The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07
Local and Personal

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E: M. Gets has been in Denver this
week.
Don't forget the clean up sale at
Towards.
Glasses fitted by Wyatt give perfect
satisfaction.
The R. E. Collins sale Saturday
amounted to about $500.
Mrs. Harry billiard, of Denver, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cockrell.
Crosby Rowbotham came in from
Silverton yesterday to look after his
ranch property at Cedaredge.
H. H. Wolbert has been confined to
his home most of this week with bad
cold and other la grippe symptoms.
E. J. Mathews was here the first of
the week to deliver lao head of cattle
to Mr.. Killian. He was going on over
to Denver.
Mrs. H. E. Perkins, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Geer, left yesterday
fof Boise, Idaho, to spend the holidays
with Mrs. H. B. Dirlam.
If you wish the January number of
that magazine, better hand your sub.
scrption in at once.
W. G. Cook.
Herrick & Douglas have sold their
business at Hotchklss and George
Douglas has moved his family to Delta
to take up their permanent residence.
The second number of the lecture
course will be given at the opera house
tomorrow night, when Gilbert Eldredge,
impersonator. will appear. The advance
sale Of seats has been good.
Miss Judkins has been quite seriously
i'll for week with pleurisy. She is
better and hopes to be able to return
to her duties at the Western Union Of
flee in a few days. Mrs. Keene, of
Somerset. has been taking her place.
Mr.. and Mrs George Stephan will
make an extended trip abroad and ex-
pect to leave here prior to the first of
the new year. They will first go to
southern Italy and then make an ex-
tended tour of European countries, re-
turning to Delta about the first of next
June.
II. P. Galliher blew in Tuesday even
ing and spent couple of days saying
hello! to people he was acquainted with
when he managed Colorado Telephone
affairs at this place. Galliher says he
has been on the Eastern Slope and is
now figuring on business proposition
at Montrose.
The veteran, Judge Holmes, of Tellu-
ride, is in Delta for one of his regular
visits. Everybody who knows the Judge
is glad to see him and to have him
come and stay as long as he likes. For
twenty-four years he was justice of the
peace at Telluride and recently retired
of his own accord, altho he still holds
the position of police magistrate.
Local Knights of Pythias had the
honor of visit from the Grand Chan
cellor, H. A. Warner, of Denver, at
the regular meeting Tuesday night
The rank of Esquire was conferred on
one candidate after which Grand
Chancellor Warner exemplified the
secret work and this was followed by a
banquet.
On the Both. of November W. J.
Beatty. one of Uncle Sans bank ex-
aminers, whose headquarters are at
Salt Lake, dropped in to check up the
First National. After carefully and
minutely going over the books, notes
and other papers, counting the money.
ect., he complimented the management
on the excellent condition in which he
found the bank
Henry Hawker shipped $500 boxes Of
apples, which is more than nine cars.
He has returns on five cars and the
average is 81. 80 per box. Mr.. Hawker
expects to put up cement block pack
ing and storage house next year, which
will enable him to hold his fruit until
the market is right. He expects to
make the building large enough to hold
his entire crop. Good thing!
Western Slope Encampment, l. o. 0.
F., initiated four candidates at the
regular meeting Tuesday night. They
were E. j. Mathews and T. E. Heston,
of Paonia, and J. X. Devine and Elmer
Jarvis, of Cedaredge. The work was
followed by banquet and at 2:3J Tues
day morning the members wended their
way homeward tired but with smile
on each face.
There was a record crowd Tuesday
night to greet "Uncle Josh Perkins at
the opera house. Most people enjoy