The daily sentinel., 1909-01-25
..OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The congressional committee oil
public lands Saturday decided to re
port favorably on a bill which pro
vides for the granting and patentinl
of the state of Colorado desert land
within the reservation formerly oc
cupied by the Uncompahgre ans
White River Ute Indians. The stat,
of Colorado will be required to pa,
$l.2o an acre for the lands if the bill
is passed by congress.
For the first time in several year,
trains over the Marshall Pass ar,
having considerable difficulty il
making the pass. owing to the grea
depth of the snow. In some places
crews report that the snow has drift
ed until ii is 20 feet high. All train.
are running late. The rotary pro
pellor is being used, but owing tc
the high wind blowing the snow into
such big drifts, it is with difficulty
that even this is being successful,
used
Tomorrow evening the members OF
the board of directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce and their wives will
be entertained at delightfully."- ap-
pointed luncheon, at the Western
University. by the trustees and Of
ficers of the University. The lunch
con will be served at 6:3O O'Clock.
Miss Ida Wadsworth, instructor in
Domestic Science. has charge of the
arrangements for the lunch con TIE
affair promises to be a most enjoy
able one
Telephone messages received this
afternoon by The Sentinel from Tell
uride state that there has been no
additional snow slides since the fatal
slide of Friday when three people,
including a woman and little girl,
We're killed and several others badly
injured as a result of the running of
the Mammoth snowslide. All of the
injured are getting along very we'll
Several other slides are threatening
to run. A slide run at Ophir Satur-
day and knocked four box cars off a
track.
For the first time in several days
Grand junction is in telephone COM
munication with Telluride. That
town, so messages to The Sentinel
this afternoon state, has been cut off
from all wire communication and
nearly all train communication with
the outside world since Friday. The
great storms have made it necessary
to suspend railway traffic. temper
arily between Telluride and Silverton
and Durango. People in Telluride
anxious 10 get up into the Silverton
and Durango districts have no assur-
ance when they will be able to pro-
ceed The storm has abated at Tell
uride
Today negotiations were completed
whereby w. w. Chandler, the well
known printer and newspaper man.
sold to II. III. Skeggs and James Lam
caster. his associates in the business,
his interest in the plant and business
of the Western Slope Printing com
pany, located on Main street in this
city. Mr.. Chandler has several prop
ositions in view but has not yet defi-
nitely made up his mind as to his
future business. His many friends
will hope that he will decide to re-
main in Grand Junction. Messrs.
Skeggs and Lancaster will continue
the business of the printing company
which has enjoyed good patronage
from the start
Old timers speak of the long foggy
spell we have had as something un-
known since the white man came in
the valley. Following a three days
snow storm it began Thursday after
noon with dense fog and lasted day
and night till noon. The trees were
al mass VI lrOSt crystals from one END
of the valley to the other. and formed
beautiful pictures that a dozen anna
teur photographers were out trying
TO catch. Some thought the heavy
frost blanket hurt the trees. but that
is not probable, the temperature not
being cold enough. The dampness in
the atmosphere here seemed to fol-
low the Chinook wind. but may have
been due to irrigation in the lower
valley from year to year is more ex-
tensive. ve.-Gunnison News-C Champion.
That no effort to misrepreselt
facts has been made by Alderman
Hertz in having the people asked to
sign the petition providing that each
ward of the city shall vote whether
or not ii shail be wet" or dry" is
generally believed. Mr. Hertz has at
all times been fair and square in stat
ing his position on the saloon ques-
ton and he has also all along shown
disposition to conduct matters in
decent and honorable manner. The
charges being made personally
against Mr. Hertz are given but little
credence by those who have given the
matter any thought. MIR. Hertz de-
clares that he has made no attempt
to misrepresent facts nor has he al
lowed any of the men in charge of
the petitions to do so and there is
very little evidence to prove to the
contrary.