The daily sentinel., 1909-08-31
....Local Euents....

business.
Mrs. Davis Brooks, who has been
long sufferer to cancer complica-
tions, is reported very poorly this
morning.
Miss Gladys Clark leaves this af-
ternoon for Elgin, o., where she will
resume her studies at St. Mary's
Academy.
Clarence D. Coe. the real estate
week, suffering from appendicitis, is
slowly improving.
State Labor Commissioner Brake,
whose presence in the city was an
nounced yesterday. left this morning
for Hotchkiss and Paonia.
W. s. Wallace and wife of Grand
Junction. were New Sheridan guests
last night and are in town today
Telluride Journal.
Superintendent Vedder of the
Grand Junction water works took
large bunch of laboring men over to
the reservoir this morning to give IL
thorough cleaning.
Mrs. NJ. Il. Floyd and Mrs. Joe
Stewart leave this evening for a visit
to Seattle and to other points in the
northwest and along the coast They
will be away about thirty days
Today is Clean Up Day and in spite
of the rain many people have cut
down weeds and taken other steps
toward making more cleanly their
lots. and the streets and allay ways.
Sunday a little 2-year-old girl, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F.
Welch of California street, Denver.
put rag in her mouth that had been
soaked in fly poison. She died a short
time after sucking the rag.
John ID. Secor, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, and
Mrs. Secur. returned home this morn
ing from their extended western tour
and visit to the Seattle exposition.
They had a most delightful trip.
The official program of the Mesa
County Fair, 5,O00-will be issued
by the Haskell Billposting company
for free distribution. Business men
and other advertisers should beware
of grafters and schemers who cannot
deliver the goods.
Crops in El Paso county will yield
per cent more than ever before, in
the opinion of Major Henry McAllis-
ter, pioneer of the county, and one
of the best-informed men in this sec
ton on local farming-Colorado
Springs Gazette.
V. Gilcrest of the Red Trunk
Clothing House Company, who has
been visiting friends in the city the
past few weeks, leaves in the morning
for Gunnison to spend a few days
fishing before returning TO his home
in Indiana.
All entries for Labor Day sporting
events must be in by O'Clock Sat
urday night. The entries can be
made at the Labor Headquarters or
by mail, care p. o. Box No. T.
Ounce Hutton, chairman of COM
mittee.
w. NJ. White, of Chicago, has
been a visitor in the valley the past
several days looking over land and
comparing it with that of the Hood
River (Oregon) section. Needless to
say Grand valley does not suffer from
the comparison.
Mrs. o. p. NJ. Steel is expected
home this week from Missouri, where
she was called by the death of her
mother. Mrs. Steel writes that the
heat in Missouri is terrible this sum
mer and it is almost impossible to
keep comfortable either day or night
Next Tuesday the board of Mesa
county commissioners will meet in
regular session and it will be the first
meeting held since early in July, no
meeting being held in August Much
business is to be transacted at the
September term.
The enthusiasm in the lower valley
over the interurban line is still high
and the various committees appointed
to line up the rights-of-way, statistics.
etc, are doing effective work The
lower valley is in earnest about want
ing the interurban line.
Yesterday afternoon late in the
court of Justice John II. Hill young
A. e. Mckinney was fined 500 and
costs for treating friend to several
drinks. He spent last night in the
county jail but the fine will probably
be paid today. He admitted the of
fense.
Today Jack ONeil finishes his
work with the Grand Valley lrriga-
tion company as superintendent of
the big ditch and in quitting he
rounds out some twelve years of con
tinuous service. He leaves in few
days for Pennington, New Mexico, to
take up his new work.
In all something like $50 cars of
fruit have been shipped out of the
valley so far this season and the
neaNy Snlpplng season Is Just opening
up. This includes all fruit and ex-
press shipments. The Grand Junction
Fruit Growers association has ship
ped out the bulk of this fruit.
Grand Junction Sentinel of Thurs
day evening describes a disgraceful
exhibition on one of the principal
corners of that city by three men and
woman all so drunk they could
scarcely navigate. 1t is surprising
that such things can be in place so
high and dry as Grand Junction.
Telluride Journal.
The Upper Blue Bench Irrigation
district has advertised SIS, 900 worth
OF bonds for sale, and the Lower Blue
Bench Irrigation district has offered
81 5000 of its $125,000 bond issue.
Surveyor Albert Halen. of Moffat,
has made an estimate of $4,000 as
. ha Of