The Delta independent., 1908-08-07
News From Over
The County.
(Paonia Booster.)

Paonia Booster)
Joe Roatcap, who has been taking a
trip through Iowa and Kansas will be
home again next week. Mr.. Roatcap
has been selecting the machinery for
the Nelson Saw Mill whi, | is expected
to begin the manufacture of the fruit
boxes up in the Muddy country.
A. A. Alexander, sales agent for the
Paonia Orchard Co., was in Paonia this
week accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs w
E. Cassell of Evanston. Ill. These folks
are looking at the Paonia country with
view to finding a location that will
suit them and are very favorably i'm
pressed with this section.
Prof. Rutland, the new Superintendent
of Schools, has purchased the James
Cline residence and is having itrepaired.
A. L. Binford and family returned
from the east the first of the week.
They report having had a very enjoy
able visit.
VIM. Smith of Council Grove, Kan
sas, has been in Paonia for a couple of
weeks looking the country over with
view to locating here. He is much
taken with the section and has re-
turned to Kansas to dispose of his
property when he will return and make
this his home.
Word reached US the fore part of the
week of the wedding of Miss Grace
Jackish to Carl Curtis. The ceremony
took place in Denver. Both of these
young people are well known to Paonia
folks and all join in wishing them a
very happy welded life. They will
make their home in Telluride where
Carl has good position in one of the
large hardware stores.
Crawford Chronicle.
Grain is being cut on the Fruitland
Mesa and we will soon hear the whistle
of the thrashing outfits pulling around.
Mrs. Stithem and her daughter,
Alice, have been on the sick list for
the past week, but are some better at
this writing.
Clyde Mcmillan is around with his
arm in sling, his elbow being badly
tore by some bolts with which he came
in contact while working at the saw
mill on the Black Mesa.
Ed Kelley is the proudest man in
town and will hardly look at common
person now and all on account of ten
pound baby boy which appeared at
their home last Friday evening. Every
one getting along nicely.
Bert Pace, j. T. Stafford and Eddie
Aver returned home from Colona last
week, where they had been on a log
ging contract. Mr.. Stafford had the
misfortune to get one of his hands
squeezed, but it is o. K. at this writ.
ing.
The Crawford Maher country was
visited by a cloud burst Wednesday
afternoon, coming down the Clear
Fork and the Muddy, washing out a
number of bridges between Crawford
and Maher, among them being the
bridge near Frank Drexel's ranch, also
the Goodwin bridge across Clear Fork,
and washing away two stacks of hay
belonging to Isaac Wylie also his hay
which was in the field. 1t was one OF
the heaviest cloud bursts ever known
in this country Ira Foster being down
in the bottom was telephoned to get
out, but the waters did no damage at
his place.
Cedaredge Champion.
A number of cattlemen have been
reported to forest ranger Shelledy by
the Cattlemen's Association for not
providing on the range their proportion
of salt.
Adolph Derosier of Coalby has just
one of the latest grain separators on
the market, this making a complete
new thrashing outfit. Surface Creek
has certainly been in need of better
thrashing facilities and we predict for
Mr.. Derosier splendid seasons run.
The government, under the direction
of Supervisor Anderson has force of
ten men extending the telephone line
from Alexander lake to Trickle Park
reservoir. This completes the line to
the new rangers station on Surface
Creek. The people of the valley should
insist that this line be connected with
the Cooperative phone line as well as
the Colorado line.
An effort is being made by John
Louma and others who live from 5 to
10 miles northeast of Cedaredge to get
school house in that neighborhood.