The Delta independent., 1910-05-27
Mrs. F. c. Helt entertained

born to DR.. and Mrs. Dare Woodruff
For Sale-A few good milch cows
one mile south of town. l.. C. Jones
Mrs. H. w. Chiles entertained at
cards last night in honor of her
birthday.
Senator John A Tobin of Mont
rose. spent couple of days in Delta
this week.
For Sale-Columbus buggy. Has
been run very little. Pole and shall
YES. County Clerks office.
Whetzel & Wells took charge of
the grocery department at the Mey-
eI Mercantile Company's store the
latter part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Williams are
in Denver to witness the gradua-
at the Denver University.
Editor Kennedy of the Paonia
Newspaper and Editor Blackwell of
the North Fork Times, Hotchkiss,
We're Delta visitors Wednesday:
J. E. Shue, Dan Doughty, George
S. Conklin, j. Z. Hillman, r. X. Sea-
ton, H. F Hart and J. E. Clark are
among those who are up on the Gun
nison fishing from Delta.
Mrs. U. w. Keplinger and Mrs.
Starr Nelson entertained a large
unmber of friends at the home of
the former. on Garnet mesa, We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings.
Montrose had two more divorce
cases filed last week. VIM. E. Web
ster alleged thai Ina NJ. Webster had
deserted him. and F. E. Fiegei made
the same charge against his wife,
Minnie Fiegel.
H. c. Getty brought down from
his ranch near Cedaredge yesterday,
branch from an apricot tree
which contained 80 half-grown
healthy appricots, and he states
that the whole tree was equally
loaded.
The foundation is in. and the
brick and material on the ground
for the addition of the St. Luke's
Episcopal church. The woodwork
on the outside of the building is
being painted. and it will soon pre-
sent very respectable appearance.
Judge NJ. Miner, who last year
run the Grand Junction Herald and
was so unfortunate as to lose his
entire family with typhoid fever.
was in Delta Wednesday Mr.. Miner
has been in Chicago for while.
but for the last month has been in
Glenwood Springs.
All matter for publication in
The Independent should be in the
office by "Wednesday morning or
sooner If possible. Short news items
of later happenings can be taken
care of up to three O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon, If of sufficient i'm
portance to publish.
Considering everything. the high
school class Wednesday high1- had
good house end gave an excellent
entertainment. The graduating class
tonight will also draw a big crowd.
The eighth grade play last night
81 as also a success, both in rendi-
ton and attendance.
Sugar beets are showing a good
stand and some of our farmers pre-
dict 30 tons per acre this season.
From 10 to 20 tons is an average
crop in other sections, but in Delta,
We have records of as high as 40
tons per acre. However. 25 to 80
tons per acre will be very satisfac-
tory.
Reports come in from the deer
sections this spring. that quite
a good number are seen and that
they are looking fine. Cattlemen rid
ing the ranges, have all seen more
or less bucks and does, and the out
look for next falls hunt looks al
together favorable for that noble
game.
Weather sharks now say that the
frost season is past and the weather
is certainly getting hot enough to
suggest the good old summer time.
Most everybody predicts too. that
rs the weeks go by. it will be dis
covered that our prospects for fruit
yield will be all the time getting
better.
A gentleman who sold his land
near Delta about six weeks ago has
since been in Washington and Ore
gon and is back to buy in Delta
county again. He said: Things up
there look fine. but after one has
lived In Delta county, he can view
that country and come back satisfied
v ith Delta county"
DR.. A. b. Woodruff. with Mrs
Woodruff. are here from Elmer. n. j.
called to the bedside OF their son.
DIR. Dare Woodruff. who has been
critically il, with infiammatory rheu-
matism. We are glad to note that
DIR. Dare Woodruff is showing signs
of improvement. and it is hoped he
will soon be on the road to rapid
recovery.
We never knew until Tuesday
that George Conklin was fisher
man. We doubted 1t even then IN
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