The Delta independent., 1907-07-26
think Delta was at the jumping off
place before he got here.

think Delta was at the jumping off
place before he got here.
J. M. billiard is building himself
five room residence on Grand Ave.
Numerous children, mostly babies,
have been seriously ill with the pre-
valent summer complaint.
A. B. Wire left for Isabel, Kansas,
Wednesday, to be absent ten days at
tending to business matters.
VIM. Silsby has commenced construc-
tion of residence on corner lots ad-
joining the C. S. Gibbs home.
Miss Nellie O'Connor has gone to her
former home at Spaulding, Neb., to
make visit with old time friends.
Miss Alice Royce. Mrs. D. S. Doughty,
Mrs. Arterberry, Mrs. Payne and J. S.
George represent Delta as permanent
attendants at the Montrose chautauqua.
Fred Blumberg has moved into his
new house on California mesa, west of
town. 1t is nice looking, commodious
residence and appears comfortable and
pleasant from the road. We imagine
Mr.. Blumberg and his family are quite
proud of it. Noticed fine fields of oats
and beets on the place. Big country,
out that way, and when the Gunnison
tunnel water gets here-oh, my!
Chris Eberhard says If Delta wants
city park location the land near the
big ice house would be ideal, as many
large trees are already there to provide
shade and the soil is of such a charac-
ter that no difficulty would be expert
enced in growing additional trees. There
is good deal of merit in the sugges-
ton. The INDEPENDENTS chief OBJ
lection is that it is too far away from
the business part of town.
At the council meeting last Thursday
night the petition for all night light
service was laid over until the next
meeting. The petitioners were requested
by the council to have a committee
present at the next meeting when
Manager Shue of the Light Co. will also
be present and the matter will be gone
over to see what arrangement can be
made looking to the establishment of
the service as petitioned for.
Chas. Cheney and wife spent several
days last week as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Stephan, leaving for their
home at Boulder Sunday morning where
Mr.. Cheney is cashier of the First
National Bank. Mrs. Cheney lived in
Delta prior to her marriage and was
Miss Lulu Chase. Mr.. Cheney has
fruit ranch near Paonia and while on
this trip ordered a new house erected
and other improvements made on the
place.
J. P. Slower and wife are here from
Guthrie Center, Iowa, to spend the
summer on their Garnet mesa ranch
which they bought last spring and
which their son-in-law P. E. Moore. is
farming. They contemplate coming
here to make their permanent hsme.
Mr.. Slower has sold out his last inter-
ests in Iowa within the past few weeks
and expects to remain in the west,
where the people and climate are more
to his liking.
The Brotherhood of American Yoe-
men have inserted card in the INDE-
PENDENT to which your attention is
directed. This is undoubtedly one of
the best fraternal insurance orders
appealing for public favor at the present
time. Locally it has made remark
able growth and continues to make
steady progress in membership. M. l..
Schmid is the active deputy and to his
untiring efforts is due much of the sue
cess of the Delta lodge.
Archie Walker expects to go back to
Oregon next month. He would like to
stay here and has all the work he can
do, but he finds the old rheumatic
trouble coming back and is therefore
compelled to seek lower altitude.
Mr.. Walker will go on with his regular
line, contracting and building, wherever
he locates and the INDEPENDENT got
him out nice line of letter heads, en-
velopes and bill heads which he can use
any place. He patronizes the home
printer.
The semi. annual statement showing
the financial condition of Delta county,
is published in this issue, something
which every tax payer should be inter-
ested in. II will he seen Mt a ulance