The Delta independent., 1907-02-08
Local and Personal.

from serious illness.
W. A. Cloud was Montrose business
visitor between trains Saturday.
The stork has frightened the home of
VIM. Smith with girl baby now about
two week S old.
Dr. and Mrs. A. +. Miller have been
at Somerset this week visiting at the
home of DR.. Meiklejohn.
j. H. HALEY. who recently disposed
of his California mesa ranch. left on
Monday for California.
The very critical illness of Mrs Nc
Weigh, whose home is near the Roubi-
deaux switch, is reported.
The big las, 600 ton d. & r. G. ice
house is being filled with a fine quality
of ice from the mountains.
Mr.. Shelter, superintendent of the
Grand Junction sugar factory was in
Delta Saturday and Sunday.
Ladies of the Presbyterian church
are preparing to give New England
supper in the church parIor the 92nd
inst.
Regular club dance tonight. McCord
e. Norris have charge which is an assur-
ance of good order and courteous treat
ment.
Miss Bertha Price found the W. o.
W. pin advertised for last week and it
was promptly delivered to the rightful
owner
C.. G.. Hawkins was down from rao-
MIA Tuesday attending a meeting of the
stockholders of the Grand Mesa Alb
stract Co.
DR.. c. A. HadseII has returned to
Kansas City after making a number
of real estate investments. He expects
to return soon.
LOST -Battenburg center piece, ecru
color, on Meeker street. Finder will
please return to Mrs. Hubert Williams
or to this office
Raise some bects this year and il any
thing should go wrong with the fruit
crop your bank account will remain in
an unwrinkled condition.
The Rev. P. NJ Wood will hold the
Episcopal service at Somerset, Paonia
and Hotchkiss, Thursday and Friday
respectively of next week.
LOST Between Cedaredge and Delta,
black, heavy oyercoat lined with
gray. Finder please leave same at
Kurz & McGrew's meat market.
W. l.. Holman bought this week
through W. S. Gaines e. Co., the Olathe
real estate men, the Mrs. l.. r. Twitchel
ranch of 100 acres on Ash mesa for
S.. 900 90.
Field Sup't Douthitt reports excellent
progress in securing beet acreage in
this part of the county. From 200 to
800 acres will be grown in the country
Immediately adjacent to Delta.
Thursday night of last week Herbert
Dale. while playing with another young
man, ran into a cross piece severly
bruising and cutting his face from fore
head to lips. He was unable to attend
school for several days.
Paul Wilson, resident of the State
Fair Assn, was in Delta Saturday en-
route to his home in Pueblo after visit
to the North Fork country. Mr.. Wilson
and j. A. Wayne have large real estate
holdings on Redlands mesa.
M. M. Nelson, evangelist. is holding
revival services for the Christian church.
Mr.. Nelson's home is in Rocky Ford.
The services are being held in the hall
over the Farmers & Merchants bank
which has been suitably fitted up for
this purpose.
a dispatch to New York papers from
London under date of Jan. "a u,otes
Colorado apples selling in that city at
IRON 3D. 75 to $500 per box. When our
fruits seek such far distant market
and sell at such prices it is a splendid
endorsement of the quality of the pro-
duct.
People passing the kurz e. McGrew
market last Saturday noticed little
square box out in front, the sign at
tached reading ''ground hog" II WIS
no lie for inspection proved the presence
'i a couple Of links of pork aausagc
within the enclosure. John kurz had
lot of fun.
Mr.. Thos. Vickers returned to Delta
recently after four months confine-
n.en' in one of the Denver hospitals.
he underwent several surgical opera-