The Delta independent., 1908-09-18
Cedaredge News.


Robert W. Douma left Monday for
Denver for visit.
Tom May was in Cedaredge on the
tenth of this month.
]. H. Davis has left tor Denver for
a short business trip.
Oswin Rowbotham was In town over
Sunday of this week.
Editor Brewer spent Monday and
Tuesday of this week in the county
seat.
l. A. Pratt returned Friday from Or
egon where he has been for several
months past.
The Pannell school enrolls at present
25 pupils under the efficient leadership
of Mr.. Wright.
Walter January arrived Saturday for
visit to the family of his father, j..
January of Cedaredge.
Harry Edwards left Friday for Ham
ilton, Kansas, to be with his father
who has been dangerously i'll.
Negotiations are said to be on foot
for the establishment of ten-cent
show of the popular order in the near
future.
D. ]. Lawton ard A. G. Jaffa of
Denver are spending some days in
Cedaredge, looking over the town and
vicinity.
w. B. Stout has leased the Lazear
place and moves in this week, replac-
ing F. E. Curtis and family who have
gone to Kansas.
Mr.. Edward Hammer has arrived
from New Orleans and will spend some
time with his brother Clarence Kam-
mer of Cedaredge.
Walter Hellenthall, a cousin of Rob-
ert Douma, left Friday for Colorado
Springs after short stay in town and
about on Surface Creek mesa.
The Van Buren family, who until re-
Gently were on the Hammer place In
Cedaredge, are visiting in Paonia a
short time prior to going to California.
Editor Brewer and his wife, Joe Ho-
grefe, H. C. Getty. John Wetterch,
Miss johnson and others were in at
tendance on the Delta fair last week.
Miss Myers and Mrs. M. j. Brown
with Mr.. and Mrs. R. Rankin of
Sharon, Pennsylvania, made a party
who came up from Delta together on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Howard Blanchard is so far re-
covered from the painful injuries re-
sulting from recent runaway acci-
dent, that she is able to walk a short
distance.
Rev. Gebhart will return to his
charge in Cedaredge for another term
of service. Mr.. Gebhart has many
friends in Cedaredge who will welsome
him back.
Doctors Bolton and Hadsell operated
on the hand of the little daughter of
Jim Keller, Tuesday with good results.
The little girl was in danger of losing
her hand through blood poisoning.
]. E. Bakers horse ran away last
week and smashed the buggy besides
injuring Mrs. Baker slightly. The
horse took fright at the engine which
is being used to move the Methodist
church.
James Kanaga is back in Cedaredge
after some months of travel in Idaho,
Washington and other western states.
Mr.. Kanaga is an old timer in Cedar
edge and has many friends on Surface
Creek Mesa.
The family of VIM. Balm left Friday
for Oregon. They have not disposed
OF their Cedaredge property and may
return to it in the course of time. Mr..
Balm expects to remain in Delta county
until after election
X. H. Clark, who has been for some
time living in tent quarters on the
Cobbett place returns this week to his
old home in Illinois. Mrs Clark, who
has been with her husband attending
him in his illness, will accompany Mr..
Clark on his journey East.
A petition is being circulated asking
that steps be Immediately taken to i'm
prove conditions of travel and traffic
between Cedaredge and Delta. At
present the grade at Cory is SO narrow
and the danger from meeting automo-
biles SO great that many who would
otherwise be glad to visit the county
seat are deferred from the trip
through fear of accident. Either the
old grade should be widened and ralled
or the upper and less used grade which
comes out above Cory should be i'm
proved and reserved for the use of