The Delta independent., 1907-11-22

its shivering folds this warm little val
ley. Here the hearts of the people are
like the warmth of the sun.
Geo. W. Moody returned Tuesday
from an extended visit to his mines.
Miss Maude Griffin left last Sunday
for Rifle, where she will attend school.
F. P. Addleman. chief game warden.
was a Delta visitor Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Douglas, rector of the Episcopal
church, visited Hotchk iss and Paonia
this week.
DR.. Wheelock and family have moved
into the Isaac Rathburn .esidence on
Grand Avenue.
Mr.. Tom Dewar, contractor and
builder. returned Wednesday from =
business trip to New York.
Mr. Will Lomax returned to Colorado
Springs Sunday. after a pleas SAINT two
weeks visit with relatives and friends
IN Delta.
Messrs. Travis & Castle came in from
Denver Tuesday in their new automo-
bile, making the trip out by way Of
Marshall Pass.
The banquet Of the Loyalty Bible
Class at the home Of DR.. A. H. Stock
ham was largely attended and proved 4
most enjoyable affair.
The ladies' of the N. E. church will
hold their annual Apron Bazaar and
Home Cooking on Saturday afternoon,
December 7th, at the Stockham china
] store.
The new heating department at the
court house wss fired up for test yes
terday. The block of the court house
park that was in alfalfa has been
plowed for grass and trees.
Mr.. Max Phippiny arrived from Den
yer Wednesday evening and viii locate
in Delta to follow his profession as a
civil engineer and surveyor. He will
have an office with Travis & Castle.
In the great foot ball game played at
Denver Sunday between the Colorado
College Tigers of Colorado Springs and
the Miners of the School of Mines, the
miners won BY score of l5 te nothing
The game was witnessed by 1000 peo-
pie.
Subscriptions to the INDEPENDENT
are coming in nicely and that is the
best evidence We can have that the pa
per is giving satisfaction. One sub.
scription added is worth dozen boquets
plucked from other sources.
David Lambert, miner. was killed
at Telluride Sunday night by deputy
sheriff Robert Mildrum, when refusing
to surrender after having shot and
fatally wounded Thomas Sullivan. Lam.
bert had been drinking and he and
sullivan quarreled over dice game
After shooting Sullivan, Lambert left
the house where the shooting occurred
and was found by the deputy sheriff
who ordered him to throw up his hands,
He made a move for his gun. when
deputy Mildrum fired, killing him.
w. w. Ruch of Garnet Mesa. while
opening can containing hot coffee.
sustained very serious injuries to both
eyes and face by the top of the can be-
ing blown off by the steam. Other
burns on the hands and legs were sus-
tainsd. He was taken to physician
who removed fragments of coffee
grounds from both eyes and dressed his
burns. At present he is resting but
his left eye is in serious condition. Mr..
Ruch and family, with his nephew, Mr..
P. E. Moore, have recently come from
the East and have taken up their home
on Garnet Mesa.
Twenty-Five Montrose ladies' were en-
tertained by Garnet Chapter o. E. S.
of Delta, Monday evening. Degree
work WAS given six members and this
work was followed by delightful ban
quet at X. of P. hall, where the tables
were beautifully decorated in designs
emblematic Of the order. The Mont.
rose ladies present were honored guests
at the homes of the Delta o. E. S.
ladies while here. Those in attendance
were: Mesdames Mapfeld, Osborne,
Kirk, Silvia, Scott, McCrimmon, Rey-
nolds, Kellogg, Henderson, Smith,
Raish, Redding, Blake, Miles, Tifford;
Misses Scott. Bailey, Schudy, Brewster,
Abernathy; Messrs. Mapfeki, Osborne,
kirk. Silvia. Galloway.