The Delta independent., 1909-03-05
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North Fork Times.

North Fork Times.
julius Wicke was transacting busi-
ness in Delta yesterday.
Miss Lora Butler spent several days
in Grand Junction this week.
John Anon of Barnie & Co., re-
turned from five weeks vacation Sum
day.
VIM. Foster of the Maher country
went to Montrose yesterday on busi-
ness.
Elmer Thompson mother and broth
er, left for Meeker Tuesday, where
they expect to locate permanently.
George Livesay of the Forest Ser
vice, was down from Paonia Saturday
writing grazing permits for our stock
men.
Paul Wilson went to Pueblo, Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver yesterday
and will be gone about week or ten
days.
Archdeacon Lyon will hold a regular
service in the opera house, Monday.
March 1st at p. m. All are welcome.
DR.. and Mrs. Burkhard returned
from Denver Tuesday evening. They
report Mrs. Fagerstrom improving very
rapidly.
Earl Davis who has been visit e
his brother in-law Will Miller for the
past three months left Wednesday for
Concordia. Kansas.
j. Walter Lee has moved his real
estate office into one of DIR. Burk khard's
rooms, which makes him one of the
incest office rooms in town.
L. C. Russell is moving Gregory's S
ware house this week to make room
for a new building. about which we
will have something to say in future
issue.
Commodore Seeley has received word
, from Denver that his brother-in-law
Ralph o. Sprogle, died in that city on
the 2lst. Death was caused by COM
plications following an attack of the
grippe. The wife of the deceased is
Mr. Seeley's sister.
Bob Head came home Tuesday from
Salida where he has been undergoing
an operation for appendicitis. bob has
only words of praise for DR.. Cochem
and it surely speaks well of the Red
Cross Hospital for Bob has only been
away from home two weeks.
The Times is in receipt of news
paper clipping from Anacortes, Wash.
telling of the marriage of Edward A.
Rogers to Miss Clarice l.. Wilson at
that place. The groom was born and
raised in Hotchkiss, Rogers Mesa be-
ing named after his father, who was
one of the first settlers there. We
wish the newly married young people
a pleasant journey through life.
Hotchki-~ Herald.
Geo. Ellington was a business visitor
in the county seat last Saturday.
F. P. Addleman left Monday morn
ing for a trip over the slope and on to
Denver.
Miss Onie Butler left Tuesday morn
ing for few days visit with friends in
Grand Junction.
/, Mrs. Thompson and son, mother and
brother of our marshal left on Thurs
day morning for Meeker where they
will visit and perhaps locate perma-
nently.
John Wilbur and wife returned Tues
day night from their trip through the
west. They have bought rancn in
Idaho and will soon leave to live in that
state.
Thomas Gregory is making prepara-
tions to build shop and ware house
on his lots just west of his present To-
cation. The structure will be about
65x65 feet MIR. Gregory is to handle
a full stock of farmers hardware in
cluding implements and vehicles.
II II. Blaine was agreeably surprised
last Friday night when a number of his
friends and neighbors gathered at his
home on Rogers mesa and informed
him that it was his birthday. About
dozen of the families on the mesa were
represented and all had fine time, re-
naming until a late hour. Light re-
freshments were served and he is won
dering when his birthday will come
again bringing with it such pleasant
gathering.
Crawford Chronicle.
The stork appeared at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Rice early We'd
nesday morning, February oath, 1909,
and left a ten pound boy.
Elliott and Hunt have lust completed