The daily sentinel., 1907-01-03
LOCAL NEWS
Fred Mantey.

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Mrs. James W. Bucklin has been
quite i'll for several days.
When in need of a first class prac-
tical plumber call on Lewis & Sallee.
Competition is the life OF trade. We
have a little of both or ALFRED
Mantey.
If you want first class plumbing
at the lowest prices call on Lewis &
Sallee.
The sale of seats for the Alberta
Gallatin engagement tomorrow night
is already heavy.
/ 1t is announced that a large sugar
factory is to be erected near Florence
at a cost of about 100000.
If we can't sell you as cheap or
cheaper than the other feller we
don't want your business-Fred Man
tey.
w. S. Phillips. manager of the
Book Cliff Coal company has been i'll
and confined to his room for several
days.
We will gladly furnish any infor-
nation in regard to plumbing or heat
4 ing. Call at our Office 124 n. 9Th
st. Phone Black 1314-Lewis &
Sallee.
4 Physical culture Mr.. Hogue will
meet his class at the Auditorium on
Friday at pm. All ladies who are
interested in physical culture are in
vited to be present.
The temporary coal famine. noted
by the Sentinel last night, has not
yet been relieved. 1t is thought. how
ever that by tomorrow some of the
dealers will have a large supply.
All members of the Chamber of
l Commerce should keep in mind the
annual meeting to be held on'Tuesday
January 18th and arrange to be pres
ent. 1t is important that there should
be full attendance.
/ After a continuous service for
forty years as Justice of the Peace at
ST. Vrain, near Greeley, j. w. Bacon
has rendered his resignation to the
county commissioners. He says he
resigns because he thinks that he has
held office long enough. In fact Mr..
Bacon is the oldest Office holder in the
point of service in the state. The eX-
1 justice has fine farm in Greeley
county and will devote his time to its
improvement.
Announcement was made in Paris,
France, Sunday that a rich man i'm
pressed by reading Paul and Vir-
ginia," bequeathed $4,000 to the
state for statute of Bernardin De
Saint Pierre. The commission was
given to sculptor Holwock. whose
cast has been made. 1t shows Ber-
nardin seated on a hillock, apparent
ly listening to the songs of nature.
while in one hand he--nolds n book
which nature has made him forget.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall"
with Miss Alberta Gallatin as the star
will be brought to the Park opera
house on Friday night. January 1
Charles Majors novel of the same
name has been made the basis of the
new play. Miss Gallatin is said to
have a role affording many oppor-
tunities, and which promises to add |
appreciably to her already enviable
reputation. The stage pictures Will
be handsome and the company in
cludes many well known players.
In yesterdays issue of the Fruita
Telegram appeared cut of Edwin
w. Weckel, of the lower valley. whom
h.. to 40 oh NJ
ion grain grower of Mesa county. He
took every prize offered except one
second prize at the last county fair
His last years crop of grains was
over $500 bushels. His wheat aver
aged 10 bushels to the acre. highest
yield being s5 bushels per acre. His
cats averaged 80 bushels to the acre.
highest yield being 90 bushels.
The famine situation in China is
appalling. Owing to excessive rains
and consequent failure of the crops.
the famine in the north of Kiang Su
is worse than at any time during the
last forty years. 1t is estimated that
4 900 900 persons are starving. Tens
of thousands nre utterly destitute
and wandering over the country. The
danger is increased by the activity of
the secret service as the wanderers
are gladly enjoying whatever liberty
they can and moving in various di-
rections. The authorities are unable
to cope with the situation.
Work on the sinking of the big
pipe for the piers of the bridge stop
ped last week on account of the con-
tractors striking harder bottom in
the river than they had bargained for,
says yesterdays telegram. Two piers
are in place but the river bottom is
too hard to sink the other one to the
necessary depth. Contractor Patter-
son was over Sunday and Mayor os-
born and Commissioner Haynes
went to Grand Junction to confer
with him relative to same last Mon
r1hn adJftfona1 avnapsa