The Delta independent., 1908-08-21
Local and Personal.

day.
Land is the one thing that will grow
more scarce. harder to get and higher
in value.
Mrs. w. H. Mathers and children
returned Sunday from their trip to
California.
See E. G. Luce for garden hose,
nozzles and sprayers. Best in quality
lowest in price. If.
The past ten days have been rainy
and pretty hard on those having hay
down or to cut.
If in doubt regarding the locality you
wish to visit, come to Delta. You will
make no mistake.
Jack Hillman and j. J. Travis went
up the Gunnison river with basket, rod
and reel, Monday.
Architect Smith, who is interested in
North Delta ditch property, is here this
week on trip of inspection.
Many of the local fishing parties who
were taking their hot weather vacation
a week or two ago have returned.
The Delta county beet fields are
showing in splendid shape. The weather
is fine for sugar beets if not for hay.
People are never satisfied. The fat
people want to grow lean and the lean
ones fat. What do you know about
that2
Me- C.,,a,-;s,-a E,-+;r- -,-bo hoe Iaar
visiting relatives in Breckenridge for
two weeks, is expected home tomorrow
or Sunday.
A land proposition which was offered
for Sl9, 600 IN Delta county ten months
ago, has sold since for more than three
times that sum.
WANTED-A sixteen year old boy
desires place to work for board and
attend Delta high school. Address
box 2ll Cedaredge. If
Fair time is drawing near. Septem-
Der will be a great Fair month for
Delta county, with its three Fairs at
its three biggest towns.
Kurz & McGrew are now doing bust
ness at their new market in the build
ing vacated by W. A. Davis with his
stock of second hand goods.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Sullivan of
Chicago, were in Delta last week, look
ing over the county with Mr.. F. G.
Myers. They are prospective invest
ors.
Concrete walk has been built from
Main street west this week along the
properties of the Porter & Obert hard
ware store and the Grand Mesa lumber
yards.
Jack Gale, who has the contract for
the new school building in Central
School block, will begin work on same
as soon as the foundation is completed
and the sills have arrived.
Harry Faulkner, who has long been
i'll at Delta, was taken to Denver Sun
day, where, at st. Luke's hospital he
will perhaps undergo an operation and
receive expert surgical treatment.
A school art display is on exhibition
in the Hillman store window which will
go first to the Inter State Fair, then to
the State Fair. Delta schools took
premium last year on art exhibit and
hope to do so again. The exhibit pre-
pared is of high merit
Abstracters are busy and it is said
that many property deals are under
way in city and country, which are
gradually being closed up. On top of
this, the many new people visiting the
district, indicate brisk investment times
through the fall and winter ahead.
The Grand Junction News claims
that Delta county will loose the strip
which has been long claimed by both
Mesa and Delta, according to the deci-
sion of State Engineer Jaycox, and
that final survey is now being run to
forever establish the boundary lines.
Delta cantaloupes will soon be in
market. In this connection it will be
remembered that Delta cantaloupes
last year took first premium over
Rocky Fords, and Rocky Ford canta-
loupes were the first to make Colorado
famous for cantaloupes the world over.
The Interior, published in Chicago
and recognized as one of the great
papers of the United States. says of
Delta. Colorado: The city and region
are in the heart of the most famous
fruit growing country in the West, and
are making an amazing and healthy
growth.
The INDEPENDENT editor returned
Monday from a week among his old
haunts along Mosquito range. where