The Delta independent., 1908-03-06
Local and Personal.

With the opening up of the season
everybody is getting busy.
E. R. Standish sends for the INDE-
PENDENT, from Boca Grande, Florida.
Lucky will be the future Delta county
land owner. Lucky because independ-
ent.
After while the roses will bloom
and sweet peas will laden the air with
their incense
DR.. Mccartney has set fine lot of
large lilac bushes in his yard at Main
and Sixth streets.
Mrs. Z. G. Dice returned to her home
in Ohio, Colorado, Monday, after a
weeks visit in Delta.
There is a strong feeling just now
that Delta town property is a good
speculative investment.
Lawns will soon be green and it is
already good time to begin the work
of beautifying your home.
w. A. Davis returned from trip to
Denver Wednesday. He reports buy
ing a car of new goods while in the
city.
You are invited to join the large
family of INDEPENDENT subscribers.
You will be satisfied with the invest
ment.
There promises to be much doing
along the lines Of coal development in
Delta county fields before anoth er
winter.
Anyone who thinks there isn't plenty
of work connected with getting out
paper like the INDEPENDENT is well
come to this little old mans job.
There is not county in the United
States, young or old. that possesses a
better class of citizens or higher av-
erage of responsibility, than Delta.
There are many car loads of potatoes
in the country around Delta yet to be
shipped, and last year was not regarded
as an especially good season, either.
Mr.. Capitalist, you can't find better
field for your money than Delta county.
If you will investigate a little you
won't have to have this repeated to
you.
In the high mountain sections spring
is yet two or three months away. At
Delta We already have spring. Plow-
ing and soil cultivation are in full
swing. In the gardens seeds are being
planted.
Noble Fogg came down from Tellur-
ide last Monday, to take charge of the
Consoles ranch which is now owned by
Telluride parties. We understand that
40 acres of trees are to be added to the
orchard improvements this spring.
An inquirer from Illinois asks if the
Mormans have much of hold in Delta?
Not Norman in sight! But the hosts
of pretty young ladies in Delta is quite
enough to inspire an ambitious Nor
man. And the boys here appear to be
dead slow.
We want big fruit crop this year
and the prospect to date is that our
wishes will be granted. 1t would be
better that part of the crop should
be lost through lack of transport alton
and storage facilities than that We
should haye another short yield.
Said Delta citizen recently: Il
have lived here nearly five years and
have never heard so much as a breath
of scandal against any of our young
ladies'" What higher tribute could be
paid to the moral character of our
town?
Geer & Clack, undertakers of Delta.
supplied the casket for the burial of
John Mcintyre and Rev. S. A. Hay
worth of the Baptist church of this
city, performed services at the grave.
The burial took place at Olathe, We'd
nesday afternoon.
There is every reason now to think
that Delta will have sugar beet fac
tory. Word may come any day con-
tirming the arrangements. In this con-
nection our beet growers should exercise
proper caution in regard to signing up
contracts for too long a period to out
side factories.
The kindergarten started by Mrs.
Williams has opened up nicely with fif-
teen little pupils, not yet sufficient
number to make the class as large as
the teacher desires and should have
but the work of instructing them is 60
ing along pleasantly, the youthful
students showing remarkable aptness.
Those who work hard to build up
community are entitled to loyalty from
the people of that community. There
is bound to be an occasional one who