The Delta independent., 1906-08-24
Local and Personal

/ their outing IN the mis-.
Mrs. Inez Brown, of Paonia. was in
Delta on business Monday.
Boys suits sl.OO up. Mems suits
81. so up at HowARD's.
Mrs. X. Oliver and daughter, of
Paonia, returned Monday from Califor-
mia.
Mrs. c. B. Wilson, of Eckert, re-
turned Friday from short visit to
Denver.
A. S. Goodenow and family. of Paonia,
returned Monday from two months
stay in Glenwood Springs.
Clearance prices still prevail on all
summer merchandise at the Ramsay
Dry Goods Co. Buy here and save
money. S-l7-4.
Mrs. j. w. Truesdale died at her
home near Montrose after a months
illness from heart trouble The remains
were shipped to Hotchkiss, her former
homer home, for burial. She was Al
years old and leaves husband and
three children.
=. A. B. King, one Of the successful
teachers of Delta county has returned
from the Gunnison institute and reports
smaller attendance than at Montrose
last year. The 1907 institute will be
held at Ouray. Mr.. King will teach in
district 4, 31a miles southeast of town
this winter. He has had fourteen years
experience and has been teaching in
this state four years.
A special agent of the government
has been in Delta the past week looking
up the record of DR.. Eggleston. who
formerly lived at Cory. The doctor
has been in lot of trouble lately, not
the least of which is a case of Uncle
Sam against HIM for counterfeiting.
Of course this special agent was reluc-
tant to say just what he found out as
his instructions undoubtedly did not
specify that he make disclosures to
newspaper men.
d. l.. Ives and A. Pitkin were down
from the Current Creek valley the first
of the week and both report splendid
crops and great prosperity in that sec
tion. They tell the INDEPENDENT of
numerous 40, so and 60 acre fields of
wheat that will go 60 bushels to the acre
and MIR. Ives has had the same ground
in oats now for four years, the yield
never being less than 78 bushels. The
Current Creek valley is not very
large area but from what Messrs. Ives
and Pitki1 say it must be mighty good.
Stephan & Obert have two excellent
exhibits of Delta county grain at their
Office. One is bunch of wheat, origi-
mating from one grain and containing
$50 stools. The heads are long and well
filled. This was raised by Lewis Owen
on Owen Mesa and we understand the
land is adobe and has very little water
at present, but will be supplied by the
Gunnison tunnel. The other is a speci-
men of oats seven foot high and with
long, well filled heads, grown by H. F.
Cook who lives three miles up the
Gunnison valley. Such specimens as
these about town will do much to ad-
vertise the productiveness of Delta
county soil.
T. B. Geer got back from his eastern
trip Tuesday, leaving Mrs. Geer in Ohio
to remain for another month. They
visited Detroit, Michigan, and different
points in Illinois and Ohio and had
splendid time with the "home folks"
and friends of former days. At Colum-
bus Mr.. Geer ran across Earl Gheen,
former Delta boy and who has fine
position with the Haynes & Wright
Optical company. The young man is
doing well and is well pleased with his
work. Mr.. Geer relates a number of
amusing incidents of the vague idea of
eastern people about this country. 1t
is very evident that they don't know
much about US and it is also apparent