The daily sentinel., 1909-04-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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Judge Sprigg Shackleford left this
morning for Gunnison where he VIII
hold a busy session of the district
court.
Tomorrow night the city council
will meet in regular session and much
business will be done. 1t is the last
regular meeting of the present coun-
ell.
The Grand Mesa Trout company.
capitalized at 100000 filed articles OF
incorporation in Denver Saturday
with the secretary of state. The in
corporators are Lou d. Sweet. H. X.
Trowbridge and j. d. Monroe
The attraction following Hanford
at the Park opera house Will be Ruth
White in THE Burgomaster. There
are over forty people in the company
and the great musical play Will be
given an admirable presentation.
The secretary of the interior re-
stored to entry lands withdrawn for
use of the reclamation service in con-
nection with the proposed Colorado
river storage project. The lands re-
stored are townships 20, 21 and %.
range 16, Salt Lake land district.
Senator Horace r. DeLong return
ed home yesterday from Denver and
will now be engaged at his office
regularly. He seems happy over the
fact that the legislative session is
ended and that he is back home to
stay again.
At several of the churches of the
city yesterday resolutions were adopt
ed commencing the stand taken by
the ministers and the methods and
plans employed by the ministers and
the leading workers of the anti-saloon
forces, in the recent campaign.
Grand functions new street rail-
way is being laid and will extend on
to the town of Palisade as soon as
completed in the city. Grand juno
tion has doubled in growth in the
past few years and will double again
in the next five years.-Ouray Plain
dealer.
Timothy Manion. the well known
mining man. who is now superintend-
ing some valuable properties in the
Ouray district for the eastern owners.
was in Grand Junction yesterday en-
route from Ouray to Denver to make
a purchase of a large amount of ma
chinery. Mr.. Manion's family is
spending the year in California.
The Sentinels unofficial figures
on the result of the city election have
been proven to be the only unofficial
figures to have been absolutely cor
rect The Sentinel the day after
election had the majority correct in
every race. The morning sheet has
been more than fifty votes off on the
majority for the charter in every an
nouncement 1t has made since the
election.
Despite the late cool nights it is
announced by persons who should
know that the fruit crop in the Grand
valley is still safe and as the weather
is turning warmer conditions are
more favorable each day. A few
apricots have been nipped at various
points, but not more than would have
to be thinned out later. Fruitas
prospects were never brighter
Fruita Telegram.
The Sunnyside Canal company is
making preparations to complete the
canal for early spring irrigation.
They already have three cars of lum-
ber in DeBeque for fumes, and Will
ship in over 100000 feet of lumber
and stave pipe material as soon as
the roads permit hauling. A dozen
or more houses are to be built on the
Sunnyside-some of them large, fine
structures-as soon as the materials
can be secured. The Sunnyside boom
is on; watch that cactus-strewn wild
erness bloom as rose.-Plateau
Voice
AS we go to press we learn that
Vance Pealer, brother of Walter and
Bart Pealer of this place, died yes
terday afternoon at Joe Longs east
place. The deceased was brought to
Collbran early in the winter, suffer-
ing from tuberculosis. 1t was hoped
the sharp change of climate from the
soft, sunny skies of Tennessee. and
the rarefied air of this altitude might
act as stimulant and arrest the
ebbing tide of life. But it was too
late. His vitality was too low The
editor knows little of Mr.. Pealer but
he appeared gentle, kindly, patient
sufferer. The body will be shipped to
Chattanooga, Tennessee. for burial.
Plateau Voice.
Orin Brown, William j. George
and Chester Lyttle struck it rich in
the Crooked Wash country the other
day They followed a wolf trail and
located den. 1t was spooky look
ing place and the entrance to the
den was not as large as railroad
tunnel. They could hear all kinds of
noises down in the caves in the rocks.
so built fire to smoke them out.
When the smoke cleared away they
entered the rocks and found one old
mamma wolf and twelve pups dead.
They caught two pups alive and could
still hear others in the rocks but
could not get them. They explored
the cave for 10 feet and found many
small side caverns that were too
small to explore. With this number
to their credit they quit and called
1t day.-Meeker Review.
Tonight at the auditorium Will
take place what will beyond a doubt
prove one of the most delightful pub
lie balls ever given in Grand juno
tion. On Easter Monday night for a
number of years one of the merriest
social dances of the season has at
tracted great throngs of pleasure
seekers in Grand Junction. This wear
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