The Delta independent., 1909-03-26

Guy Blair lost a pocketbook last
Thursday evening containing 500 in
currency and $13 in checks. So far tt e
finder has failed to report
S. Mckinney will sell his household
goods at auction next Saturday, be-
ginning at O'Clock p. M, at his resi-
dence at $40 Palmer street.
G. H. Merchant, pioneer business
man, j. d. Hawkins and Theodore Roe
ber, all of Paonia, were callers at the
INDEPENDENT office Monday.
Mrs. w. H. Burnett remains quite
i'll at their ranch home. Mrs. Bourn
is down from her home at the head of
Tongue Creek staying with her
Mrs j. Jeffers and Welland returned
last week from their extended pleasure
trip to Los Angeles and other Coast
points. They report very pleasant
time.
The Delta Business College has found
it necessary to use adjoining rooms in
their building. Prof. Whalen is fitting
up the new room with individual study
tables.
Tire Spot Cash Mercantile company
has recommended work on it's new
building which will, when completed,
be one of the largest of Delta's store
struc ures.
The High School Orchestra went to
Olathe Saturday afternoon, where they
were billed to play the specialties dur
ing the rendering of the Olathe High
School play.
Said subscriber from out of town
Saturday: 1.-The INDEPENDENT is, more
than ever, getting down to hard-hitting
facts and sound argument. The paper
is to be congratulated"
Herman Darling is now putting the
finishing touches to the new cottage
erected this spring next his home on
Second street. Albert McLain and
wife will occupy the house.
]. w. Douthitt, field man for the
Western Land & Sugar company, made
a trip to Montrose last week in COM
pany with F. H. Holmes, with the
company at Grand Junction.
Mr. Joseph Hogrefe came down from
Cedaredge Monday intending to go to
Denver, but concluded to remain over
and take in the Pinchot meeting. He
proceeded on his way to Denver We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ]. Barker, who were
spending the winter in the South, re-
turned to Delta this week. They, like
others who have come in from other
states, report siege of stormy and
disagreeable weather.
Mr.. B. T. Sinclair. of Chicago, is in
town eating our "Ozones," drinking
our "Doughspoon" water, Goke) and
admiring our lofty hills and lovely
young women. 1t is too early to esti-
mate what his visit may portend.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Meyer, of the
Meyer Mercantile Co., and Mr. and
Mrs. ]. F. Sanders started early We'd
hSSudy hofhuis III lhe MyeT UlR car
for Montrose, spending the day with
friends. The Myer car is one of the
finest owned in Delta.
Veteran ]. F.. Whinnery was in from
Read, Saturday, shaking hands with
everybody. as is his custom. Mr..
Whinnery sees little except the good
in life and always has word of cheer
for everybody. Those are the kind of
men who deserve to live.
Delta has had no stormy weather the
past month. Neither has it been suffi-
ciently warm to start the trees to bud
ding to any extent. Lawns are be-
ginning to show green and some early
varieties of shrubs are showing buds.
The weather, on an average, has been
mild and pleasant days with fairly cool
nights.
Mr.. E. l.. Kellogg, of Montrose. was
a pleasant caller at the INDEPENDENT
office Monday. Mr.. Kellogg is an old
time Delta citizen and was County
Clerk here in the eighties. He retains
all of his old time geniality, and,
though he has been away from Delta
for eight years, expresses himself
greatly pleased at the manner the town
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