The Delta independent., 1907-12-06
Big BATCH OF
CEDAREDGE NEWS
Local and Personal Happenings at
the Thriving Surface Creek
Capitol.

the day, last Sunday.
VIM. Balm made the Delta trip last
week to visit his family.
James Zaninnetti and family are at
Long Beach, California.
DIR. l.. C. Bolton is fitting up an office
in the Champion building.
Mr.. Getty made trip to Paonia last
week, returning Saturday.
John Hartman has completed his
house and moved in early this week
Fred Yeiter was ove- from Montrose
last week after a load Of Cedaredge
apples.
Lulu Morris who has been visiting
with her parents for three weeks past,
has returned.
Ethel Briggs and Irma Weston spent
the Thanksgiving holiday at their homes
in Cedaredge.
The upper grades of the Cedaredge
school are purchasing microscope for
use in school work.
A. E. Miller expects to leave next
week for San Diego to join his family
who are living there.
Grace Marshall spent the Thanks
giving recess with her relatives d. {.
Townsend and family.
Misses Harding and Laughlin and
Messrs. Melcher and Douma made the
trip to Delta last week.
Nearly all the snow which had fallen
on Grand mesa is reported gone in the
mild weather of the past weeks.
On account of the rush at the Mellor
mine the school house ran short of coal
one day last week and was obliged to
borrow Of the neighbors.
Lake City are the guests Of Rev.
George. Mr.. Davidson has leased the
old Lingrecn place and will take charge
soon
A. r. Messick and ]. r. Hull. both
recent purchasers of Cedaredge ranch
property have been looking after their
interests in the vicinity during the pas;
week
The turkey supper and social given
by the Womens' Auxiliary last Friday
evening was well attended and netted
s35. besides being a pleasant event
socially.
J. II. Davis has purchased and moved
into the property until now occupied by
Mrs. Rhoads as bakery. The house
and 40 by 800 foot lot belonged to A.
+. Miller and were sold for $500.
Surveyor Curtis and his assistant,
Tom Stevens came up from Delta last
Tuesday to do months work in and
around Cedaredge. Mr.. Curtis will be
back and forth but Mr.. Stevens will re-
main in Cedaredge.
Frank Stewart and Henry Henderson
who have been at work at the Hender-
son saw mill during the past summer
have bought town lots in Cedaredge
and expect to put up three room cot
tages on the lots in the near future.
The Mellor coal mine is working day
and night and turns out an average of
25 tons of coal n day. The coal has
been in such demand on account of its
good quality and the easy haul to get
it, that it has been almost impossible
to supply the demand fast enough.
David Hyde, aged 76 years died at
the home of his brother-in-law T. j..
Collins, last Friday. The funeral was
conducted by Rev. Davis Of Cory and
the burial was at the Eckert cemetery.
uuIa'a lnoth UNA thu rnutlt nf
injuries received in arun-away accident
several months ago. Mr.. Hyde was n
native of New York state but came
here from California three years ago.
Martin Willis, aged SO years died ut
the home of his grandson Ivan Myers
last week. Funeral services were held
at the Myers home conducted by Rev.
George, on Thanksgiving morning The
intcrment was at the Cedaredge ceme-
terry. Mr.. Willis was kentuckian but
had long been pioneer in the western
states, having crossed the plains and
settled in Oregon in 1853 and since
lived an cventful life rs farmer, miner.
stockgrower and pioneer.
Miss Peare, teacher at the Pannell
school, received telegram announcing
the sudden death Of her father at
Pleasanton, Kansas. She leaves to-day
(Friday) to attend the funeral. Miss
Peare is an excellent teacher and has
the sympathy Of everyone in her sor-
row. We all hope nothing will prevent
her return to carry out the year s
work.-LATER: The body of Miss