The daily sentinel., 1906-06-28

Miss Maud Blackstone will leave
Saturday for a six weeks visit to cit
les in the eastern states.
Judge r. H. Bancroft and little
daughter of Palisade are visiting
friends in Grand Junction today.
Judge ]. E. Ong of DeBeque has
been in Grand Junction for sveral
days attending to matters of business.
The county commissioners are in
session at their Offices in the court
house and will remain In session un-
I'll Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Leon Chapman. secretary of
the Fair association is busy now mail
ing copies of the premium list of the
Mesa County Fair to patrons.
j. w. Weyer, formerly of this city,
now of Denver. is an arrival here
from the Uintah country, much
bronzed with the exposure to the
sun of that section.
Miss Edna Clark of this city who
for the past year has been attend
ing the Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music arrived home last evening
to spend her summer vacation.
Mrs NJ. f. Sears, of Butte City,
Montana, is a guest of her daughter.
Mrs. William II. Holman, of this city
and is enjoying today the festivities
dlItHdnl upon lnt BOlueH MtuullS
jubilee of William Holman and wife.
DR.. Lawrence Taylor of Fruita was
in Grand Junction last evening at
tending the circus. DR.. Taylor says
there are a great many cases of ty-
phoid fever in Fruita. He estimates
the number of cases at from twelve
to fifteen.
Mr.. Earl Humphrey. the well
known candy merchant on Main
street, who has been i'll with typhoid
fever at st. Mary's hospital for about
two weeks, is now able to be out and
in a few days hopes to be back in
his place of business.
Orson Adams, Jr., cashier of the
Mesa County National bank, is an
arrival home today, from his bust
ness trip to the east. Mr.. Adams was
successful in his undertakings and
is glad to get back home again. Dur
ing his absence he visited New York
Boston and Baltimore and other east
ern points. He reports a condition
of prosperity throughout all of the
east. which is reflected in the great
business undertakings now being de
veloped and under way. He has been
absent four weeks.
Captain w. S. Diddle, of Canton
Rogers, of Denver and Col. w. S.
Davis, of the department of the Can
tons. of this state, were arrivals in
the city this evening on the narrow
guagq. They were met / at the
station by Leon J. Chapman. a prom
inent member of the /. o. 0. f lodge
of this city and were his guests. un-
til their departure on train No. 6
east bound. The distinguished visi-
tors were en- route home from Delta.
where they Instituted last night a
Canton of the l, o. o. F order.
Mr.. w. e. Barrows, the foreman
of the Pyramid mines in the Sinbad
valley. who has been in Grand juno
tion for several days buying pro-
visions and who started out yester-
day noon for the mines, broke down
few miles out of town and had to
come back. A party of surveyors
were with him in the wagon. When
they had gotten a few miles out of
town, the tire on one of the wheels
came off and the whole party turn
ed around and made their waw back.
They Will make another trial tomor-
row morning.
Mr.. j. e. Baggott, the well known
real estate man of Grand Junction
has recently accepted n position with
the Grand Junction agency for the A.
II. Morris wholesale cigar house of
Cincinnati and before long expects
to open up branch store in this city.
Mr.. Baggott Is now calling on the
trade in this territory and working
up business in the line he is hand
ling. He says that if his present
plans are successful he will soon be
able to open wholesale cigar house
in this city for supplying the trade
on the western slope and will keep a
large stock of goods on hand.
Mrs. Henrietta Seiber of the Sci
ber Cattle ranch had a narrow escape
from death in a runaway accident
which happened near the bridge
across the Grand river yesterday
afternoon while driving to town with
Mr., Parks, manager of the ranch. Mr.
Parks was driving a new team OF
young horses and was just crossing
the bridge when the horses shied al
an automobile and threatened to
make trouble. Another team was
coming back of the automobile and
as 1t looked pretty dangerous Mrs
Seiber decided to get out of the bug.
Icy at once. DIR. Henderson who was
in the automobile jumped out and
held the horses while Mrs. Seiber got
out of the buggy. She had no soon.
er gotten safely to the ground than
the horses plunged, breaking away
from Mr.. Parks and DR.. Henderson
and before they were stopped had