The Delta independent., 1910-07-22
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

III Delta and vicinity. While here
she bought a twenty-acre tract near
Cedaredge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shaw, who
having been residing in Delta for
some time past, have gone to Gun
nison where they expect to make
their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Golaz and
family, who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. A. l.. Meddock of Eckert,
left Tuesday for their home in Wise
county Texas.
The foundation and basement of
the NJ. E. church are ready for the
walls and the splendid structure
will be pushed to completion as rap
idly as possible.
The Overland has established
headquarters in a room below the
Delta National Bank and is showing
one of the best autos of the present
day to the public.
Miss Gertrude Hutchins of Natu-
rita. arrived on Sunday from the
Maupin camp In the mountains and
will be entertained at the home of
her sister. Mrs. Ernest Maupin.
w. J. Darnell of Cory left a box
of fine peaches at The Independent
Office Tuesday. Mr.. Darnell says tina,
he will have about 200 boxes of the
early varieties. and fair crop of
those ripening later.
NJ. J. johnson will tear out the
log structure on his lot between the
". II. Mathers and Fairlamb build
ings on Main street and replace 1t
with brick building. The old is
rapidly giving place to the new.
Considerable showers passed all
around us Monday, coming close
enough to give Delta an enjoyable
sprinkle. The heaviest of the rains
were along the slope of Grand mesa.
though there We're heavy showers
in all directions.
Practically all of The Indepen-
dents big gain in circulation in the
past three months. is right here in
the district, that is, Delta and the
Surface Creek. A gain of 500 sub
scribers in this immediate territory
Is of great Importance to local ad-
vertisers.
After so long a dry spell it is
natural to look for a rainy season.
This is likely to set in in the early
part of August and wet fall is
likely to follow the dry spring and
summer. There is also likely TO be
much snow next winter. We are
either n weather profit or a liar
bs.tsta,cy ayc all about the SAME.
Miss Reile Elliott. stenographer
at Stephan & Obert's. left Tuesday
evening for a trip to Yellowstone
Park. Miss Elliott is accompanied
by her sister. Mrs w. A. Hayes of
Chicago. who has been visiting her
here. They will stop off at salt Lake
and other important points. Miss
Elliott will return to Delta about
August LIST.
While working on the new Catho-
lie church last Monday. the scaffold-
ing broke. letting John Miller one
of twelve feet, with only a badly
wrencehd back and a few small cuts
about the face. Mr.. Miller considers
that he escaped pretty luckily. He
is doing nicely and expects to be
back at work in a short time.
Manager and Mrs. Fox. of the
Ramsay Dry Goods Co. left Sun
day for a vacation of a month. du-
ring which time they will visit first
In Greeley. then go to Iowa to visit
relatives of Mr.. Fox. Mr.. Fox will
then join MIR. Ramsay in goods
buying tour of the eastern cities.
Mr.. Tripp is in charge of the Ram
say store in Delta in the meantime.
Advertisers and others are invit-
ed to call at The Independent Office
and inspect its list of subscribers.
There is nothing padded about this
list and every name on II Is genuine
and each person can be applied to
for proof that he or she. as the case
may be. is an actual subscriber. And
furthermore this paper publishes the
names of subscribers as their sub
scriptions were paid, except In
n few cases where requested not to
do so. In making the statement
that The Independent has forty per
cent more subscribers than any
other paper. In Delta county, this
paper believes 1t is telling plain
truth. which It is willing to back up
with proofs.