The Delta independent., 1909-08-06


Visitors are invited to call at th'
INDEPENDENT Office.
For SALE-A set of single harness
Address Box 614, Delta, Colo.
Arthur Shock is visiting friends al
Cedaredge and Eckert this week.
$500 buys 100 acre rel. fine fruit land
to be watered soon. See G. H. Doughty.
Delta will have a lot of pears this
season. as well as all other kinds OF
fruit.
Guy Meyer and N E. Clack were on
Grand mesa the first four days of this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Gillette came in
from the ranch Wednesday, arriving in
their automobile.
Miss Rilla Sabin, of Hoopeston, Illi-
nois, is visiting her sister, Mrs M. R.
Lincoln, of Delta.
LosT-A pocket-book containing
money. Finder please. report at this
office and receive reward.
Plenty of water and rich soil form
the combination on which is based
Delta county's greatness.
Delta has never had boom; just a
steady growth. But we are threatened
with the real thing this fall.
H. E Perkins, sheep king of the
Western Slope, was looking after his
herds up Sapinero way Monday.
We have a few of those $500 and
$500 Mems Summer Suits which we
are clio ing out at 50 90 at Ramsay's.
Our sale on Lawns and Embroderies
is continued this week. Come to
Ramsay's before the sale closes.
The list of premiums for the Delta
County Fair will be published next
week. The list will also be out in book
form.
Castle & Travis are now occupying
the front part of the former Fairlamb
law office with their real estate busi-
ness.
State Normal at Madison. S. D.. was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs A. C. Taylor
over Sunday
Come in and look over our fine line
of samples of Made to Order Suits.
We fit any person and any purse at the
Ramsay Dry Goods Co.
A Y. NJ. c. A. excursion is run from
Delta to Grand Junction today, the
round trip fare being $500. Train
leaves Delta at s:l5 m. and returns
at 9 p. m.
No person is compelled to take tire
word of another for what Delta county
can produce. He can be shown and
convinced by simply coming here and
seeing for himself.
The Denver & Rio Grande will sell
half rate tickets to Denver and return
August 18th and 18th, good to return
until the 23rd. account of the Trans
Mississippi Congress.
Prof. ]. F. Heating of Pueblo. leader
of the Institute in Delta will occupy
the pulpit at the First NJ. E. Church
next Sunday evening. Come, you will
hear an interesting address.
w. S. Rice will move his bicycle re-
pair shop into the building now occu-
pied by the Delta Steam Laundry as
soon as the laundry moves to its new
quarters, which will be about the
middle of next month.
Delta county fair September l5, l6
and II. Get your exhibits ready. 1t
will be an easy thing to astonish all
sightseeing visitors this fall with a
show Of our products. lie; US show
them what Delta county is doing.
Fattening hogs on peas in Colorado is
a success. In the San Luis valley this
matter has been reduced to an exact
science. Coming down to the figures, it
costs a.. 25 to raise an acre of peas
which will produce 500 pounds of pork
rather cheap pork.
We know of a splendid orchard farm
that is for sale because of the old age
of the owner who wishes to retire from
active work. and we believe it most
desirable and cheap at the price asked,
$4,000. II you want the particulars
write the INDEPENDENT.
The big new packing house of the
Delta County Fruit Growers Associa-
tion is being completed and ready for
use. The first and second floors are be-
ing laid, the elevator to second floor is
in commission and the whole structure.
built OF Delta pressed brick. will be
ready for the handling of the fruit har-