The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
California Mesa.
(Erom Criterion

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Myers ranch.
Mrs. Spencer and mother visited with
the formers daughter, Mrs. Dean
Hubbard last Friday.
Mr.. Hollingsworth's little daughter
Elvira has been ailing but is much I'M
proved at this writing.
MIR. Tom Hucklebee took Sunday din
ner at the Sugar Beet ranch returning
to Delta in the afternoon
The little son of Mr.. Wilbur Dillon
was quite i'll with pneumonia the last
week, but is improving at this writing.
Lester Holland has completed his
new honey and bee house with base
ment under it for his extracting plant.
Mr.. Larry Finch was visiting his
Dry Creek ranch for a week or ten
days and went back to Montrose Mon
| day
Mr.. D. F. Woodruff went to Delta
Monday morning to bring family
home who will help him the coming
| season,
| The two horses that strayed away
from Mr.. Fenshaw sometime back,
| were returned to him Saturday by
Clarence Brown.
4 We wish to announce the wedding of
Miss Edna Hubbard to MIR. John Lack
sy at the Pleasant Valley school house
next Sunday Afternoon.
Mr.. H. St. Clair is building a small
house on his ranch. Mr.. Lamb, his
brother-in-law, will live there this sum-
mer and help on the ranch.
Little Lois Woodruff has been quite
i'll with pneumonia, but is on the road
to recovery. DIR. Meredith of Mont
rose has been in attendance.
! Mr.. Tom Wilson had to leave his
work for Mr.. Cass Westesen last week
on account of sickness, but is much
better and has gone back to work.
Levi Suttle has been doing some good
work lately in this vicinity. He has
raised the new bridge on the Montrose
and Delta canal Is inches and graded
up to it. This makes a more direct
route 10 Montrose.
Mr.. b H. Blowers has completed the
bridge he was building over the large
arroyo. 1t is fine for one man to do
thing like that. We would certainly
have fine looking country if every
man wonld consider the same amount
of work his share.
Mr.. Alex Boyer was a business visi-
tor in Delta Saturday He has re-
Gently widened the road on the north
side of his ranch to the standard width
and with the woven wire and new posts
it looks fine. We wish this road could
be made the same width clear through.
The cold weather for the past week
has been of great benefit to the or
chardists in this vicinity. as it has put
the buds in such condition that 1t will
take from four to five weeks of eX-
ceedingly warm weather to bring them
out SO that there would be danger from
frost. California mesa will take pre-
miums on its fruit and grains this
year as usual
Crawford Chronicle.
T. L. Maloy has leased the A. J.
Ayre ranch on Crystal Greek.
Jacob Eley recently purchased four
acres of land of Henry H. Aver.
Mrs. Ralph Stoner is spending a few
days visiting relatives in Crawford.
Joe Butts left here Thursday for Los
Angeles, California. where he expects
to remain.
Tilden Taylor and family have moved
into town and are living in the Frank
Pace house,
w. w. Stithem who has been CON
fined to his bed for the past two weeks
is able to be around again.
i Henry II. Aver has just closed a
deal whereby he becomes owner of the
Jacob Eley residence in town.
l. ii. Williams the county sheriff
came in from Delta Saturday and went
up to his ranch on Missouri Flats.
At cattlemens meeting held at the
Chronicle office on Saturday March the
18th, 1909 arrangements were made to
take care all cattle going to the coal
creek country. Chas Frey and Chas.
Wiley were engaged to look after the
cattle for the season.
tpaonia Boostcrl
Mrs. John Beezley spent Sunday up
at Bowie.
Arthur Sandgust, of Delta. spent the
, early part of the week IN Paona
III Mrs. w. w. Wilson left for Denver
Saturday to undergo an operation.
Homer French has sold out the Pao
MIA Plumbing Co. to Ed. Curtis and