The daily sentinel., 1909-10-18
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

There will be an important and busy
meeting OF the Elks this evening at
| their hall
/ Lake Saturday to Thomas H. Jones. Of
/ Paiisade. and Harriet W. Warner of
New York city.
N T. simpson brought a few samples
/ of his Orange Cling peaches 10 this
office on Tuesday. one OF them meas
ured z inches in cireumference.- PAIL
sade Tribune.
Ola Gilbertson. resident Of Ouray
| county for thirty years. was found
dead in his cabin Sunday morning. He
was between 50 and 90 years old. and
elsewhere. as far as known ~. had
/ been in good health.
Last Wednesday John Baker packed
225 boxes of York Imperial apples at
the ranch of George Bowman. So Tar
as known the record for days pack
I ing heretofore has been 1876 boxes per
day Baker worked nine and one-half
hours and his pay for the days work
amounted to S6.15. The apples We're
graded FOR him.-Palisade Tribune,
G. f. Habbloom brought two Buorre
d Easter pears TO the Tribune office the
/ other day one of them measured II 81
inches in circumference and weighed
inches and weighed II 1-2 ounces Mr.
| tlaggbloom has 20 trees of this variety
which he has just picked aud they give
promise of good returns. .-Palisadc Tri-
David Anderson was brought home
from Denver last saturday He stood
the trip very well, apparently, and is
thought to be little better After
being taken To Denver Mr. Anderson
suffered "a second stroke and his right
side is now parnlyZed. His physicians
this attack. and say that at least there
Is no Immediate danger of change for
the worsc.-Plateau Voice.
on saturday evening Jack Johnson.
the HtauN NNEgilhT a. fRn m nf ts
defended his title in a fight with Stan
ley ketchel the gritty middlcweight
champion of the world. Johnson knock
cd ketchcl out In the twelfth round of
one OF the fastest and hardest fought
nrizc tights ever seen in san Francisco.
k"tchel was game to the last and prov
ed himself to be a great fighter but
Johnson had tho best Of him in weight.
over 10000 people saw the fight
The register At the peniteutiary
shows that twenty couvicts have been
received there since the beginning of
The current month, which is consider
rival and indicates that the courts of
the stat" are ali busy with the criminal
calendar The number Of prisoners on
dred and thirty-one. The total num-
ber recorded at the penitentiary here is
now seven thousand. five hundred and
eighty Canon city Record
j W. Crisswcll has completed the re-
pairs of tho Collbran bridge. and il Is
now in solid. substantial condition
ditch three feet below water line was
cut in front Of the pier and q Golfer
dam built which was filled with con-
crete 70 distance of two fcot above
water linc. to cffectually prevent cut-.
ting under the pier A concrot" wing
eighteen feet long and eight feet high
protects the pier from high water. MIR
Crlswell took the contract at $3.50 and
manncr.-Platcau Voice
The little 3-year-old daughter Of Mir
and Mrs. Claud Roach was terribly
I aHN.a-a alsaaH H.
seems the little girl and her pet dog
were playing behind the kitchen stove
was knocked out aud 1t fell over on the
enid, ON the stove was a kettle con
tanning boiling meat which. with sev-
sral other cooking utensils were
aoaiding her left side terribly DR..
aiiax alinke Is th doing ~ that can be done to
Voice.
Charles Campbell was summoned to
/ Grand Junction Wednesday and placed
under arrest charged on two counts
| with having stolen horses entrusted to
ms care the past summer His bail was
tiNed NJ sl5OO-SlO00 and $500 on the
| furnished. We understand that ON be.
lnE given IN opportunity he promptly
conducted two gentlemen to the car
cnsses of the dead horses he was sun
| posed to haV. stolen. and that IN.
charge VIII be dropped when they re-
port m the Junction, II seems there
| mas been a considerable loss Of horses
on the range and in pastures this sea-
/ son from some obscure cause. Eut il tx
certainly rather abrupt procedure to
arrest a man for horse stealing without
| ttrst giving him an opportunity 10 state
MS side oi the casc.-Plutoau Voice
The daily press Is tnduIgIng In its
annual spuSm over the announcement
! OF tho deficit in the operation of the
| poStoitlce department. the amount
ol expenses over earnings Is $50 900 900
several millions greater than ever
boiore-thc spusm Is relatively more
severe, Nothing is said about the de-
ficit of 500, O00 900 in the war depnrt-
ment or the Sll5.0ON OOO In The navy or
! the 100000, 900 spent ia pensions
! While the postofficc department IL not
a model Of economic management COM
pared to that of almost any large cor
porhttou or firm vet II is free from
scandals. and the alleged deficit" is in
reality fictitious. II ali tile other de-
partments paid postage on their mail
lhnter the annual loss would be
S'%uificent; md in any event the
mial service is the one government
branch which is of most Immediate and
whatever the loss. real or apparent. the
service should be steadily enlarged and
improved and the rate ou letters re-
dured to one cent--I II Windsor in
November Popular Mechanics
Services were held both morning and
evening at the Presbyterian church last
sunday. Rev. Bernard l. Rice preach
ing. y good sized audience attended
both meetings, After the evening ser
vice congregation meeting was
held. spirit OF harmony prevailed