The daily sentinel., 1907-04-30

No. 3 was an hour late today.
A new iume Is being placed under
the street at Fourth and Colorado
quite a number of out of town peo-
pie were here last night to see Han
ford.
April ends tonight and May and
the bill collectors will be on the doc
ket tomorrow.
Miss Ethel Kline left last night for
Wichita, Kansas, to be with her mo-
ther who is seriously i'll.
Tomorrow night the big laughing
musical show, "a $4,000 Beauty"
will be seen at the Park opera house.
The Palisade land contest which
opened yesterday in the county court
is in progress again today.
Concrete walks are being laid to-
day on the north side of Colorado ave
nue. between Third and Fourth
streets.
c. B. Hill takes up his duties as
police magistrate this week, succeed
ing Joseph P. Sweeney. Judge Hill
will have his office in the city hall.
Earl Vinton, driver for the fire de-
partment, is suffering from a rather
severe attack of rheumatism. Dave
Smith is taking his place at the fire
house for the time being.
No. A. was about six hours late
this morning and did not reach Grand
Junction until about eleven O'Clock
There was no accident. the train
simply lost out on its running time.
There will be no ball game Sunday
between the Grand Junction team
and the Rural Rubes, the latter hav-
ing called the game off because two
of the team declined to play on Sun
day. .,oooo p,,...y -, ,,,,,,os+
show of the season. twenty pretty
girls and many clever comedians
headed by that funny fellow, Allen
Curtis. opera house on Wednesday
Evening.
Father James O'Malley of the st.
Josephs church of Boston Mass, says
"The Scouts Revenge" appeals to our
nobler nature. 1t portrays the excit-
ing scenes of border life in a truly
natural manner but it glorifies no
crime and extolls no criminal" Park
opera house Thursday May 2.
This morning there were three
vagabonds and two drunks in the
police court for consideration. All
were given tn usual fines and costs.
/ Only one, drunk, was able to pay
up. The rest were sent to jail.
railroad physician, who was out of
/ his office making a call at the time
he was called to accompany the
special train to the scene of the wreck
yesterday, made a record breaking
trip to the scene of the accident in
his automobile. The return trip
from the scene of the wreck to the
city was made in about twelve and
onethalf minutes. This was going
some considering the distance and
the character of the roads.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Edwin
/ A. Haskell took Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
B. Hanford out for a drive through
the valley. They visited the Fruit
Ridges, Fruitvale, the Indian school
country, Orchard Mesa and the Red
lands mesa. the distinguished actor
was delighted with what he saw as
was also Mrs. Hanford. Mr.. aHnford
expressed the greatest confidence in
this valley and regards 1t as one of
the most remarkable fruit and agri-
cultural sections he has ever visited.
He has watched with interest the val
| ley's development from year to year.
Mr. Hanford owns a large farm In
Virginia not far from Washington,
d. c. on which farm he spends his
summers. He was especially struck
with the immense fields of alfalfa he
saw yesterday and after learning of
its wonderful growth, its value etc,
he purchased 200 pounds of Alfalfa
seed and shipped them to his country
home, determined to give alfalfa a
trial on his farm. The drive was
greatly enjoyed by Mr.. and Mrs. Han
ford.