The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-11-30
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who also has interests in this county,
was in town Sunday.
Miss Stella Burgess came down from
Paonia to eat turkey at the home of
her brother, the doctor, and will remain
until Monday.
James Hunter is here from Black
foot, Idaho, to join his wife and daugh-
ter who have been visiting Delta friends
for several weeks.
McCord G. Norris will give the second
semi-monthly ball at the opera house
Friday evening. December 7th. Music
by Miles orchestra.
Fred H. Mcconnell. of Austin, has
gone to Cherokee, Iowa, for visit.
Incidentally we imagine he will do some
boosting for Delta county.
Roy Woodgate calls his new place the
National Pool Room and Smoke
House" Nothing like being metropol-
itan. His start-out patronage has been
good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merchant have arrived
from Waterloo. Iowa, with their house.
hold effects and will make Delta their
future home. They have rented the
O'Rourke place in the southwest part
of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hoganson, who
resides on Meeker street, are the proud
parents of bouncing baby boy, born
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Hoganson is
local representative of the Grand Union
tea and Spice Co.
Charley Bowden has been doing 10.
of artistic sign work this fall. He is an
adept at lettering with the brush and
likes it. Says he wants little expert
ence with the Curran artists in Denver
and then he will be prepared to travel.
Do not be backward about handing,
mailing or phoning news items to the
editor. Please bear in mind our resi-
dence here has not been of long dura-
ton and we find it difficult to get per-
sonal and social news. This paper is
glad to publish everything of local
interest.
|. w. Nutter. who was with US as
manager of the Colorado Telephone Co.
office several weeks last summer, has
returned and is in charge of the bust
ness while MIR. Boettcher is having it
out with old man typhoid. We are glad
to report that Mr.. Boettcher is getting
along nicely.
When jeweler Ridley moves out of
his present quarters, F. P. Hunt will
take the room for his harness depart
ment and will move the china stock in
the room now used for harness. Mr..
Hunt carries a very large stock OF
china and is anxious to have better
opportunity to present it to public view.
The male population of the upper
Gunnison valley is increasing rapidly
Last Friday a boy was born to MIR. and
Mrs. c. A. Carlson, who live three
miles east of Delta and on Monday
robust youngster put in an appearance
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Hallack.
who are neighbors of the Carlsons.
Mr.. and Mrs J. F. Millhouse leave
for Denver the first of next week to
remain until spring. 1t is safe to say
Mr.. Millhouse will do lot of boosting
for us in the states metropolis before
grass grows again and we hope he will
be able to guide some of that city's idle
capital over this way for investment.
That new fountain that was to adver-
tise Delta's finest water on earth is
safely slowed away some place and it
had just as well be back in Pennsylva-
MIA where it was made, for all the good
it is doing in the way of distributing
our fine water to thirsty passengers,
Will somebody make it their business
to ascertain the present whereabouts of
this fountain and put it in commission?
Don't all speak at once.
N. H. Castle was tied up in onion
poultices and that unspellable stuff
sometimes called Denver clay" last
Sunday in an effort to get rid of bad
cold that bore the ear marks of lagrippe
The mud and smell and other things had
the desired effect and N. H. is once
more able to trot around. The Castle
children have been having bad cold sick
ness for a couple of weeks, but all are
better now.
| J. C. Hart went to Denver Tuesday.
He telegraphed w. r. kreutzer. sup't.
of the Gunnison forest reserve, to meet
him at Gunnison and talk over the ques-
tion of manufacturing boxes from for
est reserve timber, as suggested in the