The Delta independent., 1907-10-11
Local and Personal

Oats can be made to mature a second
crop at Delta.
Strawberries are fairly plentiful in
Delta this week.
Ranchmen are busy with the third
cutting of alfalfa.
There is no more bustling little town
on the globe than Delta.
The busiest part of the season on the
farm will be over in few weeks.
Investments are cinch where profits
accrue as they do in Delta county.
Two frst-class tickets to Denver,
very cheap. No description. Phone
1875 red.
Some duck hunters are succeeding in
bagging few birds but the flight so
far has been small.
MIR. and Mrs. L. w. Neff returned
Wednesday from Denver. where they
have been for the last two months.
Commissioner R. o. Wilmot has been
in town all week from Hotchkiss. help
ing transact county business at the
board session.
The winter apple crop is being
gathered and taken care of Every box
OF apples this fall represents goodly
amount of coin.
County Commissioner Joe Hogrefe,
who is also cashier of the bank at
Cedaredge, has spent the week in Delta
at county board session.
Mrs. Mark Brown arrived from Tell
uride Saturday for visit with friends
and relatives, after which she will re.
turn to her home IN Denver.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will give a Harvest
Home supper at the church parlors
next Thursday evening. Supper 35c.
Charley Brown, Cliff Emery and faith
er, VIM. Emery, and VIM. Jones and
son returned Wednesday from three
day. hunting trip. The party captured
four deer.
Druggist Ault has had built new
cabinet with dark glass doors. in which
to keep perfumeries. This, it is claimed
protects and retains all the strength
and delicacy of odors.
Delta enjoys good trade and is en-
titled to it. The business men Of Delta
will prosper as long as they properly
take care of this trade, and their pros.
perity will grow with its growth.
Frank Shields. owner of the buildings
on northwest corner of Main street,
has ordered a new cement walk extend
ing along his property between Main
and Palmer. along Fourth street.
The INDEPENDENT turns out as clean
work, both in newspaper and jobs, as
does any town or city office in the
United States. This is something we
feel sure eveIy subscriber to the paper
is proud of.
Said travelling man the other day:
There will be no halt in Delta growth.
She has the backing of meritorious re-
sources and is bound to make one of
the biggest and best towns on the
Western slope.
The board of county commissioners is
in session this week. Their proceed
ings will be published in next issue. A
full board has been in attendance all
week, Commissioners Wilmot, Hogrefe
and Wilson being at their desks.
Hereafter the IEpEPENpENT will
publish real estate sales as matter of
news and to show how, like hot cakes,
investment offerings are being taken,
but not as an advertisement for the
people making them-unless they are
paid for.
R. ]. Coffey, since selling his orchard
home has concluded to go into the real
estate business in Delta, and as he
understands the business and the soil
of Delta and Montrose counties to per-
lection. his friends wishing to sell land
should call on him.
Because of the special weighing and
counting required by the Post Office
Department for the week October 18th
to 18th, all mail must b, in the post
office at least one hour before train
time to insure its dispatch.
ELLA New, p. NJ.
Stockgrowing has many advantages
on the Western Slope over the Eastern
part of the state. AMI excells Middle
Park and North Park in production of
feed and fattening stutfs. On top of
grass fed cattle We have grains, pump