The Delta independent., 1908-03-27
Local and Personal.

edge Monday.
Mrs. Vandeburg visited friends in
Montrose over Sunday.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. G.
W. Ridley, of Delta, last Friday.
Rev. and Mrs. P. D. Davis of Read
were visitors at Olathe Wednesday
Eastern excursions send word that
many people are buying tickets to
Delta.
Another month will see the park
openings and the flowers and fruit trees
in bloom.
Rev. S. A. Hayworth will preach in
the Baptist church at Eckert Sunday
afternoon at o'clock.
Mr.. H. H. Smith, special agent of the
Providence Insurance company, was up
from Denver Saturday
D. c. Harrison, ex-postmaster at
Read, is building a residence on his
10 acres near that place.
That section of Palmer street be-
tween Fifth and Sixth, is being newly
graded between the park lines.
The Mothers Meet ing held with Mrs.
Angel last week was decided success
both in the way of attendance and in
| terest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wire, father and
mother of our townsman A. B. Wire,
are visiting in Delta this week from
Palisade.
Frank Waller sold lots 8, 10. IL, 12,
ID and IA in block and lots 10 and II,
block 4, Plat v. Delta, this week to 7.
E. Lamb, for 81, 600.
Besides having an everyday theater,
Delta is beginning to attract an array
of stage talent from everywhere. This
comes to every booming city.
Gen. Superintendent Wilby, of the
D. & R. G. was up to the new bridge
location and town site, in which he ex-
pressed interest and satisfaction.
Mr.. E. F. Hubbard of Cory, one of
Delta county's largest Fruit growers,
was Delta visitor yesterday. Mr..
Hubbard has forty acres of fine, bear
ing orchard.
John Watts, who a few weeks ago
lost an arm at the Delta pump works,
has fully recovered. We understand
that Mr.. Watts will have charge of the
canning factory at Austin this summer.
Big sugar factory, big packing plant,
increased equipment at ice factory,
and other improvements that will
swell the sum total of expenditures to
s. 100000 are booked for Delta this
year. And this is but the beginning
notice of special school election
to be held on the 18th of April in Delta,
to vote for the issuing of bonds in suf-
building and provide perhaps other
needed contingent funds, is published in
this issue of the INDEPENDENT.
Base ball games have already opened
in some of the Western Slope towns.
Delta ought to have ball team and no
doubt has material for good one. The
town that has the champion football
team should be able to get properly
onto the diamond curves.
"a Texas Steer" will come up from
Montrose next Friday night. While
pretty large undertaking for amateurs,
the Montrose talent fully make good,
and they should be greeted with a good
house at Delta. The players will come
by special train. bringing the orchestra
and band.
Bardwell, the attorney who was sus-
pected of causing in some way the death
of Miner Baird few weeks ago at
Lake City, was found dead in his room
last Friday morning. either from sui
eide or heart trouble. Hard drinking,
it is claimed had effected temporary
derangment.
A little might properly be done by
our town people in the way of encour-
aging the band boys. We do not know
that they have asked anything, but it
should not be necessary for them to do
so. We need their concerts and little
encouragement would perhaps make
them feel more like getting out and
footing for the town.
Attention is called to the platform
and pledges of the Tax Payers party
as published on our last page. The
pledges of the Business Mems party
were printed last week and the two
read much alike, both declaring for
dry town. and both presenting excel
lent candidates. If there is any argu-
ment in the election of one ticket over
the other, it would perhaps be because
of the desire on the part of some voters
to see stated changes in nersons in