The daily sentinel., 1906-08-08

Misses Stanley and Mcintosh of
ouray are visiting friends in the city
Mrs. Thomas Mitchell returned to
Mack today after short visit in the
city
Come in and see our bath room
liXtures-Lewiss & Sallee. 124 N.
5th street.
from 404 Colorado avenue to 127
S. Fifth street.
When did n. e. Coles assume a po-
sition that allows him to be called
District Attorney"
For hauling of any kind see Bar
ton & Platt. Special wagons for
moving purposes. Phone Mesa 105.
See our display of ladies' and gem
tlemen's pocket5ooks, bill books.
purses, and bags. best In THE CITY
-Postoffice Bookstore.
Window awnings, tents, camp
stoves and complete outfits at rea-
sonable price at Lowe and Coulter's,
1876 N. 5th street, Phone black 1853
The Gunnison tunnel will be com
pleted in the fall of 1908 unless some
thing unforeseen happens, says the
Montrose Enterprise. The west canal
may not be completed until the spring
of 1909.
On Friday night in this city there
will be a big joint meeting at odd
Fellows hall to be participated in by
the Rebekahs from Fruita, Palisade
and this city and the local odd Eel
lows. A big time is anticipated.
The local hotels were filled to over
flowing last night. There was n
total of over one hundred and fifty
guests at the three leading houses.
Commercial and tourist travel in very
heavy just now and there are several
scores of strangers in Grand juno
tion every day and night.
Ii has been reported to the Meek
er Herald that during the past few
weeks the Uncompahbre and Uintah
Indians are getting on the war path.
From reliable reports from people
coming from the reservations they are
trading all their ponies and are get
ting and keeping only their best sad
die horses. They are also buying
large quantities of ammunition and
are very sullen.
Mr.. Cochran. of Denver, the con
tractor who will have charge of the
work of erecting the new Grand no
tel was in town yesterday and while
here he let the excavation contract to
Fred Mills of this city. Mr.. Cochran
viii return to the city Saturday from
Denver accompanied by his foreman
WHO VIII iObh after iit
big contract. AS far as possible To-
cal worl1men will be empoyed on the
new building. The pressed brick and
other material will begin to arrive
this week and the work of excavation
will start at once.
1t is understood that the widen
ing of the guage of the Rio Grande
between here and Grand Junction was
done so easily and at so much less
cost and annoyance as compared to
that anticipated that the officers of
the road are now seriously thinking
of other work in that line. notably
to Ouray and Gunnison. and probab-
ly on over the Marshall pass, says the
Montrose Enterprise. For years the
Rio Grande has wanted to standard
guage the Marshall Pass because 1t
was shorter route than Tennessee
Pass, and now that widening the
tracks is found so easy there is likely
to be something doing in these mat
ters.
Hon. j. f. Fesler. better known as
Jack" Fesler. former state treasur-
err, who spent several days in the
city this week the guest OF MS old
time friend Orson Adams, Jr., of the
Mesa County National bank, will
leave in November for n business and
pleasure trip to China, which will oc-
cupy about three months. Mr.. Fes-
Ter was formerly consul from the
United tates to Annoy. China. one of
the principal ports of the empire and
he goes back partly to renew old ac-
quaintances and to transact siome
business affairs of considerable i'm
portance Mr.. Fesler has resigned
the cashiership of the new stockyards
bank with which he was connected.
in Denver.
II. S. Purtee, wife and daughter.
Moncma. came up from Grand juno
tion to attend the road race Sunday
and they remained over until Mon
day night. Mr.. Purtee is one of the
original fruit men in this county and
was fruit inspector of this county for
three years. Assisted by his son, A.
G. Purtee. he is in charge of one of
the largest fruit farms in Mesa
County, owned by the Intermountain-
Orchard company. of which Mr.. Pur-
tee is member and w. II. Haines.
president OF the Mesa County Fruit
and Industrial fair association. is
the principal stoekholder. Mr.. Pur-
tee says that they spray their or
chard every 15 days and they have
succeeded in getting a crop of fruit
that is over 90 per cent pure. The
apples that will be taken off the trees
in this orchard will have but very
few worms.-Glenwood Avalanche.