The Delta independent., 1908-02-28
Local and Personal.

were Delta VISITORS TUESDAY.
Glenwood Springs has 800 people,
20 saloons and a Bryan club.
Sunday is the first day of spring and
the lamb is already frisking about.
There is nearly always a record of
plowing in Delta county in February.
February is the shortest month, yet
this year it had five Saturday pay-days.
Both town property and farm lands
are changing hands at a fair rate in
Delta county.
Fred Benson has sold 40 acres on
Current Creek to o. T. Phillips for a
consideration of g. 800.
The spring like weather of this week
is beginning to create plenty OF stir on
the part of crop growers.
Hermon N. McCready took his mother
home with him to Denver last Sunday,
where she goes to live with him.
If you don't tell us we may not know
and cannot publish the item of particu-
lar interest to yourself and others.
Chester Harding was in Cedaredge
last week while Mr.. Davis of the Cedar
edge drug store was in Delta attending
court.
Duck hunters are getting into the
field and meeting with some success.
The early flights 50 far have not been
strong.
Welch & Merrill last week sold the
Clarence Smith property at corner Of
Dodge and Third streets to Mr.. A.
Hannah of Pueblo for consideration n
of 81. 200.
Mr.. E. G. Dice returned to his home
in Ohio City, Colorado last Saturday.
Mrs. Dice will remain for some time
yet in Delta.
New buildings are beginning to make
their appearance at every hand, not
only in town but over the farm sect ions
surrounding.
We have for sale at low figure sew
eral pieces A No. fruit land with
good water-rights, on Cedar Mesa.
welch & Merrill.
DIR. Miller of Austin, one of Delta
county's largest and most successful
fruit growers, was a caller al the In
DEPENDENT Office Monday.
Ben Lowe has returned from Nevada
where he seems to have been favorably
impressed with the country. But Delta
is a good town to stay with.
X. C. Hutchinson is one Of the larg-
est land owners of Delta county and
has some of the finest of the valley
land across the river from Dominguez.
II. II. Wolbert Of the Delta National
Bank returned from Denver Thurs
day accompanied by Mrs. Wolbert, who
has been in that city for some weeks.
The rush to Delta county will soon
set in. Every week more arrivals are
noted and this influx Of visitors most
of them investors increase through
the season.
Delta is filling up rapidly with new
people and the situation of houses
needed every day grows more alarming.
The town will need hundreds of houses
more than il now has, before they can
be built.
WANTED: Party to rent or buy
about 100 acres of alfalfa. Feeding
privileges and corrals on ranch.
Phone Tongue Creek Orchard Co, or
write b. BURTON. Eckert, Colo. 2-t
Hammond G. Harring ton have bought
the Haley livery stable and are adding
a new bus and transfer line. for which
they have fine new omnibus. The
members of this firm are well known
and good hustlers.
Matters are moving along in good
shape for important improvements at
Delta. The INDEPENDENT expects
very soon to be able to make the an
nouncements that will cause even the
least demonstrative of our people to
shout.
Mr.. C. j. Anderson, architect, has
located in Delta from Salida, from
which place he brings very high testi-
monials as well as recommendation
from the banks. Mr.. Anderson will
also deal in monuments, supplying any
quality of granite desired, and guaran-
tee the very best of work in that line.
Morally and socially Delta county
leads. Financially, nearly all business
represented appears to be prospering.
In crop products the county takes
sweepstakes premiums at state and
county fairs, and this includes practi-
cally everything raised. fruits, yege-
tables, sugar beets. melons and grains.
WEIGH & Merrill have large list OF