The Delta independent., 1908-02-14
Local and Personal

pretty busy crying sales.
Come in and see my new line of
wheels. G. C. ENGLISH.
Miss Florence Dolphin of Montrose is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B Morgan.
Attorneys are busy getting ready for
the February term of court to open
next Monday.
Vandeburgs buy Guns, Watches,
Harness, Saddles, Bicycles and all
kinds of goods, for cash!
Delta schools are doing we'll and from
reports all schools of the county are in
line for splendid educational results.
Hon. A. R. King left for Denver last
political gatherings in that city this
week
Bids on large and small lots of goods
cheerfully furnished. See US when
you have anything to sell.
VANDEBURG & Son.
Mrs. John Kurz received a telegram
on Saturday stating that her father,
VIM. Haver, died that morning at
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Age SO years.
Miss Yula Wood, who has been day
operator at the Colorado Telephone
Office in Delta is i'll with pneumonia at
the Frank Marshall home on Meeker
street.
As the season advances many more
arrivals are noted. In another month
Delta county will begin to receive more
than the usual influx Of visitors, unless
all the signs read wrong.
Many new advertisements appear in
the INDEPENDENT each week and all
are worth reading. The advertising
columns of the local newspaper are not
its least valuable or interesting feature
by any means.
Mr.. J NJ. Wildeboor, an experien ced
the INDEPENDENT in the county and is
this week in Hotchkiss. He intends to
thoroughly canvass Delta county for
subscribers and we shall be thankful
for any courtesy. shown or favors be-
slowed. He is authorized to receive
and receipt for subscriptions and other
business.
"Ault Says" part of the columns of
the papers have been temporarily
transferred to the screen of The Gayety
Theater for the past ten days and made
an instantaneous hit with the patrons
of that resort Mr.. Reed of the Travis
Photo Company prepared some lantern
slides of the interior and exterior of the
Delta Drug Company's store and one
Mr.. Ault, all of which combined to
make unique and interesting method
of advertising.
The law increasing the pensions of
veterans of the civil war is boon to
them and worth taking advantage of.
In the list of such pensions increased
we have so far seen but just a few
names over this way, and but one or
two in Delta county. We presume
however that applications for the in
crease are in and that the extra money
will be enjoyed by the good number of
old soldiers of this county. all of whom
earned it well, and we hope they will
enjoy it their remaining years. Their
country cannot do too much for these
patriots who saved it from disruption.
Up to the present weather conditions
seem entirely favorable to the expected
big fruit crop. The middle of Febru-
ary is here with winter still on in a
mild way and no thawing to speak of.
While we have an occasional day OF
bright sunshine, much of the time
cloudy weather prevails, with crisply
cold nights, the storm indications being
more favorable to snow than rain,
There is at present little indication OF
an early break in this kind of weather,
and fruitgrowers seem well satisfied
with these conditions. AT present al
hope for the biggest fruit crop evei
seen in this valley.
Delta few years ago had but 25C
people. 1t has grown almost within
the past two years to $500. That the
town will double in population in the
next two years is predicted, and it is
possible for the now rapidly growing
town to do even better than that. Al
present whole blocks are being cleared
for new buildings and one seldom goes
any distance without seeing new dwell
ings in process of erection which he
had not before noticed. And all this is
simply keeping pace with the growth
of the surrounding country, which is
settling. developing and being i'm.