The Delta independent., 1908-04-17
DELTA COLORADO, FRIDAY, APRIL
Local and Personal.

the INDEPENDENT.
Judge NJ R. Welch went to Montros e
on business yesterday.
Westward the Star of Empire takes
its flight and stops at Delta!
Tucker Ice Wagon starts next week.
Keep your signs out for the ice man.
The Presbyterian ladies' will give a
chicken supper at l. o. o. F. hall to-
night.
A large amount of town property is
selling in Delta and among the sales
are number of high priced business
lots.
There is said to be a fine outlook for
the strawberry crop. The new berries
will be in market soon after the first of
June
Every man in Delta has purpose.
You can see it in his look and in his
walk. Delta has few if any expert
idlers."
The proceedings of the Board of Delta
County Commissioners for the April
session will be published in next week S
INDEPENDENT.
c. J. Anderson. Architect and Build
er. Monumental work speciality. 25
years practical experience. Office Cook
building corner of Main and 4th st. IT,
The Delta cantaloupe is on top. We
hope there will be many acres planted.
Just at present the writer feels that he
could guarantee an unlimited consump-
ton.
Range stock is now fairly started on
grass and shows the effect of winter
ing well. With prices steady and high
the year holds much of promise for the
stockgrower.
from a trip to Denver Tuesday and
left Immediately to look after some
business matters demanding his at
tention at Gunnison.
w. H. Chiles left for Denver We'd
nesday, to meet Mrs. Chiles, who, with
the children is returning from an ex-
tended visit in Texas. The family will
arrive hom tomorrow.
Welch & Merrill sold to DIR. H. K.
Braisted AZ acres of unimproved land
two miles out on Garnet Mesa for
s2,400. The land sold was 40 acres of
the NJ. K. Davids place.
Mrs. L. NJ. Connell, of Riverside.
California. is visiting her sisters, Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. Thurman for a two
weeks stay, after which she will join
her husband at Indianapolis.
D. S. Woods leaves today for his old
home in Iowa. where he still holds
He goes back to look after
orchard and will return as soon as he
gets through spraying and pruning.
Next Sunday is Easter and the serv-
ices at all Delta churches will be some
thing more elaborate than usual. The
sermons and other service will be ac-
companled by special musical programs.
Rev. DR.. rockingham received an
anonymous letter last week. 1t wasn't
of the distressing sign nor threat
from the Black Hand 1t simply read:
Accept this little Offering from
friends" and contained SS5.
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Murphy ar
rived from Denver Wednesday to make
this their home. Mr.. Murphy will be
manager of the Crystal Ice plant. Mr.
and Mrs. Murphy are young people
whom Delta can be glad to welcome.
Miss Jessie B. Shippey, the hand
some and talented young society editor
Of the Fort Collins Tribune, was here
Wednesday with the young ladies glee
club of the Agricultural college and
made the INDEPENDENT fraternal
call. The college club made splendid
appearance at Delta and were greeted
with good house.
Delta has number of ''scrappy"
boys, some of whose encounters are.
from reports, accompanied by plenty of
nerve. We do not desire to carry de-
tails of such matters into our columns.
Boys battles must come about some
times and they are hardly to be ap-
proved or disapproved. Boys who have
faced each other on youthful battle
fields have often grown into the warm
est of lifetime friends,
The county commissioners have just
completed the business of the present
session. Aside from routine business
the board had the experts reports of
county Offices to consider and act