The Delta independent., 1908-05-22
Local and Personal.

Sdpl. DIdRB "CCh AioA'
a business trip to the Coast.
DIR. barley. of the Delta Presbyterian
church preached in Grand Junction last
Sunday.
Big ball game at Delta on Memorial
day, May Both. between Hotchkiss and
Olathe. Fair grounds.
Mrs. James F. Griffin of Den yer is
in Delta for a month, visiting her
sister, Ers. M. j. Warner.
good picture is worth while. A
poor picture is not cheap at any price.
We make the good kind at Rays.
Within few weeks more Delta
should have some definite news about
her prospects for sugar beet factory.
A better crop of everything on the
farms is noted as the weather gets
warmer. Much planting is yet to be
done.
Some matters have been crowded out
of this issue because of the great num-
ber presented for publication late in the
week.
Mrs. Minnie Taylor was i'll with
grippe part OF this week but is again
at her position in the Ramsay Dry
Goods store.
We guarantee big saving on arsen-
ate of lead (. o. b. Delta. Phone or
write The Hotchkiss Fruit Company at
Hotchkiss, Colo.
Parties desiring to see Rev. E. NJ.
Miller, pastor of the Christian church.
will find him at the residence of B. p
Smith. corner 6th and Main streets.
Bartholomew & Anderson have pur-
chased the real estate office of Faulkner
g. Fairfield on Main street near the
postoffice and succeed them in business.
County Commissioner K. o. Wilmot
was down from Hotchkiss Saturday.
Mr.. Wilmot recently returned from
visiting Denver and other state points.
The Gunnison river is rapidly rising
and now presents the appearance of a
very big river. About all the water of
the Uncompahgre is in the irrigation
bitches.
Mrs. May Ruth, who recently sold
her millinery business to Mrs. Stone,
has moved to 6l5 Palmer St The
friends of Mrs. Ruth will be pleased TO
learn that she is improving in health
Tuesday was credited by old timers
with being the windiest day ever known
in Delta. Slight damage was done to
roofs of buildings here and there and
in one or two cases to the walls of
buildings under construction.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mathers. Sr.,
returned from Phoenix. Arizona yester-
day. The health of Mr.. Mathers. for
the benefit of which the trip was taken,
did not appear to improve with the
change, hence the return to Delta was
advised.
Commencing tomorrow and coutinu-
ing through all of next week, Mrs. j.
H. Stone, will conduct special sale of
millinery. hats, ribbons, chiffons,
flowers. etc. at one-fourth Off on all
goods. Ladies are invited to call.
From many orchardists over the
county come reports of fruit prospects
which are becoming more and more
favorable. While the greatest amounts
of fruits, according to these reports
will be raised over the surface creek
country, the mesa orchards around
Ill or loss nnn1ac
The berry crop is also promising.
Mr.. Ernest Hedgecock and Miss
Doras Weeks, both of Read, were
united in marriage at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. B. P. Smith in Delta Wed
nesday afternoon, Rev. L. M. Miller
officiating Mr.. and Mrs. Hedgecock
will make their home on their new
ranch near Read. They are highly es-
teemed young people and have the
hearty congratulations of their ac'
quaintances.
The honey bee, which has proven SC
profitable to this section, does not con
fine his usefulness to the gathering OF
honey. He is almost necessity to
creative growth in plant life as well as
to orchard productiveness. His mis-
sion, aside from gathering sweets, il
to distribute pollen from flower to flower
thus fructifying the germs of fruit life
As natural scientist the bee ranks
much higher than most college pro fes
sors.
"a Tramp's Daughter" is the at
traction at the Opera House next Mon
day night. The play is strong ont
and is presented by company of Pao
MIA folks. Music between the acts
This play is given credit as being thu