The Delta independent., 1906-04-20
Bits by the Editor.

block north of the postoffide. This
speaks well for the present conditions
of the town.
The North Fork Times contained q
good article in last weeks issue on
Missouri Flats" and if the people of
that vicinity are not loyal enough to ap-
preciate it we shall lose faith in man
kind. But they are pretty good set
up there and undoubtedly will do the
right thing when opportunity presents
itself.
From present Indications the Grand
Junction fair people will select the last
week in September for their fair.
Montrose has selected the week previous
and Hotchkiss has selected the same
week as Grand Junction probably will.
How about Delta, you fair association
managers? Are we to have one or not?
If so it's time to get busy.
The Paonia Newspaper is strictly "off
base" when it says that the editor of
this paper was "bamboozled" into pub
fishing an ad for Colorado College.
The INDEPENDENT is always ready to
give such space as it may to state insti-
tutions of learning notwithstanding the
articles published may appear a little
boastful and "ady''. This particular
letter referred to was a request from
us-and not from the other end.
Last Saturday we noticed several
wreaths of blue smoke curling skyward
down toward Montrose. Many people
here thought it was some sort of phe-
nomena but we have since learned it
was only Hulaniski of the Empire ex-
pressing himself when he read IN arti-
Gle on his pedigree printed by Blair Of
the Lake City Times. OF all the real,
scintilating, needle-pointed calculations
we have read during the past twelve
month, this one bears the blue ribbon.
Perry of the Hotchkiss Herald came
down to Delta the other day and a soon
as he returned home promptly said few
things about the town he had visited.
Claimed We had white covered mounds
down here. We have white covered
mounds, sure we do, and if it wasn't
for those white covered mounds and
what make them Perry s potatoes would
be flat, his wife's biscuit wouldn't raise
and the great Salt Lake would never
have been salty. So please have 4 lit
tie more reverence for our conditions,
Mr.. Perry.
Don't expect to get a lot of so called
''bush-wah' at the hands of this paper
if you do not deserve It. We are poor
on giving out bits of lineup for public
perusal when there is no call for it. We
are always ready to say what is right
and to boost anything laudable but we
are disbleivers of ''affectedness" and
'pilavering''. Neither are we addicted
to pessimism and attempted Knockout
blows when something don't suit US.
Nevertheless there are times when we
may error but our intentions will be
good, even so.
This week w. H. Caywood of Pice-
ance creek came to town with six wolf
scalps. We believe Mr.. Caywood has
destroyed more wolves than any other
man in the country. His bats are GER
tainly par excellence, and he is doing .
great work for the stock association.
The wolves are getting extremely
thick on Piceance creek. One man re-
Gently discovered eight in one band.
Recently the wolves have turned their
attention to range horses, killing sever
al and wounding others so they had to
be killed. The wolves had the advan-
tage of the crust of the snow. which
would not bear up the horses. Meeker
Review.
The Champion is advocating fair for
the Surface Creek country. In the mo-
tiveit is right but in the execution of the
fair many things will be wrong. Now
Delta has q fair, Hotchkiss has fair,