The daily sentinel., 1910-01-29

II. Ii. MlllDufn, OF BTlStpls and., is
new arrival in the city today Mr.
Millburn is looking for ar investment
in western property and IL is reason
ably certain that he will pick on the
Grand valley as the proper place to
invest.
w. f. Saunders of the Scottish
Union Insurance Co., is a business
visitor in the city today from Denver
County Clerk R. Z. Starr left this
afternoon for Denver on a short busi-
ness trip.
l.. Cherveney received a big con-
signment of wall paper yesterday de-
signed for the spring trade.
T. X. Fletcher. representing the
Queen Insurance Co., spent yesterday
in the city.
Miss d. b.. Liggett. head milliner
at the Fashion store, left this after
noon for Denver on a business trip.
Mrs. II. H. Blaine was among the
visitors to the city last evening and
today.
The building occupied by the local
branch of the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers association has been moved
to the ground purchased last spring
by the organization and preparations
construction of the brick office build
ing and big platform. 1t is expected
a large warehouse will be built in the
spring. Engineers made surveys on
Thursday for a new switch to be used
by the fruit association. 1t will be
several feet to the south of the pres
ent track. beginning at a point be-
tween Main street and Kluge avenue
and running west some 500 feet.
This switch will be in addition to
those already in that part of the yard
and will doubtless be utilized by the
lumber companies located there The
ground vacated by the Grand juno
ton association Is to be occupied
In the near future by the yards of
the Independent Lumber Co.. who
purchased 1t last summer.-Palisade
Tribune
II a few branches are cut from
each tree every year, say from five
to ten branches. 1t will not be neces-
sary to cut away any large branches
at any time, and the frequent growth
of sucker shoots will thus be pre-
vented Most apple trees have too
many upright branches which when
filled with leaves shade the trees so
completely as to prevent the fruit
from getting the sunshine and thus
becoming well colored- The manager
of a western fruit association called
attention. to this very thing in his
last annual report and 1t is the one
bugbear against which the Field end
Farm has been preaching for years.
a few of the upright branches on
the tree should be removed each year,
but do not make the mistake of cut
ting out large number of the
branches in the center of the tree
leaving the opportunity for the full
glare of the hot summer sun to beat
in through the tree top.-Denver
Field and Farm.
The rumor became current yester-
day evening that the Denver & Rio
Grande company is planning to build
n branch line Of road from Austin to
Cedaredge and that work on the new
branch will be instituted about
March l. next, little more than
thirty days from this date The dis
tance from Austin to Cedaredge is
but fourteen miles and. 1t is reported,
the grade can be made at reasonable
cost. A Rio Grande grade and track
man came in yesterday and, we un-
derstdnd, will make a thorough in
spection of the territory between the
two points above mentioned for the
purpose of making a comprehensive
report to his company. There has
been much talk of railroad into the
Cedaredge district, where good coal
deposits exist and fine fruit is grown
for a year or so past, but up to the
present time no definite action has
been taken 1t now begins to look as
though the dreams of Cedaredge folk
would soon be realized Delta Dem
ocrat.
A most exciting experience was
mad by the trainmen and passengers
on Colorado Midland eastbound train
No. 4. Thursday, during a great wind
storm prevailing near Buena Vista. 1t
is reported that this train. which left
Grand Junction Thursday morning
was stuck fast in the snow on the
western side of Hagerman pass late
in the forenoon, with the engine off
the track and unable to do anything
until the arrival of the rotary snow
plow and relief train early yesterday
morning. The passage up the steep
grade was SLOW and the train fought
Its way through one after the other
OF the huge snow drifts constantly
being piled up by the high wind
When almost to the summit of the
range both engines were derailed and
not until after midnight did the ro-
tary get TO 1t. In the meantime snow
drifted over the tracks. Just cleared
by the big snow plows. making Il |
necessary to shovel its way back
which was followed by the big pas
senger train to the Busk-Ivanhoe
tunnel No. l03. westbound passen-
ger. which left Denver at O'Clock
Thursday. was held many hours in a |
snow drift near Snowden.