The daily sentinel., 1905-06-09
G. w. Terrell of Fruita was in

will hold their usual sale of cakes
and other cooked foods at the Crown
furniture store tomorrow afternoon.
Last night Master Joe Broecking,
son of Henry. Broecking, celebrated
his 9th birthday at his home. He en-
tertained quite a crowd of his young
friends
Great preparations are being made
for the Children's day exercises at
the Methodist church Sunday even
ing. The program will be most en-
tertaining.
Editor Frost of the Herald spent
yesterday afternoon in Fruita, and
reports everything to be in a pros
porous condition in the little city
of the lower valley
| DIR. William r. Lawrence of Sill
by. la, an old-time friend of Rev.
| Eugene II. Smith and d. w. Aup-
perle. was an arrival in the city,
and will spend several days here
looking over the valley with a view
of making his home here.
The Primrose Jewelry & Music
Company are making big cuts on
their prices this month on jewelry,
cut glass, silverware, souvenir
spoons. sterling silver. fancy mantle
clocks and anything suitable for
wedding presents. When we say cut
prices, we mean cut prices.
The ice house and big sheds at
ta T,ua. 1,;,.,. bava haar, r,nva1
from their old location to a. place
where they will be safe from the high
waters of the Grand THE work of
moving Mr.. Jones' residence is well
under way. Mr.. Jones' loss will
mount to hundreds of dollars.
The county clerks Office rarely ev-
er experiences a dull day. The force
Of clerks are always busy. Yester-
lay, which was very quiet day
throughout the city in the business
,ircles. % instruments were record
I'd at the clerks office. The real es-
tate transfers of each week amount
o large figure.
Wes Flagg's barber shop, now To-
Gated in the PostofIice block, is one
of the best equipped tonsorial estab-
lishments in this section of the state.
Only competent BARRIERS are found
in this shop. Everything is first class
and cleanliness and neatness is in
evidence on every hand. You will be
satisfied with the service.
f. NJ. Slocomb the hardware man.
ed trip through the northwest. He
will visit relatives in Oregon and
take in the Portland exposition. Be
fore returning he will visit points
in California, Montana and Idaho.
lie viii return home about July .,
and left expecting to enjoy his outing
Immensely.
dam in the Uncompahgre river
at Ouray, built to supply the water
FOR the Ouray Electric Light Com
pany broke last night about
o'clock and caused thousands of dol
lars worth of damage. The plant
of the light company was partially
submerged and many other buildings
near the river are partially under
water. The river is dangerously
high and the water is moving at a
terrific rate.
j. II. Falls, the post commander
of the Grand Junction Post No. 50,
G. A. r., has issued a circular let
ter to all old veterans of the civil
war who are under the jurisdiction
of the local post, urging the men Dcrs
that are delinquent to reinstate at
this time, and asking those who are
not members of the post to join the
order at once, so that they can get
advantage of the low railroad rates
made to members of the G. A. r.
who desire to attend the national en-
campment to be held in Denver from
half of the regular one way rate has
been made by the railroads to mem
bers of the G. A. r. and their wives
the Woman's Relief Corps and the
ladies of the G. A. X. Positively
no others will be allowed this rate
Consequently all old soldiers are
urged to get their names on the ros-
ter, now being prepared, at once.
The Grand Junction post will attend
the encampment in a body.
The people in general do not seem
to have clear idea of the signif
icance of the weather flags displayed
from the top of the Canon block.
said Observer r. NJ. Hardinge this
morning to The Sentinel. 81 have
heard several persons comment upon
the fact that sometimes the weather
bureau hangs out fair weather flag
in the midst of rain. 1t should be
borne in mind that the flags you see
displayed today represent the fore
cast of the weather tomorrow, not
the forecast for either today or to-
night. Tomorrow as far as the
forecast of the weather bureau is
concerned, means the period of time
between am. and pm. tomorrow.
The forecast as made includes to |
night and tomorrow, and sometimes