The daily sentinel., 1910-01-28
OF LOCAL INTEREST.


missioners will holu busy session.
Miss Grace Marshall. of Delta, is
visiting friends and relatives in the
city this week.
| DIR. and Mrs. Burgess of Palisade
| friends of Rev. and Mrs. John Wallis
Ohl, were pleasant visitors to the city
yesterday.
Charles E. Handy of New York,
| representing the Weythe Chemical
/ Company, is pleasant visitor to the
city today.
Theodore Henriksen. of Audubon,
| la, is spending a few days in the
! Grand valley looking over land and
orchards, prospective to buying.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. G.. Best. of Colo
rado Springs. arrived in the city to-
day 10 visit in the valley a few days
| looking over land en- route to salt
I Lake and the coast.
Tonight the board of directors of
the Chamber of Commerce will meet
I IN regular session and many matters
Of Importance will be given atten-
tion.
NJ. E. Letson. of DeBeque, a we'll
known business man of that city, is
business visitor in the city today.
City Engineer Geo. l.. Crawford
spent yesterday in Palisade on busi-
mess.
Mrs. Louisa E, Reston stopped of
in the city today on business, return
I ing to her home in Denver from Salt
Lake City.
Much interest Is being taken 10
cally in the coming republican Lin
coin banquet, and a number from this
city will attend.
w. s. Mosberger and family arriv-
ed the early part of the week from
Carlisle, Ark, to make their home in
this valley on their new place In the
Pomona Park district.
Word from Mrs Howard G. Fletch-
Ter at Delta states that her father. Mr..
Wintun, the we'll known coal oper-
ator, does not materially improve in
health.
Dr. Jobs and wife, the former a
prominent physician of Boulder, are
visiting in the Grand valley for a few
weeks, during the cold months.
Both trains today from the east
were late. No. was about an hour
and half late and the Midland was
about one hour late.
o. q. Coen, the well known real
estate man, is building large clstern
on his place on Orchard Mesa pre-
paratory to building residence and
otherwise Improving it for a home.
Since the new rules have been put
| into force in the Y. NJ. c. A. the
game of draughts (checkers) is the
all absorbing topic among the boys
| and young men. The boards are
busy constantly.
Charles NJ. Hobbs. former purchas-
er of supplies for the Denver & Rio
/ Grande system and well known in
| railway and electrical circles
throughout the state. died in Denver
yesterday.
Leslie Bamcy, son of Mr.. and Mrs
T. S. Ramey, underwent today an
operation for abscess of the ear which
lnecessitates his being detained from
| school for several days. II was quite
a serious operation.
The annual meeting of the Larkin
Ditch Company occurs at DeBeQue to-
morrow. In attendance Will be sever
Il stockholders from Grand junction.
among whom are II. T. DeLong. Har-
| ry Hiatt, S. G. McMullin and George
! Helm.
Through the Hood River Valley
and AlcnS the Columbia River in Or
| egon and great big Indian picture,
"A Daughter of the Sioux are films
| Of educational scenic novelty of com
! pelling interest that you cannot af-
| ford to miss seeing at the Majestic
| tonight and Saturday.
I G. NJ. Norton, who has been visit
| ing friends and relatives In the city
the past several days. left this after
noon for his home In Des Moines, Ia
\ John Page, who has been in the
employ of the U. S. recla nation seiv-
/ Ice the past several months. has ac-
/ cepted a position with City Engineer
Geo. l.. Crawford.
In commenting on the statement OF
/ Pearson, the great Chicago philan-
| thropist, that he is getting lots of
fun out of giving his millions away,
a prominent citizen suggested today
| that Mr.. Pearson might be interested
in proposition to establish a great
Interstate school or college in Grand
Junction. II is not a bad idea, and
deserves consideration.
The bridge committee which was
appointed to look into the proposition
| of building bridge across the Grand
| river for the interurban to reach
Orchard Mesa has reported very fav-
orably and 1t Is their belief that suf-
ficient money can be raised to put In
the huge structure in which case a
line connecting Orchard Mesa
Heights and adjoining territory to
J this city may be living reality in
the near future.
Tomorrow evening at Fruita a
basketball game contest will occur
| between the team of that city and the
local Y. Nj. c. A. team. The Y. NJ.
G. A, boys have been practicing con-
sistently and expect to win a victory.
\ number of deals of various mag
fnitude among the real estate men of
| the city and valley are pending and
tfrom the signs with the opening of
spring a large amount of property
kwill change hands.