The Delta independent., 1907-12-20


time Wednesday evening with State
Organizer Price present. Oysters were
served and a social, good-of-the-order
evening spent.
Mrs. W. M. Pence. who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. A.
Davis of Delta, for the past two
months, returned last week to her
home at Neosho, Mo.
1t is said and truly, that ten people
read short paragraphs to one who reads
an article of half a column, and that
the number is more than twenty to one
for an article from half column up.
Our neighbor, the Delta County Lab
orer. issued an attractive and beneficial
Christmas edition last week; one that
reflects credit on its enterprising pub
Usher and will do good generally.
/ The INDEPENDENT is going to try to
be in every sense a county paper. en-
tirely loyal to every part of Delta
county, and will, as nearly as is possi-
BILE, publish the news of the whole
county.
Residents of Roubideaux and vicinity
are petitioning the county commission
ers for bridge across the Gunnison
river at Roubideaux switch. The bridge
is needed and we hope the bridge can
be granted.
If you will drop in our store and see
our holiday stock you will realize how
well prepared we are to take care of
your wants in everything required from
lst class jewelry stock. F. C. HELT,
the Jeweler.
] The winter weather so far is COM
mented on favorably by people of Delta
/ county, as being a little less mild than
| last. What winter we have they want
to see in its proper season and not late
in the spring.
Delta has the best of water and in
this respect is more fortunate than
most of the Western Slope towns. The
city owns its water plant and pipes its
water from Grand Mesa, thus securing
a mountain supply.
Delta schools. as we'll as those of the
whole county, show fine progress. The
fall term that closes today presents
splendid educational record and the
spring term beginning early in January
is equally full of promise.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs E. C. Higgins
of Delta, December 14th, 1907, a son.
The announcement cards read: Law
renee Edward Higgins. The happy
parents aud the young gentleman have
been receiving congratulations.
H. Harry Smith, formerly of Delta
but now of Denver, was in town the
first of this week. His son, Roy, was
recently operated on for appendicitis
and is now nicely on the way to recov-
cry, though at the time of the opera
tion his condition was critical.
The buildings that have been erected
in Delta the past year are of good
class, the cost of cottage construction
running from 800 to $500. They
are of modern architecture, plummed
for hot and cold water and wired for
electricity. Each and every one adds
to the beauty of the town.
So far there has been no complaint
of trade conditions in Delta. That
there may come little slack time for
the next two months of winter, is to be
expected. but that period will pass so
quickly that it will scarcely be noticed
and through the balance of 1908 Delta
is promised booming trade.
Delta County Commissioners will
meet early in January to clean up the
unfinished business of this year and
begin that of the new year. These
gentlemen are proving good county
managers and. being fully alive to the
growing interests of their great county,
can be depended upon to keep steady
grasp on the pilot wheel.
to the head of the pipe line last week
and located natural spring one of the
kind that flows the year round, which
he says will increase the city supply
fully 25 per cent. 1t will be necessary
to pipe this water about $500 feet in
order to secure its use. The trustees
will undoubtedly take steps to make
sure of so large an additional supply at
the earliest possible moment.
At present there is every reason for
Delta to expect boom in 1908. and it
don't look like 1t could escape. With
our multiplicity of resources, no par
ticularly bad after effects are to be