The Delta independent., 1907-06-07
Local and Personal

w. d. Wheeler was an over Sunday
visitor at Paonia with his son Tracey.
Judge Baxter and Attorney Vincent
were down from Paonia the first of the
week looking after cases in the county
court.
Miss Ruby Turner leaves next week
for Minneapolis and other Minnesota
points where she will spend two or
three months vacation.
Marshall barley has secured posi-
ton in the forest service as guard and
left last Monday for Ridgeway where
he will be stationed for the present.
DR.. and Mrs. Burgin will leave next
week for trip to the coast states.
including Oregon and California. They
will be absent from two to three weeks.
g. A. Morris has moved his family
from Cedaredge to Delta. Mr.. Morris
will work at the carpenter trade, at
present being employed by W. D.
Wheeler.
Miss Nettie Rowan left for Montrose
yesterday where she will spend the
summer. The home place near Cory
has been rented to Sam Ritter for this
year.
Millard Fairlamb and family were at
Cedaredge the first of the week where
MIR. Fairlamb had business to transact.
Mrs F. and children went along to see
the scenery.
Salary of the Delta postmaster has
gone up 500. from $l,7OO to 81. 800 per
year. The raise takes effect from July
l. The Paonia postmaster also gets an
increase of $lOO per year.
Miss Pearl Haley is taking a three
months vacation from her work IN the
Ramsey Dry Goods Co. store. She
expects to accom- pany her mother on a
trip to Tennessee during the summer.
Prof. Andrews leaves tomorrow for
Chicago where he will enter Chicago
University to pursue special work in
science during the summer months. Mr..
Andrews will keep tab on Delta thru
the INDEPENDENT.
Judge Welch, accompanied by his
little son, left for Greeley Tuesday
afternoon to attend the commencement
exercises of the State Normal School.
Judge Welch is member of the board
of directors of that institution.
Mrs. Letitia Hillman secured the
BRIDES cake given by the Royal Bakery
to the first June bride. 1t was q mag
nificent pyramid cake and was not only
good to eat, but delightful to look at
and was the product of Frank Aul's
best skill.
Mrs. Kellogg and daughter have gone
to Montrose to make their home. Mr..
Kellogg is located there and in order
for the family to be together this
change is necessary. Their handsome
Delta residence has been rented to Mrs.
Smith, who came here recently from
Dakota.
While E. M. Gets was at the J. c.
Storts place in Dominguez canon last
Friday, he saw big doe deer. He was
within few rods of the animal. which
manifested no alarm and remained close
by until it seemingly made up its mind
to pass on. Mr.. Gets says it jumped
over fence as easily as he would step
across crack in the walk.
Mrs. J. A. Hurst went to Paonia
Saturday and remained until Tuesday
visiting friends. She left for Denver
Wednesday to meet Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.
Bennett who were to arrive in that city
yesterday from Williams, Arizona. Mr..
Bennett is going into business for him
self and contemplates locating at Lar
annie, Wyoming.
H. H. Ingersoll has returned from
Bull Frog, Nev., where he has been
for the past eight months following the
fortunes of a miner. He was called
home on account of the illness of his
wife who has not been well since she
fell and broke her hip last winter. MIR.
Ingersoll will remain here during the
summer and return to Nevada in the
fall.
Gibbs, Stephan, Doughty, Hick,
Travis and all other fishermen have
returned home from Sapinero where
their ardor for fishing was thoroly sat
isfied for the time being. They fished
and they fished-in fact fishing was
good, but fish were scarce. The boys
got few little ones and came home
almost as happy as if they had caught
q lot Of big ones.