The daily sentinel., 1909-11-05
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

F. c. Robinson left this afternoon
for Denver on a short business trip.
Chas. Seaman. of Denver. of the
Star laundry of that city, is soliciting
in Grand Junction today.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Dow expect to I.
soon remove from the city to their
orchard home in the Pomona district. /
Tonight the realty men hold a
smoker and at this smoker some most |
\ important matters will be discussed. !
There should be large attendance.
A freight wreck near DeBeque late T,
last night delayed all trains for a
few hours. No considerable damage
was done. No one was hurt.
Tonight the board of directors of
the Chamber of Commerce will meet
in regular session and much busi-
ness will be given attention.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Frank RobeTti have
moved from this city to Leadville TO
reside during the winter.i Mr.. Rob-
erti is one OF the best known railroad
men of the city.
James l.. Hamilton and family have
moved to the city from their big or
chard in the Pomona country. They
have taken the residence at $50
Rood avenue. for the winter.
Hundreds of voters who failed to
vote in the general municipal cleo
tion Tuesday will now have to regis
ter before they can vote again.
The county commissioners are en-
gagged in one of the busiest sessions
they have held in many months. The
work of arranging all of the tax levies
was practically completed today.
c. A. Latimer of the Latimer
Chemical company has returned from
la most successful business rip
through the Hotchkiss, Delta, Paonia
and surrounding country.
This year, as in the past, the local
lodge of Elks will conduct beautiful
and impressive memorial services in
Grand Junction on the first Sunday
in December. The program is now
in course of preparation.
Material continues to arrive daily
for the interurban railway. Supt.
Harvey is finding ii difficult to store
the material as rapidly as 1t arrives.
Affairs in the interurban circles con-
tinue to shape up in excellent shape.
Every day progress is made and soon
everything will be ready for the start
ing of construction work, on the
Grand Junction and Fruita line.
Nearly every day Secretary Ma
honey, of the Chamber of Commerce,
receives a number of letters announc-
ing the appointment of delegates
from some town or county for the
Western Slope Development Congress
to be held here next week.
Miss Harriet Taylor, of ST Louis.
Mo-, arrived In the city last night for
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Dow.
Miss Taylor being girlhood friend
of Mrs. Dow's. The young lady has
been in the Northwest. visiting at
Spokane and other points for num-
Der of months and is now en- route
home.
C. w. Patterick came down from
the Plateau valley yesterday where
he has been visiting friends and
transacting business and brought
with him sample of buckwheat
flour grown and milled In the Plateau
valley off the farm of John Jensen.
An assistant auctioneer for The
firm of T.. A. Yelton arrived on the
Story express very early this morn
ing and seems to like his new sur
roundings very well. His weight is
9 fb pounds. and his voice is in splen-
did condition Mother and son are
doing well Santa Cruz, Cal. Even
ing News, Nov. /.
Tomorrow is the day set for an
other hearing on the Orchard Mesa
injunction proceedings but in all
probability the hearing will consist
mainly of the consideration of a
motion to dismiss the proceedings as
1t is understood that the terms and
details of an amicabie settlement
between the Orchard Mesa district
and company and the railroads have
all been agreed upon.
1,,Yn oil no
the figures compiled by The Sentinel
on every race in the recent city cleo
ton and on every vote for every can
didate. The canvass of the returns
made last night by the city council
showed that The Sentinel's unofficial
but complete returns we're correct in
every detail. The canvass made no
change in any vote. The council was
in session but a comparatively brief
time last night
The announcement by The Sentinel
| yesterday of the fact that the board
of county commissioners have approp-
rated s25. 700 for the new bridge at
| the foot of Main street and across
4 the Grand river. was received with
| general satisfaction by the people.
| This makes total of over 100000
available for this bridge which will
cost in the neighborhood of s45. 900
and, when completed, will be the fin |
est and biggest bridge in Mesa coun- !
! ty. 1t remains for about SIS 900 yet
to be provided for. There are very
extensive property interests deeply
| interested in the building of this !
bridge and it is presumed that these
interests will make handsome con-
| tributions or appropriations toward !
\ providing for the cost of the bridge
/ C. A. Wood has filed suit against
( the Lilylands Canal & Reservoir Co. J
and asks for temporary restraining
| order to force the company to allow
| him to vote certain shares of stock
which he alleges he owns, at the
stockholders meeting of the COM
| MANY Wood sets forth In his com