The daily sentinel., 1909-09-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Miss Edith Turner. Miss Scott and
one or two other teachers in the city
schools, returned to the city today
4 from their eastern vacation visits.
Miss Josephine GLADDEN. leaves to-
morrow to resume her studies at the
/ University of Chicago at Boulder.
/ having spent her vacation with her
/ parents and friends in Grand juno
tion.
James II. Noble. of Eau Claire,
Wis, Miss Lucille Noble of that city
and c. Curtis Noble of Havana, Cuba.
are in the Grand valley this week
and are stopping at the La Court.
Carl Frey and Chas. Miller left last
night for Golden, Colo, to take up
their studies in the Colorado School
of Mines, The former will be
sophomore in that institution
while the latter is entering his fresh
man year.
a gentleman and his daughter
passed through Palisade yesterday in
Ford automobile en- route to the
Pacific coast. They had made the
trip from Tecumseh. Neb. The young
lady was about tired of the long ride.
t-Palisade Tribune.
Mr. and Mrs. o. A. Schall and
daughter are new arrivals in the city
/
/ of c. G. Simpson and are formerly
of Wisconsin and from his home
town. They are very favorably i'm
pressed with the valley and the ap-
pearance of the city and orchards.
We need more publicity for the
/ Palisade district and the whole Grand
/ valley, and from present indications
there will be plenty of material to
work from after this crop is sent out.
| judging from present results being
secured by the ranchmen.-Palisad
| Tribune.
For the first time in the history of
the state the total assessment OF land
and property values in Colorado ex-
ceeds the S400,000,000 mark. Up
to date. with the single exception of
Hiusdale county, the assessment total
is S4OO,079.1Tl.7S. When Hinsdale
is in the total should be at least
! S4OO. O.703,7 Last year the total
valuation was s2O3,4S6, 6,692, indicat-
ing that property has doubled in
value in the last decade. Most of
the counties report gains.
Palisade people should attend
Peach Day festival at the county fair
in body and all the business houses
ought to be closed that day to give
everybody a chance to go. Peach
Day should also be Palisade Day and
one of our fairest girls should be the
queen. and by the way the votes are
piling up for Miss Swisher that is
about the way it will be. Let us
save every coupon and see that they
are voted for the Palisade queen
Palisade Tribune.
|. n. Bunting, owner and editor of
The Sentinel, returned home today
on delayed Midland No 8, from his
months stay in the east. He spent
, most of the time at his old home in
; Pottstown, Pa, with his aged mother
and his brothers and sister. He also
visited New York, Buffalo and sew
eral other eastern cities and had a
most enjoyable trip and visit. Mark
, X. Bunting, son of l. n. Bunting, who
accompanied his father east, has en-
, tered the school at Swarthmore. Pa.
Many friends in this city will be
, interested to know that DR.. c. B. VIE
cox, pastor for several years of the
First Methodist church of Colorado
Springs, and who has frequently been
heard in this city. has been chosen to
succeed DR., Louis Albert Banks as
pastor of Trinity Methodist church in
Denver, the leading and largest Meth
odist church in Colorado. AS an
nounced some time ago DR.. Banks
has accepted a pastorate in Kansas
City, Mo.
A. c. Tannehill of Vineland
brought Crawford peach to the Tri-
bune office last Saturday afternoon
that measured II y inches in circum-
ference and weighed 2 ounces. Sew
eral ranchers have sent word to this
office that they have fine samples
Of fcl,
ing on the trees as long as possible.
but will be ready to go after that
prize of years subscription in a few
days. II is still open to competition.
-Palisade Tribune.
While employed in j L. Griffith S
planning mill last Saturday. c. f.
Cave. highly respected resident of
Palisade. lost part OF his right hand
He was engaged in running cir
cular saw and was getting out some
surveyors stakes for the Orchard
Mesa contractors, when by some
means which Mr.. Cave is unable to
explain his hand ran against the saw
/ cutting off the three fingers just be-
low the knuckles and part of the
little finger. Mr.. Cave saved his
thumb by narrow margin.-Pali-
sade Tribune.
I Parties promoting the Meadows
| power and irrigation scheme are said
to be in the Meadows this week Sc
curing 60-day options. wherever pos
sible, on land which would be inun-
dated by the Vega reservoir. We
have no authoritive news on the sub.
ject, but it is talked that two promot.
ing factions are now contesting for
the site That the one party. repre-.
sented here by Mr. f. H. Platt. ha.
the power and water already con.
tracted, and the capital interested tC
put in the big plant. The Voice re-
peats that these statements are moi
authoritive but certain it is that tht
next few weeks will see interestins