The daily sentinel., 1909-03-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


are selling rapidly.
ST. Matthews Guild will give a
cake sale at the Quist drug store on
Saturday afternoon.
F. E. Blaisdell. who has been sick
the last week or so with lumbago, is
reported much better this afternoon.
Fruit wagons, handmade and fac
| tory-made, new, second hand and all
\ kinds of wagons at McCary's.
Quite number of prominent Pali-
SADIE people are spending the day in
the city.
When you want to take drive in
to the country. get your rig at Bar
ton & Terrills
The municipal struggle in Grand
Junction is attracting attention
throughout the state. owing to the
numerous questions involved.
Work is under way on more than
fifty new residences and large build
/ ings of other description In this city
| just at this time
b. w Robbins, the general freight
agent of the Rio Grande of this city,
returned last night from business
trip to Glenwood Springs and Rifle.
Joseph NJ. Sampliner, Leon ].
Chapman and George Smith, visited
the Garfield mine and the Sampliner
ranch above Palisade yesterday.
This weeks Weekly Sentinel is
dandy. Ask for a sample copy? 1t
is the biggest weekly published in
western Colorado.
Perry & Simmons. real estate deal
ers. yesterday sold the o. w. Hos
llins residence at 1892 White avenue
to VIM. Tickell Consideration So
500.
Clarence Kurtz. a well known and
popular Young man of this city. has
accepted a position in the Red Trunk
Clothing Store and hereafter will be
found at that place.
J. ]. Lumsden arrived last night
from Canon City, where he is in
charge of a large contracting job, and
leaves tonight for Portland. Oregon,
on a business trip.
There has been a scarcity of big
social functions ever since the Lenten
season opened. However, a number
of small parties are to take place
within the next week.
John Hiatt. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Hiatt, former Aspenites is re.
covering from severe attack of ty-
phoid fever at Grand Junction.=As-
pen Democrat.
Mr.. II. caatifeld and sister. Mrs.
Hand. returned from their California
trip very much benefited in health.
| They left their parents at Grand
Junction until the weather gets
warmer.-Fagle County Blade.
c. @. Heinstetter, of Loveland, is
looking over land in the valley today.
He is here with his wife and child
and Will make a trip to Idaho after
which he viii return TO this valley
and make his future home here.
Gustave Olson, the well known
former engineer, who has been in
| California the past few weeks recoy-
ering his health, returned last night
accompanied by his wife. He is
looking much better
three drunks were arraigned in
police court this morning, they were
found guilty but as there were pros
poets of their securing work on the
I car line the Judge suspended SEN
tence upon them and allowed them
to go free.
Wednesday night one of the heav-
lest SHOWS in the history of Colorado
Springs fell in that city and vicinity
and then it turned very cold yester-
day. 1t was snowy and cold in Dem
yer yesterday. Grand Junction is
certainly fortunate in her weather
this winter.
The smudge pot men are filling
orders very rapidly these days Hun
dreds of smudge pots are being haul
ed out of the city by the fruit grow
ers every day Several hundred
thousand smndge pots are now in the
orchards of the valley ready for SER
vice.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel w. More
house, formerly well known residents
of this city hut who removed from
Grand Junction number of years
ago. are here today and are being
warmly greeted by old time friends.
They have been spending the winter
in California.
The Emerson Circle were enter
tanned last week by Mrs. Burbank
and Mrs. Tague at the home of the
former. Cards were Indulge in. the
popular game of 800" being played.
Miss Chamberlain, of Grand juno
tion, who was a guest of the Circle
winning first prize Eagle County
Blade
State Bank Examiner Pfeiffer yes
terday in Denver issued his first
statement relative to the banks of
the state. The statement shows that
in the state banks. private banks.
savings banks and trust companies
there was on February IA, 1909. on
deposit S29, ,594,O52.09 and on Feb
ruary 3. 1909 there were S32, ,114,-
6S4, an Increase of 2,52O,631.99.
The increase ranges from SO to 45.2
per cent.
Chas D. Shaw. who for the past
ten years has been connected with
the shoe department of the w. F.
White Mercantile Co. has accepted a
position with the new Coen shoe store
and Will begin there, Monday. The
new store has attracted much atten-
tion today and although the opening
day was yesterday hundreds of peo-
nIp have visited that astahlishmanf