The Delta independent., 1895-05-01
j. S. Swan Visited Montrose last Thurs

| Charles Thompson was down from
Montrose Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Duke were down
from Hotchkiss Thursday.
II. W. Pierson is planting five acres Of
orchard on his California mesa ranch.
E. W. Davern, of the Utah Nursery
Co, was in town last week disposing Of
stock.
Mrs. A. E. Shores went down TO
Grand Junction Wednesday for visit
with friends.
Rudolph Lossius, special agent of the
Mutual Life Insurance Co.. drove up
from Grand Junction Friday.
S. G. Vanderberg, OF Salida. is playing
the happy granger act these days while
his fruit trees are being set out.
The Delta House has an ad in this is
cue. 1t is first class place for com.
mercial men, and sets a fine table.
Rev. and Mrs Lower. Mrs. Harris and
Mrs. Worth left Friday for Ouray to at
tend meeting of the Prcsbytery. re-
turning Monday.
II your tree planting is completed
send in postal giving the number Of
acres put out this spring, or drop in at
the Office and tell about it.
Judge Orr, of Denver, has completed
the planting Of his ten acre tract Of
Fruit md IS rrarar r;rr c1p,a.Iipu 70 foil
back on when old age reaches him.
John L. Pratt returned home Sunday
from Delta. where he has completed the
delivery of large lot of Grand Valley
Nursery stock Grand Junction News.
Mrs. Harris expects to leave for Pitts
burg, Penna.. about the middle OF this
month, and will spend the summer visit
ing friends and relatives in that vicinity.
w. d. Yates returned to Salida Thurs
day after planting twenty. acres Of fruit
on his ranch up the Gunnison. He has
leased his place to John Jac9uot, from
Salida.
Mrs. W. A. Stevens. who has been Wis
iting Mrs. &. r. Porter for the past two
months. left Thursday for her home at
Mt. Snetfles. She expects to return to
Delta TO reside before long.
I. II. McGranahan. prominent citi-
zen OF Delta, was in Gunnison Wednes-
day and went down to Spencer. He is
interested in the bond on the famous
Gunnison lode at that camp.-Gunnison
Tribune.
On Thursday j. E. Barnes, OF Salida.
and W. S. Anderson. of Leadville, re
turned to their homes after seeing to
the planting OF about 40 acres of or
chard in which they and their brothers
are interested on California mesa.
F. ]. Steinmetz left for Colorado
Springs last week after completing his
tree planting for this season. He is
greatly delighted with his place on Gar
net mesa, and expects to make Delta his
home when the orchard gets into bear
ing.
Ben Corbin came up from Delta Tues
day on bicycle. He is looking as
healthy and saucy as ever. and says
Delta is fiourishing. no doubt on account
OF the fact that their newspapers never
quarrel. Lucky Delta.-Montrosc En-
terprise.
Wallace Cole came over Thursday
from Salida to look after the planting of a
20 acre orchard on the ranch in which
he and Denny Falvey, of Gunnison. are
interested. In about five years from
now Wallace won't care whether he has
a job or not.
Mesdames c. Stambaugh and Belle
Ford, OF Youngstown, Ohio. and Mary
Shilling. OF Canon City. arrived Satur-
day. and are visiting Mrs. W. II. Stewart
OF the Delta House. the last named being
her mother and the two first mention
ed her aunts.
Rev J. c. Hedges and wife. Of Wash.
ington, stopped oil here Saturday for a
visit with their old friend Frank Childs.
Rev. Hedges occupied the pulpit at the
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
in the absence OF Rev. Lower. and de-
livered an interesting discourse.
II. Z. johnson. of the Alamosa roller
mills. was in town Saturday. the guest
Of Manager Brown. of the Delta mills.
He had been looking over the country
about Grand Junction. and expressed
himself as being greatly pleased with
what he had seen of the great fruit belt.
Last Friday Mayor Winton received n
telegram from Knoxville. Tenn, saying
that his sister was dead and that her
husband was not expected to live. He
took the Saturday noon train for that
point and will DO gone some time. The
entire community join in extending
their sy mpathy in his bereavement,
l. Van Baalcn has let the contract for
sinking the artesian we'll on his ranch
$50 feet further. and circulated among
Delta business men with subscription
| list last week. All should assist in this
work as fully as they can afford to, us it
| means much to Delta il it is su ccessful.
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