The Delta independent., 1908-09-04
Local and Personal.

L. A, Cook is slightly on sick list
| There are still no houses to rent in
Delta.
The new beet switch and dump are
making headway.
Thos. B Lund was down from Cedar
edge Wednesday.
Display in all lines will be fine at the
| Fair next week.
F. P. Addleman came down from
! Hotchkiss yesterday.
Peter Madsen was down from Red
lands mesa yesterday.
Delta county raises the beets and
| will have sugar factory.
Willard Watts was fishing on Grand
Mesa the first of this week.
The attention of investors and home
seekers is invited to Delta county.
Twenty five new families per month
is said to be Delta S regular gain.
1t is claimed there are 10 more new
buildings to go up in Delta this fall.
For RENT: Furnished and unfur-
nished rooms at 63S Meeker st. 30-4t
The season for coal is coming and
Delta county mines see business ahead.
]. B. McHugh, prominent citizen of
Cedaredge, was Delta visitor We'd
nesday.
The summer in Delta county is s id
to be a little more than ordinary
healthy.
DIR. and Mrs. H K. Porter are happy
over the birth to them of a daug lter,
Wednesday.
Mr. Fred Gibson came down Monday
from Cedaredge where he had been for
the past two weeks.
The premium list of the Delta County
Fair is published in this issue of the
INDEPENDENT.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hensler and son
left the first of the week for Denver to
take in the Interstate Fair.
Readers can hardly help seeing the
full page advertisement of the Ramsay
Dry Goods Company in this paper.
The Delta county commissioners
were in session the first half of this
week, sitting as board of equalization.
Regular meeting of Garnet Chapter
No. 80, o. E. S. Monday night. All
officers and members requested to be
present
Martin w. Peterson of Cedaredge
proves up today on his pre-emption
claim near that town.
Judge Welch, Clarence Smith and
others of Delta went to the Fair at
Hotchkiss yesterday.
Delta county farms and orchards are
now showing well and the roads are
good for seeing the country,
After election all kinds of money
will be coming in with which to de-
velop Delta county resources.
The country properties are keeping
pace with growth of towns in Delta
county, in substantial Improvements.
Mrs. NJ. R Lincoln and little son re-
turned last week from Salt Lake City,
to which place they were among the
/ eNcurSlonlStS-
A. NJ. Hubert, who has formerly
been with the Salida Mail and Fort
Collins Express, has taken position
as local editor of the Tribune
1t is rumored that half dozen new
automobiles have been ordered by Delta
men. Owners of automobiles should
be strong advocates of good roads.
Miss Lulu Guyer and Mr.. Fred Nc
Connel left yesterday for Denver. Mr..
Mcconnell is judge at the Fair and
Miss Gnyer goes as his secretary.
The heaviest shipments are made
from Delta of any town on the West
ern Slope. This is one proof that
Delta is to be its future metropolis.
Red-ripe watermelons. big Eberta
peaches, sweet and juicy cantaloupeS.
m 4llow harvest apples and all sorts of
plums. Yum! Yuml Yummy yum!
The INDEPENDENT editor enjoyed
drive behind W. H. Pratt's roadster
Sunday and at its finish nice Dime
prepared by Mrs. Pratt. And the
Pratts are not candidates for Office,
either.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Meller al d little
son came in yesterd,y from Glenwood
Springs, where they have been staying
for couple of weeks. MIR. Meller re-
Gently sold his coal mine near Cedar
edge to the newly organized local COM
pany of that town.