The daily sentinel., 1906-06-11


Mrs. C. Smith of Grand Junction is
visiting friends in Leadville for a
week
Mrs. Thomas Sawyer and the Misses
I Lillian and Winifred Sawyer left to-
day at noon for an extended trip to-
/ the coast. They will be absent four
or five weeks or longer.
Mrs. j. l.. Steele OF this city who
has been seriously i'll for some time
is now much better and her daughter,
Mrs Fred d. Kiefer, of Fruita who
has spent the week at her bedside.
has returned home.
A car load of fine race horses from
California. some of which are said toI
be the fastest horses in that state.
passed through Grand Junction Sat
urday evening on their way to Den
yer TO take part in the great race
meet there this week.
The Gunnison river is falling toI
some extent. II has been higher this
season than ever before known by
the whites. It is not likely to raise
again this season, although II will
hold its present volume till late in
the summer.-Delta Independent
Mr.. Donner c. Potts and Miss AL
dine A. Robson, both well known
Young people Of this city were mar
ried bv Rev. Weir at the manse yes
terday afternoon and the happy cou
pie left last evening for the east
where they will spend their honey
moon. Upon returning to Grand
Junction they will take up their resi-
dence at 21S Rood avenue.
V. G. Faulkener. of this city who
is employed in the d. & r. G. shops
met with a painful accident yester-
dav which nearly resulted in the loss
OF his left eye. He was turning a bolt
with a large wrech yesterday after
noon when the wrench slipped and
one end struck him in the face pune
turning the flesh just under the lower
lid of his left eye. He was unable to
see out of the eye for some time but
has now recovered his sight fully
and the wound is healing.
Dr. and Mrs. p. p. Collins left yes
tardav for Denver on their way to
their old home In Kentucky TO be
present at the Home Coming of Ken
tuckians celebration The Burling
ton ran a special through train from
Denver to Louisville which left Den
yer this afternoon at 2 O'Clock Dr.
and Mrs. Collins We're aboard this
train and arriving In Louisville VIII
spend several days visiting old ac
uuainances and then 90 to Richmond.
/ their old home.
The Colorado Telephone company
has found II necessary to Increase the
canacfty of the Grand Junction eX-
change and the men in the office are
now busy putting in new section OF
switch board This viii bring loo
now lines into the office and when one
/ considers that each line may be made
I marty line It will be seen that the
canacity of the exchange has been
/ largely increased. The new. section
Of switchboard will not necessitate
any additional operators, but IL may
he found necessary TO change aDou'
the present operators
The concrete pavement in front OF
the Hardinge home on White street
shows a curous freak In the nature OIL
cement and looks just ike NINA
Iture earthquake had visited that sec
lion of the city says Mr.. Hardlhge
Mr. Hardinge says he rode over tht
sidewalk at twelve o'clock the othel
day and n was perfectly level put on
coming out after dinner the walk wa, wa
cracked clear across ana alohs W, m
line which had been cut IN the eeil,eh,
before drying. and that both edges
had raised up forming sort OF riug'
Inn that one edge was Overlapping th'
, other. He had several stone masoni
Iook al the pavement but they cohlo
offer no satisfactory explanation o.
soIntion OF the mystery, unless II
might possibly be the heat, as tner'
are no large roots of trees very cios'
to the pavement.