The Delta independent., 1908-04-10
Local and Personal.

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The rivers are rising. Snow on the
mountains is reported beginning to melt
quite fast.
Delta has prize ribbons enough, taken
at state and county fairs, to make a
crazy quilt.
More people will be coming to Delta
little later and by fall there is expect
ed quite rush.
The Christian ladies' aid dinner at the
|. o. o. F. hall on election day was
well patronized.
Go to Penley' s-successor to Crabill
] G. Skinner-for all kinds of fresh flower
! field and garden seeds.
Rev. Charles g. Stout is holding
series of meetings at the Christian
church, Delta. Meetings every night.
All invited.
Bring in your job printing. The
INDEPENDENT can do it for you
promptly. neatly and to your entire
satisfaction.
Mr.. E. J. Mathews, chairman of the
Republican county committee, was
down from Paonia Saturday, returning
home Sunday.
r. A. Johnson will leave Delta next
month TO spend year with his son in
Oregon. He expects to rent his prop
erty on Dodge street.
A large number of Republicans were
in Delta last Saturday from over the
county, delegates to the county Re-
publican convention.
E. NJ. Gets was up from his ranch
near Dominguez Saturday. He says he
has had apricots in bloom for two
weeks and fish every Friday tof dinner.
Those of our business men who visit
ed Paonia last Friday night are loud in
their praise of that town, its beautiful
valley and its fine lot of enterprising
young business men.
Harold Snyder, who was injured last
week by a shell he was trying to ex-
tract from his gun, is much better, his
eyes having recovered sufficiently to
permit his returning to school.
Work of laying the new cement walks
along Dodge street is making good
headway and next week will nearly
complete the walks along both sides of
that street, its entire length.
Longmont claims 1000 population and
expects Is, 600 in 10 years. Delta will
catch Longmont before that time,
even If Longmont does claim that every
one of its citizens is booster.
The Denver & Rio Grand has issued a
handsome outing folder, describing the
points of interest to be found along its
line which thousands of tourists will
visit. And it should be remembered
that all ID. & r. c., roads lead to Delta.
An arch gateway and sign have been
erected at the enterance of La Veta
Park. The dancing platform is being
laid, refreshment stand has been
erected and the park is generally get
ting in shape for its formal opening on
May 1st.
As result of better information on
tut bubJtSN Vi BoNstAo lut crop
in Western Slope valleys this year is
likely to be considerably increased as
to acreage, and no doubt the product
will also be improved if the season is
favorable.
1t was pretty nice for Montrose to
come to Delta last Friday nigh. with a
special train, their fine band and big
crowd. 1t was a neighborly act which
Delta should fully appreciate. We
shall have nothing to say, even in a
spirit of jest against Montrose people
hereafter. They are all right.
While Delta has grown nicely the
past year, the period was in many re-
spects an off one. Her future growth
ought to be much more rapid. The
expenditure of $3.50. 900 in new buildings
was. however about up with those other
live towns in the state having three
times Delta's present population.
The announcement that the railroad
had succeeded in contracting for large
number additional of refrigerator cars
for this seasons fruit crop traffic, is
very gratifying to the growers of Delta
county, who, in case they have the big
crop expected, have had serious mis-
givings about being able to get it to
market.
Captain Bragg and family have
moved to their lots at the corner of
Grand Avenue and Seventh streets,
where the foundation for the new 81, 600
dwelling is laid. The work on the new
house will proceed as rnpidlv as nossi.