The Delta independent., 1907-03-29
Local and Personal

Mrs. Clarence Smith visited with
friends at Paonia from Thursday until
Monday.
J. w. McAllister is building six
room cottage on the east side of Meek
er street between End and 3rd.
Isaac Carson, brother of Mrs. Bur
nett. has arrived from Denver and is
employed on the North Delta Canal.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dowd, of Silver
ton, left for Telluride Tuesday after a
pleasant visit with number of Delta
friends.
F. T. Wright is here from Guymon,
Okla, visiting his brother, M. B., and
looking the country over with view to
locating.
Otis Hogrefe has moved to Delta
from Payne's siding and will be en-
ployed in the hardware store with Por-
! ter & Obert.
! Dolph Davis has moved over to North
Delta on Mrs. Jeffers place. He has
eight acres of farm land. five of which
will go to sugar beets.
| B. p. Smith has his household goods
in the dwelling he bought from Mr..
Williams on Meeker street and has
gone to Ransom, Kansas, to meet his
| family.
J. J. Baugh and family arrived in
Delta last Thursday from Marengo,
Iowa. Mr. Baugh would like to rent
farm for this year. He ultimately ex-
poets to buy.
new brick house he recently completed
on North Meeker street. He contem-
plates putting up fine brick cottage
on adjoining lots, to rent.
Judge Gunnell. who died at his home
/ in Colorado Springs last week was one
of Colorado's s ablest and best men. He
was an intimate friend Of DR.. barley
who was notified by telegraph of his
death.
/ Miss Carrie X. Wilson. who has been
with her brother George for number
of months, will start back to Chicago
/ to day. Miss Wilson has made numer-
Gus warm friends during her stay in
Delta who regret her departure very
much.
DR.. and Mrs. A. II. Stockham left
for San Francisco and Los Angeles Mon
day of this week. They will be away
/ five or six weeks and will visit numer-
Gus pacific coast points. The trip is
for the benefit of Mrs. Stockham's
health.
Milard Fairlamb will build on Garnet
mesa an eight room dwelling to cost
about 5000. Mr.. Fairlamb will plan
his house particularly from the stand
point of comfort and will pay especial
the grounds.
Judge King accompanied his mother
in-law, Mrs. Caldwell, to Grand juno
tion Monday evening to see her safely
| aboard the main line train for Califor-
| MIA. The train was on time and our
Delta folks were all feeling good and
anticipating delightful journey.
Flowers blooming in the yard the
middle of March. That is certainly 60
ing some. 'Tis Judge Welch who has
the honor of magnificent bed of mar
cissus in full bloom in his front yard.
They are certainly pretty and attract
everybody's attention. He planted the
bulbs last fall and here they are max
ing his home so attractive thus early
in the spring. He also put out zero
Gus" bulbs in the grass and they are
also blooming.
Editor Tom Blackwell. was down
from Hotchkiss Monday to see his
sister. Miss Agee. safely aboard the
train for her home at Whitesville, Mo.
Miss Blackwell spent several months at
the home of her brother. having come
to Colorado suffering with serious
throat trouble. She is seemingly fully
recovered and has gained 25 pounds in
weight. MIR. Blackwell and his sister
were accompanied to Delta by Miss
Funk, of Kelley, Kansas. who is spend
ing year at Hotchkiss.
Two dollars that had been taken into
q till were holding conversation to-
gether. This was not an unusal circum-
stance, because everybody understands
that money talks. 81 would hate to be
the wife of the man who owns us now. 1"
said one dollar to the other. Here
too,' said the other dollar. IL he
squeezes' her as he does us, he will