The Glenwood post., 1907-01-05
PRESS CLIPPINGS

George Mitchell was in town yes.
terday. He has been i'll and is Just
out of the hospital New Castle
Democrat.
Mrs. Urquhart and daughter, Miss
Maude are spending the Christmas
holidays with friends in Denver.
New Castle Democrat
Gordon Goodwin, proprietor of the
Central drug store, went to New Cas-
tie Wednesday to visit his family.
F. 1. Brown will have charge of the
store in his absence. - Yampa Leader
Henry Hasley of Silt was in town
last Wednesday boosting for bridge
at Silt. A petition is being circulated
in the interest of the project, which
is to be presented to the committee on
appropriations at the next legislature.
Rifle Reveille.
The Motfat surveyors are now
camped just west of the Carey lanch
and in ten days or two weeks will
make their headquarters in Craig.
They will probably work from this
place about month or even longer
and will SPEND the entire winter and
we'll into the spring between Craig
and Maybell. Craig Courier.
NJ. {. Vanderventer of Montrose
passed through Delta last Sunday en-
route to New Castle. He was met
at the train by Mr.. and Mrs. W. o.
Stephens, old time friends. Mr..
Vsnderventer was the first mayor of
Delta and also its first justice of the
peace. He and W. o. Stephens sold
to Governor Crawford the land with
which he laid out the town of Delta
Delta Laborer.
Mrs Alice NJ. Barnes of Grand
Junction arrived ON No. 6 Wednesday
night and is nursing Mrs. j. P Nc
Millen. She took care of her at the
Glenwood sanitarium as special"
after the operation some months ago.
A special effort will be made on the
case, as Mrs. Barnes is not only prac-
tical but is full of smiles and sun
shine, and this is a wonderful tonic
in the sick room. .-Basalt Journal
Town Clerk G. W. johnson recent
ly received quantity Of buckeyes
from his mother who has been visit
ing in Ohio. There is big colony
of Buckeyes in Red Cliff and Charles
was liberal in the distr;bution of
Ohio's state flower among the local
natives of that commonwealth.
Charles is Buckeye himself, but does
not deny also being Swenska when
the play comes right. Red Cliff
Blade
Lee Peterson returned from trip to
Glenwood. Denver and other outside
points last Friday. While at Glen
wood Mr.. Peterson noted the work on
the Shoshone electrical power plant,
which is being pushed with all pos
sible speed. Meeker is very much
interested in this great enterprise, as
it insures us electrical railway con
nection with Grand river inside of
two years; also electrical illumina-
tion for town and valley. -Meeker
Herald.
Mr.. Edwin w. Weckel of Fruita
has the distinction of being the cham.
pion grain grower of Mesa county.
He took every prize offered except
one second prize at the last county
fair. His last years crop of grains
was over $500 bushels His wheat
averaged 70 bushels per acre, highest
yield being s5 bushels per acre. His
oats averaged 80 bushels per acre,
highest yield being 96 bushels per
acre. Mr.. Weckel makes a speciality
of raising fine grain and grass seeds.
-Fruita Telegram.
James Murphy has just returned
from Glenwood, where he had been to
consult his partners concerning the
work to be done on the Lucy. Their
lease expires on August 1, 1907. They
cannot pack out much ore before that
time, but they will pay off the sbond
before that time. They have not yet
had returns from the Denver mint,
and do not know just what the mill