The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1906-04-05
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Waterman fountain pens, East
mans Kodak supplies.
New awnings we're placed around
the Enterprise grocery today.
w. E. Plat came up from Fruita
last night to attend the council meet
ing.
The Mesa County National bank
will pay par for city warrants.
F. A. Moriarty, of Denver, well
known in the city, is here today.
Miss Greenwood was heard by an
other large audience last evening at
the Baptist church.
The new watering troughs built
under the direction of the street COM
missioner are being placed in posi-
ton and the old troughs torn away.
On April 18th. Bishop Spaulding
of Salt Lake City of the Episcopal
church will confirm a large class at
ST. Matthews Episcopal church in this
city.
Grand Junction has literary and
musical organization formed from the
upper circles of her society. who
have christened themselves under the
somewhat inelegant title of THE
Humdingers. Telluride Journal.
The new railroad to be construct
ed in the Uncompahgre country. run
ming into the Paradox valley will
bring a large territory, which is rich
in minerals and rich in agriculture
in touch with the commercial world.
Apple Blossom Circle. Women of
Woodcraft. meets this evening in reg
nlar session. Plans for the May day
ball viii be discussed and finally ma
tured. There will be other import
ant business with probably one or
two limitations.
Grand Junction is bound to make
the important city of Western Colo
RADIO. 1t is centrally located. in the
very heart Of the best agricultural
district in America, and all roads
from a dozen of the richest mining
regions in tire world lead directly
down hill TO Grand Junction. The
climate is ideal, an abundance of
water at all seasons susceptible to
development into immense power;
vast fields of coal OF superior quail
ity, and over and above all an en-
terprising. ambitious, pushing com
munity Telluride Journal.
The announcement of the construc-
ton of this line is received with
pleasure by the Grand Junction citi- !
zens who are largely Interested in
mining properties in the Paradox |
valley. The road will be about 100
miles In length and will be construct |
ed at a cost of about S1.OO0.OOO d. /
n. WILDLY. of New York and a Chi !
cago capitalists who are Interested /
In a big irrigation project now under |
construction in that district. are fin |
interested in the new road. |
When the irrigation project is COM
pleted over 900 acres of fine
land will be brought under irriga- |
d fgV .
road within few days.
All records of bowling made in
the west in years will probably be
tomorrow night at the Mesa /
alleys when the BARRIERS go |
up against the printers Scores that
viii eclipse anything made at the
National Bowling tournament re-
Gently held in Louisville are con
hdently expected, in fact there Is no
telling just what will happen. Ill
is rumored that the BARRIERS are put
ting in entire nights getting ready /
for the contest. However It looks 10
"A man up tree as il both the
prints and face butchers" are |
brave outward show of
uuconcern and confidence while at
the same time experiencing a gnaw-
Ing fear Of defeat around the heart
The associate press will
have private wires running into the
in order to get early and
reports of the trouble.
Street Commissioner Armstrong;
friends had the laugh on that popular
official during the past two days. II
seems that Jack Gallupe visited the
city hall Tuesday and finding that
MIR. Armstrong was not at his desk
thought that he would leave him
to indicate that he had had
visitors He wrote out an order
which stated that it wos the desire
Of the auditing committee that the
street commissioner make out com |
plete and accurate report as to the
labor he had employed and the teams /
he had hired during the fiscal year
just closed, instructing him to give |
the name of every man employed |
with the numbers OF hours or days
he had worked and other tedious de |
tails. To this order was attached
signature, THE Auditing Com
mittbe." Mr.. Armstrong came in
and found the order. took 1t in dead
earnest and went to work at once to
make out the report. He labored
constantly and faithfully for several
hours until he had the task complet-
ed and the report ready for presenta-
ton to council Every item was
given and every detail recorded. The
report covered many pages of large
sized paper. After II was all complet-
ed Mr.. Armstrong learned that the
regular auditing committee had made
no such demand on him and that he
had been made the victim of prac-
teal joke The genial official took I'll
in the best OF humor and is now lay
Ing for Jack, who hardly expected
that Mr.. Armstrong would take the
nILlnl. In narnnsI