The daily sentinel., 1906-08-08

A large number of citizens from
the Plateau valley are in the city
today
Are you a patron of Barton &
Platt's livery stable? The best livery
service in the city.
Street commissioner Armstrong is
experimenting the building of sew
eral large street crossing fumes.
The trains have been running on
fairly good time during the last S
hours- NO wrecks are reported today.
Many Grand Junction people have
put in large orders today for copies
OF the booster edition OF the Palisade
Tribune.
We can fit you out for a reasonable
price, Call and see us at 12G N.
9th street Phone Black 1853 Lowe
and Coulter.
w. II. Pemberthy is erecting four
handsome cottages on Hill avenue be
tween Fourth and Fifth, facing on
childrens' park
Tomorrow morning the preliminary
trial of j. A. Bloomingkemper. charg-
ed with cattle stealing, will be held
in Judge Sweney's court.
The maximum temperature yes
terday was 81 degrees, the minimum
was 62 degrees. Fair tonight and
Thursday, is the forecast for Colo
rado.
The city's leading liverymen, Bar
ton &c Platt. Best service. Prompt
attention to all orders, excellent rigs
and good horses. Barn, Fifth and
Colorado.
Things are beginning to warm up
considerable in political circles. Can
didates for county offices on both
tickets are beginning to make their
desires known
The Progress carries fresh fruit.
The finest bread in the city can be
obtained here. cakes, pies, and other
pastries, fresh every day. Nice. clean
and complete stock of staple and fan
oy groceries.
r. l.. Magill, the real estate man.
left this afternoon over the Colorado
Midland for Denver and Colorado
| Springs. He goes on a combined
business and pleasure trip and will be
out of the city several days.
Book Cliff Camp and Apple Bios
som Circle of the Women of Wood
craft. will be largely represented
at the big log rolling in Delta on
August 30. The celebration is being
widely advertised throughout west
ern Colorado.
Miss Della Lums1en. Miss Alma
Lumsden. Miss Ethel Adams and Mr.
]
morrow morning for the Plateau val
/ ley where they will be the guest of
Mr.. NJ. V. Stiles for the next two
weeks. The party is contemplating
a delightful stay in that cool section.
Inquiries from bond buyers who
desire to get in on the bidding for
the water works bonds. are received
daily by the mayor and city clerk.
All the bond handlers are seeking for
information concerning the city and
the bonds and the proposed mountain
water system. Applications for the
position of engineer are also coming
in in large numbers
There have been no new develop
ments in the case of the two men,
Lane and Chadwick, charged with
passing worthless money. The men
will probably be brought into Judge
Sweney's court this afternoon at a
late hour and time set for a pre-
liminary hearing. The prisoners will
doubtless be prosecuted on the charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
One of the biggest salmon ever
pulled out of the Grand river at this
point was caught yesterday by VIII
liam Gale. who resides in the Craw-
ford addition, the fish weighed TWEEN
~ pounds and II certainly was a
beautiful specimen of the white cal
mon. Two or three days ago a ten
pound salmon was pulled from the
Grand by DR.. Gasho. There have
been many big catches from the
Grand this summer.
1t seems that no candidate for
county office on the Republican tic
ket is making a much more active
and thorough campaign that Mrs.
1 4
sor who desires to succeed n. B. Nc
Clure as county superintendent of
schools. Evidently Mrs. Breeze has
visited all sections of the county and
has workers in each district. II is
probable that Mr.. Mcclure will be
a candidate for reelection but the
lady promises to give him or any
other candidate who may come forth
hard race for the nomination.
1t is reported that the d. & r. G.
railway officials are very agreeably
surprised at the ease and cheapness
with which the road between Grand
Junction and Montrose and Paonia
was changed from narrow guage to
broad guage. The expense came way
within first estimates. This will en-
courage immediate broad guagilng
of the Ouray, Gunnison and Marshall
Pass sections. This surprise has also
lead the C. a S. to seriously consider
change The only sticker is AL
pine tunnel. This road has recently
made extensive coal PURCHASES on
the North Fork and we have IL on
good authority that the old problem
of extending from Baldwin over the
Anthracite and North Fork and go
/ ing on clear through the fruit
country of Montrose is being studied
again. There is little doubt the main
c. & S. line will come in Gunnison
county via Taylor Park.-Gunnison
News.
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