The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-08-30
Cedaredee Items.

Editor Brewer took an outing on
Grand mesa over Sunday.
A new subscriber to the Colorado
Telephone is the Cederedge hotel.
Mr.. and Miss Wanncmaker of Kansas
City are visiting J. c. Wanncmaker.
Miss Richardson's music pupils give
free recital at the Methodist church
on Aug 80.
Ray Morris left Tuesday for Grinnell.
His sister Lulu Morris drove down to
Delta to see him Off for Denver
A coal shed at Lovett's livery is a
much needed improvement soon to be
added to the resources of the town.
Mr.. Odem has field of alfalfa hard
to surpass. 1t stands on the average
considerably higher than MIR. Odem's
head.
A new bakery and ice-cream parIor
has been opened by Mrs Goodman and
Mrs. Torrance in the rooms next to the
meat market.
This seems to be banner year for
oats. Stalks seven feet high and heads
as long as mans arm are reported
around Cedaredge.
David Lyall must have brought good
luck with him from Scotland. He drew
the fine leather-upholstered Morris
chair at Grants grocery.
A camping party comprising the Fer
gusons of Eckert, Miss Richardson and
Mr.. Shinneman have gone up to the
lakes for brief outing.
Red Mountain Ranch. Mr.. Odem's
place, will have four or five hundred
boxes of apples. The Wine-saps have
come out particularly well.
T. X. ScatOn was in attendance at
the Farmers Institute at Bowness
Grove and spoke good word for the
coming Delta County Fair.
The house Of Garret Gipe was struck
by lightning in one of the unusually
severe storms recently experienced in
valley. No very serious damage was
done.
Miss Law left Cedaredge Tuesday for
Delta where she will spend a few days
visiting at the home of the Nutters on
Garnet mesa before going on to Grand
junction.
A drive on recent afternoon down
Surface Greek mesa shows more than
one orchard where the trees have had
to be propped up under the heavily
laden limbs.
Col. May and wife from Colbran have
come down from GrBnd Mesa. where
they have been visiting their son, Tom
Mag. who is forest ranger on the
= Battlement Mesa Reserve.
4 party of young people from the
lower end of the Mesa came down from
Grand Mesa, where they have bee n in
camp for week or two. on Monday
afternoon. Ralph Miller, Daisy Teach
gu: and Nellie Luellen We're among
the number.
Mr.. Miller's horse hitched to Rev.
Gvorge's buggy ran away Wednesday,
5 oyvrturning another party's buggy and
+ lily demoiishing the one it was
h,,thed to. Willie Rhodes and George
Wayman. who were in the vehicle.
rrseived injuries that We're at first
light to be serious. but later reports
irHcate they will come out all right
Alec Lyall left for Leadville Monday.
H will be stationed at the fish hatchery
OF nat place until Christmas, with a
pu,Sible return to the Grand Mesa
hu.chery. of few weeks. later in the
sya>on. He reports the Eastern brook
treat the gamest on the Mesa. some of
th,m measuring % inches; and says
Grand Mesa is destined to be, and is
a,rrady becoming. the best fishing
grand in Colorado.
The Farmers Institute at Bowness
, grave was we'll attended, considering
tn, busy season. from Cedaredge.
Macy people drove down for few
hu..rs, who were unable to remain all
da, Those in charge deserve big
! vo;r of thanks for the work done ana
tn, information given. The expression
is -cneral that it is hoped such insti-
= tues may become a regular thing; and
;. tn, only criticism offered is as to the
tire of holding. Later in the season
tn, attendance would have been easily
l. druble what it was last Friday.