The Delta independent., 1908-10-09
Local and Personal.

Most OF the Denver visitors nave re-
turned.
julius Wicke was Delta visitor yes
terday from Hotchkiss.
Druggist Cook returned this week
from a business trip to Denver.
You can live happily in Delta and the
expense of living is not exhorbitant.
Send US in the news and wee'l print
it. We should like to have you do this.
c. S. Blanchard, Republican commit
teeman at Cedaredge, was Delta Wis
tor yesterday.
Grant Turner, publisher of the Ridg
way Sun, was visiting friends in Delta
last Saturday.
H. ]. Baird. secretary of the Repub-
lican county committee, returned flom
a trip to Denver, Monday.
N. H. Castle, Messrs. Myers and
others came in with two deer from
hunt on Grand Mesa, Wednesday.
On and after the 18th of October
milk will be IA quarts for one dollar.
M. V. JONES'
j. M Balding, from Denver, has
opened new barber shop in the Cook
block. operating at present two chairs.
Delta has the best class of dwellings
of any city on the Western Slope. That
is one of the many things she has to be
proud of.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Miller and Mr..
Keiser arrived from Denver Thursday.
departing Friday on hunt with Judge
Welch and others.
Lost between Delta and Austin a
pocket book marked inside E. H. Lenz.
Keep 81 bill and return pocket book
and papers to INDEPENDENT office. 1t.
Another month will see the sugar
beet harvest of Delta county well over
with. The crop is proving good aver
age one and the harvest has now been
in progress for about month.
Delta has four kinds of light: Sun
light, moonlight, starlight and electric
light. If she had an Israelite she would
have FIVE kinds. Westward the Star
of Empire took its fiight" and stopped
at Delta.
c. A Poff, new manager of the Colo
RADIO telephone for Delta, has arrived
from Denver and entered upon his
duties. W. B. Andrew who has been
in charge here has been transferred to
Telluride
The lunch wagon at the corner of
Fourth and Main caught fire yesterday
at about | o'clock p M, but Hose Co.
No. l extinguished the blaze almost
with the sound of the bell and but
slight damage was done.
Judge and Mrs. NJ. r. Welch arrived
home Monday, Mrs Welch and two
from an extended visit in
Michigan and Judge from Denver.
They were at tie Taft meeting in Den |
yer and say it was great.
George Reeder, foreman of the
came home Monday from
week of hunting in the head of Esca-
lanta country and brought in his buck
The party he was with also got one
bear and crippled another.
The hunting party composed of Drs.
Burgess and Burgin. T. X. Seaton and
others, returned Monday with three
fine bucks. They had spent week in
the Tap Watch country and report
having seen 81 deer on the trip.
Albert Cook met with quite an acci-
dent yesterday while riding his wheel
Arriving in front of Hillman's store.
the wheel bucked, got tangled up and
Albert was in the miXap, receiving
quite number of cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Louis Kurz was the winner in
the Medal Contest which was held in
the M. E. church Friday evening
Notwithstanding the inclement weather
good audience greeted the "Matrons"
and seemed appreciative of their ef-
forts.
Will Anderson, son of the INDEPENp-
ENT editor. who was in Delta for a
time last winter. is expected to arrive
Sunday to again take position in the
office. During the summer Will has
been looking after the mining work at
Alma.
Frost's fingers have been touching up
the leaves with autumn colors. Jack
is an artist with whom none outside of
natures painters can compare. But
he is cold blooded rascal, and, fearing
some might learn his secrets, does his
color work by night
Is there panic? 1t is claimed that