The daily sentinel., 1909-02-01
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
German is coming.

Germain is coming.
Tonight the Elks will meet in reg
ular session.
5. NJ. Dowden is up from Grand
Junction circulating petition for the
proposed bridge at Palisade. He was
accompanied while here by f. c. Sax.
Plateau Voice.
The Sunnyside ditch people have
ordered the pipe for the Colorado ca
nal and expect to begin the work of
completing the canal for spring use
as soon as weather will permit
Plateau Voice
il Joseph A. Primrose. who came re-
GENTLY from Grand Junction, Colo
rado. to look over the reservation, is
so pleased with the Blue Bench that
he has located upon homestead
there.-The Uintah Chieftain.
Why cannot some one who has
money to take up the Sunnyside ditch
project and put this land under wa
Il ter? II would nearly double our
chances TO secure railroad transporta-
tion. There are men today who
would build the ditch if permitted.
We know of two such parties. and
cannot understand why they are un-
able to deal with the landowners
! Plateau Voice.
Today. the second day that the pc
tition has been in circulation. many
property owners have attached their
signatures TO the petition and there
by expressed their desire of having
a paving district created and the
streets in the business section paved,
along the line detailed exclusively
in The Sentinel Saturday.
There was no quorum present Sat
urday night at the special meeting of
the city council held for the purpose
of finally passing on the extension
amendment TO the franchise of the
street railway. The matter will be
taken up at the next regular meet
ing, one week from tomorrow night.
Mr.. Moore. father of Gus Moore of
Mesa. arrived in the valley last Tues
day from North Carolina to pay his
sons a visit. Though the old gentle
man is 81 years of age. he stood the
trip very we'll, coming the 1000 miles
in only 81 hours. He said there bad
been no cold weather in his country
other than a few light frosts, before
his departure, and naturally hc finds
our rigorous climate a little sharp
Plateau Voice
Germain, very clever and mysti-
flying wizard made his first appear
ance in Manchester at the Palace last
night. His work as magician is so
far beyond our ken that we are dumb,
but will nevertheless say that many
artists in the legitimate theatre
wonld benefit greatly by studying
Germans refined and subtle stage
methods. If applause and apprecia-
ton be an incentive this should not
be Mr.. Germain's last visit here
Manchester (England) Standard.
AS mere suggestion to our Grand
Junction friends who have referred
to the question of the suppression of
dives TO committee and are anX-
iously waiting for a report. Suppose
the report is adverse, what's the mat
ter with some able bodied citizen
swearing out warrant in the usual
way and putting legal stop to them?
The whole LOT of people who are so
much exercised are not barred from
chipping in to the expense ac-
count. The law is plain enough. so
also the procedure. why all this rack
ct? If the people do not want dives
they can get rid of them without in
dignation meetings, petitions and a
lot of fuss and fustian, not to men
tion daily advertisement in the press
Delta Democrat.
The agitation for a state r'al
through from Pueblo to GIall
Junction by way of Cochetora iaaa
and Gunnison. is coming a a4l'n
and seems TO be favora h' r'ei
in many quarters. II al
good thing to push. There rre .lenty
of roads Leading norrh auj south
along the Colorado front range and
a few east and west would be of
assistance in making the eastern and
western slope better acquainted.
! Good roads are worthy of all the
money that can be secured for them
l-Gunnison News-Champion
If six hundred feet of tunnel were
driven where the Waterhole slide
comes down every year there would
be no more danger of accidents there,
and the same is true al Riverside, on
the Red mountain road This ought
to be done. in the interest of public
safety and for the preservation of
life, and the county. the mining com
panies and the freight outfits should
chip in together on the expense and
do it. Perhaps aid could be got from
the state. and it would be well for
our representatives in the house and
senate to Investigate and find out
AT any rate. the tunnels should be
dug, for it is better to spend $4,000
or $4,000 than to be killing men
every few years. and in fact almost
, every winter. Those slides both
came down several times every win
ter. and have for many years -Ouray
lPlaindealer