The Delta independent., 1908-03-27
Local and Personal.


Delta will grow into City Beautiful.
Davis is in the Second Hand business
now.
The Delta Trading Co. buys any
thing in the second hand line for cash.
Great additions to the orchard terri
tory of Delta county will be made this
spring.
Young man not afraid of work de-
sires employment. Address X. Y. z.
this office.
Two and a half dozen chickens for
sale by John Powers. Meeker St., 81
per dozen.
Thomas Kirk of Neosho, Mo-, ar
rived here Monday evening to make
his future home.
New irrigation plans are forming,
each to add to the rich Delta county
land under cultivation.
The rotation of crops was one of the
points particularly and forcefully dwelt
upon at the potato train meetings.
Grand street is to have a double
drive way and in other ways be made a
beautiful and popular thoroughfare.
We hold auction aales every Satur-
day at p. m.
| DELTA TRADING Co.
| Lumber sales in Delta county this
summer will be something immense,
judging from the building plans at
hand.
/ A new opera house is among the
plans that have been drawn for Delta.
Mr.. Porter Plumb has the specifica-
tions.
New buildings continue to spring up
on all sides. To keep correct track Of
them would occupy the whole time of a
reporter.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mathers
March 2st, a daughter. She is no
candy kid" though doubtless sweet
enough to be.
Mr. Bartholomew, former resident
of Delta county but now of Colorado
Springs, has been here this week look
ing up land propositions.
The new Tribe of Red Men had a lit
tie banquet-not the symbolic ''co m
i and venison' some other 9 ood
things, Wednesday night, along with
some limitations.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Pegg of
Delta, ~ pound boy on March 23rd.
Mr. Pegg belongs to the lNDEPEND ENT
force and this we regard as a decided
scoop of all our contemporaries.
The INDEPENDENT, through lack of
time has been little lax about its col
lections for several months. Our col
lector will be around the first of April
with bills to all who are indebted.
The number of people coming in in
creases day by day. The whole conti-
nent seems to be looking toward Delta
county. The valley is full of voices,
telling of revelations and discoveries.
VIM. Williams has taken possession
Of the ranch recently purchased fir m
ID. G. Salisbury for 80, 900. In the deal
Mr.. Salisbury purchased the town prop
erty formerly owned and occupied by
Mr.. Williams.
While the building boom is starting
in fine for the year, Delta has plenty
of need for more buildings, and there
need be no fear that it will be over
done. A lack of buildings has been
our detriment. A liberal supply will
he otir hetferment
The Fisher lumber yard started on
the lots at corner of 9th and Dodge
streets is to be removed from that To-
cation. Protests went to the board so
strongly from nearby residents that
the Town bought the lots and will pro-
cure in exchange another location for
the yard.
There was a little check to the pre-
mature budding of the fruit trees Sat
urday night. Sunday morning the
ground was white with snow. 1t didn't
last long and the usual fine weather
has since been with us. 1t is now be,
lieved that the big fruit crop prophe-
sled is sure.
Beet crops, potato crops, melon
crops and vegetable crops all yield well
in our valleys and pay the raiser much
more money per acre than grains or
alfalfa. Still the alfalfa and grains
are necessary, and to rotate the land
in alfalfa renews it for the profitable
growing of those crops which are de-
pended upon for the most money.
There is lots of Old hay in the coun-
try and new crop coming up. There
is market for hay all fall and winter,