The Delta independent., 1910-09-09

YEARS AGO
INTERESTING ITEMS FOR THE
OID-TlMER OF THE
DAYS GONE By.
The Reader Will Notice That Delta
and Surrounding Country Have
Gone Through Great Change
Since Those Days-ShOuld Auld
Acquaintance be Forgot?

Messrs. Vandeventer and kOhnle
have laid substantial plank walk in
front of the Uncompahgre house.
The Town Company are still busy
clearing off the sage brush, opening
bitches and streets and otherwise i'm
proving the townsite.
Many ranchmen are fencing their
ranches already with barbed wire.
One man received eighteen hundred
pounds in one invoice this week.
Mr. William Mathers has opened a
full line of general groceries and
gentlemens' furnishings goods. such
as overalls, boots and shoes, hats
caps, ETC., in the building lately occu
pied by Robert Breese.
The Hartland ditch across the
river from Delta, has been finished
and water will be turned in soon. 1t
is the intention to run the ditch
from it's present terminus to the
Robideau, six miles further down.
AS it now is, it will irrigate about
1000 acres, and when extended will
irrigate over 1000 acres. The ditch
is over ten feet wide at the bot
tom and will carry over 5000 inch
es. The farmers under the ditch
will all put in good crops. some OF
them wheat. If there was assurance
cf a Touring mill being put up at
this point this year. the acreage of
wheat would be greatly increased.
J. J. Barker has received an in
voice of plows. cultivators and other
farming implements, and expects to
receive another larger one this week.
Such has been the demand for farm
ing utensils this spring that he has
been unable to keep himself supplied
at all times. He has made arrang
ments to supply the farmers with
any thing they may need in this line
at the ruling prices in Kansas City
with freight added only from Pueblo
Mr.. Barker runs the only blacksmith
ing and repair shop in this section,
and is fixed for overhauling anything
from a needle to a threshing mach
Inc. He also keeps the best quality
of lime on hand. for sale by pound.
bushel or carload.
The time has gone by when 1t
would pay ranchmen to go from her
to MOntrOse to do their trading. The
late reduction and equalization of
freight rates on the Denver & Rio
Grande has enabled our merchants
TO compete successfully with our Sis
ter city for the trade of the sur
rounding country. AS an instance of
this, a farmer of Smiths Fork came
co Delta last week for two loads of
grain and after inquiry concluded
that he could make money by driving
to MOntrose, twenty-five miles dis
tant, and purchasing. On arriving at
that place and finding that grain
was selling from a quarter to half
a cent higher per pound than in
Delta, he returned here and made
his investment. While in MontrOse
he purchased barrow teeth at ten
cents a piece. while Mr.. Barker of
this place quotes them at nine cents.
1t Is safe to bet that he will make
no further pilgrimages to Montrose.
Another instance was that of re-
turning Red Mountaineer, who, not
wishing to return empty handed pur
chased a load of potatoes in Mont
rose and brought them to Delta. but
found on arriving that potatoes of
superior quality, were retailing
cheaper than he had paid in Mont
rose at wholesale. He returned with
his load.