The Delta independent., 1907-04-12
Local and Personal

Vim Mathews was down from Paonia
Wednesday and reports the purchase of
ranch.
F. p. Addleman, of Hotchkiss. has
been appointed chief game warden for
district No. 2.
W. d. Wheeler was at Cedaredge
Monday and started work on the new
bank building.
Harry Smith was over from Denver
this week transacting business and
greeting friends.
The power plant of the Palisade Light
& Heat Co. was burned last week.
They will rebuild at once.
W. l.. Miller has sold his 40 acre des
ert claim on Surface Creek to a Mr..
Smte of Spirit Lake, Iowa, for $500.
AK. P. lodge will be instituted at
Paonia Monday night April 22nd. Delta
Knights will attend to take part in the
ceremony.
Carl Burch and wife were down from
Cedaredge Wednesday. MIR. Burch has
Just closed the deal for an additional 40
acres of land.
Donald Finn has accepted job on
brick yard in Delta and went down
there Sunday morning. Hotchkiss Her
aid.
Hotchkiss is to have a spring race
meet to be held next month. BY SUBJ
scription they have raised $500 with
which to push the enterprise.
The oil wei! prospectors at Montrose
are encouraged by striking oil in the
dirt at $50 feet. They also struck what
is claimed to be 10 #. vein of coking
coal at about the same depth.
Mrs. A. S. Baker went to Delta Mon
day to join her husband who has been
there for some time and has decided to
locate in that city for the summer
Montrose Press.
Vivian Circle, W. o. W, will cele-
brate its anniversary April q. The
toothpicks and splinters will be enter
tanned, which refers to husbands and
children.
J. f. Saunders has bought two lots
on Garnet mesa, erected a barn and
moved into it pending completion of
modern house which he will build at
once. Mr.. Saunders recently sold his
Gunnison valley farm.
E. E. Hammond, who spent the
winter in Mexico, has returned and was
caller at this Office on Wednesday.
Mr.. Hammond is improving piece Of
land near Crawford which will be his
headquarters during the summer.
r. d. Gilbert has returned from Grand
Junction, where he moved last Septem-
Der, and is building small house on
Grand Ave. Mr.. Gilbert says he soon
came to the conclusion that Delta was
good enough for him and that he is glad
to get back and have drink of real
water. He will go to work at his trade,
carpentering.
In the school report published last
week there appeared the names of six
children from one family who had been
neither absent nor tardy during the
three months period that the report
covered. These children come two
miles to school. They are not entitled
to all the credit. Their parents are
evidently punctual people.
The new mayor of Montrose, Mr..
Gilbert, was late as juryman to Judge
Shackleford's court When he appeared
the judge touched him for five. His
Honor evidently means to set lively
pace and keep things moving even if it
requires the occasional fining of
banker. We rather like the way Judge
Shackleford does things. He seems to
be business from the word go.
Horticultural Inspector Richardson
has returned from trip to all fruit
sections of Delta county and says the
county as whole will average a full
crop of peaches Apricots are pretty
well knocked out everywhere, but with
J that exception no extended damage has
, been done. Some peach buds wore
blasted, but there is sufficient left to
make crop and in many places extern
sive thinning will be necessary.
"Im up against hard problem,
said young man to his bachelor friend
who was an editor. 81 think | could
marry rich widow, whom do not
love, while my whole heart belongs to
girl without cent. What must l
do?' "Do, why follow the dictates of