The Delta independent., 1908-07-03
Local and Personal.
Watch Delta grow.

be called gutter.
Prof Condit returned last week from
a pleasant visit in Denver.
One can hear all the great singers of
the world in Delta-by phonograph.
We'd like to have a piece of money
every 4th of July. We want to cele-
brate.
Bert Wilburton has rettrned to his
home after spending a week in Delta
visiting relatives.
The man who can say the right thing
in the right way and then stop when he
has said it, is bird.
We want the friendship of all true
men and women. The others can dump
theirs in the alley with the ashes.
Do you know what it means to have
a nice, green lawn. 1t represents more
work than is at present required to
farm nine sections of desert land under
the Gunnison tunnel.
A. B. Wire was in from his ranch
south of Delta, Tuesday. He doesn't t
show many of the effects of the toll
hardened farmer yet, but there is no
telling what may happen.
The public we'll understands that
Delta and Delta county have future.
And their present is all right too. The
investor who judiciously places his
money in this county makes no mistake.
Irrigators over the county are, in
places, allowing waCer to flow into the
roads, thereby doing them great dam
age. The roads should be protected as
much as is possible from this overflow
water.
A small red devil came humping in
on the hot wave yesterday afternoon,
gnashing his teeth as he was rode along.
Don't know just what-for- looking
things we may see if the weather gets
much warmer.
Through the courtesy of the Colo
rado Telephone Company the INDEPEN-
DENT will be enabled to give bulletins
of the Democratic National Conven-
tiou next week. These bulletins will
appear in the Office windws as received.
Rev. Barron, of Delta. preached the
principal sermon at Fruita last Satur-
day, at the laying of the corner stone
of the new M. E. Church at that place
Rev. Barron's selection was a distinc-
tive honor both to himself and to Delta.
While rain is most always welcome
visitor, just at present the first cutting
Of alfalfa is on and haymakers would
rather gaze at the water in the bitches
ana contemplate the reserve in the
watershed supplies, than to see it COM
ing from the clouds.
King and citizen. prince, potentate
and pauper-the man with millions and
and he with dollar-must all go the
same way. Death removes each from
earth and the world goes jogging along.
No man is entitled to brag about his
particular brand of pride.
There have been great many straw
berries shipped from Delta this season
but the prices have remained high To
home consumers the lowest price has
been az. 90 per crate, many paying
2.75 and $500 a crate early in the
season. This. shows well for the grow
er's profits.
Those ragged strips in front of the
INDEPENDENT office do not properly be-
long to it. They are just left there to
match the editors clothes. A new
awning is on hand but carpenters are
all too busy to put it up. AS soon as
we get it up we are going to use the
old one for patches.
The suit of Mrs. Farmer of Paonia
against DR.. c. H. Dixon, also of Pao-
mia, occupied two whole days in Delta
this week. Mrs. Farmer charged care
lessness and malpractice in the setting
of broken wrist and asked so. 600
damages. The defense plead that Mrs.
Farmer had removed splints too early
and without permission, causing the
trouble herself. The jury failed to
agree and were discharged.
The INDEPENDENT suggest that in
the future, those having in hand public
meetings and conventions, fix the dates
early in the week, when it can be DONE
thus giving the local newspapers a
chance to do justice to reports. Here
tofore such dates have been set mainly
on or near the day on which the local
papers go to press, rendering it hard
ship if not an impossible task to give
satisfactory reports and publicity, both
of which are expected.
The INDEPENDENT desires the aid of
every one interested in Delta or Delta