The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01
PRESS CLIPPINGS

Water was turned on in the town
mains yesterday, and the pipe will be
given a good soaking before the test
ing of the system begins. .-Meeker
| Herald
Last Thursday the county commits
sioners purchased 18 patent voting
machines at 5000 each. The contract
gives the county ten years in which
to pay for the machines. Plateau
Voice.
Matt Warner 5 ice and electric
lighting plant arrived yesterday. 1t
will be put in operation at once. with
Roz Wheeler in charge. H. T. Yokey
will set up the machinery which will
be in operation within a few weeks.
Green River Dispatch.
W. H. Caywood left for Debeque
last Sunday to clean a section over
there out Of wolves. Mr.. Caywood
was offered care and keep for himself
and horses. and $50 apiece for wolves,
if he would go there and use his new
bait on the wolves. White River Re-
view.
A flour war is being waged in
Grand Junction between the indie
pendent grocers and the combine.
Standard brands are reduced to 70 C.
per cwt. below the actual cost, and
the people in and around Grand juno
tion are laying in great supply OF
wherewith to manufacture the staff of
life. Plateau Voice.
The Payne ranch has been officially
designated by the Motfat people as
Dotsero Junction. Some people have
gotten the mi staken impression that il
means the road will be built to Dot
sero If such were the case there
would be no use for the word juno
tion. The Moffat road is coming
right into Routt county, and down to
Craig. Craig Courier
The machinery for the ice plant
was shipped from Salt Lake City last
Saturday, according to telegram re
ceived by Manager Hoine, and it
should arrive here today or tomorrow.
The buildings are all ready to receive
the machinery and if no delay occurs
it will not be long until Delta manu-
featured ice is placed on the market
Delta Laborer.
It's mystery how SO many gam
blers can exist in Montrose, where of
course there is no gambling going on.
There are at least dozen men who
live without work, and who don t ap-
pear to have any visible means of sup
port, and who in other localities are
rated as gamblers. Wonder what
these men live on. in Montrose. =
Montrose Enterprise.
Manager Canaan of the local
branch of the Grand junction Fruit
Growers association informs us that
they shipped the first ripe home grown
fruit out of the valley this season
Wednesday, May 90. The shipment
was cherries of the May Duke variety,
and were grown and packed by ]. E.
Morford whose ranch is just west of
Palisade. -Palisade Tribune
At the election held last Tuesday to
vote upon the question of bonding the
town Of Palisade in the sum of $75, 900
for the purpose of erecting mountain
water system there were 66 votes cast
SO for and only seven against. 1t is
hoped that the water proposition will
now be pushed to completion without
further delay. Palisade Tribune.
George W. Bowman. the wellknown
borticulturist, this week sold two car
loads Of apples which be has had in
storage in Denver. They were the
last of his 1906 crop and netted him
81. 90 per box. The same kind of
apples sold last fall for s5 cents per
box net. Mr.. Bowman is also of the
opinion that his crop this year will
net him more money than did last
year .-Palisade Tribune.
Dr. LeRossignol was at Grand VAL
ley on Tuesday and reports that there
will be considerable fruit in that To-
cality this year, including cherries,
plums and pears. In the orchard
owned by the doctor and M. H. Streit
there will be different varieties of
fruit and the doctor brought home a
small twig from pear tree with sew.
eral we'll formed specimens of fruit
on it.-Rihe Reveille.