The daily sentinel., 1906-12-21
LOCAL NEWS

All masks must be raised at the
door Christmas night
c. D. Smith & Co, for holiday gifts
New goods and big values
IWenty-ive per cent on on hand
kerchiets, Friday-Loemer.
Are you going to try for the prize
IN the cake walk Christmas night.
Bannister's stock of hand painted
CHINA surpasses any store in the city
All dancers must be in complete
mask costume Christmas night. A
dress suit and mask will not be
considered as a mask costume.
Il The postofIice clerks have all they
can do this week properly caring for
the out going Christmas mail 1t is
the heaviest ever known here.
\ The series of revival services that
have been in progress at the Christ
ian church for the past seven weeks
Will probably close Sunday night.
! The car load shipments of fruit go
I ing out from the Grand Junction as
| sociations are very scattering just
/ now. The seasons rush is over.
/ The Pinnell Lumber company has
issued one of the pretttiest line of
calendars seen in the city this win
/ ter 1t Is lovely landscape scene.
For the first time in the history of
I the city a governor will come here
| for the purpose of delivering ser
mon. Very few towns in the entire
country have enjoyed such a distinc-
ton.
The Christian ladies' will hold a
special food sale for Christmas eat
I ing Saturday afternoon in the new
Office rooms of Miller and Coeu across
/ from the postoffice. instead of az the
| Crown furniture store.
Very few travelling men are visit
[ ing the city this week Nearly all
| have entered upon their ten days
| Christmas vacation. Commercial
travel is very light this week and will
continue so until the first of the new
year.
Arrangements for the banquet to be
given by the Mesa County Bar assoc
iation in honor of Judge Charles f.
| Caswell. justice elect of the state su-
preme court are being rapidly COM
pleted. The banquet will be held in
/ Margery hall.
Grand Junction does things differ
emily and originally, as announced
| yesterday the shortest day of the year
so far as Grand Junction is concern
ed was yesterday. while in other parts
of the country today, the 21st, is con
sidered the shortest.
L. j. Krohn. the second hand man.
/ has not yet located the fellow who
got such a bargain at his store few
1 days ago by receiving nine dollars
worth of goods and S11 in cash for
n $40 gold piece which Mr. Krohn
mistook for a $50 gold piece.
1t is reported that ]. w. Clary, the
] former proprietor of the City barber
shop. who with his wife left some
/ days ago for Kansas has decided to
remain in that state permanently.
| Mr.. Clary's old home Is in Kansas.
| His many friends and former patrons
Will hope that he has not decided to
remove from Grand Junction for
good.
A great many private social af-
fairs are planned for Christmas week
! in Grand junction. There will be
young peoples parties without num-
ber II will be the busiest week, SOC
/ tally, of the year. Christmas enter
tainments on Monday and Tuesday
dances, parties, theatrica! attractions,
/ family reunions, banquets. and enter
tainments of many other kinds. will
1 fill the week to overflowing with
/ pleasure and jollity. 1t will certainly
be a period of good cheer" and every
man, woman and child have his or
her share.
Many people were disappointed
last night over the non-arrival of the
company presenting Uncle Josh Per-
| kins" When an attraction is coming
/ In from the west the same day 1t is to
/ give a performance the chances are
nearly always about even that it will
not arrive in time to fill the engage
ment The trains from the west run
with such horrible irregularlty. Noe
on which GOSH Perkins" company
was to arrive in this city yesterday
did not reach Grand Junction last
night until about ten o'clock. There
| had been a good sale of seats. NET
/ tie, the Newsgirl" will hold down the
boards tonight and "Nettie" has al
ready struck town.
Compared with former years there
| have been very few deaths in this city
and valley this winter. The mortal
Iity statistics prove that during the
past three or four years as the popu-
lation of the city and valley has in
creased rapidly the death list has been
lowered. This IS a somewhat remark
able fact but it is nevertheless true.
! There are at the very lowest estimate
$500 more people in the county this
year than there were last year still
the total number of deaths this year
will be lower than the total of last
year. If this isn't evidence of the
Ihealthful conditions prevailing in the
/ Grand Valley no evidence can be pro-
duced 1t is a state of affairs over
which all can rejoice.
i Regarding the serious shortage of
coal in Telluride, announced yester-
day by the Sentinel the Journal of
yesterday says in part: "There is no
relief in the coal shortage and none Is
promised. Two car loads were brought
/ in last night, one for ]. w. Rogers
one for the Tomboy Mining company,
also two cars of slack, which is moth
| ing but coal dust, for the Smuggler
heating boilers. Local dealers are dis
posed to take with a liberal allow
ance of salt the representations of the
manager of the Porter Fuel Company
who was in town yesterday. and who
indicated that the blame for the coal
shortage lay largely with the railroad
company. The dealers express them
selves as of the opinion that the rail
road management is doing its best
] All conductors have orders whenever