The Delta independent., 1906-09-07
Woodmen Fourth Annual Gather
ing Best They Have
Ever Held.
CONTINUOUS TWO DAYS PROGRAM.
Atte,Aanee and Entertainment Prove Emil
nently Satisfactory. List Of
Prizs kianers.

The fourth annual log rolling was a
great success. Not a dull moment dur
ing the entire two days program.
Everything carried out according to
schedule and the big crowd Of visitors
returned to their homes sounding the
praises of Delta camp and Of the town
of Delta. People could not have been
better received or more constantly en-
tertained than they were in this city
last Thursday and Friday. There was
plenty to eat, places to sleep. some
thing doing all the time and how could
any one possibly have had any COM
plant to make. 1t was a great crowd,
q great occasion and the members OF
the local lodge and the people in gen
eral are to be congratulated on the
splendid success of the log rolling. 1t
cost lot of money (something over
81 300 and lot of work but it was
well done from beginning to end.
The ball game was about the only
thing that could have been termed a
disappointment and that was due en-
tircly to the rotten aggregation sent
here by Glenwood Springs. Telluride
had ball team and good one. They
came here expecting to find opponents
worthy Of their steel and such as would
enable them to give an exhibition of
base ball that would do credit to the
great national game. They were dis
appointed and so were the people.
After the first days game, resulting
Is to 4 in favor of Telluride. people lost
interest and the second day the crowd
was no. half as large As it otherwise
would have been. Score on Friday 9 to
3 in favor Of Telluride. The next time
this section Of the state sends to Glen
wood Springs for ball team will be
when the memory of their Delta exhi-
bition is thing of the past.
The baby show at the opera house
Friday afternoon brought multitude
of the sweetest kids to be found any
place on earth. For some reason the
official score of this interesting event
has been lost and the only report we
can make this week is to say that the
baby Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mathers
won the sweepstakes prize over all.
Friday evening in the Odd Fellows
hall free supper was served to Wood
men and ladies' Of the Circle. Several
hundred were fed. This feature Of the
program was greatly appreciated bv
the visitors.
Among the best things was the Com
bination Drill rendered by Delta Wood
men and Circle ladies', sixteen in num-
ber. W. NJ. Duling WAS captain or drill
master and he had worked out some
thing well worth seeing.
The Kangaroo Court was kept fairly
busy during the two days and was n
place Of discontinue and financial dis
tress to many suffering sinners. II. W.
Davis. Judge Fairlamb, DR.. Hick and
John A. Curtis administered justice by
turns. s53.25 total receipts.
Druggist Ault had good fun giving
away wagon load Of watermelons and
cantaloupcs. He made sort Of Rocky
Ford every-body-grab affair out Of 1t.
Under that rule melons don't last long.
The Delta Business Mems Association
had boxes Of apples piled up in the
street eight feet high for the free and
unlimited use Of the people. 1t is safe
to say that no one failed to get all they
wanted.
Two hundred and fifty people were on
the Grand Junction special train. There
were 19l Woodmcn and members of the
Circle. They carried emblamntic UNI
brellas and made fine appearance.
Altogether over 1000 visitors came by
1ail.