The Delta independent., 1910-04-15

burg, West Virginia, last week.
Mrs. E. s. Van Meter was in town
Wednesday from Redlands mesa.
Assessor Sam Cockreham is sched-
uling Delta city property this week.
Souvenir spoons of the new M. E.
church at Roy L. Smith, the jewel
er's.
j. B. Rhonemus came in Saturday
from Olathe where he had been
working
Saturdays are big days for Delta.
Nearly everybody comes to town
on Saturday.
Lost.-Pair gold mounted eye
glasses in case. Please return to
Independent office.
Miss Margaret Little returned the
latter part of the week from visit
with friends in Paonia.
Frank Stearns of the Delta DEM
ocrat. made a business trip to Olathe
Wednesday of this week.
A marriage license was issued
this week to Garret Feeks and Miss
Wiley, both of Crawford.
Walter Wagner, who just retur-
ned from Nevada is quite serious
ly i'll with brights disease.
NJ. E. Meyer of the Meyer Mer-
camille Company, left for Kansas
City and st. Louis yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hixson were in
from
their ranch home near Eckert.
The board of county commission
eIs at this session, established the
Grand View Irrigation District.
Mr.. Brewer, of the Surface Creek
Champion, spent Monday in Delta.
returning home Tuesday morning.
MIR. Stevens of Scranton. Pennsyl-
vania. arrived Sunday for visit
with A. W. Drolsbaugh and family
Sam Farmer of the Delta Land
Company, returned Friday of last
week from a business trip to Den
yer.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Hickman re-
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ter a pleasant visit with their
daughter.
Work at the Delta Brick and Tile
Works is being rushed to supply the
demand. This is one of our most
c-editable enterprises.
T. b. Geer one of Delta's good
citizens, and a member of the pres
ent city council. has purchased
business in Durango and will move
there.
Walter Wagner arrived in Delta'
Monday from a trip to Nevada. He
brought in some fine specimnes of
ore from the claims of his brother,
VIII Wagner.
r. l.. Sperry of Tama. Iowa, and
d. l.. Bunten of Winfield. Kansas,
are here looking over the country
with a view of buying in case they
find something that suits them.
DR.. Dare Woodruff has started
up in the practice of medicine in
Delta, as will be seen by his pro-
fesional card in this paper. DR.. Wood
ruff comes to Delta from Salt Lake
City.
VIM. Need was in from Montrose
county Tuesday. Mr.. Need remarked
that Delta needed sugar factory
and he needed The Independent to
keep him informed of what progress
the factory was making, hence he
became a subscriber.
The potato train viii be in Delta
Saturday forenoon at 800 O'Clock.
Those of our farmers who do not
know all there is to learn about
raising spuds. can have the benefit
of a new batch of information by
merely going down and absorbing it,
1t must not be overlooked that
Delta county soils produce profitably
score or more of valuable crops.
Fruit isn't the whole thing by any
manner of means. Grains, alfalfa,
sugar beets, potatoes. melons and
vegetables are money makers. while
stock and poultry are industries of
the most profound success.
We neglected to mention in last
weeks issue that Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Baird had moved into the
Allan Obert residence on Dodge
street. where they will remain du-
ring the latter's visit in California,
by which time they hope to be able
to move into their dwelling on How
ard street, now in course of con-
struction.