The Delta independent., 1901-05-24
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Mention Of Matters of
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Of Delta and Vicinity. = u =
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Decoration day will soon d, here

day visitor.
Strawberries are quite plentiful in the
local market.
Old papers for sale at this Office, 25c
per hundred.
Mrs. j. +. Sanders is Telluride visi-
tor this week.
Try the iNDEPENDENr for al! kinds of
plain and fancy job printing.
Full Line of groc ,ries at the Delta
County Mercantile company.
Cattle are now gaining fast and range
beef will be had in a month more.
Winton & company are agents for the
Excelsior steam laundry. OF Denver.
o. L. Lunch was among last we ek S
arrivals from Delia.-o ouray Herald.
]. 4. Hardin, OF Hazelton. Kansas,
was an arrival IN this city Saturday.
Judge Milton r. Welch was a business
visitor 10 Denver the lirst OF this week.
II you think this is hot you had better
move to higher altitude before June.
S. Wagman. Mrs John Lumsden and
Mrs. John Frink were arrivals from
Aspen Friday.
j. A. Callaway aud wife and w. S.
Galloway aud wife, OF Montrose, were
Sunday visitors.
The man who doesn't make out his
poll tax schedule aud sign 1t this time
is up against II.
W. Barnes. OF Delta. was trausacting
business a, the county scat Friday
ouray Plaindealer.
The alfalfa crop is booming in this
coun,y and will be ready for cutting by
the first OF mex, month.
a. Morrei. manager OF the North Fork
Shropshire Sheep ranch, was Il business
visitor ia Delta last Saturday.
Rev. L. n. Edger,on. OF Paonia, will
preach in the Methodist church next
Sunday morning aud evening.
Mrs. George Law, OF Ouray. returned
hone Sunda. after pleasant visit with
her mother, Mrs Woodgate, in this city
Pete Frahm was up from Delta We'd
nesday collecting some OF his property
FOR removal 10 that place
Tribune.
Miss Coclsrcll, Miss Shoup and their
pupils will entertain the patrons of the
North Delta school with special pro-
gra,u today.
Miss Mimic Howell, OF Ouray, who
has been visiting at the j. F. Sanders
home the Fast three weeks, returned
homc Sunday.
Prof. ). Il. Gillette. eiomologist OF the
State Agricultural college at Fort Collins.
WAS a pleasant visitor in this valley Fri
day aud Saturday,
We hear it rumored ;ha. the local
lodge OF Odd Fellows will occupy the up
stairs OF Maihers' new brick block which
ia To be erected soon.
J, +, Clark WAS initiated in.o the
mysteries OF Woodcraft by Delta Camp
No, 29l, Woodmen OF the World, at The
last meeting OF that order.
Manager L. c. Taylor, OF the Delta
County truit Growers association, left
Saturday for few days business trip to
the minlng camps OF the San Juan.
III. NJ. Colby came downtrom Leon lake
Saturday, where he has been working on
the reservoir for the past two months.
He reports that there is twelve feet of
snow is the vicinity of the lake.
We Judge from reading last weeks
Montrose Enterprise, that Ex-represent-
ative Little George Smith. OF Mesa
county. owes that progressive sheet six
bits for advertising and will not .dig up." "
Take 1t out in hot air brother.
Nathan Mister started for Delta on
his wheel last Saturday and while cross
ing the desert broke down. He concealed
tho wheel as best he could, but when he
returned he found that the tires had
Gazette.
q. G. Russell, for many years proprie-
tor OF the Palmer Lake eating house and
now n large cattle and ranch owner in
the UEcompahgre valley, has Just bought
the well known David Wood hay ranch
Of TAO acres three miles below Montrose
for 5000.
Ouray is having debate on the ques-
tion OF whether the town council shall
run the town, or whether tho Bon Ton
dance hall shall do the running act. At
last reports the Bon Ton had the track
and was throwing dust into the eyes of
the council. Ouray should buy new
backbones for the city dads. Montrosc
Enterprise.
AT their last regular meeting. Delta
camp No. 29i, Woodmen OF the World,
elected officers as follows; w. II. Jones,
xwx rutt