The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
'Rah for the 4th of Juliet
and

Aeronauts are advised not to tum-
BILE twice out of the same sky.
The rose is red, the violet's blue,
sugar is sweet, but-who is who?
We save you at least 1919 on
monuments and iron fence. Bills
Bros. 1455 Broadway. Denver. Write
US. 43
The Commercial hotel and most
of our restaurants have raised the
price of the MONDAY meal to 30
cents.
Visitors to Cedaredge are invited
to call at Mrs. Browns ice-cream
parlors opposite bank. Open every
day and evenings.
Miss Margaret Griggs, one of
Delta's teachers, goes in company
with her mother for a short visit to
Yellowstone Park.
The Western bad men who for
merly were wont to cut notches in
their guns. now keep the notches on
their six-cylinders.
Packages of freight or express for
Cory, Eckert or Cedaredge. should
be left at Hart's drug store for the
travel by auto or stage daily. Lovett
a. Johnson.
Fred Hinchman, who had his arm
and leg broken by the beam of the
stacker falling on him at the Geo.
Hider place, was taken to the bospi-
tai at Salida yesterday.
n. +. Clack has succeeded Mrs. NJ.
]. Brown as deputy county clerk.
Mrs. Brown left Delta about month
ago, and was married in Denver last
week to an Idaho sheep man.
VIM. Disberger returned to Denver
Friday after spending about three
weeks visiting with c. p. Aicher and
family on the latter's recently pur-
chased ranch in Black canon.
]. r. Plasters left Monday for a
trip through the Northwest, after
which he will return to his home
in Oklahoma. Mr.. Plasters will al
ways be a welcome visitor in Delta.
Mrs. G. B. McGrannahan of Pue-
bio. cousin of Ed Van Der Venter.
and Mrs. w. r. Robinson, his sister
of Webb City. Missouri. who have
pttH NlSIAluS HtItr ItAuI utu " lhtAi
respective homes this week.
The limit of two-inch fire crack
ers for the Fourth, seems the limit"
to boys and men who were taught
to believe that noise and patriotism
We're close akin. Yet such is the
edict that has gone forth in Delta.
The ladies of Delta-or in fact
of any other town-can do much to-
ward adding attractive features to
a Fourth of July celebration. To
their good taste and deft fingers are
due always the best of the decora-
tions.
Ben Penley is back home for the
summer vacation after a strenuous
year at school. He is assisting or
the construction OF the new Metho-
dist church. and putting in a little
ovretime occasionally. helping his
father in the feed store.
A Y. NJ C. A. convention is to
be held in Delta July 8. to consider
plans for Delta county organiza-
tion. On the local committee are
DIR. Groves, l.. d. Hauser, Clarence
Smith, Professor Condit. b. p. Smith
A. II. Stockham and II. J. Baird.
The past ten days have represent
busy time on the farms. The first
cutting of alfalfa has been under
way and the crop has been heavy
one. Only a part of the first cutting
has been taken care of. yet a large
amount has been cured and stacked,
and some little marketed. Much
hay is yet down and some remains
to be cut.
The committee on sugar beet
stock. out to try to complete the
amount required to be taken in Delta
county. has been working hard the
past week and is gradually closing
up the gap open on the 100000. 1t
is doubtful. however. If the full
amount of ONE stock will have
been placed by the first of July and
an effort must be made to obtain
further grant of time in which to
complete the subscriptions. This
was the date on which the 100000
of stock required of Delta county
was to have been raised. according
to agreement.