The daily sentinel., 1906-06-20

Fishing tackle at the Postofice
Book store.
]. NJ. Sampliner went to Gunnison
this morning on a short business trip.
Cherries at 21zc per quart by
cleaning the tree or three cents other
wise. At ]. F. Spencer's ranch End
Fruit Ridge.
Don't forget to see the posters ad-
vertising tile furniture sale At 219
s. sth street Friday afternoon June
22.
Madame LeNormande. clairvoyapt
palmist. magnetic healer. has arrived
and will remain here a short time
only. Reading so cents and Sl.0O,
419 Main street.
Auction sale of the cleanest and
best lot of household goods and fur
niture ever offered for sale in Grand
Junction. Friday afternoon June %,
219 S. Sth street.
Melville B. Beidleman, the well
known music salesman. arrived home
last night from business trip to New
Castle and Rifle. Mr.. Beidleman, will
remain in the city until the Vorbeck
piano stock is sold, at the big sale
now being held.
a committee of members of the
board of directors of the Mesa county
Fair association composed of W. H.
Haines and A. \. Bucklin leave this
morning for a trip in the Plateau
country to advertise the coming fair
this year and sell stock in the fair
association.
Bud Blackburn, the young man
who was hurt in the back while coast
ing on the water toboggan at Glen
wood Springs last Saturday is able
to be about and returned to the city
yesterday. While he is not able to
get around without the use of crut-
ches, il will be several weeks before
he is well enough to resume his work.
Superintendent Burton of the Tel
Ter Institute received a telegram from
the commissioner in Washington who
has charge of letting the contract for
the building of the Indian school
here. While the telegram did not
say to whom the contract had been
awarded 1t instructed Mr.. Burton
to inspect the w. C. Boyer brick. Mr..
Boyer received a telegram several
days ago asking, him to send samples
of brick which he proposed to use in
the work and samples were sent to-
Washington. 1t is thought that the
samples of brick were satisfactory
and that Mr.. Burton was asked to
look into the matter a little further
before awarding the contract to Mr..
Boyer.
Mr.. ]. o. Platt, of the Barton &
Platt livery barn has just returned
from a trip up to Enoch camp. Mrs.
Platt has been in poor health for
some time and they recently moved
up into the higher country for her
benefit. Mr.. Platt says they have
nice quarters in the mountains and
he enjoyed the trip very much. He
says they are having a lot of bad
weather up there now but that he
thinks that will soon be over. Last
Sunday he said 1t showed very hard.
small fire was discovered on the
wagon bridge over the Grand river
last evening and had it not received
prompt attention might have caused
considerable damage. Homer Barn
ard was coming across the bridge
and noticed smoke ascending through
a little crack in the floor. and when
he reached the place saw quite a lit
tie fire blazing away between the up
per and lower floor. He got a bucket
of water Immediately and put out the
flames without any trouble He said
he thought that some one had thrown
a lighted cigar ON the bridge which
had fallen between the cracks and
set fire to a little pine silver.
Pickles Kahn n well known char
acter of Leadville is in Grand juno
tion giving little bar room exhibit
ions of professional paper tearing, as
he is travelling to Salt Lake City and
California. Pickles is an artist in
his line of work. He tears fancy de-
signs out of big sheets of newspaper
for pantry shelves, or mural decora-
tions. and many samples of his handi-
work are to be seen in various places
about town. Kahn was sitting on
the edge of the sidewalk on Main
street last evening tearing little piec-
es of paper out of a large paper which
he held in his hand and dropping the
torn pieces in the gutter. II was not
long before he had a good sized
crowd around him. Very few of them
knew what he was doing, having
never seen any of the work before,
and to all questions as to what he
was doing he responded that he was
Just tearing paper" In a few minut-
es he arose and shaking the little
bunch of paper he held in his hand
suddenly spread out before the crowd
a large round design several feet in
diameter made up of all kinds of fig
ures woven together. Kahn was not
long in disposing of this piece and
was then kept busy. He says he is
on his way to Salt Lake City where
ne expects to go on the vaudeville