The Delta independent., 1908-04-03
Local and Personal.

The court house park work has pro-
gressed nicely this week.
Attorney Oswin Rowbotham was a
Delta visitor Tuesday from Paonia.
J. Nj. Speer of Paonia has leased and
will operate the Montrose creamery.
1t is thought the mechanics strike
on the D. & R. G., will soon be settled
Work has been started on the new
cement sidewalks along Dodge street.
Next Tuesday is election day. Pro-
coed TO vote and be careful how you
vote.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lent Campbell are Wis
iting Mrs. E. C. Greggs. from Nampa,
Idaho.
Many people continue to arrive at
Delta and realty deals are on the in
crease
We should like for April to be a
warm month, if you please, Mr.. Wealth
er Man.
Indications remain good for an early
spring. After Easter we should look
for settled weather
Clayton Bailey moved to Ouray Mon
day to take position as druggist with
the San Juan Drug company.
Seeding of beet land began in earn
est this week. The acreage will be
considerably increased over last year.
Some apricots are in bloom and the
buds on other fruit trees are swelling.
The fruit bloom is month later than
last year.
The season for shooting wild ducks
and other water fowl closes at this al
titude the 5th of April. The season
for trout fishing opens June lst.
Commissioner Ira Monne1 of Mont
rose and Mrs. DR.. John were quietly
married last week in Denver. They
have rnturned home and settled to
housekeeping.
Mr.. Hutchinson was in from his
ranch down the river, Saturday. Mr..
Hutchinson is one of the early settlers
and has much of the good things in land
as reward for staying with the coun-
try.
Asked to compose something which
would include the expression Bitter
End. a Gunnison school boy wrote:
.oor,doe he chased our neighbor's cat,
and just as she was going through a
hole in the fence he bitter end
Hunters say that now is the time to
go after bear; that the shaggy game is
just coming out and have appetites that
it would take large, juicy hunter on
toast, to satisfy. The INDEPENDENT
editor regrets that he hasn't time to
persuade himself that he has lost any
bear.
A teacher recently asked: "If rich
man dies and leaves a million dollars to
be divided equally between eight nephews
and nieces, what does each one get?"
smart boy in the class replied:
Automobiles, ancestors and appendi-
citis.''
With beets that yield from $50 to
500 per acre. potatoes that yield equal
ly as well. tomatoes and melons which
give 800 to $500 per acre, fruits which
yield from $3.50 to 81, 900 an acre, and
grains and grasses that harvest above
the average. it doesn't appear that
Delta farmers should fear panic or
hunger to any extent. One half the
crop could fail in any one year in a
section like this, and still there would
be profit to the average farmer.
A pair of Mongolian pheasants kept
at Olathe last year in confinement have
spring The hen laid 80 eggs during
last season. but domestic methods of
hatching were not successful. Our
farmers and orchardists should bring in
these and other varieties of pheasants.
They are hardy. will increase rapidly
and are the best of the insect destroy
ers. They can be had now at the Den
yer and Littleton hatcheries at no great
expense.
The w. p. Dale q acres on Garnet
Mesa sold this week, the transfer be-
ing from Mrs. Dale to Mrs. John F.
Moore, wife of the manager of the
Grand junction Fruit Growers Associa-
tion. Manager Moore was here and
after careful Investigation completed
the deal with w P. Dale. Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore also own an interest in the
old Chiles place on lower Surface Greek
where they have been visiting for a
week. Mrs. Moore recently sold farm
in Grand Valley for a handsome sum
and naturally comes to Delta county to
reinvest.