The Delta independent., 1909-05-07

Miss Emaline Blodgett went up to
Lake City Monday, near which place
she will teach a summer school.
The Ladies of St. Luke's Guild will
serve supper at the K. of P. ball at
Odd Fellows Hall in Delta to night.
Mrs. Neighbors is here from Boise,
Idaho, visiting her mother, Mrs.
omack and her sister, Mrs. Frank
Darling.
Mrs. E. d. Blodgett returned We'd
nesday from Sisco, where Mr.. Blodgett
has been for month looking after his
sheep interests.
Ten students of the Delta High
School will participate in the Western
Slope Track Meet at Montrose tomor-
row and lis Delta people have signed
to go down on special train to witness
the contests.
The snow on the mountains has been
melting for the past week and the
rivers have been carrying down consider
able flood water. A couple OF weeks
of moderate heat will probably do away
with the high water scare.
Miss Raichart. recently here from
Nebraska, is occupying the position of
stenographer in Judge Welch's Office
Miss Raichart is niece of l. b.
Raichart of North Delta. Miss Hartig
is taking a vacation and enjoying farm
life.
Captain Winton will hereafter handle
cnal ha, tho
road to deliver coal as wanted. Those
wanting coal can communicate with
him by phone or otherwise, and their
orders will not only be appreciated but
will receive prompt attention.
The Meyer Mercantile Company in
! form US that a number of sales have
been traced directly to their advertise
ment of ''S3. rs flour" in last week 5
issue one more pleasing proof that
INDEPENDENT publicity, properly pre-
pared, possesses positive, paying pull
ing power.
Louis Benedict, former Olathe boy,
but now of Delta, was here on Friday
visiting friends and attending to busi-
ness matters His buggy was hit by a
runaway and was badly demolished, so
that Louis had to borrow a buggy to
drive home in. Hard luck that -
| Olathe Criterion.
Mrs. d. C. Mills and daughters, Alice
and Phoebe, of Ottawa, ILL.,, and niece,
Miss Bertha Black of Redlands, Cali
fornia, on their way to Ottawa stopped
off at Delta for visit with the families
of DR.. Hick and Byram Luce. Mrs.
\ Mills and daughters have been spend
| ing the winter in California.
| 1t may be of interest to the farmers
of Delta county to state that one of
their number, Farmer w. p. Dale, is
President of the Delta County Business
Mems Associs tion, one of the chief
booster organizations of the county
and alfalfa seed in the pockets which
are not otherwise filled with coin.
The season is here for hunting bear.
At least that is what bear hunters say.
At this time of year bruin comes out
of his house, having spent the winter
in one long, glorious snooze, during
which his fur has grown long and soft.
We'd like to have nice bear skin, but
doubt if we could coax Br'er Bear to
stand still while we removed his hide.
Horace Mann, who for several years
has been editing the Rifle Reveille.
holding down a pulpit and partner
ship in a real estate firm, announces
that he has sold the paper to Fred l..
Tomlin who will take possession this
week. Mr.. Mann is something of a
humorist as well as preacher and
writer and is pleased that he has made
the Reveille success.
The dandelion is the natural and
mortal foe of the lawn, and some lawns
in Delta are almost ruined on its ac-
count. One lawn infested seeds others,
as the fluffy seed can be blown by light
est breezes. In Denver few years
ago the city passed an ordinance inn
posing a fine of $5 against the appear
ance of dandelion bloom on any lot.
At that rate some lots in Delta would
be pretty valuable.
That there has been more or less loss
of cattle on the ranges this winter and
spring, appears no doubt. Much of the
foothill range was grazed closely last
fall. Early SHOWS fell higher up and
their softening covered much country
with ice, on top of which fell other
SHOWS. Weak cattle and calves out
side the feeding lines had a hard
winter to go through and dead animals
will be found here and there as result.
The INDEPENDENT editor was shown
the club lakes near Delta this week