The Delta independent., 1909-12-10

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Buy your Keen Kutter Salty Razor
from the Meyer Mercantile Company.
w. B. Stockham made a business
trip to Paonia the latter part of last
week.
Send few copies of our Christmas
number to distant friends. Order
early.
If you want a..combination of news
papers and magazines for next year,
see US.
B. P. Smith, of the Delta National
Bank, made his regular trip to Hotch-
kiss, Tuesday.
W. H. Garvin. of the Surface Creek
Fruit Growers Association, visited in
Paonia this week.
Mrs. Edgar Smith. who has been liv-
ing on Grand Avenue, left Saturday
for visit in Gunnison.
Mrs. NJ. E. Hood, who has been visit
ing for about a month with relatives in
Henrietta, Texas. returned Sunday.
Optional farm and business property
loans at seven per cent.
30-l3t MILLARD FAIRLAMB.
A. W. Carr. local agent for the
Alabama Nursery Company, returned
Wednesday from a trip up the North
Fork.
Make arrangements now for your
Christmas Photos. See samples and
styles at Gallery corner Second and
Main.
The North Delta Grocery has rented
the north half of the new Lincoln build
ing and will occupy it with their stock
of groceries.
NJ. r. Laws. who has been visiting in
Paonia for several weeks. returned
"Wednesday. He says there is foot Of
snow up there.
T. Z. Orr. who has been employed
at the Ray photo studio, left Wednes-
day for Mancos. He expects to return
in short time.
Peter Gonsolus went TO Salida Satur-
Day to meet his wife. who has been in
the hospital. Mrs. Gonsolus is much
: improved in health.
, Andrew Shippee. of the Shippee
employment agency and billiard parlor.
left Tuesday to look after some mining
interests in Del Norte.
They all say that the Holiday Stock
selected by Harvey Hart, which is now
on display at his drug store, is the fin
est that has been seen in Delta. If.
A. b. Crabil sold his farm on Cali
fornia mesa this week containing l60
acres, for sl2, 500. Sam Farmer Of the
Delta Land Company made the sale.
Thawing by day and freezing by
night has done quite a lot for the roads
this week, and if 1t keeps up We will
have smooth, hard roads for the winter
travel.
Send the INDEPENDENT away for
year. 1t will make an appreciated
Christmas present and you will get the
votes jtst the same for your choice Of
candidates for Apple Queen.
John Murphy of the Delta Ice & Mer
camille Co, went to Denver Monday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth
Davidson, who was an old friend of his,
as well as one of Denver's pioneers.
If YOU want county paper the lNDE-
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
Millard Fairlamb and Judge Welch
left for Denver Monday to attend a
water case in the supreme court. The
contest is for priotity rights in the
Spring Creek section of Montrose
county, whose values are rated very
high. The Delta attorneys in the case
expect to get back today or tomorrow.
If YOU are afraid you havn't votes
enough for your favorite candidate, you
can get 200 more by sending the lNpE-
PENDENT to some one at distance.
1t will make good Christmas present,
or will serve good purpose by inter-
esting some one whose attention you
may wish to draw to our splendid coun-
ty. Take chance and try it.
So far about $50 people from Delta
county have signified their intention to
go to Denver on the fine special train
engaged to carry them. 1t will be
full Pullman train and will leave Delta
about Z o'clock Sunday evening, Janu-
ary End, arriving in Denver Monday
evening. There will be stop of
80 minutes at Canon City and one of an
hour in Pueblo. The fare for round
trip will be $3.50. About ten days