The Delta independent., 1907-08-02

of the state after more land buyers. =
North Fork Times.
Miss Alta Shoup has returned from
her trip to Indiana.
Mrs. Dan Wagner came home from
Glenwood Springs yesterday.
T. E. Lamb came home yesterday
from business trip to Denver.
Winifred Castle and Oracle Cir ardet
are spending two weeks at Hotchkiss
as guests of Miss Anna Butcher.
M. G. Mclean and family of Victor,
are here for months visit at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Hartig, on Garnet
mesa.
Walter Hall was thrown from his
bicycle yesterday noon and suffered the
fracture of the bones of his left arm
at the wrist joint.
w. II. Johns and wife of Litchfeld,
Minn., arrived yesterday for visit at
the C. S. Gibbs home. Mrs. Johns is q
sister of Mr.. Gibbs.
Mrs. Newton Smith returned from
Denver yesterday where she has been
attending a conservatory of music for
the past two months.
Ed S. Stone is taking care of the In
dependent Lumber Co. books during
the temporary absence of Miss Maud
Draulsbough, due to illness.
LosT-Black cockrell spaniel; bob
tail; answers to name OF Jim. Been
gone two or three weeks. Reward if
returned to Ault's drug store.
The Misses Lottie Deardorff, Bertha
Bushnell and Carrie Wilson arrived
yesterday from Malvern, Iowa, for an
extended visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. c. Higgins.
FOUND-watch, on the road between
Delta and Darling's mill. Any one
proving property and paying for this
notice, can have same by addressing
F. B. CROWLEY, Delta. Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Hallock, who
live eight miles up the Gunnison valley,
lost their eight months old baby boy
on Tuesday, death being due to the
prevailing summer sickness among chill
dren. Funeral services were held We'd
nesday and the body inferred in the
Delta cemetery.
E. P. Gibbs started on the return to
his home at Lowell. Mass, Tuesday,
after pleasant visit with his brother,
the doctor. Mr.. Gibbs, like all men of
intelligence, went away pleased with
this country. He expects to return
within year at which time he now
contemplates making investments.
Herb Whipple came up from Delta
Wednesday and was very much pleased
with the many improvements which
have been made here in the past year
and half. He even poticed the bell
tower, but said the rest of the town
looked just as natural as II he had been
here every day. = Hotchkiss Herald.
H. o. Smith, wealthy citizen Of
Denver, was taken on trip of inspec-
ton over the country Wedne sday by
Travis & Castle. Mr.. Smith was well
pleased with what he saw and expects
to return within month to make heavy
investments. He is interested in wooden
mills in Denver and owns an 800 acre
farm near Knoxville, Tenn, on which
he has one of the finest herds of Here
ford cattle in the U. S.
F. G. Myers, c. S. Gibbs, James
Fargo, Fred Mcconnell, Guy Blair and
G. Struchen made up party that Wis
tied the rim of Black Canon. seven miles
above the state bridge. last Sunday.
The trip proved to be a strenuous one,
but well worth the effort. They stood
on the rim and looked down into the
chasm distance of 1000 feet, where
the river: in the language Of one Of
these enthusiastic gentlemen. ''looked
like a silver thread" Their position
also commanded magnificent view Of
the valley in every direction. They all
in the state of Colorado. 1t is strange
more Delta people do not make the
journey.
Nearly every Modern Woodman on
the Western Slope will be at the Mesa
County Fair in Grand Junction, the last
week in September, as on the 25th,
they will hold an annual log rolling.
81 900 in prizes has been put up for the
day and the drill teams will do their
best to capture the little bags of gold
set aside for the best military work. A
grand parade will take place in the
morning and at night there will be an
illuminated forest parade that will make
life worth the living while it lasts. The
excursion rates that will prevail during
the week and the opportunity of going
to Grand Junction on a special train
should induce the people Of the Western
Slope, who have never visited the little