refreshments Following
the refreshments there was the menu
for the food of thought with Archie
Bliss as toastmaster. a most en-
| ioyable evening was spent.
A. c. Newton and wife will re-
turn tonight from their long journey
with the National Editorial Associa-
ton. They first went to Guthrie.
Ok, TO attend the session of the
association, and from there went
south and west to California and
then north to the Portland exposi-
| ton. The trip was a grand one
| throughout and Mr. Newton is to be
I congratulated that he and his wife
were permitted TO enjoy the trip, of
which they certainly were most de-
| serving.
There was a good crowd present
| last night at the meeting of the di-
rectors of the Chamber of Com
merce The work of the evening
was principally on the coming
| Fourth of July celebration. Re
| ports were read of the work that had
been done to secure the presence
here of the Mondell committee on
arid lands. As it was most uncer-
tain just when the special train
would arrive in this city, no definite
arrangements for the care of that
committee and their entertainment
could be made.
A little Japanese woman, the type
of the little brown race that is max
ing so much worlds history, has
been located in Haskell's pharmacy
today. selling Japanese headache
powder. She is very well educated,
and stated to Sentinel reporter
that her knowledge of English came
from the fact that 1t was obligatory
to study English in the public schools
of Japan. The little woman wears
her kimono so well that she has
been the envy of every lady who saw
| the manner in which the genuine
article is made to do duty on the
shoulders of the race that is the
original of that garment.
1t has been decided by the Fourth
of July committee that the fireworks
exhibition will be given in the Fair
grounds This is done to insure
safety and because the people can
find places to sit down and enjoy
the magnificent display that has been
provided for their entertainment
There is one piece that requires 40
feet space in length, and TO fire this
off successfully some place had to
be secured where It could be done
without any danger TO the vast crowd
of spectators The charge to the
grand stand will only be 10 cents
and admittance to the fair grounds
nothing for the evenings pleasures.
The band concert viii also be given
at the fair grounds on the night of
the Fourth.
Word was received in this city to-
day that a boy by the name of Gra-
ham. who claims Grand Junction as
his home. had ridden in four races
yesterday at Overland park, and
that he was a veritable wizard on
horseback. Diligent inquiry has been
made by The Sentinel to find out if
a boy with aspirations to be jockey
had been riding anywhere this sea
son, but nothing couid be found out
that would indicate that the boy
was from here. The horses on which
Graham was up We're the horses
from Ed Gaylord's S famous stable,
containing some OF the best horses
in the west. The inquiry that came
to this office as much as stated that
Graham would have a show of max
ing himself a Tod Sloan. II he could
ride always as he rode yesterday
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