The Delta independent., 1907-05-10
Local and Personal

Shoi iSoh hoSo.
E. G. Myers spent Sunday with
friends at Paonia.
The Whitelaw family left for Berk-
eley, Calf. this morning.
Guy Blair spent couple of days this
week at Grand Junction.
A. E. Penley was at home over night
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemmings returned
from their eastern trip. extending over
a period of several weeks. last Tues
day. They have taken rooms at the
Jeffers home.
A lob. boy came to brighten the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Wheelock this
morning. The doctor is about the
happiest fellow you ever saw and we
don blame him.
III loads of rock have been placed
around the piers of the wagon bridge
across the Gunnison to strengthen the
structure. 1t is not in good condition
and will have to be replaced within a
few years with new bridge.
l.. A. Cook received word that his
father. who lives at McCook, Neb.,
suffered a stroke of paralysis last Fri
day Later word states that the old
gentleman has rallied and is in fair
way to get up again. He is S. years
old.
Messrs. Watts, Ault. Schlapp. Frank
Sanders and Harry Faulkner went up
to Montrose last Friday night in the
automobile to attend Elks lodge. VIM.
SiIsby and Frank Herrick also attended
the same meeting, going up on the
train.
A first class ball team is being organ
lied but we are unable to get list of
players for publication this week. The
best material is to be selected and the
boys say Delta will win the Western
Slope championship for 1907. Nothing
like having high aspirations.
Mrs. Charlton left Delta Wednes-
day for Boston. Mass, where she will
join Mr.. Charlton who has been there
several months taking treatment for
rheumatism. He was much better but
had a relapse and now expects TO remain
under the same treatment until fall.
Mrs. Charlton expects to be away
thruout the summer.
J. J. Travis and n. II. Castle are in
Denver this week making arrangements
to handle large tract of land near
that city as general agents. They will
have an office in the capitol city and one
member of the firm will probably re-
main there until the contract is fully
completed. 1t is a reservoir proposition
and the land sells at $500 per acre.
J. b. Morgan took an enforced lay
off last week and part of this on ac-
count of sprained ankle. He went to
the river fishing early in the morning
and was standing on a rock when big
fish came along and squirted water in
his eye. causing him to lose his balance
and sustain the injury. 1t beats the
band how sporty those Gunnison river
fish are, anyway.
c. c. Sampson has been retained as
brand inspector for this district by the
State Board of Stock Inspection. Mr..
Sampson is popular official and his
retention will be welcome news to
stockmcn thruout the district Stock
inspectors are hereafter to be under
civil service rules and will not have to
depend on political preferment to hold
their jobs.
Pete Madsen was down from Payne
mesa the first of the week. He has
been busy lately making a farm for
Judge Welch. having sown 25 acres to
alfalfa, 40 acres to oats and set out 10
acres of Jonathan and Gano apple trees.
He also put in 40 acres of grain for H.
II. Wolbert. Our lawyers and bankers
will be sure enough farmers if they
keep up that gait.
Isaac NJ. Thomas died at his home on
North Meeker street in this city yestcr-
day morning at the age of Il years.
Mr.. Thomas lived at Eckert until last
week when he was brought to Delta to
be more directly under physician 5
care. The disease which caused his
death is supposed to be cancer of the
stomach. A wife and six children sur
vive. Funeral services will be held at
Eckert to-day at o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stephan arrived
in Delta Tuesday evening from their
European trip. which covered period
of nearly five months Thn,, r.,n,rt n