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

Delta visitor Tuesday.
E. E. Landreth of Cory was in town
on business Tuesday.
Peel your peaches before eating or
you might get sprayed.
Good street work is still going on in
various parts of Delta.
Mr.. Starr, a newspaper man of
Iowa, was Delta visitor this week.
The Catholic ladies cleared over $50
on their dance Friday evening of last
week.
Dr. Mehaffey is having the excavat-
ing done at the site of his new residence
on Meeker street.
Delta has an enterprising class of
business men. OF that there is no
question of doubt.
Rev. w. G. Barron left for Long
mont Tuesday to attend annual Confer
ence of the NJ E. church.
Fair and other matters have taken up
much of our space this week. More
attention will be given next week to
local news features.
Miss Laura Burgess and Nellie
O'Connor returned Friday from Denver
where they went to purchase fall
millinery for Hillman's
Mrs. c. E. Mower returned home
from Boston Monday, leaving her
brothers wife, whose illness called her
East. greatly improved in health.
H. A. Maxfeld and family, of Tonti-
CO, H., are visiting Dr. Wheelock and
family this week. Last week they
We're visiting Mrs Maxfeld's father,
Mr.. Thomas, at Cory.
The crowd visiting on Grand Mesa
shows little or no abatement as yet
AT last account all the cabins on the
Mesa were full and at least 100 people
seeking camping places.
For sale 40 acres in North Delta close
in, 20 acres good stand alfalfa with
nine shares Hartland Balance under
North Delta Canal; fair house and
buildings A snap at $1,000. Reason
able terms. WEIGH & MERRILL.
w ID. Comstock was quite badly
injured Tuesday by falling from the
roof of Walter Hillman's new building
on which he was working. He received
bad bruises and an injury to his spine,
with which he is still confined to his
room.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A Merrill. Mrs
Duffield, Rose Couch, Pearl Carter,
LYDIA Hughes, Laura Pounds, Leonard
Armstrong, Roy Woodgate and F. ].
Graham returned Saturday from Grand
Mesa where they had been spending
the week camping.
Fred Blumberg and family returned
home last Friday from a six weeks
trip to Mr.. Blumberg's cattle camp on
Escalante range. Also MIR. Joe Harvey
and family have come home from a
three weeks stay in the hills. All re-
port good time.
Real estate dealer Bartholomew has
moved his office quarters to the Ben.
Lowe building, block south of his
former location on Main street. This
was to permit of tearing out the build
ings at the old location where the big
Mathers block is to be erected.
Campaign will take up much of the
public's time from now until after cleo
ton, but politics ought not to be
allowed to take up all the time and at
tention due other matters which are
locally of greater Importance. Delta
county should be kept before the peo-
Pile all the time.
Delta county is making splendid prog.
ress, yet there are many. many things
to be planned by citizens to help make
city. Suggestions are in order from
all people at all times. and the INDE-
PENDENT is ready to present practical
plans alJng all lines when offered for
publications-at least to the extent it
may have space to spare.
Welch & Merrill report the following
sale: The old Loomis coal mine on
Current Creek east Of Cedaredge, F.
X. Ward and j. |. Doyle to r, II. Wight
G. l.. Wight and l.. E. Border, con-
sideration Sl.500. Preliminary work
on wagon road and mine is now in
progress and mine will be worked all
/ winter and will be known as the Green
Mountain mine.
Yesterday was the big day at the
Hotchkiss Fair. which began Wednes-
day and closes today. The attendance,
throughout has, we understand, been
fairly good, while the exhibits have
been better than usual and the general
attractions such as to insure the Fair