The daily sentinel., 1914-06-29
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George Gordon has returned to the
Gateway mining section.
Special Agent Joe Essor and Thos.
Curtis left this afternoon on DELAYED
No. for Utah points.
John Fonnis has appealed to the
county court his case against L. Eli
opolus which is a money demand.
Rev. Hyndman of the Clifton sec
tton is here today. He is conducting
a series Of very successful revivals
in that city.
General Ben Griffith has accepted
y an invitation to speak as the orator
OF the day at the Fruita Independ-
lance Day celebration.
A large number of Grand Junction
| residents motored to Hannah creek
/ yesterday where they spent the day
fishing and enjoying the cooling
breezes.
Miss Maude Fry. a Urbana City.
/ Ill. teacher, left Saturday for the
northwest. She has been visiting
Mrs. Frances S. La Grange Of 9OI
Chipeta avenue.
The Presbyterian band of this city
has been engaged by the committee
in charge of the Fruita independence
Day celebration and the local boys
are enlarging their repertoire for the
event.
Miss Dorothy Ottman OF the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers association
returned from the Andrew Taylor
ranch in the Unaweep, where she has
been spending the last few days en-
Joying her vacation
The big Midland Trail map which
X. II. Sawyer had painted last July
In honor of the Indiana tourists has
been presented to the Chamber of
Commerce and is now on the walls of
the chamber spacious rooms in the
Reed building.
The Presbyterian band has been
selected by the committee in charge
of the Fourth Of July celebration at
Fruita as the band to furnish the
music for the occasion. They give
two concerts one in the morning and
the other in the afternoon.
GuyBlair returned from Glenwood
Springs Saturday afternoon and left
for his home in Delta He made the
trip hero from the Spa, including one
mudhole which It took two teams to
pull him out Of. a distance of los
miles on Y gallons Of gas in his
Miss Freida Franks, niece OF Hen
ry Franks, proprietor of the East
Side grocery. arrived Saturday morn
ing from Germany and will make her
home in this city. Miss Franks is
sister to Miss Amelia Franks, who
came from Germany two years ago.
Their home was In Baden.
Earl Thompson. who left Grand
81
east, has returned TO this city. decid-
ing that Grand Junction was the
place for him after all He left this
morning for several weeks trip to
Pinon Mesa. He was formerly em-
ployed by E. A. Krokn.
The funeral of VIM. James Pons-
ford, deceased pioneer, who passed
away at his residence Saturday
morning was held yesterday after
noon in the Christian church, Rev.
]. F. Creason preached the funeral
sermon and spoke touchingly of the
deceased. Burial was in Orchard
Mesa cemetery.
John NJ Woy and T. w. Sampson
and Mr. and Mrs. +. b. Thomas left
this morning expecting to motor
through to Grand Junction to spend
a day or two, returning here the Lirst
of next week. Messrs. Woy and
Sampson left in the formers Ford
machine. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas using
their Metz car. During Mr.. Samp-
sons absence his office will be cared
for by w. b. Van Atta.-Telluride
| Journal.
a party of six Mesa county physi-
clans returns early Friday morn
ing from Delta, where they attended
the annual banquet OF the Tri-County
Medical society. While there they
were served with a six-course dinner.
| Papers were read by representatives
of each county. DIR. Hick of Mont
rose had a very instructive paper and
also DR.. Bull of this city. The local
physicians were very enthusiastic
over the treatment they were ac-
corded.