The daily sentinel., 1910-05-10
GRAND JUNCTION
20 YEARS
AGO
Old Memories Recalled by the Publi-
cation of a List of Contents OF
Box Taken From Corner.
stone of Old Building.
MANY HAVE THE CHANGES BEEN

A very small proportion of the
present population of Grand juno
tion resided here 20 years ago. The
changes that occur in two decades
are practically numberless. However.
the early history of this city and
valley Is of as great interest almost
to the newcomer as to the old-timer
and there are scores of names con-
nected with the early history of the
city and valley that are very familiar
to the present population.
Saturday The Sentinel had story
of the opening of the cornerstone box
that was removed from the old Grand
Valley National Bank building. the
cornerstone of which building was
laid 20 years ago. The building is
now being torn down to make place
for a five-story structure for the
Grand Valley National Bank.
The contents of that cornerstone
box are of peculiar and keen inter
est to the people of the city. and The
Sentinel below gives a list of the con-
tents. consisting mainly of names,
business cards, advertisements, etc,
of the firms, the professional men,
and the newspapers of Grand June
tloH VI ~ dBo. lntSt lttlnb
will recall many old memories to the
old-timers and will be read with in
terest by the present citizens of the
city who did not participate in the
laying of the cornerstone 20 years
ago.
The following is a list of the con-
tents of the box, excepting those
items detailed in Saturdays issue of
The Sentinel:
The Grand Junction Milling Com
pany. ID. Roberts. president; J. F.
Mcfarland, vice president: Dan p
Stetzelberger, secretary and treasur-
er.
Grand Junction Telephone & Elec-
trio Light Company. j. F. McFar-
land, president; T. NJ. Jones, secre-
tary and treasurer.
The Grand Junction Water Com
pany. w. G. Reeve, president and
treasurer; w. S. Park, secretary; n.
j. Krusen, superintendent and man
ager.
August 6, 1S9O.-County commits
sioners in session this day. E. w.
Cannon, chairman: J. w. Rose: j. p.
Brown. A. ]. McCune, county clerk,
by Frank McClintock, deputy.
Mesa County Horticultural Soci-
ETY.. j. f. Spencer. president; w. II.
Coffman, first vice president; C. w.
Steel, second vice president; w. e.
Pabor, secretary; j. C. Nichols, treas
urer. Executive committee: j. f.
Spencer, w. E. Pabor, r. A. Orr,
Thomas Blackburn, j. p. Kiefer.
Central Drug Store. George E.
Haskell. proprietor.
H. b. Jones. NJ. D.. (age 14), son
OF T. NJ. Jones. vice president of First
National Bank.
Grand Valley Fruit Lands Com
pany. Schedule Of prices in Pomona
park: about a dozen tracts, / to SO,
ranging in price from $40 to SIS per
acre.
Board OF Education: j. Clayton
Nichols, president; A ]. McCune,
secretary; S. w. Coleman, treasurer.
Teachers: A. J. Cutlery, superin-
tendent; E. II. Stafford, principal;
Miss Florence NJ. Cook; Mrs. ]. w.
Parmenter; Miss Ella Joseph; Miss
Lenore Watkins. Edward T. Fisher,
county school superintendent.
First National Bank of Montrose.
First National Bank of Ouray.
A blank check, a deposit slip and
postal card OF the First National
Bank of Grand Junction.
receipt from DR.. l.. F. Ingersoll
to j. Clayton Nichols for medical SER
vices, $3.50. from August / to August
4.
A note of ]. F. Mcfarland to ].
Clayton Nichols for $40, dated Au-
gust 6, 1890, at per cent per month