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The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
FOUR CARLOADS
Of PEARS FOR
SOUTH AMERICA

The Grand Junction Fruit Grow
ers' association report that they
have sold four carloads of pears re-
Gently for shipment to Buenos Aires,
South America, via Europe. This
breaks all records for long distance
shipment of Grand Valley pears. The
fruit will have been transported over
800 miles in cold storage when
it reaches the South American mar
ket. which will lie some time very
soon
The pears were sold to an eastern
exporting company and brought good
prices. The stock was extraordinary,
and il is hoped stood the very long
trip we'll II the four cars arrive In
Bucnos Aires in excellent shape. there
is no doubt but that Grand Valley
fruit will find steady demand in the
rich Argentine republic.
Several carloads of Grand Valley
apples have been shipped to England
this fall, and are creating great com
ment in Lodon and Liverpool trade
journals.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
LIFE GIVES PRIZES

The recent competition In the hu-
morous magazine Life" in which
questions were asked and large prizes
paid TO the most successful answers
has closed and as samples of the best
wit and humor the winning paper CEN
tered in the competition are herewith
appended:
Wins the Sl0G Prize.
The 500 prize for the best set of
ten answers to the questions in Life's
Examination Paper has been awarded
to Maudc Bonner, 102 Williams street,
Providence, Il. !.
Here are the questions and the
answers of the successful paper:
!. Should "A suffragetle marry2
If she can.
=. If Diogenos were searching
America for an honest man. where
would he be least likely to find him? :?
In female seminary.
3. Who invented the hobble skirt
and why?
Peter, Peter pumpkin-eater,
Had wife and couldn't keep her,
Put her in Il hobble skirt
And there he kept her quite inert.
1. A man OF marriageable age has
sufficient income to maintain a wife or
an automobile. but not both. Which
should he choose and why?
An automobile. because IL is cheap
cr to buy tire than attire.
.. What is the funniest thing in the
world?
Your employers joke
e, Give good example of perpetual
motion.
Feminine fashions.
7. Suggest a better name for Reno
New.
The Great Divide.
s. Define common sense.
The quality conspicuously lacking in
those who differ with us in politics.
religion or baseball
.. Why is it dangerous TO marry a
widow?
1t is dangerous to marry a widow
because 10 the guile of woman she has
added the cussedness of man.
Henry w. Jones. Box 70. Chester
Pa.
10, How would you spend mil
JiOn dollars to do the least possible
good?
Id buy some nerve for Teddy r.,
Some weight for William r.,
Then next for Woodrow Wilson
I'd get a Ph. d.
Some kerosene for worthy John:
For Goodwin. new wife,
And then I'd blow in all the rest
To buy good jokes for Life.
Lille.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
To HAVE NEW
ROUND HOUSE
To HOUSE
ENGINES
Huge MaIIet Locomotives Too
Large for Present Accom-
mOdatiOnS, II Is Said.
IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS

Has the Denver & Rio Grande rail
way bitten off more than 1t can
chew IL remains to be seen. The
road has ordered some immense new
locomotives, mention of which has
been made in these columns. The
huge new locomotives are too big
for the roundhousc in this city, too
long for the turniable here and the
railroad is presented with the prob
lem of how TO get place to keep tho
monsters until new roundhouse is
built here.
The present roundhouse will only
accommodate an engine ca to 40 feet
long. while the new leviathans are
05 feet long over all and with n
wheel base Of 9S feet require turn
table 90 feet longer than the one
here. or course the engines can be
turned around on the wye, but they
cannot be housed at all under pres
ent conditions.
Master Mechanic Pagan says he has
not received any advice as to what
will be done, but realizes there is a
problem to be met and hopes that II
new rDundhOuse will be built within
the next -four months. Local railway
men are all discussing the new prob
lem and exchanging ideas on the sub
ject. but the mystery concerning the
method the Rio Grande will pursue
in finding bedrooms" for $50 feet
of new engines has not been an
nounced.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
100 Gobblers to
Pull Band Wagon

Sentinel Special Service.
San Francisco, Dec. i4-Frank
Hosier OF Houston, Tex. has inform
ed the exposition that he has raised
large bunch of fullblooded Bronz
turkeys, and being horse and dog
trainer. has succeeded after six
months hard work and study, in
training the turkeys to do numerous
stunts. lie says:
II will drive one hundred head of
fancy gobblers, with one or more
lines in hand, hitehed to beautiful
band wagon, carrying twelve musi-
clans. twelve pieces of classy music,
the best | can select.
The propose to bring another
hundred head or. upwards of fancy
gQbblers, dressed as Turk soldiers,
carrying their guns and paraphera-
MALTA.
II will also have classy trotting
sobblers in trotting horse racing har-
ness and sulkeys, and will trot tur-
key races under trotting rules before
your grand stands, crowds or places
selected.
Il Will have turkey clowns of COM
ic types. / will have another hun
dred head of fancy side steppers and
trotters that will march to signal.
strut to signals and gobble to sig
nails.
Il propose to have these turkeys
dressed in very fancy regalia, and
the largest and finest specimens will
be selected. Beautiful fowls. weigh
ing as near fifty pounds piece as
can get them. 1t will take several
thousand turkeys to select these
from. because it is not every turkey
that will train.
propose to put on an exhibition
daily during your entire exposition
with the exception of windy and
rainy days. because turkeys will not
perform. in heavy wind or rain.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
K|NDEL WILL WAGE FIGHT TO
REMOVE FEDERAL COURT HERE

The effort to romovc the seat of
the federal court from Montrose 10
Grand junction viii be renewed by
this city, acc riding TO an announce
mont made today. The bill prOyid-
ing for the removal Ia now in com
mttcc in the House and will be
tackled Mt the next long session OF
Congress.
Congressman \. w. Rucker OF the
first district introduced the measure
in the House and Senator Guggen-
helm in the Senate. The Senate iu-
dietary committee reported II favor-
ably and it will have no trIuble'in the
upper body. In the lower house more
or less opposition developed in COM
mittec and at the close OF the last term
the bill was still in the hands OF the
subcommittee.
Congressman-el George j. Kindel
will be asked to take charge of the
bill in the lower house and doubtless
II will be rushed through to a rapid
conclusion,
The federal court was established in
Montrose to take care of the cases
originating in western Colorado and
came as a result of the pull of Hon.
John C.. Bell when he was in Congress.
The meager hotel accommodations and
poor train service at Montrose units
II for such a place and the sentiment
of the bar of the western slope fayors
the removal to Grand Junction. Con-
gressman Edward T. Taylor and Con-
gresham John A. Martin were not
asked 10 support the measure because
both Montrose and Grand Junction
are in their district.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
BUSINESS PROSPEROUS SAYS
COMPTROLLER IN HIS REPORT

Washington. Dec. 14.-Business in
general as reflected in the condition
OF the banks of the United States, has
shared in the country's prosperity,
according To Lawrence o. Murray in
his annual report made public today.
The banking power of the nation.
represented by capital. surplus, profits,
deposits and circulation. reached dur
ing the year the enormous total of
s22 2,54S, ,707 900. a high record. show
ing an increase of 5.69 per cent over
1911 and 27.S per cent over 1905
Since 1900. the banking power has in
creased Ill per cent. or more than
doubled. During the last twelve years,
tho number of banks has increased by
over 101 per cent and their volume
OF business as indicated by deposits
shows an increase of over 127 per
cent.
The Comptroller,s report consists sf
a mass OF statistics with analyses,
most of which previously have been
published.
In connection with the rates on
money. which recently have been
soaring, the comptroller simply OBJ
serves that the rates were normal up
to August with a tightening of the
money market thereafter According
to the last condition report, Septem-
Der 4, the comptroller points our that
New York and Chicago were slightly
deficient in the amount of their legal
reserves and St Louis slightly ev-
ccssive. Banks in the major portion
of other reserve cities were also
slightly deficient, but the country
banks maintained an excess of the le-
gal requirements.
Less than 10 per cent Of the total
amount CT national bank notes which
the national banks might circulate un-
dor the, law has been issued Based
upon the September 4 report, the
banks might increase their circulation
by 1921 ,927,O60, Mr.. Murray says.
The national banks. the report in
dicates. hold over so per cent of the
bonded debt OF the United States in
the way of security for circulation and
public deposits and as investments.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
Winners OF the Twenty-Five Dollar
Prizes

Winners of The Twenty-Five Dollar
Prizes.
Here are the questions propounded
in Lies Examination Paper and the
separate answers decided to be the
best Of those sent in: also the names
and addresses OF the successful CON
tCstants:
/. Should a suffragette marry?
Certainly not. A mans wife should
be his ideal, not his ordeal
andrew r. Marker, Box 81. Mackay,
Idaho.
>. If 'Dlogenes were searching
America for an honest man. where
would he be least likely to find him?
In the admiring circle around the
new baby.
-Millicent Olmsted. 1862 Superior
Avenue, East Cleveland. Ohio.
g. Who invented the hobble skirt
and why?
Is it dangerous for man to marry
woman? II is.
Is widow most undenlably a
woman? She is
Then is man in danger when he
marries a widow He is.
Man, when he became alarmed by
the enormous strides forward that
modern woman was beginning to take.
-Stoddard King, 354 Yale Station,
New Haven. Conn.
81 x man of marriageable age has
sufficient income to maintain wife or
an automobile. but not both. Which
should he choose and why?
Both. if he wants them. Nobody
goes.awithout either of these necessi-
ties simply because he can't afford
them.
Walter Powers, 200 Washington
Street. Boston. Mass.
z. What is the funniest thing in the
world?
the world that she is capable of MAX
ing them.
Sarah f. Waters. Salem. Mass.
E. Give a good example of perpet-
ual motion.
Tides ebb and flood. suns rise and set,
And likewise SO do hens;
But woman's tongue is never still.
It's motion never ends.
j. Il. Lindsay, Jr.. 707 Lincoln Drive,
Germantown. Pa
4 Suggest a better name for Reno,
New
The City of Otherly Love.
-Mlnott a. Osborn. 32g Bradley St.
New Haven, Conn. Gerald w
Johnson, Lexington. N. c.
s. Define common sense.
Common sense is what have and
what YOU have not. 1t is the husbands
refuge, the terror of socialism and
education of the illiterate.
F lie Roi Main. Wiliamstown.
Mass!
y Why is it dangerous to marry
no. How would YOU spend million
dollars to do the least possible good?
Getting into society, because if
spent all the million getting there |
couldn't stay.
-Stoddard King, 35i Yale Station,
New Haven. Conn.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
GEM WEIGHT CHANGES.
Sentinel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service.
New York, Dee. l4.-In order to
conform with the standard of Other.
countries, the weight of carat In
this country will shortly he reduced
TO 2Oo mlillSrams. Only diamonds
aud pearls viii he affected by this
change decided on by the National
jewelers. Board of Trade.
The new unit viii enable jewelers.
to simplify their methods of inven-
tory. and it is said that the buyer
viii be benefited by being assured
of a gem of correct weight and stand
ard value.
At present the carat varies from
lSS.5 milligrams in Bologna to 25i 6
milligrams in Arabia. In this coun-
try 1t varies widely. but the approx
innate weight is 2O5.3 milligrams. In
France and Germany the 20O-milli-
gram carat is used exclusively.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
COULD SHOUT FOR JOY.

81 want to thank you from the
bottom of my heart" wrote C. b.
RAIDER of Lcwisburg, w. Va, "for The
wonderful double benefit | got from
Electric Bitters. in curing me of both
a severe case OF stomach trouble and
OF rheumatism, from which ! had
been an almost helpless sufferer ,,for
ten years. 1t suited my case as
though Just made for me- For dys-
pepsia, indigestion, jaundice and to
rid the system of kidney poisons that
cause rheumatism Electric Filters
have no equal. Try them. Every
bottle isguaranteed to satisfy. Only
so cents at the G. ID. Smith Drug
Company. tAdvl
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

During the fiscal year 1912. the ma
tional banks paid dividends aggregat-
ing S120 .300.S72. or 11.66 per cent on
capital and 6.93 per cent on capital
and surplus combined. The net earn
ings of S1i9,056,603. were equivalent
to $50 per cent of capital and sur
plus. During the last 43 years the
banks have paid an average annual
dividend of 917 per cent on the capi-
tai stock
Eight national banks. with an az
gregate capital of s1,100.0oO. failed
during the year ended October 81,
while eighty-three national banks,
with an aggregate capital of SCI
6O5.p5O, were placed in voluntary
liquidation.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
Will Distribute
$l25,OO First
of Next Week

Monday the Western Sugar e. Land
Co., will distribute checks among the
beet growers in the county and along
the slope amounting to about S125,0O0,
which will give the Christmas trade
decided impetus as far as the sugar
beet growers are concerned The total
that has now been paid out by the
sugar company to the growers equals
over $3.50 900 in cash
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Ladies' Desks. Music Cabinets,
Rockers, Library Table, Dining Ta-
BILE. nice set Dining Chairs, Bullets.
nice Rug, Davenport. Carpet. Sweep
er, Dresser. Book. Case, China Cabi-
net, Hoosier Cabinet, Oouch--d few
useful Christmas suggestions we
would make to you for mother sister.
wife or daughter. Make your selec-
tions early while the stock is com
plete and we will lay them away for
you. Bannister Bros. Il Silcox.
12-7-1m
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Obstacles TO buy in the shape of
high prices, are removed in our
stores. See our line of Holiday
goods before ii is any further deplet-
ed by selling. The c. d. Smith Drug
Company Stores. (adv.)
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
Fits Case Exactly.

- When father was sick about six
years ago he read an advertisement
of Chamberlain Tablets In the pa
per that fit his case exactly" writes
Miss Margaret Campbell of FIT. Smith
Ark. He purchased a box of them
and he has not been sick since. My
sister had stomach trouble and was
also benefited by them Sold BY
all druggists. 2-1to15.)
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

If you cannot think OF the right
Christmas gift, come to The Sentinel
office and ask TO see our samples of
engraved calling cards. set of
100 engraved visiting cards in beau
tiful Christmas box given MS a pres
ent will make anyone happy. Get in
your orders early.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

employers have come to look 70
the Wants as the means OF summon
ing to them applicants for positions
in every line of human endeavor
Skilled specialists. capable helpers
in the office, store or factory
those who can bear responsibility
aud make good in their tasks-all
seek advancement through Sentinel
Want Ads.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
For Tonlnrrow NigIlt.

Tomorrow night there will be Il
great show at the Majestic theator
for the recreation and rest seeking
populacc of Grand Junction. The
Other Mr. Fuller" by the Reynolds
& Ross players. will be the offering
and it is rich comedy. There viii
also be three reels of fine pictures.
12-1l-It adv.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
To LcaNc IOinnITOM.

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bairstow.
who have been spending a fow days
on their honeymoon trip with friends
in this city. leave tomorrow after
noon for their home in Chicago. They
will stop at Cripple Creek, Colorado
Springs aud Denver on the way
east.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

BARTON 4 TERiiILL is the only
transfer company In western Col,
,rado with first class covered NOV.
Ing van. Always prompt; furnish
good service and expert workmep.
You make no mistake BY employing
them.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Toilet and Manicure sets In our
stores. from those of little cost to
elaborate affairs which reach the big
figures. See them in our stores. The
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
FnuitaNews Notes
What the People Are Doing
From Day to Day in the Live
ly Little City Of the Lower
Valley.

~ Litlc lily OF the LOWcr
Valley.
Mr.. Foster came in from Eulice
yesterday.
Mrs. John RAIDER was a visitor at
the high school yesterday.
Mrs. Fraser McLaren is visiting
this week at the home of her father.
Joseph Bagshaw.
Glen Minton, Tom Mcknight and
Clarence Swanson made trip out
on the desert today.
Mrs. Homer Sargent and children
came in yesterday for visit with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Johnson's Sunday school class
will give party in the basement of
the Methodist church this evening.
A large number of Fruitaites en-
joyed the play, The Other Mr..
Fuller" given at the Majestic last
evening.
Miss Mary Corbin has accepted
position in the postoffice book store
for the busy days of the holiday
season.
The Mt. Lincoln boys played the
Fruita basket ball boys last evening
at Pollock hall. The Mt. Lincoln
boys also had Friday the Thirteenth
luck. as one of their automobiles
broke down, both coming and going.
Mrs. I. ID. Bowman returned last
evening from Grand Junction, where
she has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
NJ. V. Wagner, who is quite i'll at st.
Mary's hospital. Her niece. Jean
nette Meyer, accompanied her home
and will visit in Fruita for u day or
two.
The Progressive Woman's club
met at the home of Mrs. Carnahan
yesterday afternoon. A very inter-
esting program was carried out. Mrs.
Merryfield and Mrs. William Talley
read interesting articles on Life in
China Mrs. Burdsall delighted her
hearers with piano solo. and Mrs.
Baker sang Chinese song in the
Chinese language which was quite
novel number. The next social meet
ing of the club will be a New Years
watch party. The program is in the
hands of the husbands of the club
members. with A. " Sharpe as chair
man of the program committee.
Prof Stevens division of the Lit
! erary society rendered an interesting
program at the high school yesterday
afternoon. The question for debate
was. Resolved, That Lee is a Great
er Man Than Grant" Miss Bculah
Burgesser. George Knowles and Wal
ter Hunter spoke on the affirmative,
and Miss Viola Wagner, Clarence
Swanson and Leonard Anderson
spoke for the negative side of the
question. which decided in favor of
the affirmative. Other numbers on
the program were recitations by Min
Ia White; current events, Lloyd Ter
rill: piano solo. Clarence Hurst;
recitation. Ethel Hayes. and an or
riginal story by Willie Stevenson.
The basket ball girls went to Pali-
sade yesterday via the automobile
route to play the Palisadc girls last
evening. The journey was filled
with thrilling experiences. The tire
of one auto blew up twice near Gil
ton and the machine had to return
to Grand Junction for repairs. On
the return the car ran into a pile of
rocks and Miss Smith. the coach,
was thrown forward. sustaining pain
full injuries. About p. nj. the game
WAS played which resulted in favor of
Miss Toothaker. 1t was Friday. the
l3th. and two black cats crossed the
road in front of the automobiles
which was the cause of all the mis-
fortunes.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14
To Visit Mitchells.

Miss Mary 10y, daughter of Mr.. b.
NJ 10y Of the U. S. Bank & Trust
company. arrived today from Paris,
where she has been studying for two
years past, and will be the guest of
Mr. aud Mrs. w. Il. Mitchell on East
Main street for the present.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Queen Quality-Excelsior-None
Better. There arc shoes and shoes
and shoes. There are shoes you
want, there fare shoes you sIioh't
want. When YOU want shoes-we
have the shoes you want. The Bos-
ton Shoe Store. Advertisement.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Have you considered fountain
pen or a Gillette razor as a gift for
your husband, father or brother. We
have a large line of the standard
makes of pens. from 81 to Sc and
Gillette razors in sets. s. to $40. The
G. ID. Smith Drug Company Stores.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

We can show you $50 Christmas
Rockers, priced from Sl50 to S65.
Something that will suit your taste
and pocketbook. f2-7-lmo.
BANNlSTER BROS. 4 SILICON.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Instead of paying o0c month for
the Daily Sentinel. take advantage Of
our advance rate aud save some mon
ey. One yeal in adyspcs. So; SIX
months in advance, $3.50
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Advertising falls short in depicting
the variety and beauty of our holi-
day line. Let us show you the as
sortment of pleasing gifts we have
in stock The C. ID. Smith Drug
Company Stores. tadv)
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

How about some Hilltone Station
cry for their Christmas sifts? Ap-
propriate for young or old; man,
woman orchid. 700 Sheets ;ofswrii-
ing paper printed in gold. silver or
any color. and 100 envelopes for
$3.50. Daily Sentinel Job Rooms.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Madam Palma, card reader and
Ala South Third street.
l2-J-lm Advertisement
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Get the best whips for your money.
Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Get him horse blanket. Fred
Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-14

Get acquainted with Fred Mantey's ;
soc whips.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-25
BOOM IN COPPER
IS BOOMING DOUGLAS
Many Buildings Are Being
Erected; Big Plants I'm
nrOvpd and Enlarged.

Douglas. Ariz.. June 25--As a result
of the rising price of copper DouSIa9
is enjoying a building boom At least
three million dollars worth OF ne"
building. including the S2,OOO,OOO Calu-
met &, Arizona reduction plant viii have
been completed here before the emu
of the present year. The c q A plahS
is. making excellent progress, structural
steel for the sampling mill being IN
course of erection at this time Ihere
are number of betterments IN progress
AT the Copper Queen smelter when IN
voIve expenditure of three quarters OF
a million dollars There is besides
marked increase in mineral activity
both in the districts contiguous TO
Douglas and in Sonora These and pun
per CROPS in the Sulphur Springs val
lev. which are now promised, viii make
the year a banner one, it is believed
Practically every building belnS
erected in Douglas is of substantial
character and is of a type Of archltec-
ture that would DO credit to any city
in the United States. Real estate men
of the city say there is not single
vacant residence in the city at present
and those coming here are compelleu
TO take temporary quarters in hoteIs
or rooming houses. During the last
week the real estate men Of the city
have been compelled to refuse applica-
lions for rental property as none was
to be had
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-25
DEVELOPMENT
To PUT REFINERY
FOR WAX At MARIA
Improvements and
Much Building in Pro
gress at Maria.

Maria, Texas, June 25.-The Candida
Wax company has found success1ul
process to refine products, and will put
in a refining plant. The wax turned
out will be high grade and light color
The Pecos and Rio Grande Telephone
company has all the material here TO
begin work. It's plans are to connect
Maria with Alpine and Marathon Dy
an underground system.
The Buena Vista Land company IS
making extensive improvements IN us
new addition. It has graded the streets
running east and west, and the avenues
running north and south
The Murphy Walker company mas
completed several zinc store rooms Ior
coal, lime, and other things, and also
has under construction concrete colo
storage room
The West Heights Development com
pany made several sales during the past
week in the West Heights Addition:
Melcheor ChaperiO purchased lot and
will erect a cottage that will be occu-
pied by Francisco Subia of Sanderson-
George Chastain purchased cottage
and after remodeling il Will make ms
ZONE there. Cottages were also SOLD q
William Rice and Victor Truitt OF ShaL-
ter. Several other lots were also SOLD