The daily sentinel., 1905-02-08

Fred Thompson Of Ephiam, Utah,
is in town today.
Low round trip rates to Denver
Colorado Midland.
Clinton H. Martin of the Pa'isade
Tribune is in the city today.
B. P. Blair returned last night
from a short trip to DeBeque
Miss Wire, the popular young mil
liner of Palisade. is in the city today.
D. X. Torrance returned home on
No. from a business trip to east
ern points.
George s. Sargent of Carbondale
was an arrival in the city yesterday
at noon and will spend two days here.
A very attractive brick addition
to the building now occupied by Mrs.
Mclean on Colorado avenue has just
been completed and will enable Mrs.
Mclean to carry larger stock and
display it to advantage.
Today johnson & Giaseo, the real
estate men. report the sale of 40
acres of land belonging to Newt Tay-
lor to Henry Kaiser, and in the trade
Mr.. Kaiser sells his residence out
on Grand avenue for a consideration
of $4,000.
r. E. Vickdery, the new general
agent of the Colorado Midland, who
opened his office in Grand Junction
last week. has rapidly widened his
acquaintance among the business
men and bids fair to prove most
popular official.
Letters requesting literature set
ting forth the wonders of the Grand
valley are received daily by the sec
retary of the Chamber of Commerce
Day after day these inquiries come
in. though at this time of the year
they are not so numerous.
The funeral of Nelson L. Briley
took place this afternoon at o'clock
from the residence at 119 Colorado
avenue. Rev. Miller of the Baptist
church conducted a short service at
the house. Interment in Orchard
Mesa cemetery. Undertaken Bannis-
ter in charge.
]. A. Johnson. the real estate man,
today received a copy of the Willow
Lakes Is. d. Times. stating that on
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
of last week the thermometer regis
tered 40, 80 and 2S degrees below
zero. Willow Lakes is Mr.. John
sons old home.
The officials of the High Line irri-
CATION company, at the offices in the
Wallace Realty Company, are very
busy this week getting the contracts
and subscriptions ready for the land
holders. They are now ready to re-
,eiye subscriptions and those inter-
ested should call as soon as conven-
lent. A capable body of officials are
at the head of the association.
Charles w. Haskell, the civil en-
gineer, returned this morning from
a trip to the Plateau valley where he
went to look after some surveying
matters. Mr.. Haskell states that
there was most decided change
for the worst in the weather in the
Plateau country last night after
three days of exceedingly lovely
weather. Mr.. Haskell will be at his
offices for several days.
A gentleman who arrived this
week from Iowa to make his home in
the valley says this weather looks
| gond IN hin, and 10 not IN tba Iooet
discouraged as many might be at
such weather conditions. The mud
has its attractions, he says, for a
man who has just left state where
the thermometer registers at times
IS to 25 degrees below zero, and the
ground is frozen hard to a depth of
several feet.
At noon today at the home of the
bride on Orchard Mesa, Mr. George
Corn and Miss Sarah Christina Duck
EFT were united in marriage in the
presence of the relatives and few
intimate friends of the bride and
groom. A dinner followed the cere-
mony and the happy couple left this
evening on a visit to various points
in the state. Miss Duckett is a very
charming young lady and has many
friends in the city among the young
people. She is the daughter of Mrs
NJ. E. Duckett. Mr. Corn is a prom
inent young cattleman of the valley
and is well known in Grand June
tion.
At the meeting of the vestrymen
of the st, Matthew's Episcopal church
last evening Rev. c. w. G. Lyon, the
rector. announced that he would de-
cline the call extended to him from
church in one of the cities on the
eastern slope. The vestrymen de
clared that it was the desire of the
Pensioners to have Rev. Lyon re
main as pastor of their church and
his salary was substantially increased
by action of these officials last even
ing. By subscriptions from members
of the church and friends of the
congregation an Indebtedness of the