The daily sentinel., 1909-04-24
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

,,;u iu md there was a good attend
ance. - ,,ar,nbis
,renn is on an extended visit Win
ber sister. Mrs. L. J. Grown.
Secretary Mahoney, Senator pu
Long and NJ. o. Delaplain ieit itnis
morning for Montrose TO attehu 'ne
booster banquet tonight. u au
The temperature kept up wen an
during last night and at no time was
the fruit crop in any district Oh the
valley in the least danger.
Nr and Mrs. George E. Haskei
returned to Denver this afternoon
and william C. Haskell left for ms
home in Iowa. ,or
Thos. Kirk left this morning ior
Santa Fe, NJ NJ, after visit OF sew
eral months with friends ana reia-
tives in this city.
the negro who have been serving
terms in the Jail, expire tomorrow.
They have been the only arrests uh-
der the new police.
Mrs. Roy Smith was operated on
for appendicitis at st. Marys nos
pital at Grand Junction Monday ana
is reported to be on the road TO re-
covery.-Delta Tribune.
More than 10000 fruit trees have
been planted on new land AROUND
Florence in the last 60 days More
new land has come under irrigation
In that section than in any other
mart of the Arkansas valley this year.
The commencement exercises at
the Allen school will be held on Mon
day evening at O'Clock. "Hiawatha'
is to be the class play and many
other Indian features will make up
the program.
j. II. Knowles, of Trumbull, Neb.,
is a visitor in the city today. This
afternoon he was driven to Iona oy
prominent real estate men and prom
ises to invest heavily in Grand valley
land
Miss Edith johnson, head nurse at
the Nordrach ranch sanitarium OF
Colorado Springs, who accompanied
the late Fred Groves to this city as
nurse, returns tomorrow to resume
her duties at Colorado Springs.
The saloon licenses at Lamar,
Colo, have been raised from $1,000
to $4,000 by the city council of that
place. This will probably put all but
two saloons out of business in that
town There are now six saloons
running in Lamar.
Logan Johnson writes from Ames,
Colorado. where he is employed by
the Telluride Power company, that he
has been transferred to that station
from Ouray. where he has been the
past year. Logan is a former high
school student of this city and is
well known here
Senator Teller and Mrs. Teller will
leave Washington next Wednesday
for Colorado, where they will spend
the summer. The work of the none
tary commission, on which Senator
Teller is now engaged, will not bring
him back to Washington before fall.
I Can't beat midland train No.
LOG. leaves Grand Junction at p. m.
daily. Arrives in Denver at a. m.
daily. Take dinner on the dining
car, go to bed and wake up in Dem
yer. Midland Route. C. H. Speers,
general passenger agent, Denver. R.
r. Vickery, general agent, Grand
Junction.
s. G. McMullin. of Grand Junction,
who owns the old Pabor ranch ad-
joining Fruita on the west, is plant
ing an eight acre orchard on the
ranch north of the w. II. Pollock
place. This will be planted to apples.
plums and peaches. The remainder
of Mr.. McMnllin's land, nearly fifty
acres. which has just been cleared
and leveled, will be seeded this spring
TO alfalfa.-Fruita Telegram.
latter's grounds last Sunday by a
score of 2S to II. The large score is
due to the fact that the game was
played on wet grounds. much of the
time rain falling. rendering fast field
ing impossible. Red Cliff thinks it
has team that can skin anything
between that town and Grand juno
tion.-Glenwood Avalanche.
The Gunnison river is now on the
rise. The weather has been favor
able for slow rise and no serious
results are looked for on account of
high water. There is a record
breaker fall of snow in the noun
tains to feed this stream the present
season and only sudden change to
warm weather will cause any alarm
among the farmers along the river
bottoms.-Delta Tribune.
An effort will be made to secure
the 1910 meeting of the G.. A. r.
encampment for the department Of
Colorado and Wyoming for Grand
Junction The matter was discussed
again last night at the meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce board A
large delegation will probably 90 to
trinidad next month to the 1eOa
meeting and make an effort to secure
the next encampment for this city.
In explanation of the fire bovs'
lirst run yesterday to the Glasco-Lee
real estate office, the reason for NOT
puiiing the hose, at which many were
inclined to criticise. the boys state,
that when the alarm was given thev
were told that it was Just sinai,
tire and for them to use chemicals
ana TO not pull hose. as there was no
| wish 10 FISK damage by water. The
ooys made good run.
Mrs. Jessie Mitchel, ora ~
Erma Rice came down from Rnana
! vista Friday. Mrs Mitchell nro-
ceeded on to her new home at crans
junction while her sister. Mrs Pic
Is IN the city visiting with her moth.
er. Mrs. Mary Overholt. and sister
Mrs. Minnie johnson. After her yis;,
IN Saiida she will go to her new home