The daily sentinel., 1909-02-05

/ penter hall at 8 O'Clock.
| The preparations for the Lincoln
day celebration in this city are going
ON in most satisfactory manner.
v. B. Lee is in Fruita on a couple
of days business visit in the inter-
ests of the Cedar Hill Nursery Com
pany.
Alex Greig of Denver is visitor
in town today. He is interested in
the orchards and in Grand valley
property generally.
This afternoon, through the Glas-
co-Lee Real Estate Agency, ]. F..
Moore sold to Mary Mcclure his res
idence on North Sixth street. The
consideration named was $5,250
The Masons met last night in reg
ular session and enjoyed visit from
Grand Lecturer Melvin Edwards. Re-
freshments were served and over
hundred were present.
The Fairlawn sanitarium will be
continued under the same manage
ment of Mrs. Washburn, sister, by
a corps of trained nurses, but the
surgical and medical works will be
under the direction of Drs Palmer
and Reed.
Fred French of Castletown, Utah,
is a guest in the city today. He re-
ports some fine ore in sight for the
owners of the Rio Dolores Copper
Mining Company. much of which
stock is owned in this city.
County Com missioner John D. Sc
cor, in discussing the rumor that he
may go to Green River to reside.
states that he has no such intentions
He has large property interests, there
but will not make his home there.
The committee having in charge
the arrangements for the big meeting
of the Knights of Pythias In this city
next Thursday night. met last night
and completed plans for a big ban
quet at the Margery hall for Thurs
day evening There will be over 200
guests.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Il. Meserve. formerly of this
city but now of Whitewater, died
this afternoon at the Meserye home
in that city. Undertaken Hattie G.
Pearson sent up n casket from here,
and the funeral will take place to-
morrow.
A. j. Duncan, a young man en-
ployed by the Santa Barbara Tie and
Coal company at Penasco, Colo. died
yesterday morning by being run over
and crushed by a big log. While un-
loading logs the men lost control of
one of them and it rolled over Dun
can, crushing him. Duncan was un-
married and has relatives in Parks
wills. Mo.
1t is announced in the Denver pa
pers that millions of dollars will now
be ready for investment in irrigation
bonds. etc, in Colorado by great east
ern financial houses, as a result of
extended investigations of experts
and representatives who were sent
into Colorado to investigate business
conditions here and to get a line on
Colorados prospects.
S II. Harper, junior engineer in
charge of the work on the High Line
canal, left the city today for Berk-
eley. Cal. for n visit of a few weeks
at his old home. He will then return
here to take up the work. hIr. Harp
er has made a wide acquaintance and
many friends during the months he
has been located here.
There will be n special meeting at
O'Clock Saturday afternoon at the
office of II. j. Gray, 337 Main street
of the men who are going down to see
the land in the Pecos valley, Texas
This is the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient railroad land that is being Of
fered now for $40 and great many
men are going to look this over he
fore the price is again raised,
The house yesterday passed Repre-
sentative Mondell's bill providing
that railroad rights of way granted
across public land shall be forfeited
if construction is not undertaken
within five years. also the bill auth
oriZing the secretary of the interior
to cause resurveys of public lands
TO be made without authority OF act
of congress and whenever he deems
1t necessary.
Capt. James Melville Kennedy, one
of the best known organizers and
general representatives of the Wood
men of the World in the west and
one of the pioneer citizens of Grand
Junction. arrived at noon today for
visit with his family, who recently
returned here from Denver to re-
side 1t has been more than a year
since Captain Kennedy was here, and
he is being warmly greeted by his
many old-time friends. His head
quarters are now in Denver. Until
recently they We're in Seattle.
The Sentinel is in receipt of
paper today from Wendell p. Ella.
who is now visiting in Cuba With DR..
S. NJ Bradbury. The paper is the
English printed Havana Post and ii
bears all the earmarks of an Amer
lean publication in style and quality
of news. Evidently Messrs. Ella and
Bradbury are greatly enjoying their
trip to the southland and to the late
possession of the United States. The
gentlemen were both present in the
city of Havana, when the island gov
ernment was again turned back to the
Cubans.
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