The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-08-30
Local and Personal

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Largest three layer cake in town for
35c., white or yellow, at the Royal
Bakery.
The Royal Bakery will have hot rolls
and warm bread ready each week day
morning.
LOST Gold bracelet with letter "H'
on the clasp. Return to this office and
receive reward.
Mr.. George Foster the Montrose
piano tuner has been humping around
Delta this week.
The county clerk issued a marriage
license on the oath emitting C. A. Rails
ton of Meeker and Grace Filener of
HotchkiSs to get married.
J. J. Winton's coal business and all
accounts are left with l.. A. Cook for
collection. Please call at Colorado
Realty Co. Office and settle same
VIM. Silsby would like to have who
ever borrowed a piece of his harrow
some time ago return it, or let him
know where it is and he will go after
it.
Mrs. W. G. Cook has gone to Cleve-
land, Ohio, for an extended visit. Mr..
Cook went with her as far as Gunnison
to spend few days fishing and recreat-
ing.
Eastern Star Chapter will resume
regular meetings the first Monday night
in September Members are urgently
requested to bear this in mind and be
present.
J. j. Travis and family have gone to
Denver. Mrs. Travis will journey to
Illinois for visit and John Travis may
do likewise. altho he expected to re-
main in Bob Speer's town when he left
here.
Miss Gertrude Brockman has return
ed from the visit to her home in Hotch-
kiss. She did not submit to an opera
ton, but will probably go to Denver
soon to have tubercular lands removed
from her neck.
WANT D:-By respectable young
woman, position as housekeeper in
widower's home, preferably in Delta,
but would go any where in the valley.
References given. Address
MRS. c. NJ. HAWKINS, Salida. Colo.
W. F. Hornsby is enjoying a visit
from his friend, Mr.. James Mcintyre
of Chattanooga, Tenn. who dropped in
Unexpectedly on sightseeing trip to
the west. He is a MISSISSIPPI river
steamboat man, having filled both the
important positions of pilot and mate.
The Wigram and Gale families have
returned from Grand Mesa lakes. In
fact most all Delta people are back.
due to necessary preparations for the
beginning of school. Weather on the
Mesa is reported as having been some
what unpleasant during the past week.
DR.. Hadsell is the swifteSt man in
town-when going at top speed on his
new Brown & Beck Apache" motor
cycle. 1t is the first go-devil to make
its appearance locally. G. c. English
has the agency and will sell you one if
the way the doctor gets around strikes
your fancy.
K. B. Quinn of Guymon, Oklahoma,
has been here this week looking over
the country with a view of investing.
He is a newspaper man and the only
one we ever heard of who is interested
in banks. Mr.. Quinn says this country
suits him fine and he will he back here
next month to plant some of his green
backs.
We wish to acknowledge receipt of
beautiful book entitled, Sunlight Views
of Ft. Collins and Surroundings, thru
the courtesy of our friend, Howard
Russell. The book is truly work of
art and properly placed will prove valu-
able advertising for the College town.
1t is issued by the Ft Collins Chamber
of Commerce.
Capt. and Mrs Winton arrived from
California last Tuesday. glad to get
back. but report a splendid time. The
Captain frankly admits that he got
homesick to see Delta and this is the
reason he started back ahead of other
Delta people. He says he is different
man physically and his appearance in
dicates that the statement is not exag-
gerated and that the difference is in his
favor.