The daily sentinel., 1906-07-03

Sherman w. Moody returned this
morning from a successful fishing
expedition.
Ffreerackersl Forecrackers-Lots
of them at the Delicatessen at 5 cents
a bunch, POS Colorado avenue.
Miss Bulah Van Buren, and mother
left today for Miss Bulah's ranch near
Clifton where they will remain for
a few days.
Howard Fletcher. of the fruit grow
ers association. who has been i'll with
fever for some time, is able to be out
for a short time each day.
Mrs. X. f. Benge and little daugh-
ter Leonora, VIII leave this evening
for Boise City, Idaho for a months
visit with relatives and friends.
Misses Fannie and George Arm
strong, daughters of John w. Arm
strong, left today at noon for Canon
City for a visit with Mrs. w. S. Core.
The grass in the city park is be-
ing cut this afternoon and the work
of improvement in that park win be
continued from now on by Commits
soiner Armstrong.
Among the Grand Junction peo-
pie who left the city this morning
for Montrose and other points along
the d. e R. G. narrow guage
to spend the Fourth were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack McLuen, James Hards and
Miss McAllister.
This morning the papers in the
sale of the Methodist mission church
in the Crawford addition to the school
district were drawn up and the trans
fer formally made. The papers were
made out in the Office Of the Home
Loan & Investment company.
The electric light company has
been busy for the last few days in
changing some of their arc lights so
as to put them in the circuit control
led by the company's new arc light
regulator at the plant. A new arc
/ light has been installed at the corn er
of Rood and Fifth and the company
is preparing to put into operation a
number of others before long
Today c. A. Kitsmillef, the wire
I less Telegraphy man, and his assist
ants have been busy arranging the
/ local stations and getting their appar-
atus and instruments in position to-
day. One of the stations has been
established on the roof of the Loef-
/ fer clothing store, the other will be
on the high school building. Mr.
Kitsmiller expects to have everything
in working order within short time
/ and wireless telegraphic messages
I Grand Junction.
The Colorado Midland has changed
the time of train No, 100 bringing It
/ into Denver earlier in the morning
This train has been leaving Grand
Junction about seven o'clock in the
evening and getting into Denver at
/ $3.50 the next morning In the sum-
mer time 1t carries express cars filed
with fruit, and it is to get this
l through in one night and into Denver
markets at an earlier hour that the
change is made. The train is now
leaving Grand Junction at 4 pm. and
reaching Denver at seven a.m.-Den-
yer Republican.
This afternoon between the hours
of three O'Clock and six O'Clock a
number of young lady friends OF
Miss Pearl Shores are calling upon
her visitor. Miss Schenck. of Brook
field. Missouri. The parlors of the
Shores home are tastefully decor.
ated in flags and other things sug-
gestive of the patriotic season that 1.
just at hand. Flowers of the most
beautiful varieties are also used in
beautifying the rooms for the in
formal afternoon event. The punch
bowl is presided over by Miss Edna
Hoffman. II is very pleasant and
happy afternoon reception.
Messages were received this morn.
ing by relatives announcing the death
of Mrs Cora Mahan. wife Of A G.
Mahan- OF Salt Lake citV- The death
occurred at an early hour this u1oru-
ing Mrs N4har WIS q sister %
Mrs Walter Merrill and Mrs r. j.
Brown OF This city Mrs. Merrill
viii leave this evening for salt Lake
City Mrs SIahan had been i'll for a
long period and death was not wholly
unexpected The funeral aud inter
ment will take place in salt Lake city.
The deceased had visited Grand
Junction and had friends in this city
who will be grieved to hear OF her
death
A Salt Lake City dispatch states
that one OF the most remarkable feats
in railroadinE performed on lines
running out OF Ogden. so far as speed
is concerned. occurred on Friday OF
last week. when the Overland limit
ed. westhound. on the Southern Pa
Cific. clipped two hours of the sched-
ule between Ogden and Sparks. a
distance OF 53S-5 miles. The train
/ left ogden three hours late and pull
ed in TO Sparks just one hour late.
The average actual running time for
the trip figures close to fifty miles
I per hour, which. considering the
I weight of the train. is a speed that
E is seldom maintained for such dist