The daily sentinel., 1909-04-15
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Get your Sunday dinner roast from
that corn-fed beef-Greig Mercah-
MIR. and Mrs. T. Tarkoff. of Mon
trose, are guests of friends in the
city.
E. NJ. Forbes. well known resi-
dent of Sterling Colo. is in the city
]. d. Mccauley. of Berkeley, Cal, is
spending few days in Grand June
tion.
T. B. Purves. Jr.. superintendent
of motive power of the Rio Grande
system, is in the city today.
Sanitary plumbing commends it
self to everybody. See J. E. Nc
Kenzie, the plumber.
Reports from all over the valley
state that the fruit conditions are
very fine. The growers are very
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Jones have
taken possession of the Primrose
residence at SCI Main street and
moved into the residence today
Grand junction should not give
way to grief Green river and tri-
butaries continue wei--Duranso
Democrat.
There is report to the effect that
quite a number of men have been
ern during the past few days.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Harsh. OF
Molina. are in the city the guests OF
George Pearson and family Mr..
Harsh is in the mercantile business
in Molina.
The altar guild of st. Matthews
church will meet tomorrow after
noon. in the church, for the purpose
/ of electing officers. All members
I ho
The work of erecting a handsome
and modern new home for Frank II.
Haskell and family on the corner of
Ninth street and Grand avenue was
started this week.
Tomorrow is cleanup day in
Grand Junction as well as Arbor Day.
Let everybody heed the mayors proc
lamation and do his or her part tow
ard Improving the looks of the city.
Werner u. Reed. the Colorado
Springs capitalist, who is so largely
! interested in Grand Junction and the
Grand valley. came up last night
from Iona and Is spending the day
\ in the city.
The woman's guild of Fruita,
through the president Mrs. Warren,
sent to st. Matthew's hospital few
days ago. lot of live chickens, sew
eral dozen eggs, a large supply of
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the house.
One of the finest cash registers
ever brought to the western slope has
recently been installed by the. Ryan
Mercantile company of this city IL
| is of immense size and fitted up with
the very latest features. The oper-
alton of the machine is certainly
marvellous.
| The announcement in The Sentinel
1 ,f "a
struction of the new high school
building has aroused much interest
and brought forth many expressions
of general satisfaction over the prob
ability of the city having a fine new
high school building at an early
date.
With some forty members in at
tendance the knights of Pythias had
most enjoyable and busy session
last evening. Work was done in the
second rank. Mayor-elect ]. II. Lee,
who is one of the leading members of
| the lodge, remembered the Knights
with box of fine cigars at the meet
ing last evening.
Mrs. S. L. Aveline left for Denver
Friday morning. where she Will be
met by her son. James, formerly of
| Silverton, but now of Grand juno
ton. They will spend a few weeks
in the capital city, and then leave for
Grand Junction where they will re-
side permanently Stand
ard.
The present tour of THE Burg
omaster" will in all probability make
its farewell appearance, especially in
America, as arrangements are now
under way to send this musical mas
terpiece to Europe. OF course Harry
Hermsen will head the organization
and Manager Cullen will re-engage
nearly all of the present company
to be seen here Friday, April 23
Samuel G. Smith of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers association,
returned home this morning from a
trip to points in Idaho. He was at
Caldwell and several other towns
where former Grand Junction people
now reside. He found them all we'll
pleased with their new homes but
all retain a fondness for Grand juno
tion and the Grand valley. Mr.. Smith
states that there is every indication
of most prosperous year in Idaho
| All day today there has been a
crowd of curious people around one
of the windows of the Loeffler store
in which window on a cot is reposing
a young man who was placed in a
hypnotic sleep last evening by
| Vernon, the Great. at the entertain
! ment at the Park opera house. The
deep sleeper was then removed to the
Loeffler store and will remain there
until this evening when he will be
taken back to the opera house and
aroused from his sleep by the hypnot-
ist. Last night the opera house was
again packed to overflowing and the
entertainment was hugely enjoyed by
all. Vernon is certainly having a
most successful engagement in Grand
Junction. He appears at the opera
house again this evening.
At the adjourned meeting of the
school board last night all of the