The Delta independent., 1908-08-28
Local and Personal.

Mr.. Walter Dingman left Sunday for
Marble, Colorado.
Hammond & Harrington have dandy
new camp wagon.
DR.. Harry A. Smith returned Tues
day night from business trip to Tellu-
ride.
There remains less than two weeks
more of vacation, then school and books
again.
There will be tons of peaches in Delta
county this year against crates last
season.
Two more weeks till Fair week.
Don't forget the occasion, the day and
the date.
Rev. Chas G.. Stout was a Delta
visitor between trains on Tuesday of
this week.
A good piece of well improved land
in Delta county is perpetual gold
mine to its owner.
The ladies' of the Baptist church will
serve lunches at the Fair grounds every
day during the fair.
And the building in Delta goes right
along. Delta willgrow to city of l0,-
600 people in a few years.
Mr.. N. E. Clack is recovering slowly
from typhoid fever and is beginning to
sit up a short time each day.
Prof. Chester c. Hayworte of Dan
vile, Ind. begins his work as principal
of the Olathe school next Monday.
Miss Cecil Thornley, returned to
Pueblo Tuesday after pleasant visit
with relatives and friends in Delta.
The days have been getting pretty
hot again this week and local politics
have been warming up with the days.
Wards paint shop has been moved
back to the alley from the front of
Main street, between Fifth and Sixth.
Mrs. Viola widney was down from
Cedaredge Wednesday. bringing her
little boy who had an operation on his
throat.
To help boom Delta to a city of io.t
0oo people in the shortest possible time,
will be the modest effort of the INDE-
PENDENT.
Rev. S. A. Hayworth is rapidly re-
covering from his throat trouble and is
able to occupy his pulpit both morning
and evening.
Judges King and Welch with other
speakers, held meetings at Cedaredge
Tuesday night and at Hotchkiss We'd
nesday night
The Catholic ladies of St. Julien s
Parish church give their grand ball at
the Opera House tonight, August 2sth.
Tickets sl.00.
w. H. Mathers returned the latter
part of last week from New York
where he went to buy his big fall and
winter stock of dry goods.
She volunteer crop of oats has been
cut on the court house park and a good
seeding of grass is shown. The county
property will look swell by next sum-
mer.
G n. Hastings, the pioneer shoe
maker of Delta, has his shop locate
at his home, 4S7 Palmer street. He
wishes to extend his thanks to all for
their kind patronage in the past and
solicits part of the same in future. 2t
The Colorado Fruit Association is
doing business at Delta and Saxton.
The latter is the railroad name for the
new town at the new switch up the
Gunnison, though the place is still called
Appleton by many of the people up that
way.
Hon. Horace T DeLong, of Grand
Junction, was in Delta yesterday and
was one of the speakers at the Repub-
lican rally lat night. Mr.. DeLong is a
very forceful as well as eloquent speaker
and a favorite among Western Slope
orators.
The approaching Delta county Fair
will have more attractions this fall than
ever before and will prove of greater
interest to everybody. All should do
what they can to add to its interest.
There will be big crowd in Delta
Fair week.
Miss Griggs, Delta teacher, who
with her mother has been spending
: vacation East, returned to Delta Tues
day. While East they visited Wash
} ington, D., c., and had the pleasure OF
}, a talk with President. Roosevelt, who
; Enthusiastically querried, why
didn't you bring the rest of your Colo
RADIO friends?"