The Delta independent., 1907-06-21
Local and Personal

E. M. Gets reports $50 worth of
cherries off five trees.
w. A. Cloud went up to Montrose
Saturday on business.
! Mrs. George Douglas went to Denver
Sunday to join her husband.
Herman Darling and wife were visit
ing friends in Montrose last Sunday.
Fred Simon, Will johnson and Chas.
Miller were here from Hotchkiss Mon
day.
T. E. Lamb went to Denver Monday
to attend the big public lands conven-
tion.
Judge Baxter was here from Paonia
Monday attending to some business in
the county court.
Mrs. Newton Smith leaves tomorrow
for her vacation trip. She will stop in
Denver some time.
Mrs. Moss left for Greeley last Sat-
urday to attend the summer session Of
the state normal school.
H. H. Whipple spent several days
this week looking after his ranch in the
vicinity of Hotchkiss.
The new game law provides that
"deer with or without horns" may be
killed from Oct. to Oct. 20.
T. A. Mostyn shipped a load of fat
steers to Morris Delhi at Montrose on
Monday; another load to Ouray Tuesday.
Miss Hope Davis came up from Mont
rose Saturday to make an extended
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. p.
Kernohan.
MISS Horton. 8th. grade teacher in
the North Delta schools, left last week
to attend the summer session of the
State Normal. ..
j. w. Kuhnley remembered the editor
with an elegant box of berries last
Monday on which day over 20 crates
were picked from his vines.
Charles Whinnery left for Delta
county this morning to spend few
days at the home of his grandparents.
Lake City Photograph.
D. p. Cook was in town several days
the first part of this week. With his
wife and daughter he is leaving in q
few days for an extended trip in the
east.
A. j. Renshaw and wife are guests
for the summer at the home of w. l..
Wood in the Gunnison valley above
town. Their home is at Terre Haute,
Ind.
L. F. Haly has resigned his con.
nection with the Uncompshgre Valley
Realty Co. A little later in the season
he expects so go on months camping
trip in the mountains.
County Sup't. Emma G. Myers visited
friends in Denver this week and at
tended the annual meeting of county
superintendents, held at Canon City.
Miss Myers was on the program to re-
spond to the address of welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Flagg enjoyed
visit last Sunday from their former
neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Scott Nc.
Kinney, of Grand Junction. Mr.. Nc
Kinney is the Oldest engineer on the
Rio Grande running out of Grand juno
tion and is leading republican politi-
clan of Mesa county,,
The INDEPENDENT accepts the Paonia
Boosters prompt acknowledgment of
failure to credit a number of news
items taken from this paper. 1t may
appear to the Booster that we are en-
tirely too particular on this point, but
we always give credit and therefore
expect credit.
The band came on the street Satur-
day night and gave nearly an hours
concert. Everybody said, "how well
they play for the limited amount of
practice they have had" but the lis
teners cOntented themselves with such
remarks and there was no demonstra-
ton Of approval in the way of hand
clapping, so the boys could get even
the faiptest hint that their work was
appreciated. Delta is about the most
undemonstrative community we ever
ran up against. People are SO stiff and
dignifed, you know. Rats! Cut it out.
The editor has been remembered by
a modest friend-who made the condi-
tion positive that his name should not
be mentioned fine mess of trout.
We have no reluctance in saying that
all other fishermen can treat US the