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!'^ /v^/v^ ,wwvvvvvv ' wwvwwvvv : c [' r * r ; [ ( > \ | ‘ J « ! have no intention of buying Lyons & Son Dry Goods Dept. 1512 Main. Clothing Dept. N. till. i ~ Hurrah lor School! SCHOOL SUPPLIES A large, fresh up to date stock and Best in Quality A few good Second Hand Pianos & Organs at bargain prices Vorbeck’s Music & Book Slorc Fifth near Main. ►l* *l* *1" 'I- *1- -I* *!* 4* *l* 4* -I* *l* 4* 4* *H* *l* + *!• *1- *l* •!• -I- 4*4* 4* -I* 4- *l* G. VanHoorebeke, President. Win. E. Dudley, Vice President. 4* •I* D. T. Stone, Cashier. L. H. VanHoorebeke, Asst. Cashier. 4* 4* .J. | UNION TRUST AND BANKINC t J COMPANY * •I* Capital $50,000 ORANU JUNCTI ° N - COLO - J £ lines a fieneral Ranking BOARD OP DIRECTORS: 4* UOCS a ucnerai DdnAlllL, VanHoorebeke, Robert A. Orr, J. 4* 4. A. Lyons. 11. T. Reed. C. D. •b and Trust Business smith, wn. a Dudley, d. T. Stone. * -I- *!• -I- *l* *!• 4* 4* 4- 4* 4* 4* 4* •bb 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* -I* 4- 4* J* ®, Wataiill ll Sis That the best way to reach the hu man heart 1b by feeding the body ■ well. There Is no choicer, cleaner, I 1| ft ft Ainfi f| or better stock of groceries and meats I j jJ|*UI IUV anywhere than ours. There Is no- I"f I 111 f 111 |||lj thing In food that might please n U1 UUUI IUIJ husband, brother, mother, son, sis* Meats > ter or daughter that we liavn't got. I We make It a point to deliver orders PinnellLumber Go Yards Corner Spruce and Main Dealers in Building Material, Interior Finish and Mill Work We Are After Your Trade I A portion of it we hope to get and feel confident that by prompt and careful handling of your orders, we will gain your approval and merit your future favors. I GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE YOUR BILLS Fresh Groceries Fresh Meats Fresh Vegetables Fresh Fruits SMITH-THOMAS CRQCERY CO. to LEE & SON) Fresh Fruits Fresh Vegetables Fresh Groceries Fresh Meats FAMILY LIQUOR STORE AND DELICATESSEN Everything in that line strictly first class. New things not found elsewhere. A full fine of finest Wines, Brandies and Liquors. Bottle Goods and in bulk. Special attention to family trade. 348 Colorado avenue. Junction 9 phone. WHOLESALE. M. HERTZ. —Only ten days until the opening I of the Mesa county fair. V. \Y. Vedder returned today from the Plateau valley. This evening the llebekahs meet in regular session. —R. .1. Holies, the Colorado Springs capitalist, is in town today. —Remember your washing Is 10' per cent cheaper now by buying a coupon hook at the Excelsior Laund- I —The fire department has respond ed to two fire alarms within the last twenty-four hours, the first calls they have had for nearly two months. —R. L. Nichols, manager of the Grand Junction Planing Mill com pany, returned home today from a pleasant visit with his family in Den ver. —The daily fruit shipments are growing larger. A number of cars go out from Grand Junction every night wj.de Palisade sends out sev eral every day. —Mike Sullivan returned last night from the Uintah Indian res ervation. He held a number under, the a\ y hundred mark hut was not I pleased with the appearance of the j country and returned home without 1 filing. —An average of 15,000 pounds of fruit is being shipped out dally from this point by the Globe express com pany over the Denver & Rio Grande I The average is hardly as large as that of last year owing to the short peach crop. —Miss Hazel Hilbert, daughter of, C. G. Hilbert, one of the proprietors I of the Star grocery is dangnroush | ill at her home at 450 Rood avenue. The young lady Is suffering from ap pendicitis. She is fourteen years of age. —Reports received here from the Grand Junction people in Denver attending tlie encampment, state that the old veterans from this county are having the time of their lives and are enjoying every minute of the big reunion. —The remains of John M. Miller, tlie tiged man who died at Mack , Wednesday night, were brought to tills city last night and were ship ped this morning by the Gourley- Platt Undertaking <*ompany to Mont rose, the old home of the deceased. —George VV. McElroy and wife left last night for Harper, Kansas to ] he present at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. McElroy’s aged parents. A family reunion will he held for the ’ first time in many years and Mr. and . Mrs. McElroy left anticipating a . happy visit. .lames La Grange returned last ' night from u two months’ visit at • his old home in Cedar county, lowa. ,|He declares that the two months jure to lie counted among the happiest I of ills life, he met scores of old time • friends ami renewed acquaintances . I that lapsed years ago. The visit was aleo very beneficial to Mr. Lu | Grange’s health. •1 The Infant child of Mrs. Wallace • Pollock who died n few weeks ago Jut Fruita, died yesterday afternoon. • the child was only two months ol • | age and has been ill since the death • of its mother. The funeral will take | place tomorrow afternoon, inter ment at Orchard Mesa cejpetery. , Undertaker Gourley has charge of the remains. Last night the first meeting held [by the Masons in the new Masonic I hall 011 Fourth street was largely at tended and every member of 'the j lodge who was present found ample I cause to congratulate the lodge upon the arrangement, convenience and j comfort of the new home. No lodge ! in the city has a better suite of lodge 1 rooms than the Masons since the I new linll in the Lyons block has been ! completed. —Joseph Newman and his clevei company of entertainers are coming to Grand Junction. Manager Has kell having hooked them for Monday. September 11th at the Park opera house. Mr. Newman needs no In troduction to a Colorado audience because he Is an established favor ite wherever he appears, and he Is well known here. And tills season he promises the same kind of an en joyable show he always gives, hut the selection will he entirely new in every Instance, Newman lias written several new songs since Ills last vis it hero and will Introduce them along with the latest up to dnte New York successes. - During the week of the fair j there will he on display In the ex | hibltton hall two large cases ot samples of the different products obtained during the process of the manufacture of beet sugar. Those cases have been on exhibition at the I World's fair at St. Louis, and at the Portland exposition, and nre the prop erty of the government, being in charge of a representative of tin* tie partnient of agriculture. The exhib its show the transformation which, the sugar beet undergoes from the; j time the seed is planted in the earl> spring until the granulated sugar i is produced at the factory the fol lowing winter. This will prove a I highly interesting and instructive ex hibit to the thousands of visitors. —Today the ofilcial premium list : of the Mesa County fair was issued from the Sentinel office and the big edition was placed in the hands of ■ Secretary Fisher for distribution this! afternoon. The premium list Ih com- 1 tilled in n handsome booklet contain- i ng nearly one hundred pages, the] matter is well arranged and prepar ed in an attractive manner, Heavy book paper Is used in tho hook and the cover pages are of neat design. Full Information regarding the faJr. rules and regulatihns governing the exhibits and awards and the com plete list of premiums to he awarded in each department are to he found in the book. The speed program for, tlie five days is given in accurate de tail. Many of «lie leading business men of the city have advertisements in the booklet. The premium list issued this year by the Mesa County rair association is one of the most attractive premium lists ever Issued by a count fair association in the west. Last night two boys ran away from the Indian school and Supt.; Burton Is making a search for them ! ;oda.v. One was John LuMear and: the other was Albert Scoby, both are ! about sixteen years of age. They! made their escape from the hoy's dormitory sometime during the •light. The regular disciplinarian is' away from the school and the sub stitute who makes regular trip through the sleeping apartments of j the hoys every hour during the night ' to see that every lad is In his place, j was given the slip by two of the hoys. Scoby Is the boy who was arrested on the charge ot forgery a few days, ago and given a short jail sentence. l.a.Mcar has run away twice before! and was apprehended by the author ities. Supt. Burton is inclined to think the two boys will make appli-1 cation to ranchmen for work until they can get enough money to get ' out of the valley. Anyone knowing anything regarding their movements, will confer a favor upon Supt. Bur ton by telephoning him at once. WHO IS THE MAN who would be poor if opportunities for mak ing money were placed in his way ? ? ? «I I AM THE MAN <3 who will place you on the road where oppor tunities abide. J. F. BYERS. INVESTMENTS REAL ESTATE Right across from the Post Office 1121 S. Fourth Street. Is Your Coal Bin Empty? — ++ — THERE IS AN IMMENSE BODY OF EXCELLENT COAL IN OUR MINE The Book Cliff Railroad Can Connect the 2 BOOK CLIFF COAL MEANS GOOD COAL and we have it for sale at Yards Norfll Side of Main Street. Phone, Junction 1712. W. S. PHILLIPS REAL ESTATE BARGAINS t I 1 40 acres; *4 mile from town; *2O acres in orchard; 20 acres In al , falfa. Price $0,500 9*4 acres; all In hearing orchard; 1 mile from Gruna Junction. 1 Price 93,500 5-room modern house and two i- lots. $250 caßh; balance on > easy terms. 1 5 acres near town; half In orch -1 ard; half n alfalfa; good 8- i> room house, and other build ings. Will trade for other prop erty close in. Price $1,500 r Magill & Van Dalsem r»;W Main Street. Up-To-Date and Reliable The best ami the cheapest. The Colorado Abstract and Title Company E. A. ATWOOD, Manager 555 Main Street. HERRON & CASSELLS Fresh and Fine melons Always on Hand TIIE FINEST FRUIT Can lie Obtained Here. 349 MAIN ru v ' Time? Be fair with yourself and save a# ! much as possible. When seeking n low estimate on a good enduring plumbing job. come to us at the stare plumbing job come to us on the start If you are skeptical about our figures get other estimates, but don't ham! 1 out your job until you have seen us. GARRISONS FLETCHER Plumbers and Steam Fitters. 457-150 Colorado Ave., Grand Junction, Colorado. i —T. V. Lundun, of York, North Dakota. Is an arrival. —C. H. Connell, of Cherokee, la., is visiting friends in the city. —C. F. Hunefleid, of Aurora, Neb., is visiting friends in the valley. —A new crossing is being placed at the corner.of Second and Main to day. —The directors of the Chamber of Commerce meet this evening in regu lar weekly session. —The big plumbing system of the I new Fair block is being installed by Garrison & Fletcher. —AI Blackburn is acting as jani tor of the Canon Block during the : illness of G. W. Longshore, i —Quite a number of Grand Junc tion people returned last night from j Denver where they have been attend- 1 ing the encampment. —Arrangements are being made for a splendid home talent entertain ment to be given at the Congrega tional church under the auspices ot the W. C. T. U. on the evening of | Friday. September 22d. “ —Mrs. H. F. Holt left Wednesday evening for Cleveland. Ohio, for al short * Init with ft lends cti»u relatives. I She will return next weeK accompan ied by her aged mother who will make an extended visit at the home j of Mr. and Mrs. Ilo.t. —The big horse exhibit at the , Mesa county fair will be under the direction of L. M. Miller and J. O. Kinney. A great number of fine | animals will be on exnibitlon all dur ing the week. The premiums in this department will be handsome. ! —The George H. Adame herd of j ! pure Hereford cattle, one of the most famous Hereford herds in America |is being broken up and Wednesday | Mrs. Adams sold 1,500 head to Al onzo Millett and John I. Rhodes of I Texas. It is understood that the price i paid for the 1,500 head was $30,000. ! —A dispatch ffom New York states thnt'Judge Alton B. Barker will suc ceed Prof. Collins as cnief counsel for the Brooklyn Rapiu Transit com pany, at an annual salary of SIOO,- 1000. Prof. Collins has retired and ■ ihe firm of Collins and Sheenan, for .wars advisers ot the company will 1 now be known as Sheenan & Parker, j —A great deal of Interest Is being | I taken by the local sports in the coin ling battle at San Francisco between i Jimmie Britt and Battling Nelson. ) In fact the fight Ih arousing more interest here than any fight that has . | taken place within the last year. • , Quite a number of bets have been' * made. Britt seems to oe the favorite! | with the Grand Junction boys, though I Nelson has his enthusiastic admir ers. Felix Alkire. toe big Denver & j . Rio Grande engineer and alderman j I from the second ward, returned yes terday from Denver where he has ! been spending the week with the old veterans of the G. A. It. Some of! ! the railroad boys say that Felix made j quite a reputation by relating many! hhrilling adventures of the days of 1 ' Cl and 'GS and lost considerable l lin weight through the exertion at-| I lending the march of seven miles ini the big parade on Wednesday. I —Wednesday evening Deputy | Game Warden Billy Richards brought ; i into Glenwood Springs two men, J. Jacoby, of Osborn county, Kansas and J. Minor, From Mitchell county.! Kansas, whom he hnd arrested at the head of Big Fish creeK on the charge' of killing deer out of senson. The two men had about twenty pounds! of ven.son hidden under a hunting! coat in their camp when arrested, j I They were arraigned before Judge Heden and Jacoby pleaded guilty and was fined $lO and costs. Minor j pleaded not guilty but there was suf ficient proof against him to justify the charge ami he was also fined $lO and costs. Stationery and school supplies at j O. V. Store. Tin ware and granite ware at the O. V. Store. All candies at the G. V. Store only 15 cents a pound. —Go to the Progress for bread, J pies, cakes and fruits. —Bergeron solicits your tuning.! Phone him at Vorbecks. "Soclean.” Have you tried it? A 20th century wonder. For sale at I G. V. Store. —Candy at the G. V. store. Free : or 15 cents a pound at your option., Which do you want? —The right kind of watch repair ing at tjie right prices at Stongs. The Jeweler and Optician. —Your eyes tested free. Glasses tinted at reasonable prices by G. W. Stong, Jeweler and Optician. —A good borne for some girl want ing a place for the winter to go to school. Apply at the Sentinel. ! —Mesa 105 is the telephone num ber of 'Barton & Platt’s livery barn. When-you need their services just call them up. —G. W. Stong is Just back from Uintah and will tell you all about it. I also all about the best watch for the 1 money ever sold. —Good horses, clean attractive ve il lcles, are to be found at the Barton AL- Platt livery stable. Corner Fifth , and Colorado avenue. -Business men and ranchmen de siring workmen of any kind should communicate with the Fulghum Em-! ployment office, 124 N. Fifth street i - -Owing to the fact of our doing! cash business drivers are instructed i I to leave no bundles without collect-j i ing for same. The Excelsior Laund ry company. i —Heavy hauling is made a special ty by Barton & Platt who have heavy j transfer wagons for that work. All i orders promptly attended to and ! prices reasonable. —We have Just received a fine I line of souvenir spoons of the beet sugar factory, the new depot, the high school and public library. Prim rose Jewelry & Music Company. First class workmen, courteous j treatment, modern appliances char acterize the Wes Flagg barber shop j in the postolfico block. The best ser vice possible is secured for every! j customer. —lf you are out of work and de- j sire a position cnll at 12 1 N. Fifth street. Fulghum Employment office and perhaps they can get you work.' No charges unless a position is se cured for you. —When you have your watch and I jewelry repaired by the Primrose l Jewelry & Music Company, you can ; rest assured that it will be satisfac tory. We positively guarantee all 1 our "work. We make your jewelry | look like new. —Having purchased the Sultorium ' , located under the Grand Valley Nat , lonal bank we are now prepared to do first class work in both ladies and gentlemens clothing. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call and give us a trial. Chalmer & Johnson, proprietors. —The Excelsior Laundry companv I I are doing the right thing by their i j patrons by giving them a discount of ten per cent on coupon books This plan not only benefits the cash [customer but also always provides ; change in the house to pay the laun- J dry bill. OPENING DAY ( FA ~ L DUNLAP HATS Wednesday! AUGUST 3 o| Watch Our Window SAMPLINERS I SOLE AGENTS Grand Junction and Mesa Count! l|!pAn Event in I 44 Grand Junctiol That the ladies of Mesa county are likely to remember will I MY FALL OPENING OF HATS AND MILLINERYJ Friday and Saturday JJ This rather bold statement is justified by the fact that my cnH big stock is NEW, representing the very latest New York whiniH millinery, and, what is quite a s important. ■ MY PRICES ARE THE LOWEST IN MESA COUNTY. ■ I have advantages in buying that no other milliner here sesses. I give my pa’runs the benefit of it. H Call In and get a'-qua luted, whether you wish to buv or iH , Mrs. M. T. Holland! Main St. Columbine Music Co’s. Store. Formerly in IJlisa I THE RAMEY INVESTMENT ci REAL ESTATE, LOANS, INSURANCE Agents Grand Junction Town and Development Compifi Residence and Business Lots For Sale for Cash or I Installment Plan. Currie Building, South Fifth Street. Grand Junction Electric & Ga Company. A The new machinery for increasing the capacity at our plant w A soon be installed and our policy of keeping ahead of the dentaifl A for Electric lights will insure plenty of lights for all, and of A class quality A With the approach of the Holidays and the winter season IhJ A Is more use for light, and the Electric light leads all other kUfl A for convenience and safety. J A THE GRAND JUNCTION ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY. I A Offices in the Canon Block, S. 4th St. Q. 4 £ &Q.Q.&Q.&C). VXTQV POTSJ "0 W W EVERY DROP | OF The Sherwin-Williams Paint I B «f t,^ n * No P n,nt «*an give more. No man can JJ- f* lR a satisfaction-giving paint. The material* eJ.’rvti | to 1 ’ U,e rarc w,,h his made, the men who m«k<’ 1 Purythhiß connected with it, are of the satisfaction-giving k ,n J di I sa * , rolnts. Always does the work it is expected to Costs the least. Does most. Color cards free. Sold by THE INDEPENDENT LUMBER COMPANV Phone Junction 14 Corner Main and Spruce Streets Do You Want to Make Money Quick? ??????????? ? all S |mnrn^i I j >Uld call and see this great bargain—4° ac " ! rietie-v if Z |r acres bearing apples, mostly winter T h< cron win° alfalfa ' 3 m,, es east in the best location. Tb only *,,^Vr n^,° P "“ Home Loan &Inv. Co. n , . us for other Bargains m. A. Marsh, Mgr. "Geo. Smith, Mgr. Real Estate Dep*