The daily sentinel., 1909-09-14
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

John NJ. Phillips to-ay made his
final five year PROOF before District
Court Clerk Primrose. His land con-
sists of / SO acres on Pinion Mesa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Burnett. of
t}fvsrsie-~Isnctior, spent. Sunday in
Glenwood. Mr.. Burnett is the mana
ger of the St. Regis hotel of that city
Glenwood Avalanche
Secretary VIII A. House leaves to-
night for Boulder where he will at
tend the conference Of the Y NJ. c.
A. secretaries of the state He will re-
turn the latter part OF the week.
Secretary Leon ]. Chapman has re-
ceived an exhibit of nectarines from
the ranch of J. NJ Davis of DeBeque
They are large. smooth and uniform
and look good enough for show for
the ribbon.
f. o. Mahn. of Caldwell. Ohio. a
nephew of w A. Richmond of this
city. is a new arrival in town today
He will in all probability locate here
and engage in business. He was a
new member of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Gym" class last night.
Milne & Milne report the sale of
the following property: Lots 20 and
80 block 35. from w NJ. Hopkins to
r. II. Gillispie. $3.50; the double Ter
race on Ute avenue between Eighth
and Ninth streets. r. II. Gillispie to
Louis Brodak. $500.
Rev. c. T. simmons and wife ar
rived last evening from Plateau City
Rev Simmons. who a few years ago
returned from India. where he spent
some time as Methodist missionary
has resigned his pastorate at Plateau
City and will devote himself to ranch
ing in that rich locality.
j. +. Moorehead. of DeBeque. was
in town today. He is making an eff
fort to secure a pastor for the First
Presbyterian church of DeBeque. The
organization of this field was recent
ly effected by Paul Burgess. well
known here as one of the runners of
The Sentinel marathon race last
spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. \. Schall of De-
corah. Ia. have been forced to change
climate on account of the health of
their daughters, After looking over
a good portion of the west they have
decided that Grand Junction has not
only the best climate, but also final
opportunities for investments. and al |
so in a professional way. Mr. Schall !
is an expert piano tuner, and as such |
will be welcomed to our city
An interesting exhibition was Civ
en- this afternoon by the National |
Orchard Heating people for the bene-
fit OF Eugene Grubb and Fred John |
son, who are here looking for infor- |
nation regarding the Grand valley 81
method of saving fruit crops. Coal
and oil were both used in the demon |
strations, and the visitors expressed
themselves as being profoundly i'm
pressed with the exhibition.
Three new maids of honor. have |
been selected by the fair association
to assist in the welcoming of Presi- |
dent Taft on his visit TO this city. |
They are all prominent young ladies |
of the valley and will serve in this .
position in delightful manner. The /
ned Maids of Honor are. Miss Avis
Hardy, Orchard Mesa; Miss Anna
bowling, Whitewater. Miss Jennie
Darling. Hannah Greek; Miss Mella
Sayles. Palisade
The matrimonial bug evidently mas
bitten several of the Plateau valley
young people. Today marriages IL
censes We're issued as follows: Chick
r. Potter'and Miss Ethel McCleery of
Molina; William j. Wallace and EN- =,
ma Mabel Bushman of Collbran. The
parties are well known young folks
of the upper country and will receive
the congratulations of their large
circle of acquaintances.
There will be "A big mass meeting
tonight at Clifton in the interest of
the interurban electric railway prof.
ect, II is hoped that at this even
ing's meeting announcement will he
possible that "A complete right of way
has been accorded the enterprise and
that hearty cooperation will be ex-
tended the promoters of the valley ,
transportation line. special dele
CATION will be present from this city
TO boost the proposition along.