The daily sentinel., 1909-10-11
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Geo. p Welden, the field eutom J.
logist Is out of town for a few days
Secretary Mahony of the Cham
ber of Commerce, is expected back
tomorrow from Denver. =
/ J. II. Wentworth and j. c. Plaus
drove to Fruita to spend today on
the Plank ranch where Mr.. Plank is
harvesting large apple crop.
Tomorrow at O'Clock the funeral
| of II, ID. Smith, the fruit grower, who
died Saturday morning, will be held
from his residence in Fruityale.
The deer season closed yesterday
and the hunters are returning the
majority of them empty-handed. The
deer were very successful in eluding
the hunters this year
Grand Junction man killed
bear on Big Beaver creek last week.
He was more modest than the fisher
men and did not make his name
known. Meeker Review.
A special auditing committee of
two, w. A. Merrill of Fruita and C.
A. Britt are starting in to audit the
stock books of the Grand Valley Ir-
rigation Co
Mrs. Pearson. the undertaken. to-
day shipped the body of Mrs. C9nklin
to Kingsley. Mo, for burial. Mrs
Conklin died yesterday at o'clock
at 1870 North Seventh.
T, e. Fulghum returned this morn
ing from Salt Lake City. where ne
has been conducting test of heaters
for the National Orchard Heating Co.
at the Utah state fair.
, A petition of nomination was flied
| "a N rl "a pt ha nf hA ,if ~
clerk by Edwin ~ Slocomb for the
office of mayor to be voted on ar
the coming election in November
We note that some people are get
ting up a Western Slope Develop
ment Congress at Grand Junction,
and have invited 900 delegates from
towns and cities west of Ieadvllle
; and Gunnison." They are q hot Pin
: chot bunch down there and this con
gress is designed by big cattlemen
like Hillian. of Delta, to boost leasing
and crowd out the small cattlemen.
Like the rest of the PinChot gather
ings ii will be replete with fulsome
lies about conversation and serv-
ing the interests of the small stock
men, etc.-Gunnison News-C champion.
large construction company had
It's equipment transported from Ridg-
the purpose of beginning operations
on the rebuilding of the washed out
portions of the road on either side of
!, Sawpit. The outfits are at work in
both directions. From the south end
lanother construction company moved
in for operations on that lortion of
the tract near Trout Lake. Indications
are that it will not be long before
trains will be running as usual over
the Southern. II will take something
like thirty days 10 repair the road so
that trans can go into Telluride from
the south and another six weeks to
repair the north end of the road
Ouray Herald.
But fifty deer were killed this wear
as against $500 year ago, accord
ing to the figures made mp by the
state fish and game commission yes
terday when the deer season ended
with most satisfactory results for the
men interested In saving Colorado o's
wild game. Game and Fish Com
missioner I. ]. Holland gives several
causes to which he attributes the
falling off in the slaying of the harm
less deer. No doubt" said MIR Hol-
land, 1T is due TO the efficiency OF
the new game law, which prvoides for
a shorter season. and that only one
deer. and that buck with horns. be
allowed each sportsman. But | also
claim some recognition for my dep
uties who have patrolled the counties
in which the deer are found. so we'll
that in no case have we had to make
= arrests of men who have killed moro
z than their share, or slaughtered the
!. mother deer or the fawns Denver
, Times.