The daily sentinel., 1909-09-29
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Al Gray, who have
been visiting ar Grand Junction. re-
turned to their home last night on
the Midland. Aspen Democrat.
Eight cars of apples were shipped
out of the valley last night By this
time next week at least 20 cars will
be going out of the valley each night
Early next month the famous mu-
steal fantasy. In Dreamland." will
be offered at the Park opera house
1t Will be one of the biggest and most
novel attractions of the year
Reports today from Denver indicate
that the big Mesa county fruit exhibit
in the windows of the general offices
of the Colorado Midland is still at
tracing the attention and admiration
of thousands each day.
IL is reported that John w. Arm
strong, for number of years street
com missioner. is a candidate for COM
missioner of streets and alleys. un-
der the new charter form of govern
ment
The funeral of Mrs. j. NJ. Miner
Will be held tomorrow, Thursday
morning, at 10 o'clock from the un-
dertaking parlors of Hattie c. Pear
son. Interment at Fairview ceme-
charge of the services.
Tomorrow the sugar factory ex-
poets to get started on its fall and
winter campaign, The beet digging
is going ahead rapidly in many sec
tions of this and other counties that
supply their beet product to the
Grand Junction factory.
Miss Edith Sadlier. who has been
visiting Miss Bessie Berry at the lat
ter's home on Ouray avenue for the
past week left yesterday for Pueblo
and after brief visit there with
friends will return to her home in
Denver.
Among the numerous Grand juno
tion men who are planning on get
ting an early start for the lair of the
deer when the season opens on Fri
day are Coy Klinger. Ralph Todd. ].
II. Engert, Elmo Gaines, T. C. Cald-
well, Fred Mantey, Vern Lee and
many others.
Brice Patterson passed through the
city Sunday on his way to Montrose
to attend the celebration and to watch
his mare Rosemary b. walk off with
the prizes at the fair. He will then
go TO Grand Junction where the ia
nous mare is entered for the races at
the Mesa county fair. Silverton
Standard
During the past few days the work
of securing right of way signatures
for the private right of way of the
linterurban road between Grand juno
tion and Fruita has progressed at a
most rapid and satisfactory rate, and
| il now looks that within very few
days every foot of private right of
i w hot - In inn nd
Fruita will be signed up and the pa
pers turned over to the company
1t is reported that the present
mayor. James II. Lee. has not fully
decided whether or not he will make
the race for one of the commissioner
ships under the new form of the city
| government. Mr.. Lees private inter
ests are SO extensive that ii will prob
ably be difficult for him to see his
way TO give all his attention to the
business of one of the offices. as shall
be expected by the people. and as is
mot necessary under the old form of
city government, no mayor, excepting
Mayor Wentworth, who also perform
ed the duties of street commissioner.
having ever given his entire attention
to the duties of his office.
1t is reported that several bridges
in the neighborhood of the Rhone
school house have bad holes in them
at this time and il was on one of
these bridges that c. C. Price, the
well known ranchman and horseman,
was painfully injured a few days ago.
\ A physician stated yesterday that on
one or two other bridges in that
same section of the county there have
been ugly breaks or holes for days
and il has been a matter of wonder
that horses have not broken theiI
limbs and injured their drivers OF
riders on these bridges. especially al
night. Whoever is road overseer in
that district should get busy at once
before there are more accidents.