The Delta independent., 1908-04-17
Local and Personal.

Joseph McGraw sold two lots in
South Delta this week to M. Roby for
$500.
Mr.. L. C. Miller. of the Miller &
Bicla Loan Co., Salt Lake, Utah, is at
Delta looking up the loan business.
Welch & Merrill sold four lots on
South Main street this week to W. W.
Sackett OF Cedaredge. Consideration
$500.
C. B. Elliott, of Red Lands, made
final proof in support of his desert land
claim before U. S. Commissioner M. R.
Welch yesterday.
Manager Fox, of the Ramsey Dry
Goods Company, was called to Algona,
Iowa, Wednesday, by telegram an
nouncing the critical illness of his only
brother.
The Cedaredge boosters had fine
meeting and banquet last night, full
particulars of which the INDEPENDENT
will not be able to give before another
issue.
Attention is called to the array of
beautiful hand-painted china in the
window of Helt's jewelry store. Miss
Anne Harvey, a recent visitor to Delta
from Denver, is the artist.
Mrs. E j. Wilson invites the ladies
of Delta and vicinity to call and see
her fine display of Easter lilies, Gala
lilies, all kinds of cut flowers and
potted plants for Easter. 1T.
The Bryan Club expect big crowd
tonight. A special train will bring
people from Paonia and Hotchkiss and
it is expected the Paonia band will
come. Senator Tully Scott of Cripple
Creek and Hon. John 7. Burnett of
Ouray will adsress the club and its
guests.
The water users meeting at Olathe
Monday was not the success it had
been hoped for. as not enough of the
company's stock was represented to
permit of the business for which the
meeting was mainly called, to be
legally transacted. At present no call
is out for another meeting though the
matter will perhaps be taken up later.
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. F. Burgin arrived
this week from Cedaredge-Delta, and
will settle among US. They have Sc
cured rooms at the Cady and ONO
building. He is an up to-date ply sician,
and very pleasant gentleman to meet,
and in our growing valley he will find
plenty of room. Note his card in the
Journal this week. Jour-
nal.
The ball game at Delta Sunday be-
the closest contested ever played here
and the score was better than many of
the league teams make, being. 3 to in
favor of Olathe- The crowd who wit
messed the game was not nearly so
large as it would be if either of the
teams that played should come to Delta
again.
There are so many good things
offered in Delta county that one is
likely to forget half of them in an at
tempted enumeration. Neither can
those who come to investigate. see or
learn all of them within limited space
of time. Even the newspaper para
grapher can see and learn of new
after year.
Now that the season has closed for
duck and other water fowl, trout rods
and fish tackle is being look ed up and
t,nt chana fAr he. &c k,t
season June lst. Some of the enthusi-
astic Delta anglers already have their
plans laid for the first trip of the season
and will start on the last day of May
for resorts where experience has taught
them 1.-THE trout come out, and glance
and glimmer and simmer about
1t is reported that an old hat was
discovered this week lodged in the
mountain springs water main and that
it was cause of short city supply. 1t
was perhaps also what gave our pure
mountain water its flavor of whale oi
soap and bears grease emulsion. But
there it goes again! We have printed
so many of the bum lunches of Agri-
cultural college professors that we
can't keep from singing their terms.
1t would be no trouble for us to pass
correspondence school examination for
any of their jobs.
F. o. Hinkson and ]. E. Thoie of
Stuart, Iowa, have been looking over
Delta county the past week in company
with Mr.. Wire. of Wire & Reed. and
before returning Wednesday they pur-
chased AZ acres of land 9, of mile