The Delta independent., 1901-01-04
The ice harvest has begun.

BE careful how you write it-l9ol.
Harry Blair came in from Telluride
yesterday.
Get your property insured to day
W. II. Mastin. .,gent.
j. G. Fountain l. Co. still do optical
work if you are in need 0; glasses give
him cal.
The dance given New Years eve by
| the Odd Fellows was a most successful
sffair il: every particular.
W. r. Gale has fine lire Of calendars
which be is giving away. Any one de
string 1901 calender call al his lumber
| office.
II you hsvn't seen our line Of cigars,
pipes, .tobaccos aud smokers supplies,
you havn't seen the largest line in the
city.
REED 4 BoHLscHzIp.
The Presbyterian Sunday School ele-
cted officers last Sunday as follows:
superendent, Mrs. c. E. Clark; assistant,
the pastor. secretary and treasurer to be
elected next Sunday. librarian, Miss
Retta Nc Bride.
The morited reputation for curing
piles. sores and skin diseases acquired
by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, has led
to the making OF worthless counterf eits,
Be sure to get only DeWitt's Salve.
Clarkc's City Drug Store.
The old teamsters around Delta have
always considered 5000 pounds OF coal
a large load to bring from ths coal mines
with a four horse team. but recently a
young horse header in the person OF
Gill Blake, brought 20 town with four
hourse team l0,i0O pounds OF Pride OF
Delta coal and says when that load is
equaled by any other hauler he will
bring load with his pair Of "bropks' hat
will make any other six horses in Delta
county rustic to equal.
The Mormon colony in the Bluestone
valley is growing and the assurance Of a
next season is no logger in doubt. The
most recent arrivals consist OF a com
pany OF twenty-one direct from Castle,
Utah. They reached here Saturday
last. The colony assembled at the Oug
house where their 6rst Christmas
iolifcation was spent in the Bluestone.
A big dinner and general good time
was the resul:--DeBeque Bugle.
Mr.. Amos Reynolds OF Hotchkiss.
Colorado, eldest eon OF Mrs. Srrah Rey.
nolds, and brother to II. G., E. E and
G. W. Reynolds, arrived in Dixon yes
tsrday. 1t is twenty-sight years since
be lett his home n New York State and
settled in Colorado. and yesterday was
the first time in all these years that
! mother and brothers had met. 1t vas
~, Apply and merry Christmrs for the
entire Reynolds household. Mr.. Rey-
poids will spend several weeks in Dixon.
Dixon (llinoisl Telegraph.
The general discussion going on over
the country regarding the effect OF vac
cinatlon furnishes new opportunity for
lot OF writers and takers making
themselves ridiculous. There is no ex-
cuse for an editor thus casting reflection
upon the intelligence OF his craft. Sci
entitic and medical statistics are too
easy OF access. proving that a very small
percentage OF those submitting TO vacci
nation ever contract the disease-even
IN an epidemic-snd that the few who
do. invariably have il in a mild form.
To decry and denounce vaccination is .
humiliating exhibition OF an inexcus-
able lack OF information. OF narrow. ig
norant preiudice.-Telluride Journal.
Many valua1!e pamphlets which
would be OF great use TO the house
mother may be obtained free on appli-
cation to the department OF Agriculture
at Washington. Some OF these are the
uutri,ive value and cos, OF foods; sour
ing u: milk and other changes in milk
products; meats; composition and cook
ing; milk as food; fish as food; sugar as
food: bread aud bread making; house
hold insects, IN which much useful in
formation is given as to their extermin.
alton. Bepides these there are special
trestises on bee keeping. mushroom
growing. poultry raisine. butter making.
asparagus culture. and other subjects
interesting to women Who live in the
country. to be had for the asking.-Jan-
uary Ladies Home Journal.
The Rock Island road. seconded by
the Burlington. has again taken the
initiative in granting cheap rates to the
travelling public. This time = rate OF
one cent per mile Tor the round trip has
been made by thcse two roads, ipdcpcu
IDENTIFY OF other roads. Tor the @. A. r.
encampment to be held in Denver,
Colorado. in Septcmber 1901. At .
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