The Delta independent., 1909-01-08
Local and Personal.

Ross Conklin returned to COLORADO
College Monday.
Miss Myrtle Beardsley is home from
vacation spent in Denver.
The newly elected county officers
will take Office next week.
See the Gas-Coal oil lamps at
Douehty's Barber shop.
Delta county will be well represented
at the Denver Stock Show.
Two boys at Crawford killed an g.
foot mountain lion this week
Archer Reed made final proof on his
additional homestead entry Monday.
Mrs. Emma Mckee, of Hotchkiss, is
in town visiting relatives and friends.
VIM. ]. Kitchen of Cedaredge was
down on business trip the first of this
week.
Mr.. Golding Fairfield returned last
| Friday to school at the Denver Uni
versity.
Miss Margaret Little left Saturday
| IOT NlOnlroSe, WhSTe size VIII dleShu
business college.
| Job w. Utterbach of Cedaredge made
final proof January 9Th, on his D. L. E.
near Cedaredge.
| Mrs. S. C. Burgess and daughter
Miss Laura, are visiting relatives and
friends in Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Hogrefe, wife of ex-County
Commissioner Hogrefe of Cedaredge
was a Delta visitor Thursday.
The Directors of the Delta County
Business Mems Association, held a
business meeting this morning.
Captain and Mrs. Winton have re-
turned from visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Fletcher, in Grand Junction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Ferrin, occu-
pying apartments at Zaninetti's,
have a son, born to them Tuesday.
Attorney Boyd has been appointed
deputy District Attorney and is ready
to discharge the duties of his position.
Judge Welch is at Greeley attending
the meeting of the board of directors
! of the State Normal school of which he
is . member.
Miss Gertrude Amsbary returned to
Colorado College Sunday, after spend
ing q happy vacation with parents and
friends in Delta.
Mr. E. L. Moll, a newspaper man of
Lincoln, Nebraska, is in Delta for
few days looking over the town and
country. He may locate.
The semi-annual statement showing
the financial condition of Delta county
at the close of last year, is published
in this issue of the INDEPENDENT
Financially the Business Mems Asso-
citation will be little short of guaran-
teed expenses on the Agricultural short
course, but the course itself has been
successful, satisfactory and popular.
Putting up machinery and writing
news items, heavy editorials and funny
paragraphs, are things not easy of ac-
complishment nor pleasant in action.
If the INDEPENDENT is bum this week,
lay it to existing conditions.
The time is now ripe for a good
amount of hustling on the part of all
boosters and booster organizations.
The public has time to read and many
of the population are inquiring for in
formation about Delta and Delta coun-
ty. See that they get it.
The Electric Light company has
opened business office in the corner
brick adjoining the INDEPENDENT office
where they have commodious quarters.
The new operating building of the
company makes good appearance and
the plant throughout is now very
creditable one for ynung city the size
of Delta.
Mr.. R. W. Curtis, of Paonia, left
yesterday for Glenwood Springs, where
he will spend a week, then go to Den
yer and from there start about the
18th for Florida. visiting before his re-
turn some of the Insular possessions
and South American revolutionary re-
publics. The main thing with Mr..
Curtis is to get down where the fish
bite in winter tine. 1.-THE fishing sea-
son. here" Mr.. Curtis remarks. sis
entirely to short
Mr.. and Mrs. Uglow have moved to
Delta from Lake City this week and
will occupy the johnson property on
Dodge street recently vacated by Mrs.
Duffield. who has moved to Denver and
purchased home. MIR. Uglow is a
newspaper man from Lake City where
he has published the ''Phonograph"