The Delta independent., 1908-05-08
Local and Personal.

day from Cedaredge.
Yesterday was the big day in Grand
Junction for the w. o. w.
Delta is building up very fast, and SO
is the country roundabout.
Veteran S. P. Hoine returned from
trip to Denver Wednesday.
Mr.. Bidler, of California mesa, has
taken his cattle to the hills.
Col. Fairlamb is building a neat cot
tage home on Garnet Mesa.
]. B. Killian is building pretty five
room cottage on Dodge street.
Several good buildings are nearing
completion across the avenue, south
New line of flowers just received at
255 Main street, by Mrs. ]. f. Stone.
Judge Dickerson's new business
building is nearly ready for occupancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Park and daughter
have been visiting friends on California
mesa.
j. F. Stone returned from Ouray
last week and is back in the Conklin
store.
Dance at LaVeta Park Saturday
night. Sunday free concert from to
p. m.
Mrs. J. F. Stone is closing out her
entire stock of yelling at cost. 255 N.
Main street.
Mr.. E l.. Dingman left Monday for
weeks trip through the White River
country.
A. W. Carr will leave soon for Hunts
vile, Alabama, on business connected
with his nursery.
Automobiles are getting pretty plen-
tiful around Delta. This must be an
indication of prosperity.
A. B. Wire sold acres of alfalfa
land on Garnet Mesa this week for 4Oo
an acre-which isn't so bad.
Mr. Charles Keiser and NJ. Warren
Uterback, prominent farmers of Cedar
edge, were Delta visitors last Friday.
Mr.. H. K. Ferguson, former county
clerk, now prominent orchardist of
Eckert, was in Delta Friday of last
week.
John c. Harm made final proof last
Saturday on his desert so near Cedar
edge, before Commissioner WEIGH of
Delta.
sdrs. Easton and daughter, of Lu-
jane, who have been holding down their
homestead near Delta, have returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lampman were
Delta visitors over Sunday, from Mont
rose. They were guests of the Hartig
family.
Montrose has a sidewalk campaign.
Delta has the sidewalks-nice concrete
ones all over town. Do you note the
difference?
Some good street work is under way
on South Main street, in which the
city's new grader is proving its superb
or efficiency.
Mrs. Schilthius and little son, of Sa-
Ida, came in to make Delta their home,
Saturday. Mr.. Schilthius has been in
Delta for some time.
Mrs. Lidia Hawkins, who has been
spending the winter in Delta for her
health, left the first of this week for
her home in Wisconsin.
The fields are in fine condition and
the new crops are coming up in good
shape. Warmer nights are needed but
these will no doubt soon be in evidence.
The Colorado Fruit Lands Company
have opened an office on Main street in
the Postotiice block. The firm repre-
sentatives are C. E. Rogers. formerly
of Paonia and F. S. Scott of Trinidad.
James N. Goble, of Greenfield. Indi-
ana, who has been out looking after
his land interests near Cedaredge. re-
turned home Tuesday. Mr.. Goble
thinks there is no place like Delta
county.
Flax is said to be one of the best of
crops to plant on semmi- barren land.
1t sprouts quickly. takes deep root and
withstands much drouth. II is said to
beneti, such unpromising land, some-
times converting it into tillable soil.
For sale or rent, 40 acres all tillable
land on Ash Mesa, 3S acres under culti-
walton, into alfalfa, oats, wheat and
potatoes. Place has good water right,
buildings, team of horses, wagon, plow,
harrow. COW, etc. Welch 4 Merrill
Don't imagine that Delta county is
dead She isn't even sick. Her rich
lands are in demand and selling every
day. And thew will be more in demand