The Delta independent., 1907-10-11
Cedaredge Items.

IeudTeuSe IteMS.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Rogers
on October fourth daughter.
A. E. Miller expects to spend the
winter with his family in southern
California.
Mr.. Dominy is up from Delta looking
after the interests of his place north of
Cedaredge.
A Aheavy rainfall last Sunday night
wet some of the third cutting of hay
which was down.
DR.. Dorman has returned from Cedar
Rapids. Iowa and is making plans to
spend the winter in Cedaredge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert James have re-
turned from Grand junction and are
at home on Mr.. James Cedar mesa
ranch.
Apple picking is in progress this
week. The crop is not as abundant as
usual, but is of the same unri, allied
quality.
The Derosier outfit is thrashing this
week in the neighborhood of Cedar
edge. They were at Mrs. Widney's
place on Wednesday.
Tom May who has been forester in
charge of the local division of the for
est reserve for some time past, is re-
placed by Ben Shellady.
A pound social or donation party was
held At the parsonage Tuesday evening
for Rev. and Mrs. Gebhart the new
Methodist pastor and his wife.
III. Vanaken is making extensive
improvements to his blacksmith shop.
He will build 25x6O brick structure
for the smithy and an additional shop
lSxl4 for other work.
H. c. Getty recently sold so acres of
his place to J. l.. Avise of Imperial,
Nebraska; consideration $4,000. Mr..
Getty expects to build new house this
autumn on the so acres which he still
owns.
Ben Doughty has sold his fine 40 acre
I8tpCu ioI Sd,ovp, " u II. bliiiOl VI
Coeard. Nebraska. Mrs. Doughty's
health has for some time demanded a
change of altitude and the family will
remove for the present to California.
The Surface Creek band gives dance
49, Friday evening, October llth at
Eckcrt Hall. Tickets s1.25 couple in
cluding supper. Proceeds to go toward
hiring an Instructor. Surface Creek is
justly proud of her band and ought to
give the boys every possible encourage
ment.
H. Mesick of Cotfeyvilie. Kansas has
purchased ~ acres of the T. w. Odem
ranch and 10 acres adjoining on the
east, from w. S. Shinaman. The Odem
south twenty is mostly in young or.
chard and brought $3.50. The other
ten acres, unimproved brought 81 800.
mir. Messick expects to build on his
new property early in the winter.
funeral services were held for VIM.
Campbell, the young man who died at
NIS hSSi uuSt iioliic oIl oSlopeE oil
the morning of the fifth. MIR. Camp
bells mother and brother. and a cousin
Mrs. VIM. Huitt came on from Matt
land, Missouri, Mr.. Campbell's cid home
and after the funeral services here.
returned with the remains to Missouri.
Mr.. Miller former stage driver be-
tween Delta and Cedaredge and well
known throughout the county is going
about with lame shoulder and head
bandaged, as the result of a run away
mlshap just as ne was starting from
Ccdaredge to drive to Hotchkiss. Sew
eral posts in front of the Smethurst
place in town, were also sufferers. and
Postmaster Bakers neat little rubber
tired run-about was put out of COM
mission entirely.
James Zaninnetti has sold his interest
in the Stockham and Zaninnetti ranch
to Stockham btothers, and will leave
for California in the near future.
Leslie Hart takes Mr.. Zaninnetti's
place at the ranch. This is the second
time MIR. Zaninnetti has sold his Cedar
edge interests and left the country and
there is strong probability that he
may return n second time and locate on
Surface Creek mesa where he is one of
the oldest settlers.