The Delta independent., 1910-10-14
Herman Darling was in Montrose
on business Saturday.

Furnished rooms, with fire and
electric lights. 221 Grand. IT
Attorney Blake and Promoter Nc
Fadden had business in Delta We'd
resday.
Miss Jennie Mac Vain of Sapinero,
and Mrs. Golden of Denver. were
in Delta this week visiting. We
understand the former thinks some
of locating here and bringing her
mother, to get away from the win
ter in the mountains.
Kane's Comedy Company will ap-
pear at the Opera House in Delta
three nights next week, beginning
Tuesday night. The company comes
well recommended and will put on
popular plays at popular prices.
By order of the mayor. Montrose
was given two days of lawn sprink-
| ling this week His order was for
but the two days and only covered
regular hours of sprinkling. Why
don't they turn the Gunnison tunnel
on them?
Horace Hallock returned to Delta
the latter part of last week and
viii spend some time here loking
after property interests and visiting
with his grown-up children. Mr.. Hal
lock is one of the forceful kind that
we would like to have with us all
the time.
Mr.. and Mrs Mansfield. parents
CT Mrs. A. E. Simmons, who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Simmons
at Austin for several weeks, left on
. Tuesday for their home in Athens,
Ohio This was their first trip to
the West and they enjoyed it very
much.
Joseph Knopf of Denver. returned
to his home Monday evening after
spending about a week here looking
after his property interests near
Eckert and visiting friends here.
I He spent the last couple of days of
the deer season on a little hunt
with Messrs. ]. J. Travis and J. E.
Hillman
W. o. Stephens and family left
Tuesday afternoon for Southern
California where they will spend the
winter months. Bill Joe" took
a different route from Salt Lake City
/ Iudu IUAI NTdNtleu ny LHt pNAtA
members of the family.
This is the season of the year
when the three months in advance
water bill comes due, and you bet
ter give a little of your attention
TO this. instead of giving it all to
the deer meat that you should have
gotten. or the city dads will be on
yol- trail with a hig stick
+ Ben Griffith of Grand Junction,
candidate for attorney general on
the Republican ticket. and Isaac \.
Stevens of Denver. candidate for con-
ressman-at-large. addressed a fair
sized audience at the opera house
/ last Friday evening. This meeting
was the first Republican rally of the
campaign.
The man at the mouth of the Fair
play Flume talks about mortgaging
his character to buy an automobile.
"alle same Denver" This is where
the Flume man is off. None but
tenderfeet look for character as
collateral in Denver. When judges
of the article want the goods in
that line they come to Delta.
Word comes from Mrs. Walter
Singleton at Salida. where she under
went very serious operation last
week, to the effect that she is get
ting along nicely and is well on the
road to recovery. though she will
not be permitted to leave the hos
pital for several weeks. In writing
home Mrs. Singleton mentions the
Ii nj.
people in Salida. among whom are
Conductor and Mrs. Van Den Burg.
Election is less than a month
away. Three weeks will about
finish the campaign with the candi-
dates Regarding voters and parties
the Independent can only advise:
Study the past and vote for the
future. The people of Delta county.
I particularly. are mainly educated
and posted More. they are supplied
with common sense regarding their
interests. If you don't like the
administration of the past. you have
II in your power to change and try
for something more to your liking
On election day use this right.
Leonard Baird met with an acct
dent last week which might easily
have been serious one. but for
tunately he escaped with slight in |
juries. He was leading a horse
behind his buggy, when a short dis |
tance from town the animal became |
frightened and started to run. This .
frightened the team which he was
driving causing them to start to run
also. The halter rope was wrapped
around his hand md ha waS pullad