The Delta independent., 1907-06-14
Local and Personal.

Mrs. Mona Brownell has returned
Mrs. Duffield went to Denver Monday
to visit friends.
Miss Ruby Turner left on Monday
for her summer vacation trip.
F. H. Mcconnell is over to Palisade
taking look around.
The Delta Concert Band will make its
first appearance tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Wesley Sanders expects to leave
next week for a trip to Pennsylvania.
Rev. rockingham has been engaged
to deliver the 4th of July oration at
Crawford.
George Douglas went to Idaho
Herrick & Douglas may be re-estab-
lished.
DR.. rockingham will preach at the
Ash mesa school house Sunday forenoon
and to the Baptists that evening.
Prof. Harding has been elected su-
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He has the matter under consideration
and may accept.
Miss May Ingersoll left for Santa
Barbara, Calf, Wednesday, having
been called there by the illness of her
sister, Miss Nettie.
WANTED-One dozen full grown Mag.
pies. Will pay reasonable price for
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Baker, Muscatine, Iowa.
Miss Alta Shoup has gone to Marke-
ley, Ind, for an extended visit. Miss
Mary Girardet is taking her place in
the china department of the F. P. Hunt
& Co. store.
at the light plant in this city, will leave
accepted position as engineer at the
Tomboy mine.-Montrose Enterprise.
Miss Louise Baughman left for Den
yer last Monday, in which city on We'd
nesday evening, June 26. she will be-
come Mrs. Raymond o. Walrath. Her
husband-tO-be is q machinist by trade
and has cozy cottage home prepared
for the jolly girl he is SO soon to claim
as his bride.
N. H. Castle came over from Denver
first of the week and returns to that
city today. He reports everything pro-
crossing very satisfactorily on the big
proposition his firm is handling, but we
do honestly believe Newt. can talk
Delta county better than he can Denver
suburban homes.
J. P. Kernohan brought four boxes
of the finest Strawberries over to town
ever exhibited in Delta. They were of
the Kitty Rice and VIM. Belt varieties,
the largest one measuring s.. inches in
circumference. They were photographed
by Mr.. Travis and will become . per.
manent part of the pictorial fruit dis
play of Delta county.
Civil service examinations will be
held at the forest reserve headquarters
in Delta July % and "a. This examin.
alton is to qualify for the position. Of
forest ranger. DR.. Porter is authority
for this notice and all who wish to take
present on the dates mentioned above.
Tom Brew, the packer, having re-
turned from his Delta ranch with his
string of burros comprising thirty-five
head, has taken the contract for getting
down from Vota and DeHeines' North
Star lease about $50 tons of first-class
ore broken during the winter months.
The old North Star trail is being opened
and Brew expects to start in on his con-
tract early next week.
Standard.
The interesting announcement is
made in the church notices that Bishop
F. s. Spaulding will hold services at
st. Luke's Episcopal church at 8 o'clock
next Thursday evening, June 20. Bishop
Spaulding Is an eloquent divine and his
visits here are always looked forward
to with great pleasure, not only by
members Of the Episcopal church, but
the general public as well.
Ralph E.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W.
Bourn, will graduate from school for
the deaf at Philadelphia the 18th of this
month and will return to the home of
his parents on Surface Creek soon after
ward. The young man has been in this
school five years and has faithfully
worked for the goal he now attains.
The subject Of his final essay will be
Delta County, Colorado.
MRS. Newton smith closes ner BOARD
ing house tomorrow for the summer
and will take well deserved vacation,
which includes trip to her old home
in the East. Mrs. Smith has been
keeping boarders in Delta for six years
and has stood at her post almost con-
stantly with scarcely days cessation.
She is a good cook, sets an excellent
table and the boarders all regret that
the house is to be closed even tempor-
arily, but are glad to have their land
so well deserves.