To Be at the Head
of the procession always
is our aim for 1907
Now for a starter —
Loeffler’s White Front Store
The first in Grand Junction to
have a complete line of
Quarter Size
Collars
Have you ever put on a
collar that was just a
little too large or too
small? You know how
it feels. A QUARTER
SIZE will cure it.
P. S. —Our competitors will
put them in, in a year or two. We
LEAD. Loeffler’s WHEN it’s new
PURITY BREAD LEADS
As do Purity Rolls, Vienna and Parker
House, Purity Pies, Cakes and all
other products of our
PURITY BAKERY
Phone us a trial order. As we find so many pleased, we
want you on the list ot Purity Product users.
WADSWORTH & SON,
Phone Junction n Leading Grocers
Grand Junction Electric &
Gas Company
The best light to read by is electric light.
It never smokes or flickers, and is the only
steady reading light You do not have to strain
your eyes to read by electric light.
Let us wire your house
Grand Junction Electric & Gas Co.
GOOD GOODS GOOD GOODS
E. A. RYAN CO.
Taking Medicine
This is one on us. We’re stuck. We
bought a big stock of Benjamin’s Overcoats.
We are up against the weather. We must
and will shed them. We adopt the only
way—confess it and cut the prices. So here
is where we take our medicine. $25, $2O,
and $lB Overcoats for
$15.00
The only hand-tailored clothing handled
in the ciyt—the BENJAMIN’S. Suits at $25,
$2O, $l5 and $lO.
E. A. RYAN CO.
348 MAIN STREET
THE DAILY SENTINEL
I. N- BUNTING, Editor and I»rop.
Entered at the postofflee In Grand
Junction, Colo., as 2d class matter.
I
Business Office, 115 8. Fourth St.
THAT WOLCOTT STATUTE.
It Ip said that Senator Horace T.
Delong has prepared the draft of a
hill that he will introduce In the sen
ate of this stale, asking for an ap
propriation of SIO,OOO, for the erec
tion of a statue to the late Senator
Edward O. Wolcott, in Statuary Hall
in the capital at Washington.
To that section of the Republican
party in this state known as the “*•1:1
guard’’ the memory of Senator Ed
uard O. Wolcott Is held ns a preeio is
legacy.
That Ills memory is enshrined in
the hearts of the citizenship of the
state generally because of nay great
public service we do not believe.
hence, we consider that the prop
osition of Senator to ask the
state to cannonize the mornorr of
.Senator Wolcitt. Is far fetched r.ud is
inrgt ly for the pleasure of the re-
I fleeted glory that may come to his
ft Lowers and former adherents,
through the action proposed.
/vt no time in his life was Senator
Wolcott looked upon as a public
benefactor, whose devotion to his
state and her citizenship was in any
men* ire comparable to his intense
loyalty to the Republican party.
'I hat he was a most successful poli
tician end In his public acts and par
ticipation lu the work of the national
senate he rose at times to the dignity
of statesmanship, no one will ques
tion.
That he should be regarded, how
ever, as among the chlefest of Colo
rado’s great citizens, we do not agree
notwithstanding the Republican “old
guard” may regard our proposition
as treasonable.
Senator Wolcott was not a warrior,
a pioneer citizen who repelled hos
tile Indian tribes from our borders
for the protection of the pJoneer
citizenship of the state; no great pub
lic institutions of learning are the re
sult of his devotion to the cause of
education; no public pnrks or play
grounds for the use of the common
people, were left as a heritage through
ids acts. Unlike an hundred other
Colorndoans. whose devotion to their
state has become a household word,
we can think of no great public bene
faction of which he was the author
Wo would not, if we could, take
away from him one scintilla of cred
it in the performance of his duties, In
the splendid position he held in trust
for the people of the stato of Colo
rado. We must acknowledge a de
gree of pride In his great forensic
ability. Ills unswerving loyalty to his
political friends, his devotion to the
great corporations whose attorney he
was in the faee at times of much
public criticism. All of these are most
admirable traits In a public man. but
we cannot sec wherein the state at
large Ls called upon to spend $lO,-
000 to erect a statue to him In the
hall of Htutues in Washington.
It would be most charming indeed,
if the “old guard” <>f Republicanism,
that has been repudiated generally
by modern methods of the Republic
an party In Colorado, would contrib
ute Individually or as an organization
in providing the statue for the hall of
fame.
It may appear all right to Senator
DeLong and undoubtedly does, else
he would not be the author of the
proposition, to ask the state to do
that which those who were the bene
ficiaries of Senator Wolcott's bounties
politically, should do, yet we must
disagree with the motive.
The amount proposed to be asked
I from the state Is Insignificant, it is
a mere bagatelle. The question of
whether or not tho subject ls entitled
to this exalted recognition, is the
only question at Issue.
In the face of the many who have
by their great philanthropy, public
acts and bounty endeared themselves
to tho people os a whole, wo can
claim with all Justice because of tho
erection of great public works and
utilities, contributing to the comfort,
welfare and well being of the entire
people, tho proposal comes as a ques
tionable one, whon the stato as a
whole Is asked to he a party to its
consummation and not the principal
heneflclarioa in the Ilf© of the dis
tinguished senator.
HARDY’S JAUNDICED
COMPARISON
Certainly our good friend Hardy,
of the Canon City Record, who spent
a few days In this city a week or more
ago nnd then undertook to ninke the
people of Canon City feel good by pre
senting a very jaundiced comparison
of Grand Junction and its Interests
with Canon City, must have seen
some awfully good things in this city.
Like the little boy who whistles to
keep up his courage, he fires grape
shot at us. to keep up his courage,
over the fear that this city Is running
away from that cultured center, of
which he Is of the ultra select.
Even our newspepers nre compared
with his own nnd he congratulates the
citizens of Canon City that, they have
only one dally paper to care for nnd
that It Is equally ns good ns those
published In Grand Junction, notwith
standing he says this is a good news
paper town.
Wo don’t care to take Issue with
Mr. Hardy on the character of the
newspapers of the two cities. However
if Mr. Hardy was In the publication
business In this city, ho would think
he was going some and he would not
have time to he the elegant delle
tnnto that he Is, because ho would
have other things to think about.
The recommendation of Mr. Hardy
I that Grand JuJnction papers should
i not notice each other editorially or lo
yally, perhaps might he good advice
'in a comparatively dead town, but
; are living in a renl live community
and something is doing nil the time.
If Mr. Hardy will carefully examine
I the map of the state of Colorado, he
"ill find that Grand Junction Is desig
nated by a great big red spot. That
'spot dominates a region, beside which
the little fringe of territory sur
rounding Canon City. Is like unto a
(little cottage garden beside a quar
ter section wheat field. Things are
| building up nt a rapid rate on the
j western slope and that culture and
1 harroness ns a place of residence that
I Mr. Hardy decry a will soon be a thing
!of the past. If it has ever been true
that Grand Junction lacks anything
.along these lines or whether Mr.
Hardy was looking through green
s|H*ctacles.
Canon City is hoary in age beside 1
Grand Junction, which easily Is noth- 1
Ing If not a stripling, simply begin- <
1
nlng to know how to gird her armor
• to realize the greatness that is In
. store for her.
We do not have to wonder greatly
I how the campaign expenses of our Re
. publican friends have been secured
- so easily during the past four or flvo
. years, if Simon Guggenheim’s con
fession to the representative of Rid
geway’s magazine is to be believed.
It was smooth sailing in very many
counties of the state, to take care of
. the necessary expenses accompanying
1 a Republican campaign.
Representative Vincent of Delta
- county received a telegram from 75
• of the representative buslrfess men
I of Paonia and that portion of Delta
county, commending his position up
-1 on refusing to vote for Simon Gug-
I genheim in the caucus. No word has
. come from Senator DeLong, who also
j represents Delta county, that his ac
tion In voting in the caucus for 81-
1 raon Guggenheim, has met their
! hearty approval.
We never like to rejoice over had
. luck, but we do feel that the Tonopah
• club, that put up so many thousands
: for the Gans-Herman fight and receiv
; ed so few back, got its Just dues. If
. the fighting plug uglies want to chew
1 each other, they should be made to
do so for a reasonable purse. They
have been pampered out of all reason
• by the great purses hung up for them 1
in the past few years. A few such,
i frosts as was suffered In the receipts
of the-Gans-Herman fight will bring
fight promoters to their senses.
Among the inexplicable Industrial
problems of the city, Is the inability
to successfully operate the Grand
Junction smelter. The smelter at Sa
llda is being operated steadily and
successfully. It has never had any
very serious trouble from the very
beginning of its operation. The lo
fcal smelter has had all sorts of trou
ble from the very beginning. The
presumption was that the smelter had
been built by a practical man. at least
he claimed that he was, being at pres
ent In charge of successful smelters
elsewhere. He built It after his own
plans and model and yet, something
Is amiss other than its finances. The
latter cause has been operative
against Its being successfully conduct
ed, but money would have been ob
tainable, had the plant measured up:
to the functions for which it was
erected. The inability to successful- :
ly operate the plant has been a very
distinct loss to the industrial condi
tions of Grand Junction. How to over
come them is a problem, which we
may not even suggest how to proceed,,
because of lack of knowledge of oper
ation, Of course we understand the
opposition of the smelter trust to
independent smelting plants, but we
hardly think that the plant In this
city was sufficiently large to attract
their oplposltion. We would give
much to have the problem of Its suc
cessful operation solved. There have
been serious and earnest men engag
ed In the work of reconstruction, both
of the finances of the plant and the
plant Itself, but even under their
wise direction and earnest work,
nothing tangible has developed. Per
haps Simon could straighten out the
whole matter and this should have
been the aim of our statesmen, be
fore pledging him their support so
freely, without it was engaged other
wise before the caucus period as Si
mon says he had most of the legisla
tive hand. Anyway it may come, we
will be saUsfled and happy, if It will
only come—the plant's rejuvenation.
FLORENCE ROBERTS COMING.
Grand Junction amusement lovers
will have an opportunity on Monday
evening. January 11th of seeing the
remarknhle actress Miss Florence
Roberts, who ranks today ns one of
tho greatest emotional actress in
America, in her new play, “The
Strength of the Weak,’ nt the Park
opera house.
Miss Roberts is under the mange
ment of John Cort, the manager of
Maude Fealy, Max Flgman and sev
eral other of the successful stars. The
play was presented 150 nights at the
Liberty theatre In New York last sen
son and created a great sensation. It
Is a new modern play In four acts
written by Alice M. Smith and Char
lotte Thompson. It is said that Miss
Roberts' has scored her most pro
nounced success in this piny.
The ndvance representative of the
company was here yesterday complet
ing arrangements for the engage
ment. Miss Roberts will come in from
the west, playing the lost half of this
week In the Salt Lake Theatre. How
ever the company will arrive on Sun
day evening, consequently there will
be no danger of a forced cancellation
on account of delayed trains from
the west.
ATTENTION MASONS.
Special communication of Mesa
lodge No. 55 A. F. and A. M. this
evening. Work In' the E. A. degree.
Ol'Y V. STERNBERG. W. M
Why Suiter With Rheumatism?
Do you know that rheumatic pains
can be relieved? If you doubt this
Just try one application of Charaber
' lain’s Pain Balm. It will make rest
and sleep possible, and that certainly
means a great deal to any one afflict
ed with rheumatism. For sale by C.
D. Smith & Co., Stores; Grand Junc
tion, Fruita and Palisade.
A Chance In A Lifetime.
We have a splendid ten-acre tract
of rich loam under cultivation and
fence, nicely located where it can;
never go to seep, with four inches of
water In the Grand Valley canal that:
wc can sell for $ 1,600, and the party
that will go on and plant and other
wise improve this tract can secure
It by paying S2OO cash and S2OO per
year until paid with Interest on de
ferred payments nt 8 per cent. This
land Is In a good neighborhood, lays
nicely nnd is fine for fruit, potatoes
or gardening.
THK RICH-HUTCHINSON REALTY’
COMPANY.
Keep your harness up. its money In 1
your pocket. Harry Hiatt does it
cheap.
If you want a steam or hot water
Plant (hut will heat, call on Lewla and '
Sallee, 124 N. sth street or Phone ,
1314 Black.
This afternoon the commissioners *
in the Palisade condemnation case. ’
are holding a meeting nnd ngreeing I
upon a report to make to the district
court.
MILLIONS RUINED.
It is inconceivable that any person
should neglect the slightest symp
toms of defective or failing eyesight
or should submit to treatment at the
hands of any one but a SPECIALIST.
The eye is the mose delicate organ of
the whole body. It is most easily im
paired. Millions of eyes have been
iuined by improper treatment or
wrong glasses. When the eye is so
easily injured. It is passing strange
that persons will, without knowing
their requirements, purchase glasses
from peddlers. Jewelers, department
stores, or unskilled opticians.
The eyes are not mere mechanical
instruments, but are most delicate
and sensitive physiological contriv
ances, possessing many peculiarities
and disorders known only to special
ists who devote their lives to the
study of the eye and the organs In
sympathy with same. If you would
have your eyes strong and normal—!
See DR. SCARBOROUGH, 230 Ute!
Ave. Phone Black 2 4 4.
THE WEATHER.
The maximum temperature
Saturday was 34 degrees The
maximum Sunday was 53 de
grees, the minimum Sunday
was 27 degrees. The minimum
this morning was 28 degrees.
The total precipitation since
Saturday was .04. The fore
cast gor western Colorado is
“cloudy with local snow to
night and Tuesday.
Jesse Haller, of Mancos, Is in town
today.
N. W. Harson, of Montrose, is in
town today.
Charles Harzog and wife are the
guests of Grand Junction friends.
W. W. Yocum and Cris Larby, of
Easterville, lowa, are new comers
I to the city.
David Dunnaway. the Plateau Val-j
ley ranchman, Is down today on a
I business trip.
No. 4 came in this morning tbout!
four hours late. All trains last night J
. were more or less behind time.
As far ns is known few if any
Grand Junction people will witness
the Inauguration of Governor Buclitel
I tomorow at Trinity church in Denver.
Death has ended the sensational'
| divorce suit of Mrs. Jessie O. Hall!
against Amos F. Hall, the big cattle-!
man of Gunnison county. Thej
plaintiff died a few days ago. She
charged her husband and father-in
law with gross immorality.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Hodgson left
the City this morning for Wlnterset,
la., where they will reside in the fu
ture. They came to Grand Junction
about one year ago Mrs. Hodgson be
ing in very poor health. She has im
proved wonderfully and Mr. Hodgson
being made a fine offer in a business
field In Wlnterset they decided to go
to that city. Mrs. Hodgson is a sister
of George Klever, the contractor, of
this city. She and her husband leave>
many warm friends in this city.
E. L. Payne, the expert from the,
state agricultural college, who has
been in the lower valley for the past
three months studying the seepage
question, has returned to Ft. Collins.
He stated before leaving that his
work did not reach any definite re
sults, yet he believes that if he is
permitted to return in the spring that
lie can solve the seepage problem of
this county. It is said that he has
the whole county mapped out giving
the depth of each kind of soil, dis
tance to water, and other figures
which will be of great benefit to the
seepage Investigations. Prof. Payne
believes that his year’s work has ac
complished much and that in the
course of time the seepage curse can
be eliminated.
THE DELICATESSEN
Fresh Nuts, Dates,
Figs, Candies, Ci
gars & Tobacco.
FRED F. WOLFE, Prop.
208 Colo. Ave.
$250 REWARD
The undersigned, superintendent
and manager of The Sieber Cattle
company, hereby offers a reward of
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars
($260.00) for the arrest and convlc- ;
tion of any person or persons for the
stealing or driving away from the
usual range any of the horses, cattle
or stock of the above named com- j
pany.
Dated at Grand Junction, Coloraod,
this the 30th day of November, 190 C.
THE SIEBER CATTLE CO.
By F. D. PARKS,
Manager and Superintendent.
Many are Cured
Since opening in Grand Junction the
specialists at the Red Cross Sanitar
ium, 721 Main street have cured
many chronic and special diseases
that had caused long and intense suf
fering. including rheumatism, neu
ralgia, catarrh, throat and lung
troubles, painful affections of the
stomach and liver, nervous debility,
blood and skin diseases, old sores,
kidney and urinary disorders and fe
male diseases, contageous blood pois
oning etc. With our Sanitarium equip
ment and new Red Cross vegetable
remedies we can often cure when all
other means have failed.
Examination Free.
No matter what your ailment, do not
despair of help until you have seen
us. Hours 10 to 4 and 7 to 8 even
mg.. ! 4 jagg
Red Cross Sanitarium
Don’t Worry Don’t Worry
Watch Us Grow Watch Us Grow
C // f
As our new goods
begin to arrive we
find we have not
theroom forthem
and we have a few
linesthatmust be
sold, at a sacrifice
in order to make
room for advance
spring stuff that
will arrive this
week.
For the next Six
Days we will sell
you the following
goods at
One-Third Off
Ladies’ and Children’s
Underwear.
Cotton and Wool Blank
ets and Comforters.
Ladies’ and Children’s
Cloaks.
Ladies’ Suits.
Ladies’ and Children’s
Furs.
Everything in Dress Goods
A fully guaranteed Taf
feta Silk one yard, wide
at, per yard,
75c
OFF OFF
The La Coste Dry
Goods Co.
In the New Margery Block, Between Fifth
and Sixth on Main Street.
Ladies’ Home Journal Ladies’ Home Journal
Patterns 10 S 15c Patterns 10 & 15c