The daily sentinel., 1906-05-04

Mrs. e. N. skiff. of New Castle. is
spending few days with friends in
the city.
Tonight the encampment of the
l. o. o. f viii meet for the first time
in the new hall. Nine candidates
will be given the ROYAL Purple de
gree consequently the session prom
ises to be a most enjoyable one. There
viii be large attendance.
Today for the first time water is
being pumped by the new plant re-
Gently installed on the Frank l. Lee
and w. A. Kennedy tract of land on
Orchard Mesa and the land is be-
ing irrigated. The plant is working
admirably. NJ. NJ. Shores is look
ing after Mr. Lees interest during
the latter's absence from the city.
william S. Wallace will leave to-
night for Chicago on business CON
nected with the proposed Colorado
and Southwestern railroad, the pro-
ject that is all the talk in Grand
Junction this week. Mr.. Wallace
will he absent about ten days of two
weeks. There have been no further
developments of Importance in the
matter.
j. w. Woody. one of the members
of the local fire department. is tax
ing n short rest from his duties. Mr..
Woody has not been feeling well for
SOMA finn, o,d IL ,,,,- tb,,,ul,4 4t,ot a
short stay at Glenwood Springs would
return him to his usual excellent
health. He went sp to Glenwood
"Wednesday and Roy Burkhardt is
on duty at the fire house in his stead.
This evening Lou. ]. Beauchamp
will lecture on, Take the Sunny
Side" The Chautauquans had a fair
share of sunshine both day and night
the past few days. but Mr.. Beauch-
amp had perhaps the biggest audience
that has been in the auditorium this
year and his audience was not disap-
pointed. He is rapid talker. His
words come as fast as shots from a
Maxim gun and his stories and illus
trations are intensely funny and at
the same time full of good advice
Morning oregonian. Portland, Ore
gor.
William Murray. the popular rep
resentntive of the Armour packing
company, in this teNitory with his
headquarters in this city. has been
given larger territory by the COM
pany and will hereafter make his
/ headquarters in Denver. Mr.. and
Mrs Murray have resided in Grand
Junction about fourteen months and
a large circle of friends will regret
their departure However. Mr.. Muir
ray will visit Grand junction about
once a month. There is little doubt
that he is one of the best men Ar
mour and Co. has in the west. Hhe
had charge of the eompany's business
on the western slope for a long per-
iod and is widely known throughout
this section. His advancement to a
still larger territory is deserved. Mr..
and Mrs. Murray will leave next week
for Denver.
Miss Maud Hadcoek received let
ter this morning from Ethel Blake. of
San Francisco. stating that all the
members of the Blake family were
alive and wen. consequently the re-
port that reaehed-this city few days
ago to the effect that MIR Blake and
his daughter had lost their lives in
the earthquake, was untrue. Miss
Blake stated that the large rooming
house which Mr. Blake was conduct
ing and whore the family resided was
completely destroyed by the fire and
they lost everything in the way of
household goods, escaping with prac-
tically nothing outside of the cloth
ing they wore at the time of The
earthquake. The Blake rooming
house was almost in the heart of the
burnt district The many friends of
the family VIII be glad to learn that
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake and children es-
capped uniniured.