The Delta independent., 1910-09-02
School begins next week.


Junction on business Tuesday.
| Mrs. l.. C. Boggs, who has been
in Delta for the past week. left on
Tuesday for her home in MOntrose.
Mrs. J. w. Mullen and children.
departed the first of the week for
their home in Colorado Springs after
pleasant visit with friends in our
city.
DR.. R. E. Mehaffey departed on the
morning train Monday for Boulder.
at the meeting of the Grand Lodge
at he mteetgin TO the Grand Lodge.
Knights of Pythias.
Ed La Pier and daughter, Lola.
who have been visiting Mrs. Noah
White of Delta the past two months.
returned Monday to their home in
Los Angeles. California.
Jesse Patterson of Greeley, was in
town Wednesday. Mr.. Patterson Wis
tied with his uncle at Hotchkiss for
the past week.
Miss Mignon Kennicott returned
TO her home near Delta the last of
the week. after a pleasant visit with
friends in Montrose.
Mrs. Lizzie Wagner. trained nurs
late of Denver, left Wednesday even
ing for Paonia, where she will for
time, be occupied at her profession.
| A T Mcdonald and II. NJ. Lee,
fruit pickers and packers. came up
from Grand valley Saturday and
left on the evening train for Paonia
to assist the fruit growers of that
district with their huge crop.
DR.. Whiting, representative from
Delta county, passed through the
city today on his way to Ouray. He
will return to his legislative duties
at the state capitol later in the
eek.-Montrose Enterprise.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Davidson re-
turned Tuesday from Sapinero where
they have been for the past few
weeks fishing and recuperating. Mr..
Davidson says the fishing is good on
the Gunnison just now.
Mrs. Ella Hastings is remodeling
her house on Palmer street. putting
under it a concrete foundation, paint
ing the outside and in many other
ways making improvements that will
make her residence present a more
tasty appearance.
Mrs. T w. Wiltse of Des Moines,
Iowa. arrived in the city this week.
and will be here for some time. the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Baird. Mrs. Wiltse is Mrs. Baird's
mother.
c. +. Clark. of the Clark Realty Co
was an out going passenger for Den
yer Tuesday. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Clark and little daughter.
Elmer r. Jarvis of Eckert and
Miss Jessie Labdell of Austin. were
granted a license to marry. from
the county clerks office Wednesday.
F. A. Mckinney. the directory
man, who attended the fight at
Reno. Nevada. July 4th. sent this
office several pictures of that affair
which were taken during the fight
and are quite interesting to those
who like that sort of sport.
J. II. Miner has been appointed
to the position OF engineer of the
Grand Valley Irrigation Project Mr..
Miner has been long in the service
of the government reclaim alton work
with headquarters at Montrose.
S. l.. Blacksten and II. l.. Bennett
of Hamilton. Missouri. arrived in
Delta Saturday and were the guests
of ]. ID. Van Volkengurgh until We'd
nesday. The gentlemen were on
sightseeing tour of Colorado and
dropped in on their old friend for a
short visit.
Frank White. foreman of the
Tribune Office. returned to his ar
duous labors Monday, after an alb
sence of several days at his home
near Hotchkiss. Frank now wears
a large smile. the arrival of that
ten-pound boy last week, being the
explanation.
N. L. Clack. F. C. Helt and Harry
Mathers returned Sunday from their
trip to Salt Lake City. The rest of
the party. Messrs. ]. f. Hillman.
John Travis and Newton Castle. will
make the trip on around to Denver
before returning home. They all re-
port pleasant trip.
George w. Bruce and family left
Friday for Denver. They were
Joined there Saturday by b. w. Pep
per. and ali will leave the latter
part of the week for Kansas City,
in an automobile. following the line
of the Santa Fe for part of the
way.-Montrose Empire.
Saul Halyve. the great Indian
runner of the Teller Institute at
Grand Junction. last Saturday even
ing ran 10 miles in about an hours
time. Should Saul continue to lower
the worlds records. 1t is probable
that the mail carriers of the West