The Delta independent., 1907-12-13
Cedaredge Items.

on New Years afternoon.
most of the week looking after the
trees and small fruit on his place.
James Grant has bought the improve
ments on the Pratt place north of town
finish proof.
There will be dance and entertain
ment, given by the Eckert Glee Club
at the Cedaredge hall, on the evening
of December 18th.
Skating has been INDUCED in largely
by the young people of late, but the
SHOWS of this week will put a stop to
the sport for the time being.
Mrs. w. F. Shinaman has boen enter
tanning Mrs. M. A. Stanley from Cali
fornia, for several weeks. Mrs. Stanley
returned to her home last Saturday.
The pupils of the upper room of the
Cedaredge school have organized
literary society which is to have charge
of the exercises every other Friday
afternoon.
Raiff Nelson has returned from Ore
gon instead Of spending the winter
there as he had expected. Not enough
sunshine on. the Coast fora true Colo
radoan perhaps
The SHOWS have evidently arrived in
earnest; Sunday brought one storm the
snow of which did not lie on long. But
Wednesday came in with a white
blanket already on the ground and get
ting thicker with every half hour.
Mrs Sapp. sister of Mrs. w. H.
Raber who has been visiting her sisters,
Mrs. Raber and Mrs. Blossom of
Cedaredge will not leave for California
this week as she had expected, but
will remain with Mrs Raber until after
New Years.
The Cedaredge school has appointed
reporters for getting out the weekly
doings within school walls. Miss Ethel
Humphreys was elected "editor-in-
chief" and Lola Briggs. Greta vana-
ken and Ruby Hart reporters for the
ninth. eighth and seventh grades re
spectively.
Mrs. Viola Widney advertises a sale
of her ranch and household property
on December IL, at 10 o'clock. The
ranch of forty acres will be up for bids
and large and varied assortment of
stock, produce, tools for orchard work
etc. will be sold. J. E. Shelledy,
auctioDeer.
The ninth grade classes in Latin and
Algebra are congratulating themselves
on being three or four lessons ahead of
the corresponding classes of the Delta
High School. Delta has the advantage
however as the Cedaredge term will
probably have to close a month or two
earlier than the Delta schools.
The annual meeting of the Surface
Creek Ditch and Reservoir Co. held last
Saturday at Eckert resulted in the re-
election of the old board of directors
with the exception of James Zaninnetti
who is absent in California The list
is as follows: T. J. Harshman, Harry
Bull, DR.. A. E. Miller. VIM. Kennicott,
Mr.. Lamar and Mr.. Lyall.
One of the saddest accidents that has
happened in Cedaredge, occurred last
Monday afternoon when Cyrus Raber
son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Raber
shot and killed himself by the accidental
discharge of his gun, while he and a
boy friend were out hunting together.
The boys had been hunting rabbits and
had chased wounded one to cover in
a rock pile on Thore Thompson's place,
three miles north of town and not far
from the Raber home. They were dig
ging for the rabbit on opposite sides of
the pile when the other boy heard
Cyrus's gun go off. He called to Cyrus
but receiving no reply, ran around the
pile and finding him evidently badly
injured, ran for help. Just how the
accident happened can never be known
but it is probable that Cyrus slipped
on rock bringing the gun up against
his chin and pulling the trigger; for the
shot was evidently at very close range.
as the nearest neighbors to reach the
spot found his clothing on fire. The
accident comes as an especially deep
bereavement to the family as it is less
than year since Cyrus's sister, Vida
Raber. died after brief illness, at her
home in Cedaredge. Cyrus was only
sixteen years old and was in attendance
at the Pannell school which has not
been in session during this week on
account of the absence of Miss Peare.
the teacher. who was called home to
attend her fathers funeral His kind