The Delta independent., 1909-07-23
FG Mxers bas a new Colburn auto

There are no innocent bystanders
when an injustice is being done.
The antique assertion that Figures
won't lie" is lying figure of speech.
An idle rumor gains currency, which
is more than an idle man is apt to do.
It's mighty hard not to want to wear
good clothes unless you can afford them.
Charles McQuistion and wife of
Idaho are visiting relatives in North
Delta.
If you have a dollar talent, why
should you expect it to bring you in q
million?
Delta county is a land where five and
tute a fortune.
One of the first indications of a big
mind is the ability to discover the vir-
tues of our enemies.
1t is very hard on your liver and
other inside works to worry during hot
weather. Don't do it.
T. P. Luker. travelling salesman for
the American Type Foundry, was in
Delta the first of the week.
Delta county is land which will be-
come more and more an empire of hap
py homes and prosperous people.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society
will meet with Mrs. Schied, Palmer
street, Friday, July %, at 3 p. m.
1t is look long ways ahead, but
just make up your mind now that you
will attend your county fair this year.
Mrs. Frank Rice and A A. johnson
went to Denver Saturday, after visiting
a short time at the home of ]. A John
son.
Cherries remain plentiful at Delta
and red and black raspberries are now
prime. In few days more peaches
will be in market.
Prof. and Mrs. B. F. Yeoman of
Lincoln, Nebraska, are visiting at the
heme of their aunt. Mrs. l. b. Raich-
art in North Delta.
Lawrence Murphy, brother of John
Murphy of the Delta Ice & Mercantile
Co.. visited his brother about week.
returning to Denver Monday.
Travel teaches the man to respect
his fellow citizens in fact at the end
of his trip he will have learned to raise
his hat TO any man in a uniform.
The first cutting of alfalfa has been
taken care of and in Delta county good
weather favored the farmers, there
being no rain to speak of during the
haying period.
The INDEPENDENT desires a good
correspondent in every community in
Delta county. Stationery and postage
will be furnished free. Can't YOU
send IN the news of your neighborhood?
Sugar beets are now making an
astonishing growth. The same, how
ever, applies to all vegetable matter.
farm and orchard products. The steady
hot weather, good soil and plenty of
water for irrigating, pushes growth as
almost nowhere else in our broad land
While the Denver & Rio Grande is
at it-building a coal chute they
should give Delta new depot. The
one in use compares very poorly with
the Importance of the place and the
enormous freight and passenger busi-
ness done at this point. We should be
entitled to better building.
II. J.. Baird and wife went to Den
yer Tuesday to meet their niece, Miss
Berdelle Baird, who is coming here from
Malvern, Iowa, for her health. Miss
Baird is sister of Albert Baird of the
Seaton Drug Co. Her health has been
quite poorly for some time and we hope
she may be benefited by the change.
DR.. F. E. Clements and wife. friends
from Minneapolis. Minnesota. DR..
Clements is in charge of the depart
meht of botany in the University of
Minnesota and is making a tour OF
Colorado inspecting the forests and
studying the possibilitius of reforesting
bdrned and other sections despoiled of
trees.
If everyone who can would make a
noise like copy it would help some
this hot weather. Even if it was only
little squeaky noise-just a line on a
postal card or word dropped about
some friend visiting you, it would be
appreciated. 1t is hard for a fat old
gent to get around and collect all the
news, and he asks your aid and sym
pathy.
The Remington Elliott Shoe and
Clothing Company have had quite a
striking window display the past week.
A pair of trousers is suspended by one