The Delta independent., 1907-07-19
Local and Personal

j. C. English is off to New Mexico
for two weeks business trip. He
will go as far south as Pennington.
Patrick Philban left for his home at
Spaulding. Neb., Monday after pleas
ant visit with Mr.. and Mrs. O'Connor
Frank Shields has gone to the coast
hoping to better his health. He has
been suffering severely with bronchial
trouble lately.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Cole have re-
turned from California where they
spent month seeing the wonders of
that famous region.
Bert Ridley was elected second vice.
president of the district conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church held at
Montrose last week.
Mr.. G. Struchen of Early, Iowa, is in
Delta taking leisurely look at the
country. He is fsvorably impressed
and expects to make some investments.
Milton Spencer and wife of Paonia
passed thru Delta Sunday enroute to
Denver where Mrs. Spencer expected
to enter hospital for delicate opera.
tion to the inner ear.
Most of the preliminary work of in
corporation has been completed. The
boundary lines have been fixed and
everything is moving along lovely. -
Olathe Criterion.
A. E. Penley renewed acquaintance
with his family from Saturday evening
until Monday morning. The d. & r. G.
keeps HIM on the jump from one place
to another buying timber for ties and
then he says he can't get half enough.
Mrs. Harry Mathers and son Edwin
went to Pitkin last Monday to spend a
month visiting Mrs. Mather's aunt,
Mrs. Friend. Harry went up to Mont
rose with them and spent the day there
on a business mission.
J. S. George has engaged to teach
the Read school this fall and winter.
He will put up shanty on his claim
south of Read and make that his home
while guiding the mental development
of the youth of that vicinity in "readin',
writin' and figurin'.'
Phil Stephens, formerly editor of the
North Fork Times, was in the city
Monday, having business in the land
office. Failing to find the newspaper
business get-rich-quick scheme Mr..
Steven has embarked in plumbing bus
mess and doubtless will soon be hob
nobbing with the Observation-Disclosures
Enterprise.
Mr.. Clarence l.. Chester of New
York City, who appears on the program
of the Montrose Chautauqua is keen
student of civilization, a scholar, an OBJ
server and teacher, and after class
flying his observations and formulating
the laws of the new phases of civiliza-
ton with which he deals in his lectures,
he brings the results into the life of the
busy citizen and SO gives an insight
into the tendencies of modern civiliza-
tion..
Mrs. Nancy Henderson and daughter
Edna leave for Algona, Iowa, tomorrow
to spend three or four months visiting
friends and relatives. Mrs. Henderson
has not been we'll since her illness with
pneumonia last winter and is hopeful
that the change will prove beneficial to
her health, The INDEPENDENT will
visit them weekly and keep them posted
on current events in Delta and through
out the county. Mrs. Henderson says
she would be decidedly lost without the
paper.
If you have never been interested in
Bible study go to hear DR.. Campbell at
the Montrose Chautauqua once and you
will be convinced that the subject,
properly handled, is made an exceed
ingly interesting one. If you hear his
first study you will want to hear every
one of them during the Chautauqua.
The interest is the same with both old
and young. DR.. Campbell is teacher
of rare ability and seems to know how
to pick out the important facts in a
lesson and present them in forceful
manner.
Leland Bull, son of DIR. Bull of Grand
Junction and nephew of H. W. and E.
E. Bull of Surface Creek, died at the
home of his parents at 2:45 O'Clock
Monday morning. The lad had under
gone two operations and little hope was
entertained for his recovery. He was
eleven years old and an extraordinarily
bright boy. He was already an expert
violin player and gave promise of be-
coming a master of this instrument.
DR.. Bull is known in Delta and his son
| had been here with him several times