The daily sentinel., 1909-09-21
....Local Euents....

The Elks were in session last
evening at their hall.
Perhaps fifty Grand Junction peo-
pie will attend the Gunnison tunnel
opening on Thursday.
On the trains last night "A large
number of visitors reached the city
from various points
Clarence Coe, senior member of
the Coe Investment Co.. is still seri-
ously III, suffering with appendicitis.
George A. Currie, whose serious
dllness was reported yesterday, is
getting along nicely. and his com
plete recovery is assured
Mrs. Ella G., Gallupe has gone to
Denver for vacation visit Mrs.
Gallupe is employed in the office OF
the county clerk and recorder.
Joe Robbins, of Denver, formerly
a well known young man of this city.
came in yesterday to remain during
the week of the county fair.
Again today many merchants have
been busy decorating their stores and
/ putting out beautiful window dis
/ plays The fair spirit is ouvclopiag
1 everybody and everything.
The deer season will open Oct. /
and Will last ten days. Many Grand
junction hunters are planning to go
out after deer as soon as the season
opens.
Today the board of county COM
missioners is sitting as board of
equalization and hearing complaints
from those taxpayers who think their
property has been too highly assess
ed.
y Y Wiley snG JehR Wiley. Mr.
| Claton Egbert leave for their homes
in Toulon. Ills. this evening after n
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Flynn.
Mr.. Claton Egbert will return short
/ ly with his family and make his
( home here.
Tonight Main street and the other
business streets will be blaze of
| light and beauty as the illuminations
viii be turned on for the first time
Great crowds of merry makers will
throng the streets during the even
| ing hours and the various places of
amusement Will do big business.
Concrete construction for barns is
springing into favor rapidly because
of the wholesome conditions that are
possible with the use of this ma
terial Popular Mechanics for Oc-
tober contains pictures showing the
interior of a handsome barn of this
kind. The pig pens have steel bar
riers just above the food troughs,
by means of which the pigs can be
shut away from the troughs if de-
sired.
On next Thursday, the 23rd.
party of Denver and Colorado Springs
people will accompany j. l.. Mead,
manager of the land department of
the Equitable Finance and Develop
ment company, to Grand Junction,
to inspect fruit lands in the Grand
valley. The party will be composed
exclusively of those who contemplate
purchasing property in that section
Denver News.
This afternoon at 2 O'Clock Presi- !
dent Taft arrived in Denver. He
leaves tomorrow morning at S:15 |
for Wolhurst and leaves Wolhurst at 4
1880 tomorrow afternoon. He visits |
Colorado Springs and Pueblo during |
the afternoon and in the evening at |
an early hour he starts for the west |
ern slope He will reach Glenwood /
at o'clock Thursday morning, leav- |
ing there at 6:45 O'Clock Arrive in |
Grand Junction at lO:15 and leaves |
Grand Junction for Nontrose at
11:15 o'clock.
The Uteland Mining company, who
had their misfortune to lose some of
their machinery in Green river, have
the machinery now all placed at the
copper beds and are ready to begin
operations. c. S. Carter will go to
Ouray for the initial run. Prospects I
are that Uintah county will enter the
field as copper producer and the
appearance of the ore body gives old
miners the opinion that there will
be big profits in the business. There
will be very little mining necessary. /
The ore is on the surface, or at least
great bodies of ore are in sight Sue
cess to the ompany.-Vernal EX-
press.
1t rained in Vernal last Saturday, /
spelling more hay and sprouting
more wheat in the shock. 1t showed
six inches on Brush creek mountain
al the sawmill. A. ]. Johnston came
down Monday and he said il showed
all the afternoon on Saturday and
froze during the night so that icicles
two feet long hung to the caves on
the north side of the cabin Sunday
noon. 1t didn't freeze much in the
valley and We are very Fortunate
Vernal Express.