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

nison.
Business is going right along in good
shape, Just as though there had never
been frost.
Rev. DR.. rockingham addresses the
graduating class at Crawford schools
this evening.
Frank Okamoto, labor contractor for
the beet fields, is just up from severe
spell of typhoid fever.
Sugar beets are up. The factory at
Delta isn't up yet, but it will be in
time for next years crop.
Wanted-Single driving horse - must
be gentle. Inquire at Dan Wagner s
for Anderson or Ban tholomew.
George Stephan and l. C. Hall of
Delta and F. D. Catlin of Montrose
expect their new automobiles to arrive
today.
w. fl. Mathers arrived home yester-
day from Phoenix, Arizona. He re-
ports Mr.. Mathers Sr, as in about the
same condition of health as when he
left Delta two weeks ago.
Only three weeks more and we will
have trout with toast, trout and bacon.
broiled trout and trout cooked in all
the other tempting ways. To cook a
trout you first catch the trout.
The outlook for crowded railroad
business this fall remains good. Be
sides coal and live stock there will be
many thousands Of car loads Of fruit
and other crop products 20 handle
Olathe ball players won a goose-egg
at Grand Junction Sunday, the juno
tion players furnishing sticks for the
nest to the number Of II. Hotchkiss,
Delta and Paonia all think they could
have done that well
The school year will soon end. In
Delta county excellent school work has
been done. -snd pupils and teachers will
have earned their vacation period.
Delta county is justly proud of its
schools, its teachers and its pupils.
The following were registered visit
ors in Delta this week. Arthur Will
liams. Denver; A. Sonneboon. Pueblo;
C. II. Nickcli, Moutrose; X A. Nickel,
Virginia, Nebraska; F. Furst. Adair,
Iowa; Greer A. Foote, Glenwood
Springs; l.. A. Buchanon, Kansas City.
The town, community. men. who win
out are not cutters. Lay on, Nc
Duff, and id be he who first cries
hold enough" The fellow who ''hol-
lers" first only gets small percent of
the gate money at best, and the one
who doesn't go into the fight at all,
don't get any. And he isn't entitled to
any.
The school election for director
treasurer passed off quietly in Delta.
the total number of votes cast being
2si. OF these Judge King received
2l0 and Mr.. Tillotson "a. The election
was for three years term. Judge
King, being the present holder, sue
ceeds himself and the board remains as
it was.
The banks Of Canon City. where the
fruit crop is reported to have been hurt
the worst. have published cards in the
papers of that town, volunteering aid
by loans TO fruit growers to tide them
over the season, If they need them
This shows good healthy condition of
the banks and good spirit on their part,
as well.
Boys throwing or persons riding
shA,,tI aNar,,un
about windows. Recently three or four
cases of broken plate windows at
stores have occurred, doubtless through
carelessness, as no one would be van ial
enough to do such things purposely
but that doesn't repair the damage nor
restore the good looks of store front.
Step by step Delta is being beauti-
fled. The parking of Palmer street is
now well along and the water supply
has been put in at the Court House
park. In other parts of this "city
beautiful" many things are being done
in the way of making artistic improve
.ents. The buildings are pretty, the
sidewalks are uniform and the streets
are being made to rival those in the
richer residence portions of the large
cities. There is nothing slow about
Delta or her people.
The May day crowd in town and at
LaVeta park was large and everybody
fully enjoyed themselves. The home
band discoursed sweet music and in
addition there was a show band to join
the parade. AT the park the school
and other programs were fully carried
out. and there was dancing and merry
making at eventide. lasting into the
we sma' hours. Most everybody was