The daily sentinel., 1909-11-12
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Printers ball tonight. Auditorium.
| The work of taking down the street
decorations, used during the congress,
will be started tomorrow morning
This evening the board of directors
| of the Chamber of Commerce will
meet in regular session.
Bishop Brewster spent the night in
the city en- route home from a trip TO
the San Juan country.
Ven. G. w. G. Lyon, of Delta for
mer rector OF st. Matthews church of
this city, was in town last night the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Northrop.
Mrs. A. N. Johnson is at home
again after trip including visits to
Chicago, northwest Nebraska and
Denver
Miss Edna Gourley, a popular high
school girl, has been i'll for several
days at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Walter Jones, on North Tenth street.
Tomorrow Secretary Mahony, of
the Chamber of Commerce, will leave
for Chicago with the big exhibit for
the great Land and Irrigation Exposi-
ton.
Today, from many sections of the
mountain district, SHOWS are reported
This morning in Grand Junction a
light snow fell but 1t melted very
rapidly. The day has been raw and
cold.
All display advertisers in The Sem
tinel should remember that all COPY
for changes in displays must be in
The Sentinel office by a. m, each
day in order to assure the changes
being made the same day.
Hon. Merle d. Vincent, the repre-
sentative in the Legislature from Delta
county, returned to his home in Delta
this morning after attending the ses-
sions of the Western Slope Develop
ment Congress in this city.
The county commissioners are in
session again today for the purpose of
completing the tax schedule. The.
delay on the part of Collbran in get
ting its tax levy filed, has delayed
the completion of the schedule.
Herbert II. Lynde, editor of the
Marble Age. published at Marble.
Colo. was pleasant caller at The
Sentinel office yesterday. He was
here attending the Western Slope De-
velopment Congress,
There has been big demand for
extra copies of last nights Sentinel
containing the big fruit story The
story was a statement of facts that
prove all the claims about this being
the greatest fruit growing section in
| the west.
Mrs. Fannie Chaffee Grant, wife of
U. S. Grant, Jr., and daughter of the
late Jerome b. Chafee who served
with Henry NJ. Teller, as first United
States senator's from Colorado, died
Wednesday at her home in San Diego,
Cal. after an illness of several years.
She was SO years old.
George I Eindel of npnypr tho
| freight rate expert, left the city this
morning for Delta. Tomorrow he
goes to Montrose and reports from
Montrose today indicate that arrange
ments are being made to get out
| big crowd to hear Mr.. Kindel tomor-
| row evening.
C. II. Speers, general passenger
agent of the Midland. Frank A. Wad-
leigh, assistant general passenger
agent of the Rio Grande, MIR. Fisher,
of the Colorado Southern, Supt. Daley
of the western end of the Rio Grande.
and the other prominent railway of
ficials who were here to attend the
sessions of the Development Congress.
left the city last night.
Manager Sturtevant, of the Majestic
theatre, has the sincere thanks of the
| Western Slope Development Congress
!
the Congress. He practically donated
the pretty theatre for the day meet
ings of the big organization and and
| rendered all possible assistance in
adding to the pleasure, comfort and
entertainment of the visitors.
Dissension and turmoil seems to
suit Grand Junction. No sooner is a
municipal campaign of extreme bit
terness disposed of than they inaug-
urate contest for an apple Queen"
the crown presumably to go to the
young lady who is voted to be the
most popular and handsome The
animosities engendered by n political
fight are not circumstance to those
that will result from this campaign.
Telluride Journal.
j. f, Wood of Santa Fe, New Mex
leo. has accepted the position as man
ager of the Colorado Prison associa-
tion. to take active charge of the
work rellnquished by the Rev. w. f.
Collet, general secretary of the asso-
citation, who was recently appointed
executive secretary of the Associated
Charities. Collet will remain with
the prison association as executive
secretary, but in an advisory capacity
only, He has refused to be continued
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