The Delta independent., 1909-12-03
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

The contest for candidate for Apple
Queen is growing in interest.
About 40 Russian beet laborers left
Monday for Lincoln. Nebraska.
Percival E. Coombe spent the first
half of the week in Grand Junction.
Prof. R. S. Herrick visited Grand
Junction ana Palisade the first of the
week.
If you want a combination of news
papers and magazines for next year,
see us.
1t is said that most of the good
things happen to towns with good
newspapers.
VIM. Hastings. who has been at the
Clark sanitarium at Pueblo, returned
home Monday.
About $50 people from Delta went to
Grand Junction Thursday with the foot
ball excursion.
Judge Cherry and wife left Wednes-
day for Salt Lake City where they will
spend the winter.
A. B. Wire and family attended the
horticultural meeting at Palisade the
first of this week.
Mrs. James Watson returned to her
home in Lake City. Tuesday. after a
visit with friends in Delta
L. Hartig left Wednesday for Min
neapolis. where he was called by the
serious illness of a brother
The killing off of a promising son in
football game is condition no Amer
lean family cares to stand for.
Optional farm and business property
loans at seven per cent.
30.l3t MnLLARD FAIRLAMB.
Rev. C. ". G. Lyon went to Grand
Junction Monday. in company with
Bishop Brewster and Rev. A. A. Miller
of Montrose.
The bureau reports an excess of
snowfall in Colorado for November
over the same month last year. That
for next season.
The INDEPENDENT will issue its
Christmas number on December l7th.
1t will be double number, with re-
view of the years progress. some re-
5 ,urce articles and fine new illustra-
tions- something all will want.
If you want a county paper the INDE-
PENDENT bids for your subscription. 1t
is working hard and spending all the
money it earns in getting out good
paper. Its desire is to advance your
interests through all the year.
1t is hard to keep track of Delta's
growth. Every time one casually takes
a walk of few blocks he sees new
buildings and new improvements. Delta
is getting so big that these things are
not noticed as they formerly were.
f. Z. Cidwallader. who has been
here for some time in the interest of
Critchfield 4 Voolfolk. of Pittsburg,
left Saturday for his home in Rocky
Ford. He will also visit New Mexico
and Arizona and afterwards spend the
holidays in Pittsburg.
just before the holiday season is
always busy time for the newspapers.
The offices can turn out some job work,
but doubtless would prefer to have Gus
toners who can, stay their orders until
after the 20th, when the rush of the
newspaper holiday work is over.
You can vote for your choice for can
didate for Apple Queen on arrearage
or advance subscription. 1t is good
time to help the girls and the paper
out. Copies cf the INDEPENDENT sub
scription list have been placed in the
hands of candidates. and subscriptions
paid to them will be properly credited.
The INDEPENDENT editor had one side
of his face stepped on by horse this
week, reducing it to pulp and giving
one eye prize-ring appearance. The
horse, a vicious brute, had become
frightened and ran with his driver on
one of the court house square parks.
The driver was vainly trying to urge
him off when the scribe passed and
butted in as n leader. The horse had
one foot tied but the other three scat
tered, with the result aforementioned.
Farther than this deponent sayeth not.